Over the past decade, Paisley has helped some of the Bay Area’s largest public agencies create strategies and plans to elevate their profile, engage community members, bring together departments and staffers, and increase revenue. Prior to her time at Civic Edge, Paisley spent many years as a journalist, honing her ability to make complex municipal and regional issues accessible to community members and translating the language of planners into that of laypeople. Paisley also has considerable experience in market research. Paisley double majored in Psychology and English Literature at U.C. Berkeley. She is an East Bay native with a lot of love for the region.