In 2015, Christopher Chung joined the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina
(EDPNC) as Chief Executive Officer and brings more than 25 years of state-level economic
development experience to the role.
As a public-private partnership, the EDPNC is responsible for a number of economic development
functions on behalf of the State of North Carolina, including new business recruitment, existing
business support, international trade and export assistance, small business start-up counseling,
and tourism, sports, and film promotion. With a staff of 70 professionals and an annual operating
budget of more than million, the EDPNC is focused on improving the economic well-being
and quality of life for North Carolina’s more than 10 million residents.
Since 2015, the EDPNC has helped North Carolina win more than 1,130 corporate expansion
projects, resulting in nearly 160,000 announced new jobs and billion in announced new
investment across the state.