This morning at the Columbus 2020! Economic Development Dialogue event, JobsOhio Chief Investment Officer Mark Kvamme announced the appointment of David Mustine as the general manager for the energy sector at JobsOhio.
David Mustine, formerly the director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, has been hired as the general manager for energy. Prior to taking the helm at ODNR, Mustine was a 16 year veteran with American Electric Power.
JobsOhio has identified nine "targeted industries" that general managers will be focused on helping to attract, retain and expand in the state. These are: (1) aerospace and aviation; (2) automotive; (3) banking and insurance; (4) biohealth; (5) consumer goods; (6) energy; (7) food processing; (8) information services and software; and (9) polymers. CIO Kvamme has indicated that he does not anticipate the appointment of nine separate general managers to address these targeted industries, but there could be as many as six.
These general managers are meant to interact between JobsOhio and the six regional network partners to ensure that the nine targeted industries are properly served and to act as industry experts when questions arise.
Previously, CIO Kvamme has introduced two other general managers: John Minor, who formerly worked on Wall Street with now-bankrupt Lehman Brothers, will lead banking and insurance initiatives, and Mark Patton, who will focus on logistics, distribution and information technology. Patton, who was hired into the Ohio Department of Development in January before transitioning to JobsOhio, has a background in sales and marketing at several firms and started his career in the mid-1980s at Procter & Gamble.
