Greater Richmond Partnership hires VP of business development

Audrey Polk was most recently the existing business representative at the Henrico Economic Development Authority.

Published May 6, 2020 by Sydney Lake

Audrey Polk. Photo courtesy The Greater Richmond Partnership

Regional economic development organization The Greater Richmond Partnership Inc. (GRP) announced Tuesday it has hired Audrey Polk as its vice president of business development.

Polk most recently worked as the existing business representative at the Henrico Economic Development Authority. Before that, she was a research analyst for the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in international studies from Virginia Commonwealth University, with minors in economics and political science, and is taking MicroMasters courses in data, economics and development policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

GRP leads regional economic development efforts and recruits companies for employment and taxable capital investment in Richmond and the counties of Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico.