Project Director
Alicia James is a Project Director at the UNC Environmental Finance Center (UNC EFC). In this role, she utilizes her expertise in public policy, state and local government management, and public finance to provide infrastructure planning assistance to community utility systems.
Before working at the UNC EFC, Alicia was a Policy and Program Manager at the Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State. At IEI, she facilitated cross-sector partnerships by building a diverse network of collaborators through outreach and education, stakeholder engagement, and program planning. Before IEI, Alicia spent more than a decade in business services positions in state and local government, including budget analyst roles with the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management and the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts.
Education
PhD (in progress), North Carolina State University
MPA, 2006, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA, English, 2004, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill