{"id":1363,"date":"2019-01-03T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/looneytunes\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=1363"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:00:31","slug":"david-merot","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/?portfolio=david-merot","title":{"rendered":"David Merot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-g3dj7-6579791fa1453586319b8489547817c0\">\n.flex_column.av-g3dj7-6579791fa1453586319b8489547817c0{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-g3dj7-6579791fa1453586319b8489547817c0 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-jw1f09mr-48ce8993aeaadb1ecbb79a701c46469c\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jw1f09mr-48ce8993aeaadb1ecbb79a701c46469c .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jw1f09mr-48ce8993aeaadb1ecbb79a701c46469c av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img class='wp-image-1364 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1364 avia_image' src='https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/looneytunes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/merot01.jpg' alt='' title='David Merot'  height=\"658\" width=\"658\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-2s0f8z-a5a2f76a16c1c550f7858469e31d1c03\">\n.flex_column.av-2s0f8z-a5a2f76a16c1c550f7858469e31d1c03{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-2s0f8z-a5a2f76a16c1c550f7858469e31d1c03 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-75vgj-e9939289a24141e1c1c130e4e46e148b\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-75vgj-e9939289a24141e1c1c130e4e46e148b{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-75vgj-e9939289a24141e1c1c130e4e46e148b .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-75vgj-e9939289a24141e1c1c130e4e46e148b av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >David Merot<\/h3><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below '><p>EDA University Center Director<\/p>\n<\/div><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border'><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-current-22079 pane-bundle-faculty-profile\">\n<div class=\"pane-content\">\n<div class=\"block block-profile\">\n<div class=\"block-content\" data-role=\"profile-content\">\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-current-22639 pane-bundle-faculty-profile\">\n<div class=\"pane-content\">\n<div class=\"block block-profile\">\n<div class=\"block-content\" data-role=\"profile-content\">\n<p>David M\u00e9rot has an extensive background in economic development research and implementation.\u00a0 Most recently, he has been involved in numerous economic development research projects, including a bi-annual 7-county wages and benefits survey, broadband access study, opportunity youth fiscal scan, literacy network data collection, and data visualization. He has supported local business owners to expand their business operations in the area and into international markets in partnership with the State of Michigan STEP grant economic development initiative. David has facilitated and developed creative approaches related to entrepreneurship, community development, and a number of issues surrounding nonprofit funding, coalition implementation, and data collection for nonprofits and organizations in the region with the support of the Ruth Mott Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, The Harding Foundation and The Community Foundation of Greater Flint. \u00a0David has been involved in strategic planning and development by coordinating, organizing, and facilitating local partner funding opportunity collaboration, as well as consulting on data analysis and branding for a number of organizations. He holds a Master\u2019s degree in Finance from\u00a0EDC Paris.\u00a0 Prior to his arrival in Michigan, David worked in several countries and in multiple multinational firms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-current-22080 pane-bundle-faculty-profile\">\n<div class=\"pane-content\">\n<div class=\"block block-profile\">\n<figure class=\"flex-thumb\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-image-profile field-type-image field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"avia-button-wrap avia-button-left avia-builder-el-6 el_after_av_textblock avia-builder-el-last \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-separator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-fieldable-panels-pane pane-current-22083 pane-bundle-faculty-profile\">\n<div class=\"pane-content\">\n<div class=\"block block-profile\">\n<figure class=\"flex-thumb\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-image-profile field-type-image field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"avia-button-wrap avia-button-left avia-builder-el-6 el_after_av_textblock avia-builder-el-last \"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last ' ><a href='https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/davidmerot\/' class='avia-button av-jw1f277r-deb854b7da753462e66d976203efdc60 avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-size-large avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color ' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8fd' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":1364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[],"class_list":["post-1363","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11555,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/1363\/revisions\/11555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapflint.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio_entries&post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}