James Aloisi
Lawyer and politician in Massachusetts, USA
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James A. "Jim" Aloisi Jr. is a Boston-based writer, lawyer and consultant with a specialty in transportation planning and policy. Aloisi is secretary of Boston-based transit policy advocacy group TransitMatters and a lecturer at the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning.[2][3]
Harvard University (ALM)[1]
- Lawyer
- Politician
- Author
Jim Aloisi | |
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Aloisi in 2024 | |
| Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation | |
| In office January 2009 – October 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Cohen |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Mullan |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Boston College Law School (JD) Harvard University (ALM)[1] |
| Occupation |
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Aloisi was an assistant Massachusetts attorney general from 1978 to 1983.[4][5] He was chief of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue legal bureau from 1983 to 1987, then an assistant state transportation secretary from 1987 to 1989.[6][7][8] Aloisi was general counsel of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority from 1989 to 1996.[9][10] He was a partner at Hill & Barlow from 1996 to 2002, then moved to Goulston & Storrs in January 2003 when the former firm dissolved.[11] He was on the Emerson College board from 2007 to 2009.[12]
Aloisi was appointed to the Massachusetts Port Authority board by governor Deval Patrick in February 2008.[13] He served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation under Patrick from January to October 2009.[14][1] In 2014, Aloisi formed the consulting firm Pemberton Square Group with Peter Meade.[15] After Meade retired, Aloisi formed Trimount Consulting.[16]
Writing
Aloisi is the author of four books:[3]
- The Big Dig (2004), a history of the Big Dig project[17]
- Magic in the Air: The Times & Life of Boston's Honey Fitz (2007), a biography of John Francis Fitzgerald[18]
- The Vidal Lecture: Sex and Politics in Massachusetts and the Persecution of Chief Justice Robert Bonin (2011), about a 1970s political scandal.[19]
- Massport at 60 (2018), a history of the Massachusetts Port Authority[20]
Aloisi is a regular contributor to Commonwealth Magazine.[21][3]
