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Economic Development 2025: WINN, CHRISTINA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GAINESVILLE
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Economic Development 2025: WINN, CHRISTINA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GAINESVILLE
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Before taking the reins in Prince William County in 2019, Winn was director of Arlington Economic Development‘s Business Investment Group, where she played a major role in recruiting Amazon.com’s $2.5 billion-plus HQ2 East Coast headquarters.
Under her leadership, Prince William last year reported 51 project wins (including new projects, expansions and redevelopments) representing more than $2.3 billion in intended capital investment supporting 1,411 new and retained jobs in the county.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin joined Winn last September for the groundbreaking for American Type Culture Collection’s $54.6 million biosafety laboratory, which is expected to create 75 jobs.
In a recent setback to the county’s growing data centers sector, however, a judge in August voided the county’s approval of the Prince William Digital Gateway, which would be the world’s largest data center project if built.
Winn graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and earned a master’s degree in real estate development from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
She is a member of the George Mason University President’s Innovation Advisory Council.
