Development
Strategies Group
A full-service economic   development consultancy
A full-service economic   development   consultancy

Development Strategies Group helps clients identify, assess, negotiate and secure public incentives available nationwide to promote business location, expansion and job retention. Home to more than 50 years of combined government and economic development experience, our firm leverages our knowledge and relationships to reduce project costs and achieve client goals. Through our experience and long-standing relationships with key decision makers and senior-level staff, DSG achieves the results you need to get the project done.
Development Strategies Group helps clients identify, assess, negotiate and secure public incentives available to promote business location, expansion and job retention. Home to more than 50 years of combined government and economic development experience, our firm leverages our knowledge and relationships to reduce project costs and achieve client goals. Through our experience and long-standing relationships with key decision makers and senior-level staff, DSG achieves the results you need to get the project done.
When to Contact DSG
When to Contact DSG
If a business or institution is planning to:
- Select a new location
- Relocate or expand
- Add more than 20 new employees over the next three years
- Acquire a new business
- Consolidate operations
J. Douglas Moorman
J. Douglas Moormann
Vice President of Development Strategies Group Doug Moormann brings more than 25 years of experience creatively linking people with government to solve problems. Since 2011, DSG has helped clients secure millions of dollars in grants, tax credits and financing that have created thousands of new jobs and changed the landscape of our region.
Before his work with DSG, Doug served the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber as both the Vice President of Economic Development and Vice President of Government Affairs. There, he led initiatives to build the local economy through business attraction, job retention, and regional marketing. He also helped secure funds to replace the Brent Spence Bridge and launch numerous community projects. He graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in Political Science. Doug, his wife Kimberly, and their children live in Madeira where he serves on the Madeira City Council.
Career Highlights
Career Highlights
Executive Assistant for Business and Industry to former Governor Bob Taft
Helped devise Governor Taft’s Third Frontier program, a tech-based economic development issue
Helped create Ohio’s Job Retention Tax Credit
Chief of Staff to Lieutenant Governor Maureen O’Connor
Legislative Aide to then-Congressman Mike DeWine
City of Madeira, Councilmember and Planning Commission Member
Other Accolades
Other Accolades
The Ohio Transportation Review and Advisory Council board member
Board of Directors of the European American Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Cincinnati Workforce Network board member
The Tri-ED Board of Directors member
Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Advisory Committee member
The Southwest Ohio Regional Workforce Investment Board member
The St. Francis DeSales Festival Committee board member
The Governing Board of the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel by appointment of the Ohio Attorney General
Graduate of Leadership Cincinnati, Class XXX
Development
Strategies Group
Government
Strategies Group
DSG is a partner firm of Government Strategies Group, a bipartisan government relations firm. Together, we help clients navigate the nuances and complexities of the
bureaucracy and public policy standing at the crossroads of enterprise and community.