GRAND PLAN: Scott A. Gibbs’ career in economic development has spanned nearly four decades. He leans on the experience as president of the self-funded, nonprofit Economic Development Foundation of Rhode Island. PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN
25 Over Fifty-Five 2019 Award Winner SCOTT A. GIBBS | President, Economic Development Foundation of Rhode Island AS A SOPHOMORE at Wabash College, Scott A. Gibbs wrote a paper on regional development for an urban government course he was taking. That paper would serve as the launching point for Gibbs’ career in planning and economic…