{"id":39046,"date":"2023-09-12T11:58:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=39046"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:58:03","slug":"saratoga-economic-development-corp-selects-j-gregory-connors-as-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2023\/09\/saratoga-economic-development-corp-selects-j-gregory-connors-as-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Saratoga Economic Development Corp. Selects J. Gregory Connors As New CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39047\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/new-sedc-head-connors-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/new-sedc-head-connors-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/new-sedc-head-connors.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">J. Gregory Connors, president and CEO of the Saratoga Economic Development Corp.<br \/>Courtesy SEDC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>J. Gregory Connors, a former senior government relations executive for GlobalFoundries U.S., is the new president and CEO of the Saratoga Economic Development Corp.<\/p>\n<p>Connors was senior leader of government relations at GlobalFoundries in Malta for about a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime SEDC president Dennis Brobston retired at the end of 2022 and vice president<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Tori Riley headed the group in the interim. Now Connors steps into the role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreg is a lifelong Saratoga County citizen, and he has the experience, professional credentials and network that makes him the right leader,\u201d SEDC board chairman John Munter said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Connors was involved in the family real estate business, Connors-Howard Realty, in Mechanicville for a time, followed by a career in public service.<\/p>\n<p>He was Stillwater town supervisor during the time the Luther Forest Technology Park was under development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe understands our county and he knows economic development. He\u2019s going to take SEDC to the next level,\u201d Munter said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span>The SEDC, founded in 1978, helped attract AMD\/GlobalFoundries to Saratoga County, which is one of the largest recent investments upstate. GlobalFoundries now employs about 2,500 people.<\/p>\n<p>SEDC is led by a board of private-sector representatives and is principally funded by the private sector, with Saratoga County contributing $200,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to expanding SEDC\u2019s influence, level of interest and collaboration with our business partners, community stakeholders and elected officials as we work together to promote Saratoga County, create opportunity, retain jobs and grow our local and regional economy,\u201d Connors said.<\/p>\n<p>He started the SEDC job on Sept. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J. Gregory Connors, a former senior government relations executive for GlobalFoundries U.S., is the new president and CEO of the Saratoga Economic Development Corp. Connors was senior leader of government relations at GlobalFoundries in Malta for about a decade. Longtime SEDC president Dennis Brobston retired at the end of 2022 and vice president\u00a0 Tori Riley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":39047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Saratoga Economic Development Corp. Selects J. 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