Small Business Majority Network Member to Serve as Citizen Co-Chair During Presidential Inauguration
Entrepreneur in Small Business Majority's network selected for eight-member citizen co-chair inaugural committee
Washington, D.C. This week, the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that a small business owner in Small Business Majority's Network was selected as a citizen co-chair for next week's 57th presidential inaugural ceremonies.
Iowa entrepreneur Rob Hach, who owns a technical firm that provides site assessments for wind turbines, will join seven other citizen co-chairs in Washington, DC on Monday, Jan. 21, to attend the inauguration, the main inaugural ball and ride in the "Our People, Our Future" float in the inaugural parade. The members of the committee also visited the White House and met with the president on Friday, Jan. 18.
The decision to include a small business owner from the clean energy arena shows they understand the important role small businesses and clean energy play in our economic recovery and the future of our nation," said Hach, who owns Anemometry Specialists in Alta, Iowa. I look forward to taking part in the celebration.
According to the Presidential Inauguration Committee, the National Inaugural Citizen Co-Chairs were chosen for their extraordinary contributions to their communities. Hach's company was named Iowa's small business of the year in 2010 and has 31 employees.
We're glad to see small businesses' important role in the economy is continuing to be recognized, said John Arensmeyer, Founder & CEO of Small Business Majority. Their experiences and perspectives are imperative for policymakers to understand as we continue down the road to economic recovery.
About Small Business Majority
Small Business Majority is a national small business advocacy organization, founded and run by small business owners to focus on solving the biggest problems facing America's 28 million small businesses today. Since 2005, we have actively engaged small business owners and policymakers in support of public policy solutions, and have delivered information and resources to entrepreneurs that promote small business growth and drive a strong, sustainable economy. We are a team of more than 30 working from our 11 offices in Washington, D.C. and 9 states, with a network of more than 45,000 small business owners and more than 2,000 business organizations, along with a formal strategic partnership program of more than 125 business organizations, enabling us to reach more than 500,000 entrepreneurs. Our extensive scientific polling, focus groups and economic research help us educate and inform policymakers, the media and other stakeholders about issues including taxes, healthcare, access to capital, entrepreneurship, workforce development, clean energy and immigration.