BIOGRAPHY
Larry McManus is the Director for Business and Community Development for Texas Economic Development & Tourism, within the Office of the Governor. He is responsible for the management of the Office’s Existing Industry and Business Recruitment Activities, Small Business, International, Marketing, Research, and Community Relations initiatives.
McManus has 29 years of economic development experience with the State of Texas. Prior to returning to EDT in 2020, McManus served as Senior Director for Rural Economic Development at the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). He also spent nearly five years with NationsBank (now Bank of America).
McManus holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas at El Paso and is a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma.