Jo Bradley

became Chief Executive Officer of the Vermont Economic Development Authority in February, 1997. Her previous professional experience includes the positions of Deputy Secretary at the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, Commercial Loan Officer at the Vermont Economic Development Authority, and Vice President at Solomon Brothers, Inc. in Boston. Jo graduated with Honors from Johnson State College, earning a B.A., and from the Boston University School of Management with an M.B.A. in Finance. She also completed the Program for Senior Executives in state and local government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Jo served as the State Government representative on the 2007 National Advisory Committee of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), and she serves on numerous state and local boards.

Steven Greenfield

is VEDA’s Chief Operating Officer, a position he has held since 2004. Steve joined VEDA as a Loan Officer in October, 1985 and was appointed to the post of Deputy Manager in 1997. From 1981 to 1985, he was the Coordinator for the Vermont Job Start Program. Prior to that, he was Business Manager for a Vermont school district and managed his family’s retail furniture business.  Steve received a B.B.A. degree from the University of Vermont in 1969, and an M.B.A. degree from Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College in 1971.

David Carter

is a life-long Vermont resident, has been the Chief Financial Officer of the Authority since November 1997. His previous professional experience includes sixteen years of finance and accounting in three Vermont banks, including Vice President of Finance and Planning for Vermont Federal Bank and Manager of Financial Planning at Banknorth. David graduated with honors from Champlain College with a B.A. in Accounting and completed a three-year bank financial management program at the Bank Administration Institute at the University of Wisconsin.  He was a licensed Certified Public Accountant from 1997 to 2003.