Principal
Paul Adler LLC
Chevy Chase, MD

Owner
Neon Cloud Productionsc
Dallas, TX

Managing Director Marketing and Communications
Columbus 2020
Columbus, OH

Editor in Chief
Site Selection Magazine
Peachtree Corners, GA

Lecturer
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Vice President, Business Development
Orlando Economic Partnership
Orlando, FL

President
Retail Strategies
Birmingham, AL

Associate Vice Provost & Executive Director
University of Alaska Anchorage Business Enterprise Institute

President
Aliquantus Consulting
Southlake, TX

Assistant Director, Economic Development & Tourism
City of Lynchburg
Lynchburg, VA

Partner
RSM Canada LLP
Toronto, ON, Canada

CEO
GIS WebTech
Atlanta, GA

Managing Director
Navigator Consulting
Atlanta, GA

Founding Chair
Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students+Educate
Atlanta, GA

CEO
Innovate+Educate
Santa Fe, NM

CEO
Golden Shovel Agency
Little Falls, MN

President
LeScot Enterprises, Inc.
Mableton, GA

Co-Founder
SaveYour.Town
Webster City , IA

Economic Development Strategist
Fourth Economy Consulting
Pittsburgh, PA

Senior Partner
WAVTEQ
Ottawa, ON, Canada

President & CEO
Charlotte Regional Partnership
Charlotte, NC

Business Marketing & Research Manager
Cedar Hill EDC
Cedar Hill, TX

President
CityWide Development Corp.
Dayton, OH

Executive Director
Ernst & Young, LLP
Fayetteville, GA

Director of Community Relations
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA

President & Economic Development Director
REDI & City of Columbia
Columbia, MO

Associate Professor
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Director, Education Policy
Metro Atlanta Chamber
Atlanta, GA

Former Mayor
City of Cleveland
Washington, DC

Managing Director
SVAM International, Inc.
Great Neck, NY

Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development
JAXUSA Partnership
Jacksonville, FL

Executive Director/Port Director
Claiborne County Economic Development District & Port Commission, Port Gibson, MS

National Sales Manager
ProTRACKPlus
Georgetown, TX

Director of Business Partnership Development
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

CEO & Chief Economist
Chmura Economics & Analytics
Richmond, VA

Director of Brand Development
365 Degree Total Marketing
Saint Simons Island, GA

Deputy Mayor of Economic Development
City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

CEO
Lake Superior Community Partnership
Marquette, MI

Director - Community & Economic Development
Montgomery County
Dayton, OH

VP Marketing & Communications
Calgary Economic Development
Calgary, AB, Canada

President
Saginaw Future, Inc.
Saginaw, MI

Founder & CEO
StateBook International
Kingston, NY

Senior Vice President
Development Counsellors International
New York, NY

President
EURADA
Bolonga, Italy

Assistant Professor of International Studies
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN

City Administrator
City of Eagle Grove
Eagle Grove, IA

Executive Director
Hocking County Community Improvement Corporation
Logan, OH

Founder & Managing Partner
Global Innovation Partners, Ltd.
Sparta, NJ

President
National Community Development Services
Atlanta, GA

Principal - Community & Business Development
Urban Oasis Development
Atlanta, GA

President & CEO
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
Great Falls, MT

Principal and Owner
WDGC
Bridgewater, NJ

Director of Business Development
Lansing Economic Development Corporation
Lansing, MI

Director Lead Generation
DCI
Denver, CO

Managing Director
Coastal Cloud
Louisville, KY

Head of FDI & Economic Products
Bureau van Dijk - a Moody's Analytics Company
London, UK

Economic Development Graduate Student
Georgia State University
Decatur, GA

Chief Technical Officer
GIS WebTech
Atlanta, GA

Fulton County Commission Vice Chairman
Fulton County
Atlanta, GA

Director of Economic Development
City of Fairview Heights
Fairview Heights, IL

CEO
CO.STARTERS
Chattanooga, TN

Senior Technology Project Manager
Cumming-Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce
Cumming, GA

Director of Strategic Engagement
University of North Alabama
Florence, AL

President
Resonance Consultancy
Vancouver, BC, Canadas

Executive Vice President
POWER 10
Sandy Springs, GA

Manager of Retail Development & Recruitment
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber
Oklahoma City, OK

President and CEO
Civitas Consultants LLC
Silver Spring, MD

Vice President, Planning and Strategic Initiatives
Invest Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Executive Director
100 Black Men of Atlanta
Roswell, GA

Assistant Commissioner and Chief Information Officer
Washington Employment Security Department

President
Downtown Partnership of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Chief Operating Officer
Lee County Economic Development Group
Burlington, IA

Visiting Scholar/Professor
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

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

President
Economic Developers Association Canada (EDAC)
Sherwood Park, AB, Canada

