About Randall Gross / Development Economics

CONSULTANT

Randall B. Gross

Randall Gross has more than 30 years experience providing strategic economic, real estate and development consulting services for local, regional and national governments; private companies; and non-profit agencies. He has worked on more than 600 projects to enhance their capacity for sustainable community and economic development, citizen participation, asset management and policy formation.

Mr. Gross brings particular expertise in market and development feasibility analysis to test the economic viability of projects, fiscal and economic impact analysis to gauge the public costs and benefits of projects; and public policy analysis to evaluate and monitor policy decisions. He also provides comprehensive implementation strategies that form the basis for industrial & economic development, tourism and community revitalization.

Mr. Gross has consulted on projects in 35 US states and 8 foreign countries. Since forming his own company in 1997, Mr. Gross has worked on diverse projects ranging form neighborhood industrial redevelopment in Baltimore to airport expansion in South Africa. Increasingly, he is working with communities to determine the best ways to manage growth and maximize the economic and fiscal return from development.

Mr. Gross is a former Division Chair for the American Planning Association (APA) and subsequently served on the National Capital Area APA Board and on the Board of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute. He has worked in local government, deciding real estate tax appeals cases for the world’s largest tax appeals agency. He also worked for the state and federal government and in the non-profit sector, before entering consulting. Based in Nashville, he has a presence in Washington D.C., London, and Johannesburg.

Education

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Masters in Public Policy, Graduate School of Government

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts & Sciences, Poli. Sci. & Urban Studies (Honors)

Certification in Urban Politics

Professional Leadership

• Division Chair, American Planning Association (APA), 1998-2003
• Elected Board Member, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, 2005-
• At-Large Board Member, APA National Capital Area Chapter, 2004-2006 • Committee Member & Editor, Intl Economic Development Council (IECD), 1996-98
• Alumni Board of Visitors, University School of Nashville (USN), 2008 -2016
• Panelist, Urban Land Institute

Selected Positions Held

• Director, Randall Gross / Development Economics (RGDE)
• Director, African Development Economic Consultants (ADEC)
• Senior Consultant, Hammer, Siler George Associates • Research Editor, The Independent Sector
• Research Assistant, U.S. National Endowment for the Arts
• Case Analyst & Assistant to Comm., Cook County (Chicago) Board of Appeals