Ivy Hood

Ivy Hood, MPPA, has 7 years of research, analytics and project management experience, including data analysis, designing and conducting surveys, interviews, focus groups, workshops and educational outreach in northern Illinois. Her experience includes work for the 2020 Census, economic development groups, elections authorities, electric vehicle and other transportation planning, collaborative governance, government revitalization, budgets and community needs/development. Ivy maintains a strong conviction that nuanced and unbiased research and analysis are vital to producing accurate, useful and contextualized information for clients.

Ivy began working at NIU in April 2022 and completed a Master of Public Policy and Administration with a focus in public policy from Northwestern University in December 2022. Ivy earned a B.S. in Economics and International Studies from Rockford University.