Mid-American Economic Development Council, Chicago, IL, December 3, 2021 Website: https://www.midamericaedc.org/events-and-programs/competitiveness-conference

Duke Energy Next Level Economic Development Series, Orlando, FL, November 18, 2021 Website: https://www.duke-energy.com/partner-with-us/economic-development

Mount Pleasant Economic Development Corporation (MPEDC) hosted Mike Grella, former Amazon executive, on a 3-day familiarization and listening tour from July 13-16, 2021. The MPEDC partnered with Grella Partnership Strategies to help structure an economic development-specific strategic plan, provide ongoing project support, and assist with marketing efforts for Mount Pleasant. Mr. Grella met with various community leaders and stakeholders, including elected officials, manufacturing CEOs, education leaders, the city’s department heads and development team, and the Chamber of Commerce and economic development board of directors, to better understand Mount Pleasant’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Mr. Grella also toured four major manufacturing facilities in the city and attended dinners with financial institutions, real estate brokers, and community leaders. Read More: https://mpedc.org/2021/07/23/mpedc-hosts-mike-grella-on-a-3-day-listening-tour/

Former Amazon executive, Mike Grella, spoke with various city leaders on Friday about future big business potential in Tyler. Grella spent a portion of his week traveling around Tyler with the Tyler Economic Development Council seeing what Tyler has to offer. Grella says he walked away from his visit very impressed and that citizens of Tyler should be excited for the future. “I truly believe that over the next couple of years Tyler is going to become one of the worst kept secrets in America in terms of places to invest, live, work, play, grow a business, expand a business and want to raise a family,” said Grella. Read More: https://www.kltv.com/2021/05/14/former-amazon-executive-says-big-industries-tech-companies-could-look-expand-tyler/

Hudson Valley Construction Industry Council Annual Meeting 2/27 & 2/28/2020 • Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Topic: Promoting Community Benefit Criteria in Local Incentive Policy

Northern Louisiana Economic Partnership 1/30/2020 • Shreveport, LA USA ​ Topic: Inclusive, Resilient Strategies for Growth & Prosperity http://nlep.org/home.aspx

Society of Industrial and Office Realtors 11/13/2019 • Las Vegas, NV, USA ​ Topic: Economic Development 4.0 https://my.sior.com/siorsouthernnevadachapter/home

Public Affairs Roundtable Cornell University Institute for Public Affairs 11/1/2019 • Ithaca, NY, USA ​ Topic: Smart Cities, Economic Development Policy & Strategy https://events.cornell.edu/calendar/month/2019/11

New York's Workforce Association 10/29/2019 • Rochester, NY, USA ​ Topic: Next Generation Economic Development https://www.nyatep.org/2019fallconference

International Economic Development Council (IEDC) 10/13/2019 • Indianapolis, IN, USA ​ Topic: Economic Development 4.0 https://www.iedcevents.org/Indy/Keynote_Speakers.html

New York City Employment and Training Coalition 9/23/2019 • New York, NY, USA ​ Topic: Designing a System for the Future of Workers https://nycetc2019conference.splashthat.com/

Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance 8/15/2019 • Chesapeake, VA, USA ​ Topic: Economic Development Policy Update

Southern Economic Development Council 8/04/2019 • New Orleans, LA, USA ​ Economic Development Brave New World https://www.sedc.org/

National Governors Association 7/25/2019 • Salt Lake City, UT, USA ​ Economic Development Policy Best Practices https://www.nga.org/about/meetings/

New York State Economic Development Council 7/16/2019 • New York, NY , USA ​ Topic: Creating Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Economic Development Corporation of Utah 6/11/2019 • Salt Lake City, UT, USA ​ Topic: Q&A on Industry 4.0, Managing externalities of economic growth & expansion

Villanova University 6/6/2019 • Philadelphia, PA, USA ​ Topic: Developments and Innovations in Industrial Real Estate https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/business/centers/realestate/newsevents.html

New York State Economic Development Council 5/22/2019 • Cooperstown, NY, USA ​ Topic: How do we talk about economic development and incentives in a post Amazon New York? http://www.nysedc.org/event/2019-annual-meeting/

Maryland Economic Development Association 4/29/2019 • Cambridge, MD, USA​ Why Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Matter in Economic Development https://www.medamd.com/event/2019-meda-annual-conference/

Tampa-Hillsboro Economic Development Corporation 4/16/2019 • Tampa, FL, USA ​ Topic: Recoding the DNA of Prosperity & the Future of Economic Development https://tampaedc.com/investor_cpt/mid-year_guest-speaker-presentation-recording-the-dna-of-prosperity/

Kansas City Smart Port 4/4/2019 • Kansas City, MO, USA ​ Topic: Flexibility and Innovation in Supply Chain & Economic Development http://kcsmartport.thinkkc.com/industry-briefing

Columbus 2020 4/2/2019 • Columbus, OH, USA ​ Topic: The Impact of Disruptive Technologies on Economic Development

CoreNet Global - New York City Chapter 3/28/2019 • New York, NY, USA ​ Topic: The Role of Incentives in the Future Growth of New York bit.ly/CoreNetNYCPolicyBriefing

Indiana Economic Development Association 3/7/2019 • Plainfield, IN, USA ​ Topic: State of Economic Development in Light of HQ2 http://www.ieda.org/event-3194216

Yale University School of Management 2/15/2019 • New Haven, CT, USA ​ Topic: Learning from Amazon HQ2 http://eds-som.squarespace.com/schedule