Carolyn Hull is the Vice President of Industry Cluster Development at Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). She oversees strategies, programs and staff to build capacity in the export-oriented industries in which L.A. County has productive and/or comparative advantages, such as: aerospace, advanced transportation, biosciences, entertainment/digital media, and trade and logistics. Focused development of industry clusters – as a key organizational unit for understanding and improving performance of regional economies – can unleash incredible growth potential when used as an approach that cuts across the traditional fields and tools of economic, community and workforce development, helping to enhance their effectiveness. When key industry clusters flourish, well-paying jobs are created and the increased economic activity generates greater opportunity and prosperity for all.

Previously at LAEDC, Ms. Hull was focused on partnering with the public sector in Los Angeles County to plan and implement real estate and financing transactions that attract investment and retain and grow Los Angeles County’s employment base, including projects such as Altasea Marine Research Park.

Before joining LAEDC, Ms. Hull was the Chief Financial Officer at Genesis LA. Genesis LA is a real estate based investor that directs its capital and strategic advisory services to projects located inner city communities throughout Los Angeles County. Prior to joining Genesis LA Ms. Hull was the South Los Angeles Regional Administrator for the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA). In this role, Ms. Hull managed all redevelopment programs, activities and staff for the South Los Angeles region. Prior to that, Ms. Hull served as the CRA/LA’s Manager of Capital Finance. In this capacity, she analyzed project-financing plans, and developed financing structures to optimize the utilization of public and private resources for all of CRA/LA’s priority projects. At the same time, Ms. Hull served as the co-founder and President of the Los Angeles Development Fund (LADF). Under her leadership, LADF received and managed a $75 million New Markets Tax Credit Allocation. In addition, Ms. Hull managed CRA/LA’s $700 million portfolio of conduit bonds.

Prior to joining CRA/LA Ms. Hull served as a Director at CB Richard Ellis Consulting (CBRE Consulting), based in Los Angeles. At CBRE Consulting she provided consulting services for a wide range of real estate development projects for corporate, institutional, nonprofit, and governmental clients in key service areas all over the United States, including economic development and redevelopment, development feasibility analysis, highest and best use studies, fiscal and economic impact analysis, policy analysis, transit-oriented development, and corporate location strategy.

Ms. Hull holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Carnegie-Mellon University and a Master of Science degree in Economics and Urban Planning from the London School of Economics, in addition to a Certificate in Real Estate Finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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