Strategy and Policy

 

• Strategies and policies prepared (including technological innovation, target State of Ohio Department of Development: and cluster work) for the administrations of four Ohio Governors (Celeste, Voinovich, Taft, and Strickland)

• Ohio Governor's Workforce Policy Board: Strategic framework for state workforce policy

• Greater Phoenix Economic Council: Strategy and future outlook work

• Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities: Strategy and cluster work

• Tulare County, CA Economic Development Corporation: Strategy and target industry work

• City of Chico, CA: Strategy work

• Monterey County, CA: Strategy work

• Wayne County, OH: Strategy and target industry work (3 occasions)

• Wayne County, IN : Strategy work

• Clarion County, PA: Strategy work.

• Crawford County, PA: Strategy work

• Northwest Regional Commission, PA: Strategy work (3 occasions)

• Salt Lake City, UT: Strategy and target industry work

• Ogden City, UT: Strategy work

• Fort Wayne and Allen County, IN: Strategy work

• Richmond, IN: Strategy work

• Halton Regional Municipality, ON, CA: Regional strategy work

• Beachwood, OH: Strategy and target industry work

• Southfield, MI: Strategy work

• Birmingham, AL: Strategy work

• Cuyahoga Community College, OH: Business plan and workforce strategy

• Visiala Community College, CA: Strategic plan and workforce strategy

• Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma: Economic development strategy, workforce strategy, and healthcare strategy.

• Snohomish County Economic Development Council, WA: Economic development reorganization plan and implementation

• Everett Area Chamber of Commerce, WA: Reorganization study and strategy

• U.S. Department of Commerce/EDA: District and University Center programs evaluations

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Brownfields and environmental finance policy and strategy work.

• U.S. Department of Labor: Policy work related to both WIA and WIOA and workforce work.

• Southern Tier Economic Growth, NY: Industry and economic development strategy.

 

Research and Evaluation

 

• Charlotte Regional Partnership: Benchmarking and best practice study

• Ohio Legislature: Economic and fiscal impact study on all state incentive programs and strategy for future

• Illinois Department of Economic and Community Affairs: Incentive evaluation work

• U.S. Of Interior/Office of Surface Mining: Regulatory Impact Analysis on new environmental rule

• Greater Phoenix Economic Council: Global strategy research

• University of Southern Mississippi: M.S. in Economic Development Program evaluation and new curriculum development

• Dayton Development Council: Target industry research study

 

Futurism and Big Picture Understanding (Emerging Practice Area)

 

• American Economic Development Council: Future trends in economic development.

• American Economic Development Council: Future of computers in economic development

• Northeast Ohio Urban Universities Program: Future of the Internet in the NE Ohio economy

• Michigan Economic Developers Association: Future of economic development

• World Future Society: Future of economic development

• Training sessions and speeches for state economic development associations and training institutes in Economic Development Institute, OH, FL, NY, KY, CA, Ontario CA, AZ, MO: Future of economic development