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About:
National and international interests are focused on Northern Virginia like never before since the region landed two of the largest economic development deals in decades - the 1100 jobs and $3 billion Micron plant and the 25,000 jobs and $2.5 billion Amazon HQ2. The push for these mega deals served as the impetus for the formation of the Northern Virginia Economic Development Alliance, a group of 10 Northern Virginia jurisdictions formed to market the region as a whole and to attract investment to the area. Join NVAR for a discussion about how our economic development leaders plan to position the region for the future.
Buddy Rizer
Buddy Rizer serves as the Executive Director for economic development in Loudoun County, Virginia. He leads the agency responsible for encouraging growth and developing relationships with Loudoun’s business community in both the commercial and agricultural-based business sectors. During his tenure, Rizer and his team have attracted more than $25 billion in new investment and tens of thousands of new jobs.
In 2007, Mr. Rizer joined Loudoun County and helped build “Data Center Alley” into the largest concentration of data centers in the world. He also has extensive international business development experience in China, France, Germany, Russia, Ireland, United Kingdom, Finland, Taiwan, Japan, India, Korea and United Arab Emirates.
In 2017, Rizer was named one of the top 50 Economic Developers in North America, he was named a Tech Titan by Washingtonian Magazine in 2017, 2018 and 2019, has been named one of the 50 most influential Virginians for 2018, 2019 and 2020 by Virginia Business Magazine, and was named to the Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 as one of the most influential business people in Washington, DC in 2019. In 2020, he was named to the Virginia 500, a list of the commonwealth’s “most powerful and influential leaders.”
Rizer is a certified economic developer and a graduate of Virginia Tech's Local Government Management Graduate Certificate Program.
Victor Hoskins
Victor Hoskins joined the Fairfax County (Va.) Economic Development Authority as president and CEO on August 5, 2019. Previously, he was the director of Arlington (Va.) Economic Development since 2015. In that role he is most known for leading the team that successfully attracted Amazon HQ2 to Arlington County, a deal that will bring between 25,000 and 37,850 Amazon jobs to Arlington, stimulate creation of another 75,000 jobs in the Washington region, and generate between $3.2 and $4.8 billion in revenue for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Under Mr. Hoskins’ leadership, Arlington County also successfully implemented an Innovation Strategy that moved it toward technology and private-sector commercialization. Other successes in Arlington include Nestlé, Grant Thornton, Lidl, MasterCard, Deloitte, PBS and Opower-Oracle. Previously, Mr. Hoskins worked in private real estate investment on Wall Street. He also served as deputy mayor of economic development for the District of Columbia, during which time he led the turnaround of the District’s economy with projects such as The Wharf and City Center. During his career, his work has resulted in almost 375,000 jobs, and he has led the teams that negotiated more than 700 major business deals resulting in billions of dollars in private investment.
Stephanie Landrum
Stephanie is President & CEO of the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP). Appointed by the Board of Directors in April 2015, Stephanie has held leadership roles in the organization since 2005. In addition to her responsibilities with the AEDP, Stephanie also provides strategic and financial oversight to two related organizations: the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Alexandria and the Alexandria Small Business Development Center. She also offers advice and information to the Alexandria City Council, Planning Commission and City Departments. Stephanie serves in various capacities on Boards, Commissions and Committees related to economic development, marketing and business throughout the Washington, DC region and statewide.
Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Science in City & Regional Planning from the University of Virginia, and an MBA from UVA’s Darden School of Business. One of Stephanie’s favorite things about Alexandria is the variety of locally-owned places that serve great margaritas!
David Howell (moderator)
David is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of McEnearney Associates. In that role, he is responsible for the firm' technology, market information and public relations, and is the author of their MarketWatch newsletter. He is also Principal Broker for McEnearney Associates in Maryland and Washington, DC, and is an Associate Broker in Virginia
David was President of the Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS (NVAR) in 1995 and was named REALTOR of The Year for NVAR in 1998. David was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Regional Information System (MRIS), the largest Multiple Listing System in the United States, and served as that organization's Chairman 1996-1997 and 2011-2012 and is currently on the BrightMLS Board and its Executive Committee.