About
Economic development professional with proven leadership experience
Charles Yu is the Senior Director of Business Assistance at the Long Island City Partnership, a local economic development organization. He oversees the organization’s business assistance initiatives and operations, including one-on-one business services, district management, business seminars, marketing of programs, and management of public and private grant contracts. His team has an excellent track record of delivering hyper-local services that meet and exceed the high expectations of business clients in all sizes and industries. He also leads the transportation and workforce development initiatives, as well as other business advocacy works. Since joining in 2014, Charles has been bringing positive changes to the organization with help from a team of incredible people. He was instrumental in systematizing workflows and implementing a CRM system in 2015; renewing and renegotiating NYC’s Business Support funding contract in 2016; creating a working group funded by local stakeholders in 2017; enhancing retail business assistance in 2020; and managing a leadership transition in 2022. Charles has a Master of Urban Planning degree from Hunter College, as well as a BA in Economics and a BBA from Queens College.
Experience
Long Island City Partnership, Senior Director of Business Assistance
February 2020 - Present
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Long Island City Partnership, Director of Business Assistance
September 2015 - January 2020
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Long Island City Partnership, Manager of Business AssisTance
August 2014 - August 2015
Education
Hunter College - CUNY, Master of Urban Planning
2012 - 2014
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Queens College - CUNY, Bachelor of Arts, Economics
2006 - 2010
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Queens College - CUNY, Bachelor of Business Administration, Actuarial Studies
2006 - 2010