Introducing IEDC’s Pandemic Resilience and Recovery Resources

IEDC launched pandemic response research in June of 2022 for you to use in ongoing recovery efforts and in preparation for the future. This webinar covered highlights from a new white paper that incorporates insights about recovery from COVID-19 gleaned from a year-long series of interviews with eight communities. IEDC is releasing a newly updated Leadership in Times of Crisis Toolkit that incorporates lessons learned from 15 years of recovery and resiliency work with best practices for pandemics.

This webinar was presented by the International Economic Development Council using federal funds under award ED20HDQ3070067 from the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of IEDC and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Economic Development Administration or the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Speakers:

Nathan Ohle is an internationally recognized expert in economic development and a leader of public, private and nonprofit organizations. He currently serves as the President & CEO of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization serving economic developers, with more than 5,000 members globally. In 2017, he was selected as one of 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in economic development internationally.

Nathan’s economic development experience and leadership span decades at the local, state, and federal levels. He served as the Senior Advisor at the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), overseeing policy and external affairs. He also was the lead for the U.S. Department of Commerce on the White House Rural Council and the Administration-wide Community Solutions team, leading initiatives across the Department of Commerce, as well as serving as the Deputy Director of the Detroit Federal Working group. He developed new partnerships for EDA and created the first-ever Office of Philanthropic Engagement at the Commerce Department, helping align the interests of the philanthropic sector with the federal government.

Jerry Bologna serves as President & CEO of the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO).

Since 2000, Jerry has played a significant role in industry recruitment, business retention efforts and major projects throughout Jefferson Parish. He brokered the $1 billion investment of global industry leader Dyno Nobel America and played an influential role in the acquisition of the Avondale Shipyard, one of the region’s greatest physical assets. Jerry has also attracted international headquarters and publicly traded brands, such as Sleep Number Corporation, Amazon, and US Foods to Jefferson. In 2011, he was recognized by the International Economic Development Council as the New Economic Development Professional of the Year and achieved the Certified Economic Developer designation that same year.

Angela Belden Martinez serves as the Regional Director for EDA’s Denver Regional Office, responsible for EDA’s ten-state mountain west region. Angela joined the Denver office in 2016 after serving for more than six years as EDA’s Director of External Affairs in Washington, D.C., where she advised the Assistant Secretary on strategic policy issues and managed both the legislative and public affairs work of the agency. As part of her work at EDA, Angela has helped shape and launch several multi-agency initiatives, including the Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge, the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership, and EDA’s Regional Innovation Strategies Program, now known as Build to Scale.