DT #267: COVID-19 Response with IEDC Board Chair Kenny McDonald

<p style= "color: #000000; font-family: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,&quot; segoe ui&quot;,roboto,oxygen,ubuntu,cantarell,&quot;open sans&quot;,&quot;helvetica neue&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> <em>Develop This!</em> continues this new series of shows to help working economic developers gain a better understanding of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact nationwide.</p> <p style= "color: #000000; font-family: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,&quot; segoe ui&quot;,roboto,oxygen,ubuntu,cantarell,&quot;open sans&quot;,&quot;helvetica neue&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Today's episode features contributing expert Kenny McDonald, CEcD, President & CEO of One Columbus and the current IEDC Board Chair.</p> <p>Kenny has served as president and chief economic officer of <a href="https://columbusregion.com/onecolumbus/">One Columbus</a>, formerly Columbus 2020, since the organization’s inception in 2010. He has helped lead the execution of the One Columbus Regional Growth Strategy and development of the Columbus Region’s competitiveness agenda, and he has also built local and national partnerships that have accelerated the area’s development.</p> <p>Kenny has over 20 years of regional economic development and management consulting experience focused on helping companies develop and execute their location strategies and helping communities achieve their goals.</p> <p>McDonald has an extensive economic development background, having held positions in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and New Mexico. He was also a p