Economic Development 2025: HAYMORE, TODD P.

Since 2018, Haymore has led the global economic development consultancy within Hunton Andrews Kurth, the second largest Virginia-based law firm. He previously served as Virginia’s secretary of commerce and trade under Gov. Terry McAuliffe and secretary of agriculture and forestry for Gov. Bob McDonnell.

A Danville native, Haymore is a former executive for tobacco companies Universal Leaf Tobacco and Dimon (now Pyxus International). He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Richmond and an MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University, where he served as rector from 2023 to 2025.

Haymore is chair of GO Virginia’s Region 4 Council, which spans from Hanover County to Emporia. He also serves on the executive committees for the boards of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and RVA757 Connects.

BOOK I’D RECOMMEND: “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson

WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT ME: I’m a huge fan of the Dave Matthews Band and the Grateful Dead and travel extensively to see DMB and Dead & Company, the latest incarnation of the Dead, perform live.

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