Jason Anderson, Economic Development Director for Rochelle, is on a weeklong jobs mission trip in Europe with Gov. Bruce Rauner.
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ROCHELLE — Jason Anderson, Economic Development Director for Rochelle, is on a weeklong jobs mission trip in Europe with Gov. Bruce Rauner.
Anderson joins several members of Team Illinois, which plan to attend over 20 meetings covering over 1,600 miles.
“With over 1,800 foreign owned companies in Illinois generating $100 billion in FDI, Foreign Direct Investment continues to be a focus for Team Illinois,” as stated in a press release from Intersect Illinois. “Marketing Illinois as a global hub for business to international job creators will bring new opportunities to forge partnerships and advance the state’s economic growth. With the superior access to international travel as well as Illinois’ talented workforce, we are excited to bring this message across the globe.”
Along with Gov. Rauner and Anderson, the following individuals are representing Illinois: Mark Peterson, President and CEO, Intersect Illinois; Sean McCarthy, Director, Illinois Dept. of Commerce; Erik Brejla, Asst. Deputy director, Foreign Direct Investment and Site Selection, Ill. Dept. of Commerce; Kelly Nicholl, Chief Marketing Officer, Intersect Illinois; Greg Baise, President and CEO, Illinois Manufacturers Assoc.; John Carpenter, President and CEO, Choose DuPage; Kevin Considine, President and CEO, Lake County Partners; Mark Denzler, Vice President and COO, Illinois Manufacturers Assoc.; Dr. Kenneth Ender, President, Harper College; Matt Gambs, Sr. Vice President, Wintrust Financial, Board, Illinois Chamber; Anna Morzy, Founding Member Polish American Committee, Former President Polish American Leadership; Edward Seidel, Vice President of Economic Development and Innovation, Univ. of Illinois System; Mark Tomkins, President and CEO, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest; Terry Wilkerson, President, Rend Lake Community College; and Andria Winters, Sr. Director of Business Services, CBRE.
The trip also includes visits to companies with existing facilities in the state, along with announcements of new operations, culminating with a visit to the world’s largest manufacturing trade show, Hannover Messe. There the team will meet with several Illinois-based exhibitors. The trades show features over 6,500 exhibitors from 70+ countries and hundreds of thousands of visitors.
