Allison Rizzolo

Allison Rizzolo is the director of communications at Public Agenda. She develops and leads the organization's communications strategy. Rizzolo writes frequently on such issues as K–12 education reform, teacher engagement, public engagement, and improving our country's democratic processes. Rizzolo also contributes to various programs for Public Agenda. In addition to her deep involvement in Everyone at the Table, she produced Public Agenda's 2012 Citizens' Solutions Guides, nonpartisan discussion guides that improve collaborative problem solving by using the Choicework framework to help citizens better grasp their practical choices. Rizzolo is a coauthor of “Energy: A Citizens’ Solutions Guide” and "Health Care: A Citizens' Solutions Guide," and the author of “Immigration: A Citizens’ Solutions Guide Rizzolo is a former middle school and high school teacher. She is a graduate of Tufts University, where she studied international relations and anthropology.