Meet Andrea Dishler, Vista’s Senior Vice President of Project Management

Vista Site Selection is happy to introduce Andrea Dishler, our new senior vice president of project management.  Andrea will lead site selection initiatives for advanced manufacturers, innovators and scaling enterprises, leaning on her deep background in project management to help clients identify their ideal sites and realize economic development incentives available at that location.  She is based in Central Florida.

Andrea’s expertise includes incentive structuring, stakeholder alignment and managing multi-phase project lifecycles.  Her ability to analyze complex tasks and translate them into executable frameworks has helped her succeed during high-stakes collaborations with government agencies, producing exceptional outcomes while meeting strict deadlines.  Her background in engineering provides a technical fluency and analytical capabilities that mesh well with Vista’s data-driven approach to site selection.

“Andrea has decades of experience guiding large, complex projects to successful outcomes and is a welcome addition to our growing team ,” said Matt Samler, Vista Site Selection’s senior managing director.  “Her experience working in the aerospace and defense industries will help us further enhance the services that we offer to our clients in those industries.

Andrea has spent time at Lockheed Martin and held numerous leadership positions at L3Harris – Coleman Aerospace.  Most recently, she led cross-functional teams supporting the Missile Defense Agency, leading operational updates to enhance reliability, reduce costs and improve compliance.

“I’m thrilled to join the team at Vista,” Andrea said.  “With my background in aerospace and engineering, I’m particularly excited about how advanced modeling, systems thinking and precision analysis can elevate site selection strategies.  Vista’s innovative approach aligns perfectly with the kind of forward-thinking, technically grounded decision-making that drives real impact.”

Reach out today and learn more about how Andrea and the rest of Vista’s site selection team can help you find the ideal site for your big project and realize economic development incentives.