PROFILE

Jill Stevenson is Chief Operating Officer and Economist with Elliott D. Pollack and Company, an economic and real estate consulting firm based in Scottsdale, Arizona.  Elliott D. Pollack and Company serves a broad client base of both public and private sector entities that range from law firms and real estate developers to school districts and utility companies.  The firm maintains the most comprehensive economic database in Arizona, allowing it to accurately conduct economic forecasting, develop economic impact studies and prepare demographic analyses and forecasts. Ms. Stevenson specializes in preparing economic and fiscal impact models and forecasting assignments.  Her expertise includes assessing the effective impact of economic development on the financial well being of local, county and state governments.  She has proven analytical, planning and organizational skills coupled with the ability to communicate effectively in both the domestic and international market place.

Ms. Stevenson has served on behalf of Elliott D. Pollack & Company as the co-project manager for Maricopa County’s Budget Office since 1998.  She is responsible for the creation of the econometric model utilized in revenue forecasting for each major revenue source.  In addition, in her capacity as an analyst at Elliott D. Pollack & Company, she produced the Economic and Fiscal Impact Model utilized by the firm and created an interactive website, www.fiscalimpacts.com.  The models are customized applications and calculate the economic and fiscal impact of business locates in selected areas.  In addition, Ms. Stevenson is past president of the Arizona Economic Roundtable. From 1994 through 1996, Ms. Stevenson served as support specialist and economic analyst for First Interstate Bank’s six-state Southwest Region, including Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. At the bank she planned and systematized linked databases for various international and domestic indicators, which served as a basis for organizing a printing and distribution plan for a monthly publication. Ms. Stevenson has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and an International Business Certificate from Arizona State University.