Paige Webster started his firm in 2013. Paige has worked with many projects across many industry sectors including: aerospace, bio tech, geo-thermal, wind & solar, warehouse/distribution, office projects, data centers, corporate centers and the retail sector. Paige has been working in site selection and economic development for twenty years.

Paige has had extensive site selection experience as he was the Western Regional Real Estate Manager for Aaron Rents. Paige was able to facilitate and expand the major retail expansion for Aaron Rents in the Western United States.

Paige has had experience in the Economic Development arena too. He was the former Economic Development Director for the Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation. Paige’s experience includes working with back office, warehouse distribution, bio-tech, software development companies and food processing companies for the Yuma area.

Paige did extensive work in cross border economic development and was a member of the Border Trade Alliance (BTA) and worked closely with the Arizona Governor’s Office on cross border issues in Mexico. Paige was on the Workforce Development Board and was also a Board Member of the Arizona Association of Economic Development (AAED). Paige has also received the CEcD designation during his career in Economic Development.

Paige also worked for the Arizona Department of Commerce as the Northern Arizona Representative, assisting companies to expand or relocate to the State of Arizona with projects related to injection molding, warehouse/distribution, back office, agro-business, bio-tech, high tech, aviation.

Paige has received his BS in Regional Development from University of Arizona and has also received his MBA in Global Management from the University of Phoenix. Paige resides in Phoenix, AZ and loves to fly fish, play golf, hunt and scuba dive.

David Gaines, Managing Director, leads the day-to-day operations of the firm’s consulting business and the firm’s commercial and industrial real estate division, Goldstone Realty Partners.

Goldstone Consulting Group provides site selection service to companies that are expanding and searching for new locations to establish operations. Goldstone Consulting Group also provides economic development consulting services to communities.

Prior to founding Goldstone Consulting Group in 2016, Mr. Gaines held leadership roles in two
local and regional economic development agencies dating back to 2007. During that time, he was responsible for the business attraction efforts for the communities he represented as well business retention and expansion programs for those communities.

David is a founding member of the Northeast Missouri Development Partnership, a 14-county regional economic development agency. He also served as the group’s first two-term Chairman of the Board of Directors and currently serves as a member of its Government Relations Committee.

He holds a degree in Business Administration from the Ashford University – Forbes School of
Business and a Chancellor’s Certificate in International Trade from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is also a graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute.

During his 30-years of business experience, David has held positions from sales and marketing to management and ownership. He has worked in the economic development, financial services, print and broadcast media, real estate and business services industries.

David has authored numerous articles for national publications on matters relating to economic development and business and is a former financial talk show host for a major market radio station. In addition, he has also been a panelist and a moderator many times on topics concerning economic development.

Michael Edgar is a seasoned development consultant with over 30 years of experience in creating meaningful economic opportunities for small to medium-sized businesses. As a licensed architect with a Master of Architecture from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Southern California (USC), he offers a unique perspective to the field of economic and business development.

By bringing together municipal governments, international investors, and businesses to create joint ventures to revitalize communities, Michael uses a holistic and practical approach to economic development.

Previously, as the founder and President of GWDC, a 501c (3) not-for-profit economic development corporation, he developed three catalytic investment programs that brought together access to capital, entrepreneur training, and transformative real estate development into economically disadvantaged communities. In 2016, Michael led the expansion of GWDC’s “SelectChicago” program to include working with over 80 Chicago area municipalities and 50 international trade offices.

Now, as CEO of SelectGlobal, LLC, Michael brings this experience to a wider footprint, consulting with various communities, businesses and investors from around the world.

In the summer of 2022, Michael served on the United States Investment Advisory Council (IAC) where he advised the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on strategies and programs to attract and retain foreign direct investment in the United States.

In addition to his work with SelectGlobal, LLC, Michael is the president and founder of Design Studio C, Ltd. (www.designstudio-c.com), where for the past 25 years, he has led the development of over 1,200 real estate projects throughout the greater Chicago area, including southern Wisconsin.

Michael currently holds an active architecture license in Wisconsin and Illinois, as well as a NCARB Certificate offering reciprocity to practice architecture in 48 states and well as Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand.

Rob O’Brian is founder and principal of O’Brian and Associates, LLC, a consultancy in
economic, workforce and community development. Rob is dedicated to assisting
organizations that help their communities thrive including chambers of commerce,
economic development entities, local government, education, and not-for-profits. He
conducts workforce assessments, business park feasibility studies, economic and
community development planning and strategy development and facilitates
community and board training sessions. Rob has also been a disaster recovery contractor for the U.S. Economic Development Administration and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Prior to founding the company in early 2018, O’Brian led Chambers of Commerce in economic development for more than thirty years. As President of the Joplin (MO) Area Chamber of Commerce for more than 20 years, Rob led development of a small business incubator and developed of one of the premier business parks in southwest Missouri. He also developed a seven county, three state regional economic development program to market the broader Joplin Region for new investment as well as programs to build a stronger regional workforce. As part of the marketing efforts, he and his team also participated in international trade events and corporate call programs.

In addition to the above, Rob worked with the City of Joplin and the community college to develop an advanced manufacturing skills training center. He was recognized as Workforce Partner of the Year by the Missouri Community College Association for that effort. He is also a founder and board member of the Joplin Regional Medical School Alliance, an organization that successfully brought a 600-student medical school to the community in 2017. The success of the project led to the development of a new dental school which opened in 2023.

Rob was president of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce when the community was hit by an EF-5 tornado in 2011; the most devastating and deadly tornado in U.S. in more than fifty years. The Chamber’s efforts to bring back more than 85% of the small businesses destroyed or damaged were recognized nationally by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Rob has spoken on disaster recovery and preparation to a number of groups from the local to the national level.

Rob is a Certified Economic Developer as designated by the International Economic Development Council. He is a graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organizational Management (IOM). He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Ball State University, Muncie, IN, with a BS in Telecommunications and minor in journalism. Rob is also a Strategic Doing Certified Workshop Leader.