BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200619T130000Z DTEND:20200619T140000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Legislative Series Webinar: Signs of Economic Recovery DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the latest installment of the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce's Legislative Series. Our community is beginning to return to work and play. With our continued recovery from the pandemic\, we have brought together two prominent economic leaders to offer their forecast on the challenges and opportunities which lie ahead. Alex Iams\, Executive Vice President of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority\, will provide insight on activities within our local region and Stephen Moret\, President & CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership\, will share the statewide perspective.\n\n \n\nThey will touch on:\n\n \n\n? The big economic picture of where we started and where we are going\n\n? Great stories of client retention and relationship building during the pandemic\n\n? The current landscape of hiring (yes\, companies are hiring!)\n\n? Keeping top talent local\n\n \n\nThank you to our Legislative Series Sponsors: McGuire Woods Consulting\; MillerMusmar CPAs\; ReedSmith Consulting\; Sandy Spring Bank\; and Walsh\, Colucci\, Lubeley & Walsh\n\n\nREGISTER HERE:\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5615918870180/WN_OAdiQ2q6R-aPDsvMgGo1oQ\n\n\n\nAbout our Speakers:\n\n\n\n\n\nAlex Iams\n\nExecutive Vice President @Fairfax County Economic Development Authority\n\nAlex Iams is the Executive Vice President at the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority\, where he leads the Business Investment\, Market Intelligence\, Communications and Operations teams. He has spent the last 17 years working in economic development\, including 13 years with Arlington County. His work in Arlington included the recruitments of the Lidl North American Headquarters and Amazon HQ2. On the real estate development side\, Iams worked on the land use and infrastructure finance plans for the Crystal City and Columbia Pike areas. His career includes positions at the Council of Development Finance Agencies as Director of Research\, and the International Economic Development Council as a Research Associate. Iams has a master?s degree in City and Regional Planning from the Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Washington.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Moret\n\nPresident & CEO @Virginia Economic Development Partnership\n\nBefore joining VEDP in January 2017\, Moret served as chief executive of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber and Louisiana Dept. of Economic Development\, as well as the LSU Foundation and its real-estate development arm. At VEDP\, he has collaborated with state\, regional\, and local partners to craft an ambitious vision focused on transformational goals\, including accelerating employment growth\; enabling every region to grow\; and moving back to the top of national business climate rankings. He led Virginia?s successful state-and-local team bid for Amazon?s HQ2 and is launching a world-class\, custom workforce program along with the Virginia Community College System. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: