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Speaker Roswell Rotary Welcomes Samir Abdullahi

Please welcome Samir Abdullahi to Roswell Rotary Club! Looking forward to his insights about economic development. Samir Abdullahi is the Director for Select Fulton, Fulton County’s economic and workforce development initiative.

In this role, Samir manages both the economic development projects team in addition to the Workforce Development division of Fulton County. His roles include recruiting new jobs and capital investment to the county, preparing incentive packages and directing Fulton County’s $3.2M Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding. Over this 10 year career, Samir has successfully spearheaded efforts that have resulted in the creation of thousands of jobs in Georgia – and hundreds of millions of dollars in new investment — through the high-profile corporate relocations and expansions of firms such as Boston Scientific, Fiserv, Halyard Heath, Microsoft Corporation, ASOS, Pandora, Visa, Morgan Stanley, Deluxe Corporation and Inspire Brands, to name a few.

He was the Economic Development Manager of the City of Alpharetta where he helped to brand the city as technology hub and led the recruitment of large global and regional headquarter relocations like Fiserv Solutions and Halyard Health. He also previously worked for Partnership Gwinnett, Gwinnett County’s public-private economic development initiative. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Samir holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations. He also holds a master’s in public policy from Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Listed on the 2023 Georgia Trend 500 and a recent recipient of both the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s and Georgia Trend’s 40 under 40 awards. 

Posted by Kathryn Igou
March 25, 2025

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