Bryan David

Bryan David serves as the Economic and Community Development | Local Government Specialist for the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, where he consults with local and regional governments and organizations, and as the GO Virginia Region 3 Project Coordinator, after serving as Program Director of Southern Virginia/GO Virginia Region 3 from 2020 to 2026. His GO Virginia Region 3 work includes a partnership between the Cooper Center and the Growth and Opportunity Virginia Region 3 Council, through which he collaborates directly with an extensive network of business and education leaders, partner organizations, and engaged residents. The Region 3 Council includes 13 counties and the Cities of Danville and Martinsville in Southern Virginia.

With over 30 years of professional experience, Bryan has served rural Virginia localities as a County Administrator and held other local government leadership positions. He also led Virginia's Region 2000 Partnership-Economic Development Council, which served the Lynchburg metropolitan region. He holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Commonwealth University, a postgraduate Certificate in Litigation from the National Center for Paralegal Training, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hampden-Sydney College. He is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation Board of Directors, Chair of the Council for Rural Virginia, member of the Virginia Rural Leadership Institute Advisory Committee, and member of the James Solomon Russell - Saint Paul's College Museum and Archives Advisory Board. His professional memberships include the American Institute of Certified Planners, the Virginia Economic Developers Association and its Public Policy Network and Rural Shared Interest Group, the American Planning Association and its Virginia Chapter, and the Virginia Local Government Management Association. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia's Senior Executive Institute.