Staff

	Stuart Rosenfeld // Principal & Founder Dr. Rosenfeld has over 30 years of work experience in public policy research and analysis, with an emphasis on education and workforce training, rural development, and technology policy. Read more.
	J. Trent Williams // Principal & CEO Mr. Williams plays a leadership role in RTS projects and research activities focusing on regional economic development, entrepreneurship, developmental finance, industrial competitiveness policy, high value-added manufacturing... Read more.
	Chris Beacham // Principal Mr. Beacham has 25 years experience in research, policy and strategic economic development. For the past decade he has focused on developing strategies for improving regional economic health particularly in rural and distressed areas. Read more.
	Corinne Cain // Research Analyst Corinne Cain is a Research Analyst at RTS. Since joining the RTS team, she has worked primarily on assessing regional creative economies in North Carolina, South Carolina, and the Milwaukee area of Wisconsin. Read more.
	Elizabeth Williams // Office Manager Elizabeth C. Williams joined the RTS staff in 2007 in the capacity of Office Manger. Beth is a native of South Carolina, a graduate of Clemson University with a BA in Mathematics, and earned her MBA from Rivier College in New Hampshire. Read more.
Senior Associates
	Jacques Koppel Jacques has been a recognized leader in technology based economic development for over 20 years. He is a principal in Koppel Group LLC, a strategic management services company that provides innovative solutions to public sector organizations on issues relating to regional competitiveness. Read more.
	Dr. Linda Swanson Linda Swanson, of LLS Research/Consulting since 1999, serves as a consultant in demographics and economic development for rural and farming communities, as well as for organizations with an agricultural and rural development focus. Read more.
	Dr. Louis Tornatzky Lou Tornatzky has a BA degree in Psychology from Ohio State University and a PhD in Organizational Psychology from Stanford. He has more than 35 years of research, management and consulting experience in the area of technology-linked regional economic development, university technology transfer, and technology business incubation. Read more.
	David Dodd David A. Dodd, CEcD is the President of DADCO Consulting, Inc., an economic development strategic consulting firm, and Co-Managing Principal of Confluence Advisors, LLC, a development finance strategic advisory firm. David is also involved with several companies engaged in such activities as international trade, film financing, and business performance. Read more.
	Marcia Kingslow Marcia Kingslow is President of Kingslow Associates, a 22-year old consulting practice that provides research, evaluation, and technical assistance in the areas of economic and community development, workforce development, and food systems. Read more.