Dr. Frederick Steinmann is currently the Director of the University Center for Economic Development (UCED), part of The College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), and is the Principal Investigator for the Nevada Lithium Battery and Other EV Materials Loop Regional Technology and Innovation Hub, designated by the U.S. Economic Development Administration in October 2023.  He began his professional economic development career with the Reno Redevelopment Agency in the City of Reno, Nevada.  Since then, he has worked for the Nevada Small Business Development Center, the Bureau of Business and Economic Research, and for the Carson Economic Development Services Department in the City of Carson, California.  Frederick has also worked as a Senior Associate for David Paul Rosen & Associates, one of the elite economic development and public policy consulting firms in California.  Frederick earned his Doctorate in Policy, Planning, and Development, with areas of study including economic development, public policy, public finance, and real estate development, from the University of Southern California with the successful defense of his dissertation titled, “The Twilight of the Local Redevelopment Era:  The Past, Present, and Future of Urban Revitalization and Urban Economic Development in Nevada and California.”  As a doctoral student at the University of Southern California, Frederick also received the William A. Carlson Fellowship from the California Redevelopment Association in 2008.  He also earned a Bachelor’s of Science and Masters of Science in Economics from the University of Nevada, Reno.  He is currently a member of the International Economic Development Council, the American Society for Public Administration, and the American Planning Association.