Greg LeRoy is the founder and executive director of Good Jobs First, a national policy resource center promoting corporate and government accountability in economic development.
Through disruptive events, companies look to strengthen supply chains while remaining cost-effective
Virginia expands infrastructure capacity through targeted investments in road, rail, and port facilities.
Matt Calkins is founder and CEO of Appian, an enterprise cloud software company headquartered in McLean in Fairfax County.
Ambassador Mark Brzezinski has served as the U.S. ambassador to Poland since 2021. VEDP President and CEO Jason El Koubi spoke with Ambassador Brzezinski about foreign direct investment, European perceptions of the business climate in the United States and Virginia, and more.
Jasjit Singh is the executive director of SelectUSA, and spoke with Jason El Koubi about trends in foreign direct investment and SelectUSA’s work to drive FDI activity.
Virginia is leading efforts to address the country’s talent gap. The Commonwealth has the second-largest cyber workforce in the U.S., with demand continuing to grow. Between September 2023 and August 2024, Virginia employers sought to fill 51,005 cybersecurity jobs, and that number is only expected to rise, according to CyberSeek.
VEDP Vice President of Talent and Workforce Strategy Megan Healy spoke with Tamara Fields, national U.S. public service industry lead at Accenture, about new and traditional methods of upskilling, AI and its effect on the workforce, and the way companies can invest in their employees.
VEDP Interim President and CEO Jason El Koubi spoke with Chandra Briggman, president and CEO of Activation Capital about her organization’s mission and activities, the pharmaceutical cluster emerging in Richmond and Petersburg, and the nuances of supporting life sciences investment during a global pandemic.
VEDP Executive Vice President Jason El Koubi spoke with futurist Byron Reese about the progression of technology and what it means for the future of the workforce.