SAMANTHA EVES
Associate: Summit Economics, LLC
smeves41@gmail.com
Samantha Eves is an applied economist and economic development professional with experience spanning economic impact analysis, policy research, international investment, and quantitative analysis. Her work focuses on understanding how economic conditions, public policies, and investment decisions affect communities, labor markets, and quality of life.
Samantha’s experience includes industry and regional economic analysis, economic impact studies, business attraction, and applied research. At the Sonoma County Economic Development Board, she conducted sector research and economic impact analysis, including work examining the economic contribution of the county’s film industry. She has also worked with Invest Northern Ireland, supporting companies evaluating investment and expansion opportunities and helping communicate the economic case for locating and growing operations in Northern Ireland.
Her research interests include workforce and labor market analysis, program and policy evaluation, health and wellbeing, and economic development. She is particularly interested in projects that combine rigorous quantitative analysis with practical questions facing governments, businesses, and communities.
Samantha holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick and an MBA. Her graduate training includes econometrics, causal inference, health economics, and data analytics. Her MSc dissertation examined the effects of changes to the UK State Pension Age on individual wellbeing using longitudinal household data and applied econometric methods.
