Source: PRESS RELEASE, 7/18/14

The White House Rural Council will host the inaugural Rural Opportunity Investment conference next week to promote potential investment opportunities that exist throughout rural America.

The two-day conference will be held on July 23 and 24 in Washington. Top leaders from the business community and financial institutions, senior government officials, economic development experts and others from across the country will come together to discuss potential investments in rural business and infrastructure projects in rural communities. Opportunities for private investment exists in energy, biofuels, biobased product manufacturing, transportation, water systems, telecommunications, health care, manufacturing, local and regional food systems, and other sectors in rural America.

The Rural Opportunity Investment Conference is part of the Obama Administration’s ongoing efforts, through the White House Rural Council, to promote investment in rural America and grow the U.S. economy.

Participants include:

Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary Jacob J. Lew, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Secretary Anthony Foxx, U.S. Department of Transportation
Ambassador Michael Froman, U.S. Trade Representative
Jeff Zients, Director, National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, White House
Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, White House
The Honorable Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky
Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Dominic Barton, Chief Executive Officer, McKinsey & Co
Kathleen I. Ferguson, Acting Assistant Secretary, United States Air Force
Matthew M. McKenna, Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
William Mulrow, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Group
Jeff L. Plagge, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Bankers Association
William M. Treanor, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
Kendrick R. Wilson III, Vice Chairman, BlackRock
Robert Wolf, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 32 Advisors


Visit www.youreventinfo.org/2Day/Agenda.html for the Rural Opportunity Investment Conference agenda.