President and Founder
Garner Economics, LLC
Atlanta, GA

President
FrankfurtRheinMain Corp.
Chicago, IL

President & CEO
Fayetteville Cumberland Economic Development Corporation

Executive Director
Development Authority of Houston County
Warner Robins, GA

President
InnoVisions and Associates
Airdrie, AB, Canada

Senior Consultant
OCO Global
London, UK

President
Coeur d'Alene Area Economic Development Corporation
Coeur D'Alene, ID

Senior Community Development Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Omaha Branch

VP of Business Recruitment
Connecticut Economic Resource Center, Inc.
Rocky Hill, CT

Principal
Thrive Global Advisory
Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Director
UGA Archway Partnership
Athens, GA

Urban Design Director
CityWide Development Corporation
Dayton, OH

Senior Manager
KPMG
Atlanta, GA

Executive Director
Atlanta University Center Consortium
Atlanta, GA

Director
Cullman Alabama Economic Development Agency
Cullman, AL

Executive Director
Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation
Brattleboro, VT

Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN

Chief of Staff
Office of the Governor Ralph Torres
Saipan, MP

VP Performance Management & Strategy
New Orleans Business Alliance
New Orleans, LA

CEO
Economic Developers Alberta
Calgary, AB, Canada

Alumni Member
Back on My Feet Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Managing Director
RW Ventures
Chicago, IL

Deputy Director of Jobs and Economic Development
City of Columbus
Columbus, OH

President and CEO
ENVISION Fond du Lac, Inc.
Fond Du Lac, WI

Director, Real Estate
Origis Energy
Atlanta, GA

Senior Vice President, North America
WAVTEQ
Scottsdale, AZ

VP of Municipal Services
Connecticut Economic Resource Center
Rocky Hill, CT

Partner
HR&A Advisors, Inc.
New York, NY

Executive Consultant
City of Hornell Industrial Development Agency
Hornell, NY

Chief
Chef Outta Water
Astoria, OR

Founder and CEO
Market Street Services
Atlanta, GA

President & Chief Sherpa
Avalanche Consulting, Inc.
Austin, TX

CEO
Interise
Boston, MA

Director of Economic Vitality
City of Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

Trade & Investment Commissioner for Alabama Georgia & Tennessee
ProMéxico, Atlanta, GA

President
Hunden Strategic Partners
Chicago, IL

Deputy Director, Develop Indy
Indy Chamber
Indianapolis, IN

Professor, Andrew Young School
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

Director of Economic Development
City of Mesa
Mesa, AZ

Director
WVU Regional Research Institute
Morgantown, WV

SVP Public Policy
Birmingham Business Alliance
Birmingham, AL

President & CEO
Aerotropolis Atlanta Alliance, Inc.
Atlanta, GA

Founder and President
ROI Research on Investment
Montreal, QC, Canada

Project Coordinator
Mississippi County Economic Development
Blytheville, AR

Economic Development & Business Relations Manager
City of Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho

Director of Business Development - Interactive & Creative Technology,
Nashville, TN

Member
Housing Justice League
Atlanta, GA

Regional Manager, Economic Development
BNSF Railway
Fort Worth, TX

President
Urban League of Greater Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Founding Partner
The Common Market
Philadelphia, PA

Program Manager, Creative Industries
Invest Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Manager - Foreign Direct Investment
Conway Advisory
Berlin, Germany

CEO
Karp Strategies, LLC
New York, NY

Senior Consultant
TIP Strategies
Austin, TX

Clinical Psychology Director of Clinical Services - Eastern Massachusetts Adult Services May Institute
Middleboro, MA

CEO & Founder
JBK Brand Design LLC
Silver Spring, MD

President
Economic Developers Alberta
Grande Prairie, AB, Canada

President and CEO
Invest Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President
Accrisoft Corporation
Charlotte, NC

CCO & Co-Founder
WAVTEQ
London, UK

External Affairs
Lincoln Premium Poultry
Seward, NE

Chief Economic Development Officer
Indy Chamber
Indianapolis, IN

Owner
RRK Resources
Edmond, OK

President & CEO
Invest Buffalo Niagara
Buffalo, NY

Chairman
U.S. Indian American Chamber of Commerce
Alexandria, VA

Executive Director
Incremental Development Alliance
Minneapolis MN

Chief Executive Officer
Economic Developers Council of Ontario
Cornwall, ON, Canada

Vice President
InterVISTAS Consulting Inc.
Washington, DC

Senior Vice President, State & Local Government Affairs
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA

CEO
GREATER MSP
Minneapolis - Saint Paul, MN

Principal
TadZo
Buckeye, AZ

Principal
Business Cluster Development
Palo Alto, CA

Economic Architect
Community Economics Laboratory
Albuquerque, NM

Director
Community and Economic Development, City of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

