Allison Curtis

Allison Curtis is a Co-Program Lead for ICA’s cooperative development team. Allison works with business owners across ICA’s industries and geographies who are pursuing transitions to employee ownership. This involves guiding business owners through the exit planning process, conducting financial and operational analysis on the feasibility of an employee ownership transition, and supporting owners and workers through the entire transition process. Allison is passionate about cooperative ownership as a tool to increase worker power and create access to well-paying jobs.

Prior to joining ICA, Allison worked as an urban planner and data analyst for a regional planning commission. She earned a Master of Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy from Tufts University where she focused her studies on community land trusts and other community ownership models. She has a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Lewis and Clark College.