I take personally Pittsburgh’s global business investment competitiveness; I have dedicated nearly the entirety of my career to creating jobs for Pittsburgh and have no deeper professional passion than the region’s success. With over 18 years’ experience at the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA), I am a seasoned leader with direct knowledge and expertise invigorating development utilizing my economic development expertise, supporting entrepreneurship and job creation through real estate development, business start-up and expansion, and leadership at the URA. I have directed deployment of a wide variety of tools toward community development real estate projects, entrepreneurial support programs and innovation based business expansion projects. I am a respected leader and practitioner with a robust professional network across public, private, philanthropic, academic, technology-based economic development, and regional stakeholder circles.