Speakers

Roger Bohnert

Director of Outreach & Project Development
Build America Bureau, U.S. Department of Transportation
Washington, DC

Emily Brown

Director of Economic Strategy
Fourth Economy Consulting
Pittsburgh, PA

Marva Bryan, CEcD

Accounting Manager/Tax Incentive Analyst
Development Authority of Fulton County
Atlanta, GA

The Honorable Jane Campbell

Former Mayor
City of Cleveland



Daria Daniel

Associate Legislative Director, Community, Economic & Workforce Development
National Association of Counties (NACo)
Washington, DC

Brian P. Darmody JD

Chief Executive Officer
Association of University Research Parks
Tuscon, AZ

Claudette Fernandez

Director, Office of Block Grant Assistance
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, DC

Lara L. Fritts, CEcD

Director of the Department of Economic Development
Salt Lake City Department of Economic Development
Salt Lake City, UT

Rob Garcia

Manager, Business Leaders United
National Skills Coalition
Washington, DC

Todd Greene, CEcD

Executive Director
Atlanta University Center Consortium
Atlanta, GA

Allen Gutierrez

Associate Administrator, Office of Entrepreneurial Development
U.S. Small Business Administration
Washington, DC

Scott T. Hamilton

Executive Director
Appalachian Regional Commission
Washington, DC

Mignonne Hollis

Executive Director
Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation
Sierra Vista, AZ

Paul L. Krutko, FM

President & CEO
Ann Arbor SPARK
Ann Arbor, MI


Amber Kuchar-Bell

Program Manager
Community Development Finance Institutions Program, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Washington, DC

Valri Lightner

Acting Director, Advanced Manufacturing Office
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, DC

Erika Magder

Vice President, Global Sales & Products
Research Consultants International FDI, Inc.
Montreal, QC

Tracye McDaniel

President
TIP Strategies, Inc.
Austin, TX


Joe C. McKinney

Executive Director
National Association of Development Organizations
Washington, DC

Alivia Metts

Economist, Director of Consulting
Emsi
Moscow, ID

Rebecca Moudry

Vice President, Business Development
ROI Research on Investment
Washington, DC

Michael S. Neal, CCE, CCD, HLM, IOM

President & CEO
Tulsa Regional Chamber
Tulsa, OK


Jonas Peterson

President & Chief Executive Officer
Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance (LVGEA)
Las Vegas, NV

Sally Rood, Ph.D.

Senior Policy Analyst for Economic Development
National Governors Association, Center for Best Practices
Washington, DC

Chad Rupe

Acting Administrator
Rural Utility Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC

Eric Paul Smith

Senior Advisor, Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
U.S. Economic Development Administration
Washington, DC

Raffael Stein

Director, Water Infrastructure Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC

Matthew Stevens

Program Manager
Office of Economic Adjustment, U.S. Department of Defense
Arlington, VA

Scott Stump

Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical and Adult Education
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, DC

Carroll A. Thomas

Director, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership
National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce
Gaithersburg, MD

Robert Van Geons, CEcD

President & CEO
Fayetteville Cumberland Economic Development Corporation
Fayetteville, NC