Hilary Fagan serves as Executive Vice President of Business Development for the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation. She develops and executes a business development strategy for the state across targeted sectors for business growth. Prior to joining the corporation, Hilary worked in a variety of roles in the financial sales industry. She was a director in the corporate client group at the NASDAQ stock market, Washington, DC, where she worked with the CFO and investor relations officers of NASDAQ-listed companies on trading issues, marketing, and public relations. Prior to NASDAQ, she was a research sales associate at Morgan Stanley in New York. At Morgan Stanley, Hilary worked in the institutional equity department, providing research sales coverage for institutional accounts based in New York and Europe. Most recently, she served as the director of admission at Lincoln School focusing on enrollment management, marketing and advertising. Hilary holds a BA from Hobart/William Smith Colleges and has completed graduate coursework in statistics, marketing, and business economics.