SelectUSA Delivering on the Promise to Create Jobs

April 11, 2017
Fred W. Volcansek is the Executive Director for the Department of Commerce’s SelectUSA Program.

It is my great honor to serve the American people – and the business investors who support job creation across the nation – as the Executive Director of SelectUSA, a program that I see as among the most exciting in the U.S. government.

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said on his first day in office that the United States is entering a period of economic revival. Our team at SelectUSA will be on the forefront of this revival—working to attract business investment in the United States and create opportunities for American workers.

SelectUSA has an incredible impact on U.S. economic development, having facilitated more than $23 billion in client-confirmed business investment and creating or retaining tens of thousands of U.S. jobs. It is a mission I am proud to lead as part of the Trump administration.

This administration has repeatedly made its focus on jobs clear. Few programs, agencies, or policies in the U.S. government support that focus better than SelectUSA. Attracting business investment will be a crucial element to putting more Americans to work; investment from global businesses already supports 12 million direct and indirect U.S. jobs.

SelectUSA will recruit business investors around the world, connect them to promising growth opportunities in the United States, counsel them through the startup of operations, and provide after care to ensure their success. We will be a crucial partner to economic development teams as they market their regions to international businesses.

I am particularly excited about the annual SelectUSA Investment Summit in June. My career has included leadership of multiple high-profile events, and I look forward to leading the Summit as we host thousands of global business investors and U.S. economic development teams. I hope you will consider joining us there to learn about why the United States will be an even better investment destination.

To our economic development partners around the United States, I look forward to meeting and working with all of you to support job creation and business growth across our great nation.

For the international businesses that are considering investing in the United States, I encourage you to contact our team at SelectUSA. Let us help you strategize, connect to the right data, and find the best opportunities to help your business grow. Now is the time for you to make investing in the United States a part of your global growth strategy.

I’d like to thank President Trump and Secretary Ross for this opportunity to serve the American people and to work with the team at SelectUSA. Together, we will meet the challenge to help create opportunity across America.