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Stephen Weir Executive Director E-mail sweir@gvedc.com About Stephen Weir, CEcD, a Certified Economic Development Professional (CEcD), has managed economic development organizations from the city to the state level. He has been responsible for economic development programs in Ohio, West Virginia and Japan. He re-organized the Business and Industrial Development division of the Governor’s Office of Community and Industrial Development under Governor Gaston Caperton. He has served on many boards including Software Valley Corporation, Southern Growth Policy Board, Southern Technology Council and the National Science and Technology program. While director at the state division, he oversaw the recruitment of Swearingen Aircraft, Columbia Forest Products, Georgia Pacific, Trust-Joist/Macmillan and Navy Arms Company among others. Stephen Weir international trade experience includes the establishment of West Virginia’s first international trade office in Nagoya, Japan and trade missions to Japan, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada. Stephen Weir has lived in West Virginia for over twenty years. ^ top

Sylvia Simpson Director of Business Rentention and Expansion E-mail sylvia@gvedc.com About Sylvia Simpson is Director of Business Retention and Expansion Services for the GVEDC. She is a native of Greenbrier County and lives at Renick, WV. A graduate of Greenbrier East High School, Sylvia has worked in office administration for FPW Architects, Ronald Shuey and CPA both of Charlottesville and the Albemarle County Farm Bureau in Virginia. She also was the creative landscape and floral director for Albemarle Farms owner John Kluge. She is married to Andy Simpson and the mother of three children. ^ top