Awards & Recognition
★Financial Times 2021 Agenda Diversity 100
★Biz New Orleans CEO of the Year (2020)
★Biz New Orleans Businessperson of the Year (2019)
★ConsultantConnect North America Top 50 Economic Developers (2019, 2020)
★Crain's Detroit Business 50 Names to Know in Government (2021, 2023)
★Crain's Detroit Business Newsmakers of the Year (2022)
★Led NOLABA to win record-setting eight IEDC awards in 2020 including Best in Show
Notable Facts
→CEO and President of Michigan Economic Development Corporation since July 2021, member of Governor Whitmer's cabinet
→Previously CEO of New Orleans Business Alliance (2015-2021), led organization to IEDC accreditation
→Former Assistant Secretary at Louisiana Economic Development
→IEDC certified economic developer (CEcD) with board positions on multiple economic development organizations
→Education: BA Princeton University (Public & International Affairs), JD and MBA from Columbia University
→Private sector experience at Boston Consulting Group and O'Melveny & Myers LLP
→Contract renewed for four-year term in 2023, leads Michigan's economic development strategy including SOAR fund
→Serves on boards of American Center for Mobility, Michigan Israel Business Accelerator, International Economic Development Council