Steve Hyde, MBA, is the president and chief executive officer of the Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC), leading the economic development activity for Genesee County, NY, within the Buffalo-Rochester Tech Corridor. Hyde has extensive private sector experience in sales, business development, marketing, and finance focused on building and growing enterprises in the information technology and medical device sectors.

In 20 years at GCEDC, Hyde has leveraged his private sector experience to develop eight industry-focused shovel-ready industrial parks and workforce solutions. He also provides project-based structured finance and incentives that have assisted over 500 economic development projects investing over $2 billion and creating over 5,000 jobs. He has been laser-focused on the strategic goal of bringing manufacturing back to Upstate New York. A highlight of Hyde’s work is the successful development of the 250-acre Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park along with the 1,250-acre Science, Technology & Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) Green Manufacturing Mega-Site. The STAMP site has attracted more than $600 million in investment and nearly 700 good-paying jobs through sizable investment commitments from Edwards Semiconductor and Plug Power.

Hyde’s leadership has positioned Genesee County and the Batavia micropolitan area to rank as a top-10 fastest-growing micropolitan community in the United States for 19 consecutive years as ranked by Site Selection Magazine.

Hyde is a graduate of Genesee Community College, Cornell University, and Rochester Institute of Technology. He sits on several boards, including the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council and the boards of Greater Rochester Enterprise and Invest Buffalo Niagara. He has previously served as chairman of the NYSEDC.