Meet Your Economic Development Staff
To send an email to a staff member below, please click on their name or photo. 
Sean Washington
Director
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757-664-4333
Michael Paris
Assistant Director
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757-793-1036
Attraction
Robert Sharak
Bureau Manager - Business Attraction
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757-664-4324
Peter Schrider
Business Development Manager: Business Attraction
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757-664-4338
Mia Byrd Wilson
Business Development Manager: Marketing
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757-840-1515
Maya Keplinger
Management Analyst I: Marketing
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757-664-4327
Jennifer Seay
Management Analyst II: Business Intelligence
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757-664-4315
Malijah Rubin
Management Analyst II: Grants
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757-664-4338
Real Estate
Wayne Green
Director of Real Estate and Bureau Manager for Business Creation and Entreprenuership
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757-805-1629
Paul Bayer
Business Development Manager: Real Estate
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757-664-4338
Terri-Ann Scope
Management Analyst II: Budget
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757-664-4338
Ryan Nikki Southall
Business Development Manager: Business Creation and Expansion
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757-664-4187
Business Retention and Expansion
Samantha Hudler
Business Development Manager: Business Retention and Expansion
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757-664-4675
Kendall Lawson
Business Development Manager: Business Retention and Expansion
Terry Richards
Business Development Manager: NorfolkWorks
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757-763-6064
Keisha Smallwood
Staff Technician: NorfolkWorks
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757-763-6064
Penni Pike
Staff Technician: NorfolkWorks
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757-763-6064
Admin
Amy Diggins
Office Manager
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757-664-4338
Dawn Ryan
Management Analyst III - HR, IT, and Assistant Secretary-Treasurer for the EDA
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757-664-4314