Location USA 2016: A Letter from Vinai Thummalapally, Executive Director, SelectUSA, U.S. Department of Commerce
This past year has been an exciting one for investment in the United States. The U.S. economy has continued to expand: As of March 2016, there have been over 72 straight months of private-sector job growth.
Location USA 2016
The 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit was filled to capacity: President Barack Obama hosted more than 2,000 people from 70 international markets and nearly every U.S. state and territory. He joined Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and five other members of his Cabinet to make it clear that the United States warmly welcomes international investors. We hope you will join us for the 2016 SelectUSA Investment Summit, June 19–21, in Washington, D.C. More information can be found at www.selectusasummit.us.
Investments are made company by company, location by location. As you consider where and how to make your investment, please consider us to be at your service. SelectUSA is the U.S. government program to facilitate business investment by assisting companies and U.S. economic development organizations (EDOs). Housed within the U.S. Department of Commerce, we coordinate across the federal government to serve as a single point of contact. We act as an ombudsman, assisting investors to understand the U.S. government and address regulatory questions. To learn how we can help you, please visit www.SelectUSA.gov.
We congratulate Area Development for another successful annual edition of LocationUSA. This publication has been an incredibly valuable resource for the EDO community, and we look forward to continuing our work together.
Sincerely,
Vinai Thummalapally
Executive Director
SelectUSA
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Vinai Thummalapally, Executive Director, SelectUSA U.S. Department of Commerce
Vinai Thummalapally serves as executive director of SelectUSA, part of the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Established by Executive Order of the President, SelectUSA is the U.S. government-wide initiative to attract and retain business investment in the United States. Ambassador Thummalapally brings a wealth of experience from both the private and public sectors. President Obama appointed him ambassador to Belize in 2009, where he served until 2013. He also has had a distinguished 31-year career in the private sector. Prior to joining the foreign service, Ambassador Thummalapally served as president of MAM-A Inc., formerly Mitsui Advanced Media; plant manager of WEA Manufacturing Inc., a division of Time Warner Inc.; the managing director for Clines Printing and Office Products; and manufacturing manager of Disc Manufacturing, Inc. Originally from Hyderabad, India, Ambassador Thummalapally received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California State University in 1977 and completed postgraduate Business Administration courses from Cal State University in 1980 and the University of Tennessee in 1995.
