Steve Herbert
The Norfolk-based Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance (HREDA) has hired an interim president and CEO.
Steve Herbert succeeds Rick Weddle, who retired at the end of last year.
In addition, the economic development organization has hired Chris Lemmon as executive vice president. He will be HREDA’s first chief marketing officer.
Herbert is a former city administrator, economic development officer and city planner who has worked in Virginia Beach, Hopewell, Suffolk, Portsmouth and Norfolk.
In the private sector, he has been a business development manager and defense contractor with Booz Allen Hamilton and SAIC.
