David Flaks
Chief Operating Officer
In August 2011, David Flaks was promoted to Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Mr. Flaks will be able to leverage the capabilities of the LAEDC's successful Kyser Center for Economic Research, Business Assistance Program, and Strategic Initiatives into a single powerful and collaborative force to deliver the LAEDC’s critically important mission. The new alignment represents the integration of expert business assistance and economic teams with a highly effective policy and message delivery system that will continue to
serve as a vital community resource while promoting strategies that advance economic growth and competitiveness in L.A. County, Southern California and throughout the entire state.
Mr. Flaks previously held the position of LAEDC Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives where he oversaw the public policy, economic and policy analysis, and communications and marketing competencies that supported the implementation of the first-ever, consensus Strategic Plan for Economic Development in L.A. County (2010-2014) and affect policy in a way that furthers the LAEDC’s mandate to attract, grow and retain businesses and jobs in L.A. County. He joined the LAEDC in 2007.
Prior to the LAEDC, Mr. Flaks served as the Communications Director for the Democratic nominee in a high-profile United States Congressional race in Arizona. Prior to this position, he served as President of David Flaks Capital, a communications and financial consulting firm that provided strategic communications and financial advisory services for medical technology companies, and co-founded Ten Peaks Capital, a private consulting firm that provided corporate partnering, communications, and financial advisory services for life sciences companies.
Mr. Flaks has also held positions with the corporate law departments at law firms in New York and Miami as well as with the SEC and the New York State Attorney General.
He graduated with Distinction from the University of Wisconsin with a B.S. in Philosophy, received his J.D. from American University, Cum Laude, and graduated as Valedictorian from the George Washington University with a M.A. in Political Management.
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