{"id":417707,"date":"2026-08-26T23:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/417707\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T23:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:32:38","slug":"mckinney-economic-development-corp-appoints-new-senior-vp-mckinney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/417707\/","title":{"rendered":"McKinney Economic Development Corp. appoints new senior VP | McKinney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/uniquemckinney.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McKinney Economic Development Corp.<\/a> has appointed a new senior vice president to its leadership team, according to an Aug 26 news release.<\/p>\n<p>The full story<\/p>\n<p>MEDC officials have appointed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmckinney.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit McKinney Executive Director Aaron Werner<\/a> to the role, according to the release. Werner is expected to begin his new role Sept. 21 after four years of leading Visit McKinney, the city&#8217;s convention and visitors bureau.<\/p>\n<p>Werner\u2019s experience in destination development, placemaking, partnership building and organizational leadership will bring \u201cvaluable continuity\u201d to MEDC, the release states. In a statement, MEDC President and CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/uniquemckinney.com\/leadership\/#:~:text=LEADERSHIP%20TEAM-,Michael%20Kowski,-President%20\/%20CEO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Kowski<\/a> said Werner is \u201cexactly the leader\u201d the organization\u2019s next chapter calls for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows this community, builds strong teams, and has worked alongside us for years,\u201d Kowski said. \u201cAdding a proven leader from within the McKinney family brings exceptional talent and continuity while preserving the collaborative, high-performing culture that makes this organization successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Career history<\/p>\n<p>Werner was named as Visit McKinney\u2019s executive director in 2022, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmckinney.com\/articles\/post\/werner-new-visit-mckinney-executive-director\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit McKinney\u2019s website<\/a>. During his time with the organization, Werner built a \u201csports tourism engine\u201d that led to the city hosting several regional, national and international sporting events, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p>He also led the process to receive a <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/mckinney\/government\/mckinney-receives-tourism-friendly-certification-from-governors-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community designation<\/a> from the state and helped <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/mckinney\/business\/visit-mckinney-debuts-renovated-visitors-center-new-shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reimagine the McKinney Experience Center<\/a>, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Werner said McKinney has \u201cone of the best stories\u201d in the state and he has had the \u201cprivilege\u201d of helping to share it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEconomic development and tourism are deeply connected,\u201d Werner said. \u201cI am honored to join the MEDC team, and I am excited to keep driving that story forward alongside the people and partners who make McKinney what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The McKinney Economic Development Corp. has appointed a new senior vice president to its leadership team, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[145568,145566,145564,145565,145567,160,162,161,145569],"class_list":["post-417707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-aaron-werner-in-mckinney","tag-mckinney-economic-development-corp-leadership","tag-mckinney-economic-development-corporation-news","tag-mckinney-edc-news","tag-medc-leadership","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-visit-mckinney-executive-director-aaron-werner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}