OPEN THE DOOR TO EXPORTING THE MBDA EXPORT CENTER & STRATEGIC PARTNER U.S. COMMERCIAL SERVICE HAVE THE KEYS
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BY EVAN SCRITCHFIELD
he MBDA Export Center, operated by the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council (ChicagoMSDC), helps MBE firms obtain the resources they need to export and to become export ready. Focusing primarily on exporting opportunities in Africa and China, the Center provides access to the benefits of exporting. The Center’s services are enhanced by its alliances and strategic partners including the U.S. Commercial Service.
For over 20 years the U.S. Commercial Service has played an integral role in the U.S. economy as the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. The organization consists of trade professionals in over 100 U.S. cities and in more than 75 countries around the world. The U.S. Commercial Service provides a host of services to U.S. small to medium-sized business. One such service, The Gold Key, was used by owner
THE STAFF OF U.S. COMMERCIAL SERVICE - CHICAGO: SR. TRADE SPECIALIST MONICA TOPORKIEWICZ, COMMERCIAL OFFICER MATTHEW POOLE, SR. TRADE SPECIALIST DEBRA ROGERS, TRADE SPECIALIST DAN KIM, TRADE SPECIALIST HALEY PITONYAK, SR. TRADE SPECIALIST MICHAEL MARANGELL, TRADE SPECIALIST RICHARD CARPENTER, AND COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST EVAN SCRITCHFIELD. NOT PICTURED: DIRECTOR HOVAN ASDOURIAN, AND COMMERCIAL OFFICER ALLISON MELLO.
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