Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Manufacturing an American Century podcast! In this episode, your host Matt Bogoshian, reconnects with an old friend and esteemed guest, Don Graves, Deputy Secretary of Commerce for the United States. Get ready to dive into a dynamic conversation about the critical role of American manufacturing in shaping our economy, innovation, and national security.
📢 Episode Highlights:
Manufacturing's Crucial Role: Don passionately shares why manufacturing is the cornerstone of the American economy. He emphasizes its significance in driving economic success, supporting national security, and fostering innovation.
Policy and Programs: Discover the administration's dedication to rebuilding manufacturing leadership and strengthening communities. Don sheds light on key legislative efforts like the American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science and more, aimed at producing thriving manufacturing ecosystems.
Public-Private Partnerships: The conversation delves into the importance of teamwork at the regional and federal levels. Don underscores the necessity of collaborative efforts between public and private stakeholders to implement effective interventions that drive economic growth.
Equity and Inclusion: Don emphasizes that equity isn't just a feel-good notion – it's a critical driver of economic success. He explains how fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in manufacturing is essential for unlocking untapped potential and ensuring a robust workforce for the future.
ESG and Corporate Trends: The episode wraps up with a discussion about how private sector trends, such as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations, are reshaping manufacturing operations and driving progress through partnerships with public and nonprofit sectors.
Tune in to this insightful episode to gain a deeper understanding of how American manufacturing plays a pivotal role in our economic landscape, the power of collaboration, and the imperative of equity in driving a prosperous future for all. Don't miss out – join us in Manufacturing an American Century!
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AMCC is a non-profit organization assembled and led by a group of regional and national stakeholders dedicated to strengthening collaboration within and between regional manufacturing communities. AMCC works to achieve sustainable development in America through economic growth, improved environmental performance, and inclusive well-paid job creation to support the revitalization of American manufacturing.
Born out of an interagency program, the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP), AMCC was created as a national organization of regional stakeholders to continue the important work of deepening connections and sharing best practices within community ecosystems and between manufacturing regions. AMCC has championed the bottom-up, community-driven model of building ecosystems of support to help manufacturers thrive, and was recently designated by the U.S. EDA as the nation’s manufacturing Community of Practice. AMCC supports regional consortia organized to strengthen manufacturing in any number of public/private initiatives to include federal agency community designation programs like IMCP, DOD’s DMCSP, the EDA’s BBBRC and their emerging Tech Hub program.
About Manufacturing an American Century’s Host:
Matt Bogoshian leads the American Manufacturing Communities Collaborative (AMCC), a successor organization to the Obama Administration’s IMCP initiative he helped to lead as Senior Policy Counsel at the U.S. EPA. The work of IMCP and AMCC became a model for the Tech Hub program within the CHIPS and Science Act and other recently enacted federal interventions.
His range of law experience includes time as a business litigator and general counsel, policy official at the California EPA, consumer and environmental prosecutor, and U.S. Navy JAG Corps Officer. His past work includes co-founding the Fourth Sector Group, service on educational and affordable housing boards, writing, podcasting, and teaching environmental law enforcement at Georgetown University Law Center and sustainability law at King Hall, University of California, Davis Law School where he also serves on the board of the California Environmental Law and Policy Center.
He is the co-author with John Dernbach and Irma Russell of the 2022 book published by the American Bar Association, Sustainability Essentials: A Leadership Guide for Lawyers.
Matt can be reached at matt.bogoshian@amccmail.org.
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