Richard Seline

Richard Seline has been working in the economic development arena for over 25 years at the international, national, and state/regional levels, and has been recognized for his work in public-private partnerships, regional business climate analysis, and technology adaptation by business and regional organizations. New Economy Strategies' (NES) work has included technology cluster-oriented and innovation capacity-building projects in over 30 states and nearly 100 communities around the U.S. and abroad. From Greater Washington D.C to Greater Detroit, from Mexico to Scotland - NES has been Seline's platform for connecting data collection and integration with policy-making and resource allocation by civic and political leadership.

Prior to forming New Economy Strategies, Seline operated the Jacob-Louis Group-a business and economic consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. with offices in Austin, Texas. At the federal level, Richard served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of U.S. Department of Commerce for Economic Development from 1991-1993 (a $355 million federal grant-making agency). He has also served as White House Liaison to the Persian Gulf Task Force at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chief of Staff of the President's Commission on Executive Exchange at the White House, Director of Community and Media Relations at the 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations, and as Director of Client and Industry Relations for the General Services Administration.

From 1986-1990, Seline served as Special Assistant for Strategic Affairs to the President of U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - a component of the world's largest medical complex. Seline was previously a consultant to Arthur Andersen's Office of Government Services on privatization and public-private partnerships around federal assets, facilities, and programs. He and his wife, Eleanor, live in Alexandria, Virginia with their eleven year-old son.