IO.INC has forged strategic partnerships with some of the foremost thinkers and brightest minds in economics, economic development and business locations. Together, we deliver incomparable services to communities and companies seeking to achieve growth and success.

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Elliott D. Pollack and Company

 

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As a business and economic development executive, Dr. Ioanna Morfessis has focused her professional life on helping communities and companies create and execute successful change and growth strategies. Regarded as one of the top business and economic development executives in the nation, she founded three best-of-class economic development organizations in the U.S.: Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore, Greater Phoenix Economic Council and Montgomery County, MD Office of Economic Development. During her tenure in these organizations, her work led to the attraction of more than $30 billion of private capital investment and the creation of more than 200,000 new direct jobs in these markets. She served as the Chairman of the International Economic Development Council and is an Honorary Lifetime Member.

In 2004, Dr. Morfessis established IO.INC, a visionary consulting practice that delivers expert and effective strategies and solutions to help leaders, organizations and places grow. She is a founding director and serves on the board of the Helios Education Foundation, and also serves on the boards of the ASU College of Public Programs, Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation and the Maricopa 21st Century Steering Committee. Throughout her career, she has received numerous awards and acclamations, had many articles published in respected trade journals and has frequently appeared on several mainstream and other electronic media venues. Morfessis received her bachelor’s degree from The American University, her master’s degree from George Washington University, and her doctorate from Arizona State University; she was elected to the ASU College of Public Program Hall of Fame in 1996. She resides in Phoenix, Arizona.