Barbara Talagan

Barbara Talagan currently serves as a Senior Budget and Labor Analyst at MBTA, where responsibilities include creating departmental budgets through financial data analysis and collaboration with Transportation officials. Prior experience includes a role as a Research Associate at UMass Donahue Institute, focusing on data entry and analysis for public policy reports, and as an Assistant Manager at KT&LL Education Consulting LLC, where administrative tasks and program effectiveness evaluations were performed. Earlier, Barbara worked as Head Lifeguard at the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Academic qualifications include a Master of Science in Business Analytics from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.