Amy Dain

Public Policy Research Consultant

**Amy Dain ** is an independant public policy research consultant in Newton, MA. She is also a research associated with the CommonWealth Magazine. She has spent eighteen years working on state and local policy issues in Massachusetts. At the Collins Center for Public Management, she organized StatNet, a network of city and town managers who meet to learn from each other about data-driven decision-making. At Pioneer Institute, she designed and managed a major study on land use regulation and housing in greater Boston, authored papers, and presented findings at events across the state. She earned her Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.