Dr. Eloisa Klementich is 总统 and 首席执行官 of Invest Atlanta. Previously, Eloisa served as managing director of business development at Invest Atlanta. In this position, she worked to attract new 企业 and create initiatives that promoted job growth in Atlanta. Before coming to Invest Atlanta, Eloisa served as special assistant for economic development at the U.S. Economic Development Administration in the Office of the Secretary. She served as 加州’s assistant deputy secretary for economic development and commerce and has held various roles with city governments, including the consultant for Mexico’s 总统 Vicente Fox, working on best practices for addressing constituent issues and requests. Eloisa holds a bachelor’s degree from Pitzer College and a master’s degree in business administration from el Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey. She holds two master’s degrees in urban planning and Latin American affairs from the University of 加州, 洛杉矶. She received her doctorate degree in public administration from the University of LaVerne. Eloisa is also active in various business, civic, and community organizations. She serves as a board member for the International Economic Development Council, the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, Atlanta Technical College, the Westside Future Fund, and Atlanta Emerging Markets, 公司. She was named one of Georgia’s 100 Most Influential by 格鲁吉亚的趋势 in 2024, 其中之一 2024 Titan 100, one of North America’s Top 50 Economic 开发人员 of 2024 by Consultant Connect, 其中之一 50 Most influential Latinos in Georgia by the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in 2022, is the recipient of a 2020 Diamond Award, a 2019 Women Who Mean Business award, the 2018 Henry Hill Robinson Award ACBR, the 2017 Walker’s Legacy Women in Economic Development Award, and the 2017 National Association of Minority Contractors Georgia Chapter’s Public-Sector Award. Eloisa is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta Class of 2017 and was a participant in the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Regional Leadership Initiative in 2015. She has also been featured in Delta Sky magazine’s “Faces of Atlanta Business” in 2017 and the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “People to Watch in 2017.”