WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wendy
Jameson, CEO of Colnatec, was one of more than 120 business leaders who
participated in a White House Business Leaders’ Forum last Friday, November 4,
in Washington, DC. The forum brought together CEO’s, senior executives,
investors, venture capitalists and small business owners for a chance to share
data, ask questions and raise concerns over how to create jobs and improve
America’s economic competitiveness.
Senior officials,
including White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, NEC Director Gene
Sperling,
Commerce Secretary John
Bryson, Deputy Chief of Staff Nancy Ann DeParle, and Federal CTO Aneesh
Chopra, participated in
briefings that covered a range of business issues, from regulatory reform, to exports,
tax reform and the American Jobs Act.
“Seven out of 10
participants were CEOs and Presidents – and nearly all of them called for
dramatic, bipartisan action to address long-term deficits and expressed a
desire to create more jobs – but few of them have ever had the opportunity to
share their experience and expertise with White House officials here in
Washington,” said Jim Doyle, president of Business Forward. “If more local
business leaders get involved, we have a better chance at meaningful, pro-growth
reform.”
About Business Forward
More than 100 senior
Obama Administration officials have participated in Business Forward
programming, which is now active in more than 40 cities and has included briefings
with thousands of local business leaders. Business Forward counts more than 30
of America's most respected companies among its Founding and National members,
including Aetna, Alcoa, American Airlines, AT&T, Bank of New York Mellon,
CIT, Citi, Comcast, Dow, Duke, Facebook, Fidelity, Ford, Hilton, HP, Intuit,
KPMG, Lockheed, McDonalds, Microsoft, Nike, Qualcomm, Shell, T-Mobile, Time
Warner, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, Visa and Wal-Mart.
On the web: http://www.businessfwd.org
CONTACT: BRITNEY SUSSMAN
bsussman@businessfwd.org
202-861-1288
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