Victor Hoskins

President and CEO of Fairfax County Economic Development Authority

Victor Hoskins joined the Fairfax County (Va.) Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) as President and CEO in August 2019. Since his arrival, Microsoft, Facebook and Google have all announced locations in Fairfax County. In his first year, he and the FCEDA team easily exceeded office space leasing and job creation goals, and generated more earned media than ever, in spite of coronavirus-related limitations on business activity. Mr. Hoskins and his team launched a groundbreaking talent initiative to help companies attract the workforce they need to succeed in Northern Virginia. In its first two months, this initiative involved more than 30 companies and 35 institutions of higher learning, including seven historically black colleges and universities, 7,000 job opportunities and 1,700 applicants.

In addition, Mr. Hoskins spearheaded creation of the Northern Virginia Economic Development Alliance (NOVA EDA) that includes 10 jurisdictions. NOVA EDA launched a COVID-19 response that is guiding thousands of businesses through loan and grant programs throughout the region. In Fairfax alone, there has been assistance provided to 5,000 businesses from March to July 2020.

Previously, Mr. Hoskins was director of Arlington (Va.) Economic Development. In that role, he led the team that successfully attracted Amazon HQ2 to Arlington County, a deal that will bring between 25,000 and 37,850 technology and corporate headquarters jobs with an average salary of $150,000 to Arlington, stimulate creation of another 75,000 jobs in the Washington region, create innovation campuses in Arlington and Alexandria, and generate up to $4.8 billion in revenue for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

While in Arlington County, Mr. Hoskins also successfully implemented an Innovation Strategy that moved the economy toward technology and private-sector commercialization. In 4½ years, he and his team created or retained almost 82,500 jobs from 251 companies including Nestlé, Grant Thornton, Lidl, MasterCard, Deloitte, PBS and Opower-Oracle.

He previously worked in private real estate investment on Wall Street. Additionally, he served as Deputy Mayor of economic development for the District of Columbia and led the turnaround of the District’s economy with projects such as The Wharf and City Center. His career work has resulted in almost 390,000 jobs, and he has led teams that negotiated more than 750 major business deals involving $30 billion in investment.