Summit Empowers Gulf Coast Jobs and Economic Development

The Gulf Coast Leadership Summit, scheduled for April 19-21, 2011 at the Hilton Riverside New Orleans, is a major regional and national event featuring the latest strategies to create jobs and the best economic development opportunities.

Confirmed participants include Entergy, Perez Architecture, Jones Walker, South Coast Solar, Global Options, Moreno Group, Roseline Development, eData Collectors, Burrle Seafood, Gulf Rim Navigation, New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors, Harrison County Development Commission, Morgan Keegan & Co., McGlinchey Stafford, The Conti Group, Weston Solutions, CC-CleanTech, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Northwestern Mutual, Minority Business Development Agency, AMCREF Community Capital, New Orleans Fish House, World Trade Center New Orleans, Kauffman Foundation, Plaquemines Boat Service, Seedco Financial Services, Manning Architects, Westbank Redevelopment Corporation, Gulf Coast Energy Network, iRobot Corporation, Louisiana Workforce Commission, Environmental Restoration, Green Coast Enterprises, Joule Energy, O'Brien's Response Management, Burk-Kleinpeter and many more.

The Speakers:

U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu Senator Bob Graham Co-Chairman, National Oil Spill Commission Frances G. Beinecke Member, National Oil Spill Commission Donald Boesch Member, National Oil Spill Commission Terry D. Garcia Member, National Oil Spill Commission Cedric Richmond U.S. Representative A.G. Crowe Louisiana State Senator Billy Nungesser President, Plaquemines Parish John Young President, Jefferson Parish Tony Kennon Mayor, Orange Beach, Alabama Grover Robinson Commissioner, Escambia County, Florida Daniel E. Becnel, Jr. Partner, Becnel Law Firm Joeseph Cao Gulf Coast Claims Facility Ken Feinberg Administrator, Gulf Coast Claims Facility Scott Smith CEO OPFLEX Solutions Bill Picard President Advanced Environmental Solutions