Episodes

Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Building on Success at The Port of Virginia: A Conversation With Stephen Edwards
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Stephen Edwards is the new CEO and executive director of The Port of Virginia. VEDP President and CEO Stephen Moret spoke with Edwards about the port’s ambitious ongoing modernization efforts, Virginia’s geographic export advantages, and the challenges of guiding essential logistics operations during a global pandemic.

Monday Apr 05, 2021
Factors in Corporate Headquarters Location Decisions
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
VEDP President and CEO Stephen Moret spoke with leading site consultants Greg Burkart (Duff & Phelps), Jeannette Goldsmith (Strategic Development Group), and Chris Schastok (CBRE) about the factors that affect corporate headquarters location decisions, how companies will operate differently coming out of the pandemic, and the advantages Virginia has in attracting corporate headquarters investment.

Monday Apr 05, 2021
The Appian Way: A Conversation With Matt Calkins
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Matt Calkins is founder and CEO of Appian, an enterprise cloud software company headquartered in Fairfax County. Appian is a leader in low-code automation, enabling organizations to develop powerful and business applications quickly. VEDP President and CEO Stephen Moret spoke with Calkins about building and running a software company headquartered in Northern Virginia.

Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Behind the Love: A Conversation With Rita McClenny
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Rita McClenny is president and CEO of the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC), the agency tasked with expanding domestic and international inbound travel and motion picture production in Virginia. VEDP President and CEO Stephen Moret spoke with McClenny about Virginia’s top tourist destinations, marketing tourism during a global pandemic, and what it’s like overseeing one of the most enduring brands in tourism marketing, “Virginia is for Lovers.”

Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Making AI Serve Us All: A Conversation With Kevin Scott
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Kevin Scott is chief technology officer and executive vice president, technology and research, at Microsoft, and the author of “Reprogramming the American Dream: From Rural America to Silicon Valley — Making AI Serve Us All.” VEDP President and CEO Stephen Moret spoke with Scott about his journey from rural Virginia to one of the biggest tech companies in the world and how artificial intelligence is poised to transform the U.S. economy.

Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
‘We Go to Space to Improve Life on Earth’: A Conversation With Peter Beck
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Peter Beck is CEO, CTO, and founder of Rocket Lab, a private space company with commercial launch sites in New Zealand and at Wallops Island on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. VEDP Executive Vice President Jason El Koubi spoke with Beck about Rocket Lab’s evolution, its decision to locate in Virginia, and the future of commercial space flight.

Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Virginia’s Place in Space: A Conversation With Dale Nash
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Dale Nash is CEO and executive director of Virginia Space, owner and operator of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. VEDP President and CEO Stephen Moret spoke with Nash about the mission and history of Virginia Space and the opportunities for commercial space flight at Wallops.

Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Range: The Case for the Liberal Arts - A Conversation With Katherine Rowe
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Dr. Katherine A. Rowe is the 28th president of William & Mary. She also founded and serves as CEO at Luminary Digital Media and has published three books. VEDP President and CEO Stephen Moret spoke with Rowe about integrating digital literacy with a classic liberal arts education, running a university during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.

Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Beyond One-Size-Fits-All College Dreams: A Conversation With James Rosenbaum
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
James Rosenbaum is a professor of human development, social policy, and sociology at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research. VEDP President and CEO Stephen Moret spoke with Rosenbaum about how the traditional college model fails some students and what can be done to make it work better.

Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
What’s Next for the Food & Beverage Industry?
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
VEDP President and CEO Stephen Moret spoke with leading site consultants Brian Corde (Atlas Insight), Scott Kupperman (Kupperman Location Solutions), and Brandon Talbert (Austin Consulting) about the factors that make states and localities successful in attracting projects in an industry where even the most successful companies depend on low margins and economies of scale.