Networking Breakfast: Rich White - "Boeing in Washington - Our future together"
Name:
Networking Breakfast: Rich White - "Boeing in Washington - Our future together"
Date:
January 28, 2015
Time:
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM PST
Website:
Edmonds Chamber
rich white
Event Description:
Promote your business and network with other business owners at our weekly Networking Breakfast. Continental breakfast is provided; breakfast sandwich or full breakfast can be ordered for a very reasonable price through Fairwinds-Brighton Court.
Guest Speaker
Rich White - "Boeing in Washington - Our future together"
Rich White is a Government Relations manager for The Boeing Company. In this position, he is responsible for representing the company before elected and appointed public officials and their staffs, industry and business association executives and political community-based organizations in the Central Puget Sound region. He acts as the primary company focal for negotiating and influencing government relations’ policy on external issues and he provides political strategy and advice to company management. White also develops and implements legislative and regulatory programs to ensure that the business interests of the company are reflected to the best advantage.
Prior to joining The Boeing Company, White was the director of government affairs for the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, where he oversaw the development and implementation of the chamber’s policy positions. White also acted as the chamber’s lobbyist both regionally and in Olympia, Wash..
White also has worked in Olympia for the state Senate Republican caucus and as the Washington field director for the Dole/Kemp Presidential Campaign. He previously worked for former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton in both Washington D.C. and the state of Washington.
White is a graduate of the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a master's degree in public administration from the Evans School of Public Affairs. He was a 2005 Marshall Memorial Fellow and is a 2000 graduate of Leadership Tomorrow.
White’s current activities and volunteer experiences include serving on the Board of Directors for the Everett Public Library, United Way of Snohomish County, Leadership Tomorrow, Economic Development Board for Tacoma & Pierce County and nearly a dozen other groups, chambers and agencies.
Guest Speaker
Rich White - "Boeing in Washington - Our future together"
Rich White is a Government Relations manager for The Boeing Company. In this position, he is responsible for representing the company before elected and appointed public officials and their staffs, industry and business association executives and political community-based organizations in the Central Puget Sound region. He acts as the primary company focal for negotiating and influencing government relations’ policy on external issues and he provides political strategy and advice to company management. White also develops and implements legislative and regulatory programs to ensure that the business interests of the company are reflected to the best advantage.
Prior to joining The Boeing Company, White was the director of government affairs for the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, where he oversaw the development and implementation of the chamber’s policy positions. White also acted as the chamber’s lobbyist both regionally and in Olympia, Wash..
White also has worked in Olympia for the state Senate Republican caucus and as the Washington field director for the Dole/Kemp Presidential Campaign. He previously worked for former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton in both Washington D.C. and the state of Washington.
White is a graduate of the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a master's degree in public administration from the Evans School of Public Affairs. He was a 2005 Marshall Memorial Fellow and is a 2000 graduate of Leadership Tomorrow.
White’s current activities and volunteer experiences include serving on the Board of Directors for the Everett Public Library, United Way of Snohomish County, Leadership Tomorrow, Economic Development Board for Tacoma & Pierce County and nearly a dozen other groups, chambers and agencies.
