Ambassador Ashe Leads 4th Annual Business Outreach Mission to U.S.

14 February 2008

Delegation at Cornerstone Research Group in Dayton (more photos)

To promote the Polish market to a wide range of U.S. businesses, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe led a delegation of distinguished leaders from Polish public and private sector organizations to Portland, Oregon, Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio and Boston, Massachusetts from February 4 to 8, 2008. The annual trip is put together by Commercial Counselor John McCaslin and features a program in each city that includes small executive level briefings, large public luncheon events and site visits to local U.S. companies actively engaged in trade and investment with Poland. This year's delegation included Henryka Bochniarz, President of Leviatan, Poland's largest private employer organization, Roman Rewald, Chairman of the Board of AmCham in Poland, Sebastion Mikosz, Secretary General of the International Group of Chambers in Poland, and Pawel Wojchiechowski, President of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency. In total, the program reached over 350 U.S. business people interested in the Polish market. The luncheon events in Cincinnati and Boston attracted over 100 attendees each and also garnered favorable local press reports.