Ivory Allison
National Senior Director of Community Impact
Ivory Allison is a dual-sector executive with deep influence in the arts and health industries and partnership cultivation. For more than 20 years Ivory has had measurable impact nationally. She is currently the National Senior Director of Community Impact with American Liver Foundation (ALF) and before her appointment to the national team, Ivory created three national programs for the organization during her decade of service as the former Mid-Atlantic region’s Executive Director. In her current role, Ivory strategically builds coalitions, cultivates national partnerships, and curates programs aligned with the organization’s mission of being a national leader in liver health research and innovation, centered on equity.
Before joining ALF in 2010, Ivory was Vice-President of Programming and Production for ‘Welcome America!’ where she led the production and programming for the nation’s premier and largest Independence festival, which included a team of more than 200 staff, consultants, and volunteers and a programming budget of more than $3MM. Ivory is also a veteran concert producer and has booked and produced live, televised concerts featuring artists like John Legend, Fantasia, Patti LaBelle, Hall & Oates, Lionel Richie, Chaka Khan, and Jill Scott for audiences of more than 10,000 people. During her time with ‘Welcome America!’ Ivory also created the nationally replicated and trademarked ‘Go 4th & Learn!’ literacy program for children and families.
Ivory’s career began as a special events producer, managing production and partnership development for highly visible events like Philadelphia’s Annual Mayoral City Ball, Philadelphia’s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, Philadelphia’s Holiday Festival, and the Philadelphia Marathon. She has also represented the City of Philadelphia at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards and in Athens, Greece for the International Festival and Events Association.
Ivory’s accomplishments are highly lauded as noted by her eight features in the Philadelphia Tribune’s “Most Influential Philadelphians” and as one of their “10 under 40 to Watch”. She was also named a “Woman of Distinction” by the Philadelphia Business Journal.
A dedicated and collaborative leader in the Philadelphia community, she is the President of the Philadanco! board of directors, a board member for West Catholic Preparatory High School and a member of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc., Pennsylvania Chapter. Ivory earned her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Saint Joseph’s University.