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Mary Ellen Wiederwohl
Accelerator for America
President & CEO
MARY ELLEN WIEDERWOHL is the President and CEO of Accelerator for America, a national nonprofit that works with Mayors and economic development leaders to develop solutions to economic insecurity and share them with cities across the country to create national change from the ground up. She has more than two and a half decades of experience in business, civic leadership, and public affairs. She led economic and community development for the city of Louisville from 2014-2020; during her tenure, Louisville experienced more than $17 billion of new capital investment, made substantial new investments in affordable housing, introduced industry leading innovations in talent development and the future of work, and the agency was named a Top Economic Development Organization six times by Site Selection Magazine. She also served as Interim President & CEO of LHOME, Louisville’s homegrown CDFI. Before joining Louisville’s City Hall in 2012, Mary Ellen served in public and private sector advocacy roles, primarily at the state and local levels, specializing in budget, tax policy, governance, and several additional areas of public policy. Her private sector experience includes consultancy for over 100 entities, including several Fortune 500 companies. She earned her MA in Political Science and a BA in Music and Political Science from the University of Louisville.
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