Fairfax County Economic Development Authority

FCEDA President and CEO Victor Hoskins champions Virginia economic development yet again on the 2025 Virginia 500 Power List by Virginia Business! 🌟 Fairfax County had several big wins over the past year, from the expansion of corporate giants like Booz Allen Hamilton and T-Mobile, to welcoming new players across the tech, quantum, and defense industries. This marks Hoskins' 6th consecutive feature on the Power 500 List. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dCeKnFaT #EconDev #FFXNOVA #VABusiness #BusinessLeadership

🚨 Fairfax CRE leaders — mark your calendars! On September 3 at 8:00 AM, @Bisnow will host the Fairfax 2025 State of the Market, bringing together top voices shaping the future of commercial real estate across Fairfax City and County. With Fairfax leading Virginia in job growth and corporate expansion, this event will unpack how the region’s innovation economy, new infrastructure, and mixed-use development are driving long-term opportunity. Don’t miss the “Forward Fairfax: Market Overview & What’s Shaping the Next 10 Years” panel featuring City of Fairfax, Virginia Mayor Catherine S. Read and Victor Hoskins of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority — a must-hear conversation on where the market is heading next. 🎟 Secure your seat here: https://lnkd.in/exqvwCGC

How does a CEO end up in Space? Aisha Bowe shares her incredible journey from becoming a #NASA rocket scientist, founding her company, STEMBoard, and traveling to space with Blue Origin as she kicks off our Entrepreneurship 101 series! Join aspiring business owners and fellow entrepreneurs for this free, interactive workshop packed with practical tips on starting, managing, and growing a business. You won't want to miss this incredible session at the beautiful UVA | Northern Virginia Campus in Fairfax. When & Where: 📅 Tuesday, September 9th 🕣 8:15 am - 12 pm 📍 UVA | Northern Virginia // 8095 Innovation Park Drive, Falls Church, VA Space is limited, register here to secure your place: https://hubs.li/Q03FCktl0 #entrepreneurship #startups #scaleups #founders Work in Northern Virginia

**Fairfax County Economic Development Authority is recruiting for an extraordinary leadership opportunity!** Are you a strategic visionary with a pulse on talent ecosystems, economic development, and community impact? We are looking for our next Director of Talent — a leader who can bridge ambition and action to drive meaningful economic and workforce transformation. In this role, you’ll get to: 💫 Lead an innovative, nationally recognized talent program and team that attracts, retains, and develops the workforce fueling Northern Virginia’s economic growth. 💫 Collaborate with employers from Fortune 500s to rising startups, academic institutions, community partners, workforce leaders, and transitioning military to help invent the workforce of the future. 💫 Partner with our Market Intelligence and MarCom teams to harness data insights, craft compelling campaigns, and measure outcomes that matter. 💫 Elevate our regional brand as a connective force between talent and economic progress. 💫 Bring your experience in economic development, workforce and education programs, strategic thinking, team leadership, and multi-sector collaboration to make a real difference. Learn more about our talent programs here ➡️ https://workinffxnova.com/ I Work in Northern Virginia What we’re looking for: 💡Polished and mission-driven leader with ability to build consensus and secure buy-in. 💡A data-driven mindset and hands-on, strategic execution style. 💡 Fluency in talent attraction and retention strategies, and workforce and economic development dynamics. 💡 Stellar collaboration and communication skills across corporate, academic, government, and community leadership. If you think you’d be a great fit, apply by 4 p.m. ET on Friday, September 5, 2025. More details on the position and how to apply ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eJF7cZ8A Know someone else who’d be a great fit? Please share! #Hiring #OpenToWork #Opportunity #TalentAttraction #WorkforceDevelopmemt #EconDev

Last week, AT&T marked a significant milestone with the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new regional hub in the Chantilly-area of Fairfax County. The five-story, 111,000-square-foot office building located at 4807 Stonecroft Boulevard in Chantilly at the Westfields International Center at Dulles now serves as home to more than 500 AT&T team members and reflects the company’s continued investment in innovation, collaboration, and the future of work. “Thank you to our Fairfax County leaders and first responders. From streamlined permitting to being a trusted collaborator in testing new technologies, Fairfax has been a model partner,” said AT&T’s President of Public Sector Wes Anderson. “Our more than 500 AT&T colleagues working here deserve this modernized space because modernization is core to what we do. Drawing on nearly 150 years of experience, we modernize customer networks for more efficient, secure, and reliable communication. I look forward to what we can achieve together as we start this new chapter in Chantilly, Virginia.” ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eY_fr62M

BREAKING NEWS: Rheinmetall is investing in a new U.S. hub in Fairfax County as two of its U.S. subsidiaries will be occupying nearly 10,000 square feet at 2600 Park Tower Drive in Merrifield. This move places American Rheinmetall Defense, the U.S. corporate hub, and American Rheinmetall Munitions, at the heart of the U.S. defense ecosystem, aligning them more closely with the United States Department of Defense and key government stakeholders. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘋.𝘊., 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭’𝘴 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴,” 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 Stephen Hedger, 𝐂𝐄𝐎, 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦.” ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eKucNfqf

Join Fairfax County Housing leadership, the Tysons Community Alliance partners on August 28th to learn and build the future of affordable housing in high-opportunity communities! Register now ➡️https://hubs.li/Q03zSKmm0

Fairfax County: The Setting for Your Financial Services Success Story In Fairfax County, the financial services sector is being transformed with emerging technologies and one of the strongest IT workforces in the U.S. Our companies are applying new techniques to customer experiences, advanced analytics and digital transactions. ▪️ 25K Banking, Credit, and Insurance Jobs 🏦 ▪️ 56K Accounting, Advisory and Consulting Jobs 🤝 ▪️ 87K Information Technology Jobs 👩💻 ▪️ 19K Finance Related Degrees and Certificates Awarded 🎓 “𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘹 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢.” - Jeff Bentley, President & CEO, Northwest Federal Credit Union

For the third year in a row, Virginia has earned the title of #1 state for education by CNBC, and Northern Virginia is leading the charge. With top-ranked K–12 schools like Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and powerhouse universities like George Mason and Virginia Tech’s innovation campus, Northern Virginia is home to one of the nation’s strongest talent pipelines. Tap the link to see how Northern Virginia can connect you to the talent you need to grow: https://lnkd.in/ewz8TWQG

EXECUTIVE SPOTLIGHT! 🔦 We sat down with TechnoMile CEO Ashish K. to talk future of AI in government contracting, what makes talent in Northern Virginia unique, and growing TechnoMile’s workforce in Fairfax. TechnoMile is an AI-solutions company based in the Tysons-area of Fairfax County, that aims to automate and optimize government contracting in the aerospace, defense, and space tech sectors. ➡️https://lnkd.in/eD828NvQ