Director
Chief Business Development Officer, Greater Fargo Moorhead EDC
Ryan Aasheim has served as Chief Business Development Officer for the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation (GFMEDC) since 2019. Through this work, Ryan is responsible for leading business development efforts including new primary-sector business attraction and existing business retention and expansion in the Greater Fargo Moorhead region. To ensure targeted companies and site selection consultants understand the opportunities for business growth in the region, Ryan’s business attraction efforts focus on several key strategic targeted sectors, including AgTech, Biotech and Medical Device, and Autonomous Systems and UAS. Since joining the EDC, Ryan has also led the development of a new Document Ready Site (certified site) program designed to streamline the site selection process providing project developers and consultants increased speed to market. Since 2023, Ryan has led the organization of the region’s only Biotech Summit convened annually in October each year since 2023.