Director of Economic Development
City of St. Charles
St. Charles, MO

Chairman
Development Counsellors International (DCI)
New York, NY

Practice Leader, Location Strategies
Oxford Economics, Inc
New York, NY

Senior Advisor
Edward Lowe Foundation
Grand Rapids, MI

Public Relations/Marketing Specialist
Biz kidz Academy
Ackworth, GA

Vice President of Business Creation
Ocala/Marion County Chamber & Economic Partnership
Ocala, FL

Education and Workforce Development Manager
Georgia Power Company
Atlanta, GA

Chief Executive Officer and President
Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce
Beaumont, TX

Principal
Barretto Bay Strategies
New York, NY

Senior Business Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Manager
Ryan, LLC
Orlando, FL

President
Diane Lupke and Associates
Newton, WI

Director, Employer Strategies
ACT
Macon, GA

Head of Investment Promotion and Aftercare
Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency-CINDE, New York, NY

Executive Director
Labor Market Intelligence Center Dallas County Community College District

Director
HKTDC
New York, NY

EVP, International Investment and Trade
Edmonton Global
Edmonton, AB, Canada

CEO
TechGrit
Alliance, OH

President & CEO
Downtown Cleveland Alliance
Cleveland, OH

Vice President, Industrial Development
OmniTRAX
Atlanta, GA

President & CEO
Cherokee Office of Economic Development
Woodstock, GA

President
North Louisiana Economic Partnership
Shreveport, LA

President
Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association
San Juan, PR

Specialist, Partnership Development
NIST MEP
Gaithersburg, MD

Executive Director
Louisville Downtown Partnership
Louisville, KY

President & CEO
Greater Richmond Partnership
Richmond, VA

Senior Director, Small Business Services
Louisiana Economic Development
Baton Rouge, LA

President & CEO
Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation
Oxford, MS

Chairman of Board
Spectrum Living Solutions
Fayetteville, AR

Founder and CEO
McDaniel Strategy Ecosystems
Austin, TX

President & Chief Economic Officer
Columbus 2020
Columbus, OH

Principal
Willdan Group, Inc.
Washington, DC

Executive Director
Ohio City Incorporated
Cleveland, OH

Managing Director, Business Development
Columbus 2020
Columbus, OH

Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Atlanta, GA

Director of Business Development
North Carolina's Southeast Regional Economic Development Partnership
Elizabethtown, NC

President and CEO
New Orleans Business Alliance (NOLABA)
New Orleans, LA

Founder
SourceLink
Kansas City, MO

CEO
Legatus Group
Clare, SA, Australia

President & CEO
Ascendant Global
Detroit, MI

Associate Vice President
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
Chicago, IL

Principal
Urban3
Ashville, NC

Economic Development Manager
City of Carrollton, TX
Carrollton, TX

Vice President
TICE ENGINEERING, INC.
Ridgeland, MS

Senior Economic Development Manager
Louisville Forward
Louisville, KY

Founder & CEO
Creative Economic Development Consulting
Elkin, NC

CEO
365 Degree Total Marketing
Saint Simons Island, GA

VP Business Development
ROI Research on investment
Washington, DC

President/CEO
Tyler Economic Development Council
Tyler, TX

President and CEO
Tulsa Regional Chamber
Tulsa, OK

Senior Vice President
Carter
Atlanta, GA

Chairman
EANI Consulting
Stone Mountain, GA

Director of Financial Services
Project Management Consultants
Cleveland, OH

Manager of Strategic Initiatives
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
Boston, MA

Chief Executive Officer
OCO Global
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

President
Global Economic Institute
Ottawa, ON, Canada

CEO
Committee of 100 for Economic Development, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA

Principal
Larisa Ortiz Associates
Jackson Heights, NY

Senior Research Analyst
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC)
Boston, MA

President & CEO
Fourth Economy Consulting
Pittsburgh, PA

Workforce Development Manager
NIST MEP
Gaithersburg, MD

President
EntreWorks Consulting
Arlington, VA

Chief, GDP by Metropolitan Area
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Washington, DC

Co-founder & CEO
Localintel
Calgary, AB

Regional Manager
BNSF Railway
Fargo, ND

Associate Partner
Resonance Consultancy
Vancouver, BC

President
Jamestown LLP
Atlanta, GA

Director of Business Development
W&A Engineering
Athens, GA

Director of Economic Development
City of Dallas Office of Economic Development
Dallas, TX

Managing Principal
Resource Development Group
Columbus, OH

Director, Philadelphia Regional Office (retired)
Economic Development Administration, Mays Landing, NJ

