The Director - Economic Development will focus on sustaining and growing a healthy economy in the REC footprint by providing direction and oversight of commercial and industrial (C&I) member strategy and plan implementation, project management, and internal and external coalition building to support business retention and expansion (BRE) and business attraction (BA) efforts. Serves as the Economic Development point of contact for REC and manages REC staff responsible for C&I member projects, ongoing service support and engagement. Reviews, executes, and recommends amendments to department strategic plan. Plans, coordinates, evaluates, and monitors all policies, practices, and procedures related to BA and BRE for C&I accounts while mitigating risk to the Cooperative.