Allison Ball Herron

Allison leads Perry World House’s America 250 speaker series. She previously helped build and run the geopolitical forecasting consulting firm Good Judgment Inc., which grew out of the U.S. intelligence community-funded Good Judgment Project at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that, she worked at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC, organizing programs and events for CFR membership. Earlier, she taught high school English in Japan through the JET Program. Allison holds an MA from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and a BA in International Studies from Emory University.