Mohawk Valley EDGE has hired Marc Barraco as senior VP of economic development. Marc works in government affairs and project management capacities and updates the business community on economic-development programs and funding at the state and federal levels. Barraco joins EDGE after spending two and a half years at Avangrid as program manager of government and community relations for Rochester Gas & Electric and New York State Electric & Gas. Before Avangrid, Barraco was director of community outreach to former Congressman Anthony Brindisi, working in the Utica District office and serving as the governor’s representative for the Mohawk Valley Region.
