Deane C. Foote, CEcD
President and CEO
Foote Consulting Group, LLC
deane@footeconsulting.com
Foote Consulting Group, LLC is a development-related consulting company located in the Phoenix area. FCG provides real estate, site selection, workforce, and economic development services. President and CEO Deane C. Foote, CEcD has over 30 years experience in the development field. His recent successes include:
• Assisted site selection projects that created almost 5,000 jobs and over $1 billion in capital investment for clients such as MeadWestVaco, Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, Staples, Country Fresh, Forest City Stapleton, and W.W. Grainger
• Directed numerous economic development assignments for clients such as: the State of Arizona; the State of NM; the State of Ohio; the State of Tennesee; the USAF; the Greater Phoenix Economic Council; Jamestown, ND; Artesia/Roswell, NM; Wayne County (MI; Detroit) EDGE; The Scranton Plan; San Juan County, NM; Wayne County (IN) EDC; Great Falls (MT) Airport Authority; Lee County Transportation Authority in Florida; Greater Springfield, (IL) Chamber of Commerce; Baton Rouge (LA) Chamber of Commerce; and the NW Pennsylvania Commission
• Directed unique labor studies that involved commuter, underemployment, quality, and compensation analyses for both corporate and economic development clients
• Created and directed innovative freight model products for the economic development community
• Has been a regular presenter at the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), CoreNet, and regional economic development workshops nation-wide; and is a Founding Board Member and former Treasurer of the Site Selectors Guild, Inc.
Jack Allston, CEcD, FM
Senior Site Selection Consultant
Principal of JBA & Associates
jack@footeconsulting.com
Jack Allston has spent over 30 years in the field of economic development. He has worked on dozens and dozens of site locations and expansions of companies such as: CB Sports, New Balance Athletic Shoe, Yuasa- Exide, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, CR Bard, Mallinkrodt, Nationwide Insurance, Hewlett-Packard, United Merchants and Manufacturers, James River. For eight years he was managing consultant to Paragon Decision Resources, a major site selection and relocation company headquartered out of Chicago and California . While there, he wrote numerous plans, studies and reports and advised communities on how to develop and companies on where to locate. His clients included regions and communities throughout the Midwest, Canada, and California.
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