Jacqueline Bellwoar Joins EDB Staff

EDB welcomes Jacqueline Bellwoar
The EDB is pleased to welcome Jacqueline Bellwoar, our new economic development manager.
In her new role, Bellwoar will manage the EDB’s cluster acceleration teams, comprised of industry and community leaders from across the South Sound. She will help implement strategies developed by the teams, research target industries and firms, and assist with staffing for the Economic Development Corporation of Pierce County.
New economic development manager hired this summer
Bellwoar brings to the EDB a diverse mix of economic development and private sector experience. Previously, she was business development specialist with the Athens-Clarke County Economic Development Department in Athens, Georgia. She also has wide-ranging experience in the health care and manufacturing sectors, and has worked on multi-million dollar renovation projects with major hospitals, universities, governments and manufacturing plants. She was most recently account executive with Alliance Packaging in Renton.
“I’m thrilled to join the EDB and be back in the economic development arena,” Bellwoar said. “With all that’s happening in Pierce County, there’s nowhere else I’d rather be.”
Jacqueline Bellwoar
Economic Development Manager