Greg Hitchin is a Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) with over 22 years of Economic Development experience and has served as the Director of Economic Development and Tourism for the City of Waynesboro and Secretary / Treasurer for the EDA since April 2010.  Before joining the City, Greg spent 11 ½ years as the Business Development Manager and the Treasurer/CFO of the IDA for the Onondaga County Office of Economic Development in Syracuse, New York.

Prior to public service, Greg’s background includes Consumer Goods and Services Sales and Marketing in a variety of positions, from Sales Representative to Senior Management. He has a BS from the Rochester Institute of Technology, graduated from the Oklahoma University Economic Development Institute and is an IAMC fellow.

In addition to serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC), and the Shenandoah Valley Partnership (SVP), he is the Chairman of the Program Committee and past Director of the Virginia Economic Development Association (VEDA); Vice Chairman of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) Committee on Business Development and Marketing; and Director / Treasurer of the Center for Coldwater’s Restoration.