Brian Hall

Biographie : Brian Scott Hall Business Development Coordinator Virginia Beach Department of Economic Development Virginia Beach, VA Scott Hall is the Business Development Coordinator for the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. He has fourteen years of experience as an economic development professional, including research, small business development, business assistance, marketing and planning. Hall has also served as Research Director for the Virginia Peninsula Economic Development Alliance, a regional public/private economic development marketing organization. In Virginia Beach, he is responsible for leading the business attraction programs of Virginia's largest city (population 440,000). This includes the creation and implementation of marketing strategies for the City's target industry sectors, managing the department's research activities, directing the City's Small, Woman & Minority Owned Business (SWaM) programs, business & consultant outreach, and extensive domestic & international travel. Before joining the City of Virginia Beach, Hall worked as Senior Business Development manager for Chesapeake, Virginia, a city of 225,000 residents in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. While in Chesapeake, he gained experience in international marketing, Enterprise Zone administration, comprehensive land use planning, and redevelopment planning. A native of West Virginia, Hall received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Marshall University in 1985 and his Master of Urban Studies degree from Old Dominion University in 1999. He served as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy prior to entering the field of economic development. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the International Economic Development Council, the Southern Economic Development Council, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Brazilian/American Chamber of Commerce, the Virginia Economic Developers Association, and C2ER (formerly ACCRA). October 2009