The Department of Commerce’s SelectUSA program continued with more sessions featuring administration officials, governors and CEOs of major companies who are investing in American infrastructure projects.
Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves, on the second day of the SelectUSA Investment Summit, said the department’s task was to make sure participants knew why the U.S. was their top choice for starting or expanding business operations, according to a June 28 news release.
“We will also hear from innovators who discovered the full scale of their potential through U.S. investment, watch the next rounds of SelectUSA Tech industry and regional pitching sessions, hear about new SelectUSA guides and resources and meet women who are making their mark in specific tech fields,” he said in the release.
Graves welcomed Export-Import Bank President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis to the summit. She has more than 25 years of leadership experience in international affairs, legal, public policy, business and regulatory affairs and subnational diplomacy, according to the release. She had worked as the first Black woman vice president and counselor to the president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. At the chamber, she led initiatives focused on fostering strategic alliances between small businesses, especially women- and minority-owned businesses, entrepreneurs and executives, the release reported.
The speakers, panelists, moderators and pitching session judges made the event possible by sharing their wealth of knowledge and dedication to investment in the U.S., Graves said, according to the release.
