Victoria Zinser Duley has been Executive Director at the Adirondack Economic Development Corporation in Saranac Lake since March 2019. She has held senior leadership positions in economic development, planning, higher education and research in the North Country of New York State, and before that in south Florida, for 25 years.
Victoria has worked across private and public sectors, including serving as the Dean of Research and Planning at Clinton Community College in Plattsburgh, NY before returning to the economic development field. She serves on the NY State Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) and leads its Downtown Revitalization Initiative/NY Forward work group.
Victoria has a BS in Environmental Science from the University of New Hampshire and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University at Albany, and is a certified Economic Developer (CEcD- International Economic Development Council) and a certified Planner (AICP-American Planning Association).
She is active in many community interests, including Board or leadership positions in the New York State Economic Development Coalition, the North Country Alliance, University of Vermont Health, the First Presbyterian Church of Plattsburgh, Girl Scouts of Northeastern NY, and the Adirondack North Country Association. Victoria is passionate about place and community. She lives in Clinton County, NY with her family and enjoys travel and outdoor activities in the lakes and mountains of the beautiful Adirondacks and Champlain Valley.
