Patrick Hoban, CEO, Economic Development.

In this episode, Mark and Sam discuss economic development strategies and philosophies with Patrick Hoban.  Patrick is the CEO of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council.  He is a Certified by the International Economic Development Council.  He holds an Economic Development Finance Professional designation from the National Development Council.
Patrick graduated from Millikin University with a Bachelors in Organizational Leadership.  He graduated from the University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute.  He also graduated from Notre Dame with a Master's in Business Analytics.  
Patrick has served as the Vice President of Business Development for the Decatur and Macon county, Illinois, EDC.  He was the Economic Development Officer for the City of Decatur.  Before moving to Bloomington, he was the Economic Development Manager for the Village of Tinley Park, Illinois.  
We also discuss the AI and its impact on workforce development and local economies.  And, yes we ran out of time.