David Iaia

David Iaia, an executive director for the US Regional Economic Service at S&P Global Market Intelligence, is responsible for ensuring data quality and forecast consistency.

David oversees the state, metro, and county forecasts covering more than 300 metropolitan areas and 3,100 counties. He manages staffing and has an active role in development and enhancement of the group's data methodology. Additionally, he is the primary analyst for Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Connecticut. He has done consulting work on the cost of doing business in states and for the U.S. Conference of Mayors on the importance of metro areas in the national economy. Prior to joining the company in 1998, David was a graduate student in economics at Brown University, completing all the requirements but the dissertation.

He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Amherst College.