Allan Swisher

Allan Swisher is an attorney and public servant who currently is the general counsel and senior policy advisor for the Office of the Queens Borough President. In this role, Mr. Swisher has spearheaded the administration's community board reform agenda, including efforts to diversify community board membership and promote transparency and good governance in the borough's community boards. Since 2018, he has been a trustee of the New York City Employees' Retirement System and the Queens Public Library, as well as a member of the New York City Franchise and Concession Review Committee. Previously, Mr. Swisher prosecuted child abuse and neglect cases in Queens as an attorney for the Administration for Children's Services and was a litigation associate for Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP. He received a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Brown University.