Meghan Welch serves as the Vice President of Knowledge Work at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, where she provides primary staff leadership for developing and implementing lead generation and ecosystem development strategies to promote employment growth in Virginia’s Aerospace & Defense Innovation, Business Services, Cybersecurity, Financial Services, and Software industries.

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Katherine Goodwin serves as Senior Vice President of Business Investment at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, where she oversees a team who work with Virginia’s regional and local economic development organizations to identify and convert high-potential leads and prospects into project opportunities, manages site selection projects, and supports business retention and expansion activities for existing firms.

Jason El Koubi serves as President and CEO at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, where he leads VEDP’s overall strategy and operations to encourage, stimulate, and support the development and expansion of the economy of the Commonwealth.

Melissa Cox serves as the Human Resource Director at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, where she is responsible for talent acquisition and retention, performance management, total rewards, and human capital risk management.

Experience
Before joining VEDP in May 1998, Cox served as a long-term substitute teacher with Henrico County Public Schools. Cox also spent five years with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as an Office Services Specialist in the Office of Product and Industry Standards.