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Article: Virginia Economic Development Partnership Names Executive Director.(Originated from The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.)
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- June 12, 1996
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Jun. 12--Virginia moved one step closer Tuesday to privatizing its economic development efforts.
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the public-private authority envisioned as the agency to ensure continuous progress through different political administrations, named the state's chief corporate recruiter, Wayne L. Sterling, as its executive director.
Sterling has committed to serving the partnership for three years, said Edward H. Bersoff, chairman of the VEDP.
"This is a major change in the way (economic development) operates," Bersoff said. "The partnership is a good way for him (Sterling) to spread his wings even further. We're very ...