Gary Brown Email & Phone Number

Until retiring in late 2019, I served for more than twenty-seven years as Executive Director of the Northampton County (NC) Economic Development Commission, the agency responsible for leading the county’s public sector initiatives in generating and sustaining economic growth. During those years, industrial employment in the county increased by more than 600%, the value of industrial properties increased more than twenty-fold, and the county’s private sector wage average improved from 95th lowest to 45th among North Carolina’s one hundred counties.Previously, I served as field representative for North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt, as a staff member on several state and national political campaigns, and as a regional economic and community development specialist with Western Carolina University.I received my bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Western Carolina University; certification in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology; and am a graduate of the International Economic Development Council's Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma. I was ordained a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church of the United States in 1977, and am a long-standing member of both the North Carolina Economic Developers Association and the International Economic Development Council. My wife Lynne and I reside in the Town of Conway (NC).

Listed skills include Economic Development, Community Development, Public Policy, Strategic Planning, and 9 others.