Wright County ED Partnership Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony

WRIGHT COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP 2014 Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony January 16, 2015 @ 7:30am at the Delano City Hall Sponsored by - XCEL ENERGY ________________________________________ GUEST SPEAKER: Michael Langley is the founding CEO of GREATER MSP, the Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership. GREATER MSP leads global promotion, regional strategy, and project management for economic growth and job creation in the Minneapolis Saint Paul region with a Gross Metropolitan Product of $194 Billion. He brings years of experience to the role as a widely recognized economic development strategist who has led successful regional economic development organizations in Florida and Pennsylvania. Michael's award winning work as a practitioner includes his leadership as CEO of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, often regarded as a globally leading organizational model for regional economic development, regional advocacy, and public policy research. It also includes the founding of Langley Group, a national economic development consulting firm focused on regional best practices and economic growth strategies, where Michael served as President. Prior to becoming an economic development practitioner, Michael developed a successful corporate career, spent primarily in the technology sector working in leadership positions for a number of Westinghouse/CBS subsidiaries, including serving as President and CEO of Westinghouse Audio Intelligence Devices, Inc., a world leader in wireless surveillance technology. A graduate of the Naval Academy, Mike also earned a MS in information systems from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He served as a Navy pilot with more than 5,000 hours of flight and crew time on surveillance and intelligence missions worldwide and as a technology analyst on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. He has also been awarded a doctorate in Humanities by American Intercontinental University for his work in community improvement. ________________________________________ Awards to be presented Outstanding Start-up Entrepreneur of the Year High Economic Vitality Business of the Year Outstanding Member of the Year Outstanding Citizen of the Year ________________________________________ For more information or to register, please visit www.wrightpartnership.org or call Jeanene at (763) 477~3035 Cost - Member Investors - FREE / Non-Member Investors $25