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Lance Matteson joined UCIDA as executive director in April of 2007. A Harvard Magna Cum Laude graduate, Lance was most recently President of the Bennington Microtechnology Center and was the past Executive Director of the Bennington County Industrial Corporation in Vermont.

His diverse background as an entrepreneurial non-profit executive and economic development specialist led to his successful management in retaining and attracting business in the southwest Vermont region.

He was instrumental in bringing a multimillion-dollar micro-technology project to Vermont, negotiated a complex industrial re-use of property that helped replace 160 lost jobs during a Stanley Tools plant closure, and facilitated a merger of the regional workforce investment board and the school-to-work program. One of his most cited successes is his management of an award-winning business incubator, creating and retaining hundreds of jobs in the region. For his work in the region, he received the Bennington County School and Workforce Partnership Recognition Award.

Prior to his work in Vermont, Matteson was the middle east representative in Jerusalem for American Near East Refugee Aid, and as a former Peace Corp Volunteer, he received national recognition for his work in West Africa.