Strategic Leadership Team
John Bozek has over a decade of experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors as an accomplished economic development and financial leader. Among his accomplishments, Bozek currently serves as Research & Strategy Analyst at Invest Puerto Rico, a non-profit economic development promotion organization that promotes Puerto Rico as a competitive investment jurisdiction to attract new business and capital investment to the Island.
He previously served as an Associate at V2A Strategic Management Consultants in San Juan, where he advised various government agencies on fiscal matters and economic development policy, and as the Senior Financial Analyst/ Project Underwriter for Empire State Development, New York State’s chief economic development agency. Prior to that, he led small business lending departments at non-profit community development financial institutions (CDFIs) in Long Island, Upper Manhattan, and Queens, and provided financial, grant-writing, and strategic planning support to various non-profits in the New York metro area. Additionally, he has provided business planning support to hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits.
John Bozek earned his BA in History at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts and subsequently his Master’s in Urban Planning, with a specialization in Economic Development, from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service.