Staff

Patrick Burden, M.S.
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Marcus Hartley, M.S.
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Jonathan King, M.S.
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Joel Ainsworth, B.A.
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Alexus Bond, M.A.
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Leah Cuyno, Ph.D.
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Mike Fisher, MSPM, MBA, PMP
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Michelle Humphrey, B.S.
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Cal Kerr, MBA, M.S., PMP
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Terri McCoy, B.A.
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Alejandra Palma, M.A.
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Diane Sauer
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Bill Schenken, MBA
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Don Schug, Ph.D.
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Trina Wellman, Ph.D.
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Alejandra V. Palma Riedel

Economist

Alejandra Palma-Riedel holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland, and has completed all coursework and qualifying exams towards a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, also from the University of Maryland. Her thesis compared the efficiency of price versus quantity instruments for the regulation of greenhouse gases under stock externalities. Her work towards a dissertation analyzed the dynamic properties of bankable individual tradable fishing quotas in the Alaska Pacific Halibut fishery.

Alejandra joined Northern Economics in July of 2010. Her recent work has been mostly focused on benefit-cost analyses in the transportation (airports, ferries, ports, and roads) and energy sectors.

Before joining Northern Economics, Alejandra worked for the Environment, Rural Development and Natural Disasters Risk Management Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). From IADB's headquarters in Washington, D.C., Alejandra traveled to more than a dozen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to work on projects related to agriculture, food security, irrigation, integrated watershed management, climate change, competitiveness, and trade liberalization. Her international experience includes work in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Jamaica.

As a graduate student she worked for The World Bank and for Resources for the Future in Washington, D.C. Both resulted in coauthored publications related to environmental health issues.

Alejandra's answers to life's more important questions:

Great Escape: Hiking in Torres del Paine, Chile.

Idea of Fun: Spending time with family and friends in Santiago, Chile. Watching the salmon scale the Russian River falls, skiing, and horseback riding.