Associate
Global BMT
Mexico City, DF, Mexico

Chief Product and Analytics Officer
Burning Glass Technologies
Boston, MA

CEO
Chicago TREND
Chicago, IL

Project Manager, Workforce Education Manager
Bastrop Economic Development Corporation

Southeast Regional Manager
NIST MEP
Gaithersburg, MD

Managing Director
Atlanta Regional Commission - CATLYST
Atlanta, GA

Managing Director
TIP Strategies, Inc
Austin, TX

Library Coordinator, Business Resource and Innovation Center
Free Library of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Mayor-President
Lafayette Consolidated Government
Lafayette, LA

Editor in Chief
Business Facilities Magazine
Tinton Falls, NJ

Founder
Place It!
Alhambra, CA

Economic Development Advisor
Bloomberg Associates
New York, NY

Executive Director
Charles County Public Library
La Plata, MD

Chief Strategist & Founder
GilSalinas EcoDevo Concepts
Brownsville, TX

Manager, Regional and Strategic Partnerships
Metro Atlanta Chamber
Atlanta, GA

Vice President
Great Falls Montana Development Authority
Great Falls, MT

Principal/Economist
Impact DataSource, LLC
Austin, TX

Manager, Business Development
City of Hamilton
Hamilton, ON, Canada

Executive, Small Business Development
City of Cleveland Department of Economic Development

President
Medical Center of the Americas Foundation
El Paso, TX

Senior Vice President
Brookfield Properties Retail
Atlanta, GA

President
Progressive Urban Management Associates, Inc.
Denver, CO

Partner
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Atlanta, GA

CEO of Motivity and Co-founder of GW4W
Motivity Partnerships and Global Women 4 Wellbeing (GW4W)

Attorney
Butler Snow LLP
Macon, GA

Executive Vice President, Investment Attraction
Toronto Global
Toronto, ON, Canada

CEO
World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)
Istanbul, Turkey

VP Marketing
GIS Planning, Inc.
Montreal, QC, Canada

Director, Research and Planning
Appalachian Regional Commission
Washington, DC

Regional Marketing Director
365 Degree Total Marketing
Saint Simons Island, GA

Chief Operating Officer
Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance
Las Vegas, NV

Founder and Chief Equity Officer
Partnership for Southern Equity
Atlanta, GA

President
South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Columbia, SC

CEO
Platinum PR
Frederick, MD

Executive Vice President
Conway Inc.
Norcross, GA

COO & President North America
Investment Consulting Associates
Boston, MA

Project Manager
CityWide Development
Dayton, OH

CEO
Economic Development Association of Skagit County
Mount Vernon, WA

Director, Community Relations
International Council of Shopping Centers
Washington, DC

Director of Economic Development & Government Relations
Niagara Bottling, LLC
Groveland, FL

Real Estate Manager
Shaw Industries Group Inc.
Dalton, GA

Founder and President
Research Consultants International
Montreal, QC, Canada

Assistant Professor
Troy University
Troy, AL

President & CEO
Downtown Durham, Inc
Durham, NC

Principal/CEO
The Riddle Company
Wilmington, DE

Interim CEO
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Atlanta, GA

Vice President, Workforce Programs and Operations
Allegheny Conference on Community Development

Deputy Commissioner
NYC Department of Small Business Services
New York, NY

Practice Group Chair, International and Regional Practices
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Columbus, OH

Director, Economic Development
City of Lynchburg
Lynchburg, VA

President
Valente Strategic Advisers, LLC
Saint Petersburg, FL

President
Saratoga Partnership
Malta, NY

Strategic Consulting and Site Selection Practice Area Leader
Ady Advantage
Madison, WI

Project Manager
Decide DeKalb Development Authority
Decatur, GA

President
ExecutivePulse, Inc.
Erie, PA

CEO
The P3 Solution
Silver Spring, MD

Director of Economic Development
City of Dayton
Dayton, OH

Owner/Site Selection Consultant
Webster Global Site Selectors
Phoenix, AZ

President and CEO
Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance
Norfolk, VA

President
Economic Development Research Group, Inc.
Boston, MA

President & CEO
British Columbia Economic Development Association
Chilliwack, BC, Canada

Economic Development Practitioner
Serving Communities
Atlanta, GA

General Manager
City of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Chair, Chief Executive
Economic Development NZ, Northland Inc
Whangarei, New Zealand

Chief Economist
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Madison, WI

Director of Entrepreneurship
Partnership Gwinnett
Duluth, GA

Chief Executive Officer
Atlas Integrated
Denver, CO

Director of Economic Development
Emsi
Moscow, ID

Acceleration Program Manager
Creative Startups
Santa Fe, NM

Chief Resilience Officer
City of Minot
Minot, ND

Vice President of International Development
RGP Northwest Ohio
Toledo, OH

President & CEO
World Business Chicago
Chicago, IL