Ranada Robinson
Senior Research Associate

Phone: 404-924-2900
Email: Ranada Robinson

Ranada Robinson brings an integrated background of math, computer science, risk management and insurance, and urban policy to Market Street. Her professional experience includes qualitative and quantitative research, econometrics, and data collection and analysis.  While at Market Street, Ms. Robinson has performed as well as led economic and demographic research for a wide variety of clients, including work for the State of West Virginia; Palm Beach County, Florida; Gwinnett County, Georgia; Coachella Valley, California; Decatur, Alabama; St. Louis, Missouri; Montgomery, Alabama; Southwest Louisiana; Waco, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; Tulsa, Oklahoma; State of Missouri, Cobb County, Georgia Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Des Moines, Iowa. She has also completed a tax competitiveness analysis for Jacksonville, Florida. Currently, she provides research oversight for an economic development strategy process in Hancock County, Mississippi and is the lead researcher on a project for Cobb County, Georgia.

Before joining Market Street, Ms. Robinson worked as an Economist with the U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics, conducting surveys and analyzing compensation data to be used in national indices and publications, such as the Employment Cost Index.   

Ms. Robinson is very active in her community and serves as an officer and board member of several organizations, including president of the Atlanta chapter of the Tougaloo College National Alumni Association (TCNAA).  As a volunteer, Ms. Robinson has gained experience in event planning, project management, and volunteer management.  In 2007, she was recognized by the Apex Society as an Atlanta Power 30 Under 30 Finalist.  In 2008, she was awarded the Margaret Davis Bowen Outstanding Alumna Award by the South Atlantic Region of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., for her community and civic involvement.  Most recently, Ms. Robinson was named the 2009 Young Alumnus of the Year by TCNAA, and she received the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Outstanding Young Alumnus Award in February 2010 at the UNCF National Conference.

Ms. Robinson holds a Master of Science in Urban Policy Studies with specializations in policy analysis and economic development and planning and a Master of Science in Risk Management and Insurance from Georgia State University.  She has completed the IEDC Basic Economic and Development Course, sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology.  Ms. Robinson earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science in Math with emphasis in Computer Science from Tougaloo College, which is located near Jackson, Mississippi.