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Sandra Watson

President and CEO
Arizona Commerce Authority.
Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Sandra Watson - President & CEO, Arizona Commerce Authority

Sandra Watson is an economic development professional with over 30 years of leadership experience in business attraction and expansion, innovation, entrepreneurship, economic policy and workforce development. She and her teams have worked with more than 1,150 companies that have committed to creating more than 259,495 quality jobs and investing more than $110 billion in capital in the state.

Currently, Ms. Watson is the President & CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), a public-private partnership that leads statewide economic development. The unique structure of the ACA brings together leaders from private industry, academia and all three branches of state government. She also oversees the Workforce Arizona Council and Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity, a data-driven team focused on economic and labor market analysis.

Ms. Watson is a member of the U.S. Investment Advisory Council, advising the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on policies to attract foreign direct investment. She is also a founding member and the Chair of the State Economic Development Executives Network Board of Directors, a founding partner on the Institute for Automated Mobility Board of Directors, and serves on the boards of the National State Science and Technology Institute and the Make-A-Wish Arizona Foundation.

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