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North Port EDC Hires Executive Director

Jean Harris Joins NPEDC As Executive Director.

The North Port Economic Development Corporation (NPEDC) announced the hiring of Jean Harris as Executive Director. Before joining the NPEDC, Harris worked for the past 9 years at Florida International University, most recently as Associate Director of Operations at the Kovens Conference Center in Miami.  Prior to that, she was employed at Endicott College in Beverly, MA for 11 years.

“We are excited about Jean joining our team,” stated Robert Rosenberg, NPEDC Chair. “Jean’s strengths include extensive business development skills, analytical and assessment skills, strategic thinking and planning, relationship building and teamwork, and is a very results oriented individual. I believe her management skills and commitment to the city of North Port will make her a key player on our team” Rosenberg said.

One of her first official tasks will be to oversee the NPEDC’s second Annual Meeting which will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at the Heron Creek Country Club in North Port. Honored guest and keynote speaker at the event which begins at 5:30pm will be the Gray Swoope, Secretary of Commerce for the State of Florida and President/CEO of Enterprise Florida – the State’s public/private sector economic development agency.

Tickets to the Annual Meeting can be obtained through the NPEDC website at www.NorthPortEDC.com [1] or by calling (941) 429.7857.

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