SelectUSA Investment Summit 2023 | SelectUSA | 1 May 2023 | Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront St, National Harbor, MD 20745, USA

This event is the highest-profile event in the United States dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment (FDI.) This year’s Investment Summit returns in its familiar format to provide exciting opportunities for more investors from more markets and greater representation from economic developers (EDO) across the nation to engage and interact - the Investment Summit will be the most highly anticipated and productive FDI event you attend all year.

2023 Speakers

Ms. Julianne Fittipaldi
Research Analyst, SelectUSA

Ms. Ann Pardalos
Strategic Partner, SIDO

Karel Abboud
Global Director of Foreign Direct Investment and Trade, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development

Tim Cowden
President and Chief Executive Officer, Kansas City Area Development Council

James Kohnstamm
Executive Vice President, Economic Development, Miami-Dade Beacon Council

Kathleen Porter
Partner, Robinson Cole

Oscar Gomez
Managing Partner, EPGD Business Law

Florian von Eyb
Principal Attorney, Offit Kurman

Reinhard von Hennigs
Chairman and Founder, Bridgehouse Law LLP

Tracey Bosman
Managing Director, Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Company

Han Ko
President and Chief Executive Officer, USAKO Group

C. Paige Webster
CEO & Site Selection Consultant, Webster Global Site Selectors

Kim Williams Davis
Director, Quest Site Solutions

David Langdon
Deputy Director, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, Department of Commerce

Scott Jensen
Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of External Affairs, RIPL

Hope Knight
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Commissioner, Empire State Development

TJ Villamil
Senior Vice President, International Trade & Development, Enterprise Florida

Jeannice Fairrer Samani
Founder, Fairrer Samani Group

Victoria Kennedy
Founder, General Partner, Seed to Harvest Ventures

David Rose
Chief Executive Officer, US Expansion Partners

Karina Sotnik
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, WorldUpstart

Bill Noonan
Acting Chief Business Development Officer, Choose New Jersey

Nancy Hayes
Principal, NKH Group

Naeim Khanjani
Chief Executive Officer, Electo Analytics

Sam Sugarman
Investment Associate, Fearless Fund

Esra Talu
Founder, GoGlobal Advisory

Femi Elegbede
Economist, SelectUSA

Lane Dilg
Senior Advisor, Office of the Undersecretary for Infrastructure, Department of Energy

Ellen Hughes-Cromwick
Senior Resident Fellow for Climate and Energy Program, Third Way

Jatin Khanna
Outreach and Business Development, Department of Energy, Loan Programs Office

Suzy Curnier
Director, Midwest Practice Leader, ADP

Rishi Parikh
Managing Director, KPMG

Tim Parrish
Managing Partner, Resolute Tax Credits

Christian Wood
Principal, RSM

Chris James
President and Chief Executive Officer, The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development

Gary Bohnee
Special Assistant, Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

Annette Hamilton
Vice President and COO of Economic Development, The Winnebago Tribe

Crystal Williams
Vice Chairman, Coushatta Tribal Council, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana

Manisha Vepa
Economic Research Analyst, SelectUSA

Brody Weinrich
Research Analyst, SelectUSA

Christine Chmura
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Economist, Chmura Economics & Analytics

Andrew Deye
Vice President, Strategy, JobsOhio

Chris Knight
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Wavteq

Kimberly Rossetti
Vice President of Economic Development, BE NKY Growth Partnership

Teresa Gordon
Shareholder, International Practice Lead, Clayton & McKervey

Matt Damone
Director and Practice Leader, Transfer Pricing, Baker Tilly

Alex Miller
Manager, Client Services, KSM Location Advisors

Agueda Trujillo
Head of Marketing, Waterdrop Microdrink

Tahmina Watson
Founding Attorney, Watson Immigration Law

Andrew Greenfield
Partner, Fragomen

Mohammad Syed
Principal, Offit Kurman

Christina Wallace
Partner, Lang Wallace LLC

Forrest Wright
Research Assessment Lead, Startup Genome

Jeff Amerine
Founder and Managing Director, Startup Junkie

Siu-Li Khoe
Vice President, Business Development, Rhode Island Commerce Corporation

