Victor Narusis
Executive Vice President, Business Development, Arizona Commerce Authority
The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) is the state's leading economic development organization with a streamlined mission to grow and strengthen Arizona’s economy. The ACA uses a three-pronged approach to advance the overall economy: recruit, grow, create – recruit out-of-state companies to expand their operations in Arizona; work with existing companies to grow their business in Arizona and beyond; and partner with entrepreneurs and companies large and small to create new jobs and businesses in targeted industries.
Vic leads the Business Development Team of the ACA and is responsible for bringing businesses to Arizona and assisting companies already in Arizona to grow and thrive. Daily activities include site selection, coordination of local communities, utilities, education, workforce, and logistics partners to identify and solve business needs and management of ACA’s Foreign Trade/FDI and Film/Digital Media teams.
In previous roles, Vic has served Economic Development for over twenty years in various capacities including the State of Illinois as Deputy Director of the Business Development Team; the Village of Huntley, Illinois as the Business Attraction Coordinator; the Delta Regional Authority of Illinois as Delegate and Executive Board Member; the McHenry County Economic Development Corporation as Vice President & Treasurer; the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce as President of Real Estate Development. Additional expertise includes six years as partner at Centerville Properties-Site Selection and Entitlement and 18 years in Commercial Banking with major US and regional banks including US Bank, Bank One. He has served as Lead Analyst and on lending teams dedicated to serving the lending and other financial needs of medium and large businesses.