LEADING MARKET SERIES
August 12 - Economic Developers - East
Economic Developers
This Month's Sponsor is
Moderator
Rebekah Morris
Owner & Founder, BEX
Speaker
Rob Millar
Economic Development Director, City of Scottsdale
Rob serves as the City of Scottsdale Economic Development Director where he is responsible for overseeing all business attraction, retention, expansion and business development marketing initiatives for the City of Scottsdale. Rob has lead strategic efforts resulting in the capital investment of $353 million dollars and the creation and retention of nearly 9400 jobs resulting in a $13.7 billion dollar five-year total impact to the City of Scottsdale.
speaker
Bill Jabjiniak
Economic Development Director, City of Mesa
Bill serves as the City of Mesa Economic Development Director where he leads a team of professionals focused on business attraction, retention and expansion, entrepreneurship, redevelopment, and revitalization. Since Bill took the helm, the Office of Economic Development’s efforts have resulted in $5.9 billion dollars of capital investment and the creation and retention of more than 24,000 jobs in the City of Mesa.
panelist
Doreen Cott
Economic Development Director, Town of Queen Creek
Doreen Cott is the Economic Development Director for the Town of Queen Creek. She actively works to diversify and strengthen Queen Creek’s economic base through business attraction, a focus on small business development, support of entrepreneurs in the community and a robust tourism program. In addition to Economic Development, Doreen oversees the Town’s Real Estate Division and Horseshoe Park & Equestrian Centre. Doreen has been with the Town over fourteen years, and has been working in the economic development field for 22 years.
Economic Developers are at the forefront of attracting new business to their cities, and often times they come with new development projects. Come hear from Economic Developers in the East Valley and hear what they’re working on, how they’ve been adapting to the abrupt economic slowdown, and what they see coming in the near future.
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Agenda
7:30 a.m.
Zoom Webinar Goes Live
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Panel Discussion
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Virtual Networking
Location - Virtual
Zoom Webinar details will be emailed to registered attendees only approximately one day before the event.