Victoria Hirschberg

Assistant Vice President and Chief Economic Development Director

Victoria Hirschberg serves as Assistant Vice President and Chief Economic Development Director for the University of Tennessee System. Victoria’s role includes economic development, advising on related policy matters, and increasing corporate engagement to create opportunities to strengthen the university system and state. She liaises with companies and stakeholders to build long term partnerships with the University of Tennessee. Victoria joined the UT System in August 2022.

Victoria previously served as a director of business development for the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD). Her tenure at the state from 2012-2022 led to relationships with more than 250 global and domestic companies, $13 billion in new capital investment and thousands of new jobs for Tennesseans. Her work focused on key sectors such as automotive/mobility, advanced manufacturing, and energy.

Prior to joining TNECD, she held positions with Thomas P. Miller and Associates in Indianapolis, Ind. and the McAllen Economic Development Corporation in McAllen, Texas. Hirschberg earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Latin American studies from State University of New York at Plattsburgh, a master’s degree in community and regional planning, and a master’s of arts in Latin American Studies from the University of New Mexico.  She is a 2022 graduate of Leadership Tennessee NEXT and has been recognized as a top economic developer by the Site Selectors Guild, Consultant Connect and the International Economic Development Council.