Stephen Moret is president and CEO of Strada. In his career, he has crafted public-private partnerships and higher education and workforce development programs that have enabled tens of thousands of people to secure better jobs.
Moret previously served as CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, for which he led Virginia’s successful bid for Amazon’s HQ2. At VEDP, he collaborated with university presidents and policymakers to design and implement Virginia’s $1.1-billion Tech Talent Investment Program, as well as create the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus. Before VEDP, Moret served as secretary of Louisiana Economic Development, CEO of the LSU Foundation, and as a consultant with McKinsey & Co.
Moret created two of America’s top-ranked state workforce development programs, LED FastStart and the Virginia Talent Accelerator Program. His work has been recognized in The Economist, Forbes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications.
Moret serves on the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Board of Directors. He earned an MBA from Harvard University and a doctorate in higher education from the University of Pennsylvania, where his research focused on the links between higher education and the labor market.
