Alivia Metts
Economist, Director of Consulting
Emsi
Moscow, ID
Alivia Metts is an Economist and the Director of Consulting with Emsi, with 16 years of experience in helping communities thrive. Her insightful economic and demographic analyses guide decision makers in economic and commercial development as well as transportation and environmental planning. Alivia has been with Emsi since November 2016 and has worked in both the public and private sectors. Most recently she served in the Idaho Department of Labor as the Regional Economist for the state’s five most northern counties. There she focused on the special needs of communities and performed economic analysis across all industries for businesses, governments, and economic development agencies. Alivia was previously employed by the national consulting firm, HDR, Inc., where she worked out of their Washington, Chicago and Alaska offices. Her projects ran the gamut from convening stakeholders and master planning urban centers to land use forecasting and transportation modeling. Alivia holds an Economics degree from the University of Michigan.