It is a true honor of ours to work alongside many men and women that are remarkable economic developers and leaders. We are thrilled to announce to you the 2022 North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers! Each year we ask our robust site selector community and economic development partners to nominate individuals that they feel are top-notch and worthy of the title “Top 50 Economic Developer;” these are the names that surfaced.
Each 2022 Top 50 recipient will be individually featured on our selected social media channels of Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. Each winner will share their expertise in the field and some leadership insights they’ve learned along the way. We are so glad to have the opportunity to collaborate, learn from and lift up these individuals!
Congratulations to each of the 2022 winners!
Brian Anderson, Wabash Valley Power Alliance
Dorie Bacon, Screven County Development Authority
Elli Bowen, Kansas City Area Development Council / KC SmartPort
Beth Bowman, Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce
Bryan Brackemyre, Indiana Municipal Power Agency
Danielle Casey, Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance
Barbra Coffee, City of Tucson Office of Economic Initiatives
Doug Coffey, Georgia Power Economic Development
Richard Cornelison, OG&E
Bryan Daniels, Blount Partnership
Peter Denious, AdvanceCT
Ray Dunlap, Terrell Economic Development Corporation
Christina Frank, Cornerstone Alliance
Peter Frosch, GREATER MSP
Tim Giuliani, Orlando Economic Partnership
Jason Giulietti, Greater San Marcos Partnership
Ashley Gossen, greater:SATX
Rebecca Gries, Milwaukee 7
Kathleen Henry, Wake County Economic Development
Molly Howey, GO Topeka
Jack Johns, Macomb County Department of Planning and Economic Development
Michael Keoshkerian, Toronto Global
Stacy Lester, Mississippi Power
Nelson Lindsay, Central SC Alliance (CSCA)
Robert Long, Chester County Economic Development
Misty Mayo, Development Corporation of Abilene
Jill McCarthy, Kansas City Area Development Council
Rodrick Miller,, Invest Puerto Rico
Jennifer Owens, Lakeshore Advantage
Laura Lea Palmer, Conroe Economic Development Council
Kelly Patton, Arizona Public Service (APS)
Courtney Pogue, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Audrey Polk, Greater Richmond Partnership
Scott Powell, Greater Sacramento Economic Council
Joe Raso, Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation
Ryan Regan, Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
Craig Richard, Tampa Bay Economic Development Council
Nicole Ryf, Hampton Roads Alliance
Deb Scherer, One Columbus
Holly Schroeder, Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation
Kevin Shatley, Dallas Regional Chamber
Gregg Simon, Metro Atlanta Chamber
Larkin Simpson,, Louisiana Central
Rob Sitterley, Arkansas-Texas Regional Economic Development Inc. (AR-TX REDI)
Jared Smith, Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance
Jim Staton, The AES Corporation
Peter Tokar III, McKinney Economic Development Corporation
John Truluck, Dorchester County Economic Development
Wade Williams, REDI Cincinnati
Cal Wray, Development Authority of Augusta, Georgia