Alissa BlackGovernment Relations Director

Alissa Black (Government Relations Director) has extensive experience as a manager, policy analyst, and leader in local government. In the New York City’s Mayor’s Office, she coordinated the policy portfolios of multiple departments to ensure progress and execution of the city's agenda, and later she managed a development and design team that supported New York's 311 Citizen Service Center -- the most highly used 311 service in the country. After gaining experience in the private sector consulting, Alissa joined the San Francisco’s Emerging Technologies team in 2007, where she led the development and deployment of Open311, the leading national standard for citizen reporting. Alissa graduated from New York University in 2003 with a Master’s in Urban Planning.

Posts by Alissa

A New Kind of Solution: Learn How Your City Can Partner with CfA

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Alissa Black

We know that cities across the country are facing serious and significant challenges, and over the past year, I’ve had the pleasure to get to talk directly with city officials from across the country to get a sense of what …

Cities Wanted. 2012 Program Application Now Open.

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Alissa Black

Is your city facing a fiscal crisis? I imagine so. We are at a critical point where most local governments are not able to provide the same services they could just five years ago. And it’s not just a fiscal …

Many Birds with One Stone

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Alissa Black

My new role as City Program Director has taken me to numerous cities to talk with local government staff about the problems they face and the ways technology can help solve them. What I’m finding is that most cities face …

The 2011 CfA Projects Start(up)

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Alissa Black

Since our May announcement of the five Code for America cites, we have been working to better define the projects that our teams (made up of Fellows and city staff) will develop over the course of 2011. Initially the five …