On-Demand: Strengthening Roots - Enhancing Business Longevity and Workforce Growth Through BRE

Strengthening Roots - Enhancing Business Longevity and Workforce Growth Through BRE

Originally recorded on June 11, 2024

About the Session

This interactive session is designed for business leaders, policymakers, and economic development professionals focused on harnessing the power of Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) to foster economic resilience. Attendees will explore cutting-edge strategies for sustaining business growth and developing a robust workforce. Through case studies, group discussions, and expert panels, this session will offer insights into creating synergies between business health and workforce development, ensuring a thriving local economy. This session is 1.0 hour of continuing education.

About the Speaker

Diane Lupke, CEcD
Diane Lupke, CEcD FM HLM, has more than thirty years of experience, currently as President of Diane Lupke & Associates, Inc., an economic development consultancy, and previous experience in banking, government, and academia. Her work focuses on the identification of unique assets and opportunities on which a community can build, grow, and sustain itself over time and the financial and organizational structures to support them. She has provided technical assistance to more than one hundred cities, states, and non-profit organizations. Ms. Lupke has special expertise in working with communities facing major economic transitions due to rapid technological change, climate-driven energy preferences, or emerging markets, in particular reuse of key natural assets. Prior to founding Diane Lupke & Associates in 1990, Ms. Lupke held management positions with Trustcorp Bank and the State of Indiana. Earlier, she was a Research Associate at Indiana University where she also served as an Adjunct Professor. Ms. Lupke has been an active member of the International Economic Development Council for many years and received the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Economic Development in 2012. She previously served on its Board of Directors. She is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives, serves on the Editorial Board for the journal Local Policy based in the United Kingdom, and coauthored the OECD publication Entrepreneurship: A Catalyst for Urban Regeneration.