The Pennsylvania Economic Development Association (PEDA) is the statewide association of local, state, corporate, and non-profit economic development professionals. PEDA's mission is to promote sound economic development policies, provide leading-edge economic development education, and nurture an effective statewide economic development network to foster the economic health of the Commonwealth. PEDA's membership is comprised of county and regional economic developers, state government economic development employees, utility and transportation executives, industrial development authority directors, operators of industrial and technology incubators, chamber of commerce executives, municipal directors of community and economic development, engineering and construction executives, economic development finance professionals, commercial and industrial developers, and local, county, and state elected officials. PEDA welcomes individual economic development professionals and organizations, allied professional organizations, and public officials as members.