Gregory Freeman

Gregory Freeman, Vice President Economic and
Policy Consulting

Vice President Economic and Policy Consulting

Gregory Freeman, Vice President Economic and Policy Consulting, leads the Economic and Policy Consulting Practice of the LAEDC.

The LAEDC Consulting Practice offers unbiased, fee-based custom economic and policy research for public agencies and private firms. The Consulting Practice focuses on economic impact studies, regional industry analyses, economic forecasts, and issue studies, particularly in water, transportation infrastructure and environmental policy. The LAEDC’s clients include government agencies, cities, and universities, as well as leading companies of all sizes. Projects are selected based on their relevance to the L.A. County Strategic Plan for Economic Development and the potential for the research to shape policy that supports the LAEDC mission.

In more than 10 years at the LAEDC, Mr. Freeman has been the lead author on numerous economic impact and policy studies covering a wide range of topics. For example, he has estimated the employment, earnings and tax revenues related to:

institutions, such as UCLA
entire industries, such as hospitals and related services
special events, such as the Breeders’ Cup
construction projects, such as L.A. Metro’s Measure R highway and transit projects and LAUSD’s school construction and modernization program
overseas flights at LAX
international trade and trade-related infrastructure
runaway film production

His issue studies include the challenges related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in California, securing reliable water supplies, and crude oil imports.

Mr. Freeman is a frequent speaker on trade, population, and transportation trends in Southern California, water policy, and economic development. He is a lecturer at UC San Diego, where he teaches a class on regional governance.

Greg was born in Canada and is a citizen of both his native country and the United States. Mr. Freeman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and has completed three years of course work in the Ph.D. program in political science at the University of California, San Diego.