NEW CITY – Rockland County Executive Edwin Day named Jeremy Schulman as the new director of economic development and tourism for the county. Schulman served as president of the Rockland Economic Development Corporation from November 2017 through May of this year. He was previously the economic development manager for the City of New Rochelle for 12 years.
Day said Schulman “has the skill set and experience to build on the success of our Office of Economic Development and Tourism. He understands what needs to be done and is prepared to step in without missing a beat.”
The county executive also created the Rockland Advisory Council for Economic Development to fulfill the advisory functions previously associated with the Rockland Economic Development Corporation while other serves are performed by Schulman.
“This move represents a seismic shift in how county government will drive future economic development, both here in Rockland and around the region,” Day said.
He said the money previously budgeted year after year to fund the REDC will be reinvested in the Office of Economic Development and Tourism to further expand on their efforts with a more streamlined approach. The county had budgeted $316,000 to the REDC in the 2019 spending plan.
