Helping Your Business Succeed in Fairfax County

The FCEDA promotes Fairfax County as one of the world’s best business centers and offers an array of services and information to assist new, expanding and relocating companies and organizations, whether domestic or international. Reach out to any of our staff to help you in your business journey.

Victor Hoskins

President & CEO

vhoskins@fceda.org
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Victor Hoskins is President and CEO of the Fairfax County (Va.) Economic Development Authority (FCEDA).  He is an MIT trained Urban Planner and Real Estate Executive that oversees growth of the largest economy in Virginia, which was named the “Top State for Business Climate” in 2022 by the Site Selection Magazine and ranked no. 1 in the 2021 and 2019 CNBC “America’s Top States for Business” study. Mr. Hoskins received a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023 and is frequently chosen for lists of the most influential business leaders in Virginia and the Greater Washington area.

At FCEDA, Mr. Hoskins has led a team that has secured approximately $3 billion in capital investment working with companies that announced the creation of more than 38,000 jobs. He also launched a multi-faceted talent initiative aimed at attracting, retaining, retraining, and growing the workforce in Northern Virginia. To date, more than 1,000 companies and 100 universities have been engaged and 1.5 million job seekers across the U.S. have visited the digital job hub created for Fairfax County and Northern Virginia. Previously, Mr. Hoskins directed economic development in Arlington County, Va., where he led the team that brought Amazon’s second headquarters to Northern Virginia, attracting $4 billion in private capital investment. During his tenure, his team attracted or retained more than 14 million square feet of commercial office tenants and helped create more than 82,000 jobs. While in Arlington, Mr. Hoskins also collaborated with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to implement a $1.1 billion Tech Talent Pipeline program that has resulted in the creation of two tech innovation campuses.

Cheryl Martelli

Cheryl Martelli

Executive Assistant

cmartelli@fceda.org
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Alex Iams

Alex Iams

Executive Vice President

aiams@fceda.org

Anna Nissinen

Senior Vice President

anissinen@fceda.org
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Donna Hurwitt

Vice President, Operations

dhurwitt@fceda.org
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David Kelley

Vice President, Business Investment

dkelley@fceda.org
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Michael Batt

Vice President, Talent

mbatt@fceda.org
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Sandra White

Director, Operations and HR

swhite@fceda.org
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Karen Smaw

Karen Smaw

Director, Diversity Business Investment and Entrepreneurship

ksmaw@fceda.org

Jatinder Kaur Khosla

Director, International Business Investment

jkhosla@fceda.org
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John Blair

John Blair

Director, National Business Investment

jblair@fceda.org
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Stephen Tarditi

Stephen Tarditi

Director, Market Intelligence

starditi@fceda.org

Andrew Taherzadeh

Director, Marketing and Communications

ataherzadeh@fceda.org
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Asher Kotz

Asher Kotz

Assistant Director, International Business Investment, Cybersecurity, Israel, India

akotz@fceda.org
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Alexander Thalacker

Alex Thalacker

Assistant Director, National Business Investment

athalacker@fceda.org
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Alexander Sanchez

Manager, National Business Investment, Software, Data Analytics and Cloud Computing

asanchez@fceda.org
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John Hoeveler

Manager, National Business Investment – Capital Attraction, Health Sciences & Quantum Technology

jhoeveler@fceda.org

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Spencer Wood

Manager, National Business Investment

swood@fceda.org
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Brian Han

Manager, International Business Investment, Asia

bhan@fceda.org
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Yoselin Peñas

Manager, International Business Investment, Continental Europe

ypenas@fceda.org
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Anuj Sahay

Manager, International Business Investment, India and Canada

asahay@fceda.org
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