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Aerospace & Defense Opportunity Program

The JobsOhio Aerospace & Defense Opportunity Program was established to create support for projects that are being developed in the advanced aerospace, defense and federal sectors to improve Ohio’s competitive edge with respect to attracting new investment and job creation.

There are four key components of the Aerospace & Defense Opportunity Program:

  1. Support opportunities in these sectors, that have a defined gap, with infrastructure and speed to market.

  2. Support both projects and/or site development.

  3. Complete professional studies including preliminary engineering due diligence, real estate market assessment, and economic impact analysis

  4. Provide support to federal and defense contractors, and private companies that support the United States aerospace and national defense mission and create jobs and capital investment in Ohio.

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Northwest

Matt Davis

Vice President, Real Estate

davis@rgp.org

Sara Perrigo

Real Estate Coordinator

perrigo@rgp.org

Northeast

Camille Billups

Managing Director, Site Strategies

cbillups@teamneo.org

Katie Paul

Director, Site Strategies

kmeehan@teamneo.org

Central

Tom Stipkovich

Vice President, Corporate Investment

ts@columbusregion.com

Haley Young 

Manager, Community Development

hy@columbusregion.com

West

Julie Sullivan

Executive Vice President of Regional Development

jsullivan@daytonregion.com

Gabe Newburg

Manager, Projects & Sites

gnewburg@daytonregion.com

East

Sarah Boyarko

Vice President of Economic Development

sarah@laketoriverohio.org

Southwest

Trevor Wellbrock

Director of Site Selection and Real Estate

twellbrock@redicincinnati.com

Matt Zimmerman

Senior Project Manager

MZimmerman@REDICincinnati.com

Sam Henning

Manager, Sites & Real Estate

SHenning@REDICincinnati.com

Southeast

Matt Abbott

President and CEO

matt@ohiose.com

Donna Hrezo

Director of Sites & Infrastructure

donna@ohiose.com

Tina Ruble

Site & Infrastructure Manager

tina@ohiose.com

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