Our Next Speaker

Anthony J. Romanello, Exec Director, Henrico Economic Development Authority; “Henrico County Economic Development Update”

Anthony Romanello has served Virginia local governments since 1992: as Assistant to the City Manager in Richmond, Town Manager of West Point, County Administrator, Deputy County Administrator of Stafford, and Deputy County Manager in Henrico. In 2019, he became Executive Director of the Henrico Economic Development Authority.

He graduated from Hermitage High School and has a BA in History and American Government from UVA and a master’s in public administration from VCU. He is a credentialed manager through the International City/County Management Association (ICMA).

Anthony is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executives in State & Local Government, the UVA Senior Executive Institute, and Leadership Metro Richmond. He is an adjunct instructor in Virginia Tech’s Center for Public Administration.

Anthony is the author of Random Thoughts: Reflections on Public Service, Fatherhood, and Middle Age and the children’s book The Girl Who Lived on the Third Floor.

Anthony and his wife Diane live in Glen Allen and have five children, 2 daughters-in-law, and 2 granddaughters. Every chance he has, Anthony plays bad ping pong and even worse golf!