Forty-six U.S. business executives will join U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in China and Indonesia May 16-26 on the first Cabinet-level trade mission of the Obama administration.
On the heels of President Obama’s new National Export Initiative, aimed at doubling U.S. exports in the next five years, Locke will lead American companies on this clean energy mission to advance their export opportunities and support American jobs. The delegation will make stops in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing, China and Jakarta, Indonesia. The mission aims to promote exports of leading U.S. technologies related to clean energy; energy efficiency; and electric energy storage, transmission, and distribution.
“America’s economic future will depend on how well it competes to meet the rising global demand for clean energy in the 21st century; the business leaders joining me on this trade mission understand the urgency of that global competition,” Locke said. “China and Indonesia represent tremendous potential markets for U.S. companies ready to compete in the clean energy and energy efficiency sectors.” Directly and indirectly supporting millions of U.S. jobs, exports are an increasingly important part of the economy and a key component of the Obama Administration’s efforts to create jobs through aggressive trade promotion strategies. In March, President Obama issued an executive order creating the National Export Initiative, which aims to double U.S. exports during the next five years in support of two million American jobs.
Twenty-four U.S. companies will join Locke for the China portion of the trade mission, and 10 U.S. companies will travel to Indonesia. The delegation includes: CHINA 3TIER Inc.
Kenneth Westrick, Founder and Chief Executive Officer AES Corporation Haroun Khawaja, Country Manager of China and Managing Director of Business Development BPL Global, Ltd.
Steven Jennings, Chief Marketing Officer Jack Perkowski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JFP Holdings Capstone Turbine Corporation Lee Richards, Director of Sales, Asia Justin Rathke, Director, Public Policy and Development Composite Technology Corporation Marvin W. Sepe, Chief Operating Officer Covanta Energy Corporation Michael Shain, Vice President, Commercial/Legal Affairs and Risk Management, Covanta Energy Asia Pacific CURRENT Group, LLC Thomas J. Casey, Chief Executive Officer Dais Analytic Corporation Timothy Tangredi, President and Chief Executive Officer Duke Energy Corporation James E. Rogers, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer David Mohler, Chief Technology Officer DuPont Sung Lee, Global Marketing Director First Solar, Inc.
Bruce Sohn, President Rich Hossfeld, Director, Strategic Marketing Operations General Electric Company Mark Norbom, President and CEO, GE Greater China Feng Yan, Director, Government Affairs and Policy, GE Energy MulvannyG2 Architecture Ming Zhang, President Oshkosh Corporation Tim Raupp, Senior Vice President, International Operations Jennifer Thompson, Managing Director, International Operations, Fire and Emergency Peabody Energy Tayeb Tahir, President of Peabody China Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, Inc.
T.C. Lee, General Manager China Principle Power, Inc.
Alla Weinstein, Chief Executive Officer Suniva, Inc.
John Baumstark, Chief Executive Officer Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc.
Don Bunell, President, Asia Pacific Foon-Lee Leow, Managing Director, China The Boeing Company Richard Wynne, Director, Geopolitical and Policy Analysis, Boeing Commercial Airplanes The Dow Chemical Company Pat Dawson, President, Asia/Pacific and India Region The McGraw-Hill Companies Vickie Tillman, Senior Vice President Sustainability Jun Charlotte Liu, Senior Director, International Business Development The Timken Company Roger Lindsay, Senior Vice President - Asia Pacific Katherine Chen, Manager-Communications & Government Affairs - China United Solar Ovonic Martha Duggan, Vice President INDONESIA Capstone Turbine Corporation Lee Richards, Director of Sales, Asia Justin Rathke, Director, Public Policy and Development Caterpillar Kevin Thieneman, President, Caterpillar Asia Pte Ltd.
Echelon Corp.
Mark Rodman, Managing Director, Asia Pacific Peter Larsson, Vice President, NES Asia Emerson Electric Danny Lay, Vice President of Business Development and Operations Frederic Lambert, President, Emerson Industrial Automation General Electric Company Kenji Uenishi, President, GE Energy, Asia Pacific David Utama, National Executive, Indonesia, GE Lockheed Martin Global, Inc.
Richard Mauldin, Vice President, Asia Programs Robert Laing, Director, Business Development Oshkosh Corporation Tim Raupp, Senior Vice President, International Operations Jennifer Thompson, Managing Director, International Operations, Fire and Emergency Peabody Energy Cartan Sumner, Vice President, International Government Relations Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, Inc.
Charles E. Levey, Vice President Prime Engineering, Inc.
Thomas Gambino, President and Founder Alex Agung, General Manager, Maintenance Service
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