Rich Lunak
Managing Director, Riverfront Ventures

Sean Luther
President & Chief Executive Officer, InnovatePGH

Monty Turner
Senior Vice President, Colliers

Thane Hutcheson
Director, Baker Tilly

Seth Martindale
Senior Managing Director, CBRE

Jennifer Rohen
Principal, CLA

Eugene Alford
Team Lead, Office of Supply Chain, Professional and Business Services, Department of Commerce

Geoffrey Powell
Chair, Transportation Committee, National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc

Joshua Saenz
Director, Supply Chain, Rhee Bros Inc.

Jay Biggins
Executive Managing Director, Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Company

Jeff Glickman
Partner, Aprio

Thomas Lind
Principal, CLA

Douglas Lindholm
President and Executive Director, COST

Mark Laurenzo
Business Development Manager, Iowa Economic Development Authority

Roland Osborne
Principal, 500 Global

Adam Phillips
Managing Director, Techstars Equitech Accelerator

Alison Silverstein
Board Advisor and COO, Raise Green

Gary Sumihiro
Chief Executive Officer, Sumihiro Investments, LLC

Eliya Harnood
Research Analyst, SelectUSA

Ed Javier
Director or Entrepreneurship and Innovation, WEDC

Ed Brzytwa
VP International Trade, Consumer Technology Association

Jeanette Carlsson
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Tech Nordic Advocates

Tavise Morabia
Founder, CEO, Freyja Group | Nurture Capital

The Honorable Gina M. Raimondo
Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce

Zoë Baird
Senior Counselor to the Secretary for Technology and Economic Growth, U.S. Department of Commerce

Albert Bryan Jr.
Governor, U.S. Vigin Islands

Maura Healey
Governor, State of Massachusetts

Katie Hobbs
Governor, State of Arizona

Eric Holcomb
Governor, State of Indiana

Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick
President, Howard University

Revathi Advaithi
Chief Executive Officer, Flex

Kelvin Huang
President (North America), Delta Electronics

Gina M. Raimondo
Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce

John Cook
Chairman, Rock Lake Advisors

Aidan Finn
Chief Executive Officer, Binarii Labs

Lakshmi Reddy
Sybilla Masters Fund LP

Krista Covey
Chair, InBIA

Audrey Depelteau
Director, Innovation Lab at East Tennessee State University

Elena Iankova
Founding Director, Center for International Business Advancement and Director, Soft Landing New York Program, Binghamton University

Karl LaPan
Director, UF Innovate

Kirsty Barany
New York Access Program Lead, Scale Facilitation

Denver Dale
Chief Executive Officer, Tecton Capital

Joyce Zhang Gray
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Alariss Global

Jeff Willis
International Director, Kansas Department of Commerce

Sanjit Singh Dang
Co-Founder and Chairman, U First Capital

Zeynep Ilgaz
General Partner, Breakaway Partners

Joe Jasin
Managing Director, DNA Partners, LLC

Thor Johnson
International Executive Leadership, Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer, Chameleon Collective

Daniel Glazer
Partner, Wilson Sonsini

Camilla Torrente
Latin American Program Partner, ERA Global

Connie Garzon
Director, UCF Business Incubator - Volusia County, UCF Business Incubation Program

Serdar Turac
Accelerator Lead, BMNT

Cristian Ignat
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aggranda

Boaz Mamo
VP Business Development, Addionics

Ines Nasri
Founder, WebPower USA LLC

Deborah Boechat
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Onit Center LLC

Cathy Huyghe
Co-Founder, Enolytics

Melissa Kelly-McCabe
President, Clear Intent Strategy, Inc.

