Gretchen Corbin
Gretchen Corbin
Gretchen Corbin is the Division Director for International Operations. Gretchen’s responsibilities are to lead Georgia’s International Offices, Trade Division, Office of Protocol, International Business Outreach and the Global Georgia initiative in its work towards marketing Georgia to the world. Georgia’s International Team has offices in Atlanta, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Europe, France, U.K., Ireland, Japan, Korea, the Middle East and soon, China.
Prior to her current position, Gretchen served as Director of Regional Project Managers for Existing Industry & Recruitment. Under Gretchen’s leadership, the RPM-EIRs located 264 projects and assisted 1,965 Georgia companies. The Regional Project Manager Team assisted companies such as HON in Cedartown, Saint Gobain Desionqueres in Sparta, Mercedes Benz in Brunswick to locate and expand in Georgia.
When working as a Project Manager for the Georgia Department of Economic Development in Northwest Georgia in 1998 – 2006, Gretchen assisted companies such as The Faus Group, Branson Tractor, Shiroki, Mohawk, ALROL AG and more to locate and expand their operations in Georgia adding 2,378 jobs and $108,900,000 in investment to Northwest Georgia’s business community.
In additional Economic Development roles, Gretchen has worked with the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Cartersville – Bartow Chamber of Commerce, and the RACE to 1996 Commission, Rome and Floyd County’s Olympic efforts.
Gretchen is involved in a number of professional and civic organizations, including Leadership Georgia, the Georgia Economic Developers Association, Hands on Georgia and Rotary International.
Gretchen graduated fom Clemson University and from the University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute. Gretchen is a native of Georgia, born in Athens, raised in Cedartown and now residing in Rome with her husband David and two daughters, Savannah (6) and Elsa Quay (3).
Contact Info
Phone: 678.640.4373
Email: gcorbin@georgia.org