Shawn Neidorf

Shawn oversees several research teams at ACA that collect, code and analyze employment data and produce bespoke research products to support ACA’s business attraction and expansion efforts, workforce development and marketing outreach. She also directs Arizona’s endeavors to maximize the positive impact of Opportunity Zones and Opportunity Funds in the state.

Previously, Ms. Neidorf worked in public opinion polling at the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C., and as a newspaper and magazine journalist, most recently at The Mercury News in San Jose, California.

Ms. Neidorf has a doctorate in economic and organizational sociology from the University of Illinois at

Chicago, where she completed a concentration in survey methods. She also has a master’s degree from UIC in sociology and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.