Bio

Allison is a Partner and a Founder of NOVA Infrastructure and has 22 years of experience working in infrastructure, project finance, investment banking, and risk. Since 2017 Allison has built NOVA with Chris Beall, forming the NOVA team and leading the execution of infrastructure investments for NOVA in the target sectors of transportation, environmental services, energy and energy transition, and communications. Allison serves on NOVA’s Investment Committee and also functions as NOVA’s Chief Risk Officer. Prior to NOVA, Allison invested for infrastructure fund Reformation Capital and anchor PartnerRe’s principal finance portfolio. Previously, Allison worked at Ambac focusing on U.S and emerging markets project and structured financings. She started her career at Lehman Brothers in the M&A and power groups in the investment banking division. In addition, as a political economist and tenured professor, Allison published academic research, consulted on private transactions, and taught over forty courses at University of Vermont, New York University, and Yale University. Allison currently serves on the Board of Directors of Bold Ocean, a US Flag maritime logistics business serving the US government and Harbor Logistics, a warehousing and logistics business. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the YWCA Greenwich. Allison holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University, an M.S.L. from Yale Law School, and a B.A. cum laude from Rice University.