Forty-Six U.S. Business Executives to Join Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in China and Indonesia for Clean Energy Trade Mission
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
News Media Contact:
Parita Shah, (202) 482-4883, pshah@doc.gov
WASHINGTON - Forty-six U.S. business executives will join U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in China and Indonesia May 15-25 on the first cabinet-level trade mission of the Obama Administration.
On the heels of President Obama's new National Export Initiative, aimed at doubling U.S. exports in the next five years, Locke will lead American companies on this clean energy mission to advance their export opportunities and support American jobs. The delegation will make stops in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing, China and Jakarta, Indonesia. The mission aims to promote exports of leading U.S. technologies related to clean energy; energy efficiency; and electric energy storage, transmission, and distribution.
"America's economic future will depend on how well it competes to meet the rising global demand for clean energy in the 21st century; the business leaders joining me on this trade mission understand the urgency of that global competition," Locke said. "China and Indonesia represent tremendous potential markets for U.S. companies ready to compete in the clean energy and energy efficiency sectors."
Directly and indirectly supporting millions of U.S. jobs, exports are an increasingly important part of the economy and a key component of the Obama Administration's efforts to create jobs through aggressive trade promotion strategies. In March, President Obama issued an executive order creating the National Export Initiative, which aims to double U.S. exports during the next five years in support of 2 million American jobs.
Twenty-four U.S. companies will join Locke for the China portion of the trade mission, and 10 U.S. companies will travel to Indonesia. The delegation includes:
CHINA
3TIER Inc.
Kenneth Westrick, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
AES Corporation
Haroun Khawaja, Country Manager of China and Managing Director of Business Development
BPL Global, Ltd.
Steven Jennings, Chief Marketing Officer
Jack Perkowski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JFP Holdings
Capstone Turbine Corporation
Lee Richards, Director of Sales, Asia
Justin Rathke, Director, Public Policy and Development
Composite Technology Corporation
Marvin W. Sepe, Chief Operating Officer
Covanta Energy Corporation
Michael Shain, Vice President, Commercial/Legal Affairs and Risk Management, Covanta Energy Asia Pacific
CURRENT Group, LLC
Thomas J. Casey, Chief Executive Officer
Dais Analytic Corporation
Timothy Tangredi, President and Chief Executive Officer
Duke Energy Corporation
James E. Rogers, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
David Mohler, Chief Technology Officer
DuPont
Sung Lee, Global Marketing Director
First Solar, Inc.
Bruce Sohn, President
Rich Hossfeld, Director, Strategic Marketing Operations
General Electric Company
Mark Norbom, President and CEO, GE Greater China
Feng Yan, Director, Government Affairs and Policy, GE Energy
MulvannyG2 Architecture
Ming Zhang, President
Oshkosh Corporation
Tim Raupp, Senior Vice President, International Operations
Jennifer Thompson, Managing Director, International Operations, Fire and Emergency
Peabody Energy
Tayeb Tahir, President of Peabody China
Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, Inc.
T.C. Lee, General Manager China
Principle Power, Inc.
Alla Weinstein, Chief Executive Officer
Suniva, Inc.
John Baumstark, Chief Executive Officer
Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc.
Don Bunell, President, Asia Pacific
Foon-Lee Leow, Managing Director, China
The Boeing Company
Richard Wynne, Director, Geopolitical and Policy Analysis, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
The Dow Chemical Company
Pat Dawson, President, Asia/Pacific and India Region
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Vickie Tillman, Senior Vice President Sustainability
Jun Charlotte Liu, Senior Director, International Business Development
The Timken Company
Roger Lindsay, Senior Vice President - Asia Pacific
Katherine Chen, Manager-Communications & Government Affairs - China
United Solar Ovonic
Martha Duggan, Vice President
INDONESIA
Capstone Turbine Corporation
Lee Richards, Director of Sales, Asia
Justin Rathke, Director, Public Policy and Development
Caterpillar
Kevin Thieneman, President, Caterpillar Asia Pte Ltd.
Echelon Corp.
Mark Rodman, Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Peter Larsson, Vice President, NES Asia
Emerson Electric
Danny Lay, Vice President of Business Development and Operations
Frederic Lambert, President, Emerson Industrial Automation
General Electric Company
Kenji Uenishi, President, GE Energy, Asia Pacific
David Utama, National Executive, Indonesia, GE
Lockheed Martin Global, Inc.
Richard Mauldin, Vice President, Asia Programs
Robert Laing, Director, Business Development
Oshkosh Corporation
Tim Raupp, Senior Vice President, International Operations
Jennifer Thompson, Managing Director, International Operations, Fire and Emergency
Peabody Energy
Cartan Sumner, Vice President, International Government Relations
Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, Inc.
Charles E. Levey, Vice President
Prime Engineering, Inc.
Thomas Gambino, President and Founder
Alex Agung, General Manager, Maintenance Service
