Resources
Business & Community Development
Leveraging Assets, Resources, and Leadership
The GEDP has established a professional track record of collaboration and leveraging people, projects, and opportunities for more than 20 years. The strength of the GEDP is the direct result of the caliber of members and the leadership of the Executive Committee who volunteer in the effort of growing Galveston. These attributes have resulted in recognition over the years from both the Texas Economic Development Council and the International Economic Development Council.
Read the 2022 GEDP Developer Profile
In conjunction with our Annual Economic Development Conference, the GEDP publishes a Developer Profile. This publication provides detailed demographic and statistical information for Galveston and each of its major industry sectors, as well as highlights of future, current, and recently completed projects and developments.
Explore the Topics from the 2022 GEDP Summit Panel
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Christine Bryant, CEO Vision Galveston
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Moderator - Keith Bassett
The Honorable Dr. Craig Brown, Mayor of Galveston
Brian Maxwell, Galveston City Manager
Mike Shahan, Director - Scholes International Airport
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Moderator - Leonard Woolsey
Dr. Myles Shelton, President - Galveston College
Dr. Jerry Gibson, Superintendent - Galveston Independent School District
Dr. Massoud Motamedi, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair, UTMB Dept. of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences UTMB and GEDP Incubator Lab
Mel Bower, Chief Communications and Marketing, Shriners Children’s Texas
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Moderator - Col. Michael Edward Fossum
Dr. Debbie Thomas, Executive Associate VP
Dr. Chris Marshall, Director of Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research
Dr. Jay Rooker, Director of the Gulf research Institute for Highly Migratory Species
Dr. Mary Davlasheridze, Assistant Professor Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science
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Moderator - Liz Rogers, Five and Two Marketing
Nick Droege, Texas Tail Distillery
Magen Moore Ortiz, Harbor Offshore Marine
Concetta Maceo-Simms, Maceo Spice and Import
Hal Rochkind, Rochkind Insurance
Jeff Ehrich, Seaside Construction and Coastal ICF and Supply
Taylor Wilson, Velocity Auto Care and Crossfit Tidal Wave
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Moderator - Dr. Myles Shelton
Bryson Frazier, Galveston Park Board
Laura Camcioglu, Port of Galveston
Jonathan Whitworth, Gulf Copper
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Sally Bakko, Director in Policy, City of Galveston Government Relations
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Victoria Greene, Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) G Squared Private Wealth and 6 Degrees Wealth
Explore Our Guide on Building Resilient Businesses
The GEDP developed a Business Continuity Resource Guide for the Galveston business community to utilize as part of their Disaster Toolkit.
This guidebook will outline what actions may be taken to minimize the disruptive effects of a disaster on operations, understand the differing roles and responsibilities of government and business owners in private sector disaster recovery and provide information needed to develop a comprehensive business disaster continuity plan.