VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Economic Developers Association (VEDA) elected its 2021 Board of Administrators and officers at its annual membership assembly held just about in December.
Matt Rowe of Pittsylvania County was a kind of elected to the board.
Officers for 2021 embody President Steve Harrison of the Hampton Roads Alliance, Vice President David Manley, Joint Industrial Growth Authority of Wythe County, Treasurer Voncile Gilbreath of the Larger Williamsburg Partnership, and Secretary Christina Winn of the Prince William County Division of Financial Growth.
VEDA is a non-profit, non-partisan membership affiliation for people with knowledgeable curiosity in financial improvement throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Based in 1982, “VEDA serves because the voice of financial improvement in Virginia to extend the effectiveness of people concerned within the observe of financial improvement,” VEDA Government Director Connie Lengthy mentioned. “In a 12 months like no different, VEDA performed a vital function in serving to Virginia’s economic system rebound from the challenges introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Jim Noel, Director of York County Financial Growth, serves as VEDA’s speedy previous president.
VEDA’s Board of Administrators for 2021 additionally contains Curry Roberts of the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance, Courtland Robinson of the Virginia Financial Growth Partnership, Traci Blido of Bedford County Financial Growth, John Kilgore of Scott County Financial Growth, Rick Whittington of Whittington Consulting, Matt Johnson of the Metropolis of Newport Information Financial Growth, Jenna French, Shenandoah County Financial Growth & Tourism, and Matt Rowe, Pittsylvania County Financial Growth.
The 2020 VEDA annual membership assembly included a keynote tackle from Thomas Barkin, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Financial institution of Richmond.
The morning began with opening remarks adopted by a panel dialogue highlighting a Virginia case research of Merck’s 2019 Growth within the Shenandoah Valley
Audio system have been Dan Talbot, Director Provide Chain Administration for the Elkton Plant of Merck, Kathleen Gass of Blue Ridge Neighborhood School, Jay A. Langston, Government Director of the Shenandoah Valley Partnership, and Meghan Welch, Senior Enterprise Supervisor, Applied sciences and Company Companies, Virginia Financial Growth Partnership.
