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Economic Development & Policy Manager, Downtown Long Beach Alliance

Austin Metoyer serves as a liaison for Downtown investors, developers, businesses and brokers through the recruitment, retention, planning and entitlement processes in his role as Economic Development & Policy Manager. Before his arrival to the DLBA, Metoyer served under former Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa's Office of Economic and Business Policy, as well as the National Foreign Trade Council in Washington D.C. During his stint in DC, he served as Senior Project Analyst for Brailsford & Dunlavey, a real estate development planning firm. He is a thought leader within the urban place management, serving as a member of the Research Committee for International Downtown Association and a Board member of the California Downtown Association. Mr. Metoyer completed his Bachelor's degree in International Business at Long Beach State University and a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Southern California.