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The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee manages the organization and makes decisions between the meetings of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee takes the mission and goals of the Board and works to make it a reality in partnership with the Executive Director.
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DAVID
KLEITSCH, CHAIR
Economic Development Director, City of Lynnwood
David Kleitsch is the Economic Development Director for the City of Lynnwood, Washington. He has over 30 years of experience in the areas of economic development with municipal government. Prior to coming to Lynnwood in 2001, David worked for Ventura and San Jose, California, Chandler, Arizona and Missoula, Montana.
David’s experience includes executive and management responsibility for economic development and redevelopment policy and planning, and the implementation of a wide variety of economic development and redevelopment programs and projects. He also has worked extensively with the stakeholders, the public, and elected officials to advance economic development and community revitalization.
David has a Bachelors degree in Urban Planning from the University of Washington, and Masters degrees from Ohio State University in City & Regional Planning, and San Jose State University in Public Administration.
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Jeff Marcell, CHAIR-ELECT, LEGISLATIVE CHAIR
President & CEO , EnterpriseSeattle
Jeff Marcell is the President and Chief Executive Officer of enterpriseSeattle (formerly the Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County). He is responsible for the day-to-day management of activities and personnel, relating to the organization’s mission of business and job creation, retention, expansion, and recruitment in King County through its client-based economic development work.
Jeff joined enterpriseSeattle in July of 2004 and since that time he has rebuilt the organization’s client-based economic development program, leading a new team of business development professionals targeted on five industry clusters: aerospace, IT, life science, clean technology and international business. Over the last six years this new team has worked to assist 45 companies that have created or retained close to 4,500 primary jobs in the community with an estimated economic impact to the local economy of close to 8,800 total jobs with over $1.45 billion in new economic activity. |
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ROBIN TOTH, VICE-CHAIR
VP, Business Development, Greater Spokane Incorporated
Robin Toth has been with Greater Spokane Incorporated since January 2005, serving now as the Vice President of Business Development for the Economic Development department. In this role, Robin’s primary responsibilities are to manage recruitment, retention and expansion activities. In addition, her activities also include working with municipal partners in the development of capacity-building projects and to help drive growth in regional industry clusters such as aerospace, clean technology and health sciences. Several of the projects Robin has led have won national and international awards and media attention.
Prior to joining Greater Spokane Incorporated, Robin assisted in leading the City of Spokane's economic development efforts, and was a marketing and communications professional for World Wide Packets, Packet Engines and Itron, Inc.
Robin has a degree in Transportation from Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California, and attended Eastern Washington University’s International Marketing program. In addition to being a member of the WEDA board, Robin also sits on the boards of the Inland Northwest Economic Alliance, the Aerospace Futures Alliance, the Inland Northwest Aerospace Consortium and the Washington Clean Technology Alliance.
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ELLIE CHAMBERS-GRADY,
PAST-CHAIR
Economic Development Director, City of Lakewood
Ellie Chambers-Grady has been with the City since April 2008. As Economic Development Manager, Ellie’s role within the City’s Community and Economic Development Department is in part to ensure a better integration of economic development activity with other development functions. She works on redevelopments projects in Lakewood, the Office of Economic Adjustment Grant oversight, the retention and expansion of existing businesses, new business recruitment projects for locations within the City, and focused efforts in geographically targeted areas in the City such as Pacific Highway, Towne Center, Tillicum and Woodbrook Business Park.
Prior to coming to Lakewood, Ellie worked for the City of Puyallup, Avista Corporation (formerly Washington Water Power Company, in their three state service area), and the Spokane Economic Development Council. Ellie has received several awards for her work in economic development, a field she has enjoyed for over 20 years.
Ellie graduated from Eastern Washington University and attended Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in Chicago for some post graduate studies. She is a Certified Economic and Community Developer by the International Economic Development Council, is current President of the Washington Economic Development Association (WEDA) and serves on the Tacoma Regional CVB Board of Directors.
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DENISE DYER, TREASURER
Manager, Pierce County Economic Development Division
Denise Dyer holds an appointed position with the Pierce County Executive’s Office as Manager of the Economic Development Division. She has been working at Pierce County on behalf of the business community since 1988. She left a commercial banking career when she was hired as the County’s first Business Loan Officer. She became the County’s first Manager of Economic Development in 1998 and works on a variety of projects affecting Pierce County’s business climate and providing direct service to the County’s businesses.
Denise is on the County’s Chambers Creek Management Committee (representing the County’s property holdings including the Chambers Bay Golf Course in University Place which hosted the US Amateur in 2010 and will host the US Open in 2015.) In addition to being on the board of WEDA, she is a Member of the Board of Directors of the World Trade Center of Tacoma, the Tacoma Regional Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, the Greater Seattle Trade Development Alliance, and the Port of Tacoma Local Redevelopment Agency. Denise is the Honorary Commander of the Fourth Airlift Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, a Certified Economic Development Finance Professional and a graduate of the University of Washington-Tacoma.
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MATT MATAYOSHI, SECRETARY
Executive Director, Economic Development Council of Mason County
Coming soon...
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