Frida Owinga
President, Organization of Women in International Trade

Shelly Porges
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Beyond The Billion

Dianna Raedle
Chief Executive Officer, President, and Founder, Deer Isle Group

Laurence Reszetar
Director, Office of Foreign Direct Investment, Minnesota Trade Office

Gwen Edwards
Trustee and Chair, Angel Resource Institute (ARI)

Anthony Gonzales
Business Banker, First Republic Bank

Ajay Jha
Chief Executive Officer, InnoP Global

Karen Davison
Director, Business Recruitment, Charlotte Regional Business Alliance

Shelly Kapoor-Collins
Founding Partner, Shatter Fund

Cy Megnin
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Elevate Ventures

Lael Brainard
Director, National Economic Council

John Carney
Governor, State of Delaware

Lourdes “Lou” Aflague Leon Guerrero
Governor, Guam

Pedro Pierluisi
Governor, Puerto Rico

Grant Harris
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce

Andrea Albright
Executive Vice President, Sourcing, Walmart

Anish Shah
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

Reta Jo Lewis
President and Chair of the Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the United States

NaThanya Ferguson
Manager, Office of Innovation Outreach, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Charisma Hampton
Attorney Advisor, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Dominic Keating
IP Attache, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Errica Miller
Senior Advisor to the Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Lance Hastings
President & Chief Executive Officer, California Manufacturing and Technology Association (CMTA)

Scott Fosdick
Vice President, Head of Sales and Marketing Member of Division Management, Georg Fisher Corporation / GF Machining Solutions

Cynthia Hutchison
Chief Executive Officer, US Center for Advanced Manufacturing

Patrick Wilson
Vice President, Government Affairs, MediaTek

Paul Egan
Acting Policy Chief, US Citizenship and Immigration Services

Kara Hill
Adjudications Officer (Policy), US Citizenship and Immigration Services

Julie Stufft
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services in the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State

Dale Tasharski
Deputy Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Department of Commerce

Jeannette Scott
Chief, Direct Investment in the United States, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Jason Sutterley
Chief, New Foreign Investment Section, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Honorable Lourdes “Lou” Aflague Leon Guerrero
Governor, Guam

Honorable Lemanu P.S. Mauga
Governor, American Samoa

Honorable Arnold Palacios
Governor, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Ella Woger-Nieves
Chief Executive Officer, Invest Puerto Rico

Christian Herman
International Trade Specialist: Renewable Energy and Thermal Power, Department of Commerce

Clive Gilmore
Chief Executive Officer, Hanely Energy

Sasha Pejcic
Managing Partner, Evenergi

Rich Voorberg
President, North America, Siemens Energy

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Arizona Commerce Authority
• California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
• Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina
• Empire State Development
• Enterprise Florida
• Georgia Department of Economic Development
• Harvest Group LLC
• Hayman-Woodward
• Indiana Economic Development Corporation
• Intersect Illinois
• Invest Puerto Rico
• JobsOhio
• Kansas Department of Commerce
• Michigan Economic Development Corporation
• Mississippi Development Authority
• Missouri Partnership
• New Jersey
• State of Iowa
• Team Texas
• Virginia Economic Development Partnership
• Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• State of Connecticut
• U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority
• Washington State Department of Commerce
• West Virginia Department of Economic Development

GOLD SPONSORS:
• American Samoa Government
• Global Location Strategies
• Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
• Company

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation
• State of Colorado
• Stream Realty

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• American Electric Power
• Aprio
• ARCO Design/Build
• PwC

WELCOME RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• Indiana Economic Development Corporation

REGISTRATION SPONSOR:
• CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

INVESTMENT SUMMIT PLATFORM/NETWORKING APP SPONSOR:
• Deloitte

SELECTUSA TECH SPONSOR:
• Foothold America

SELECT GLOBAL WOMEN IN TECH SPONSOR:
• Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development

SUMMIT SUPPORTER:
• ABB Inc.