Uncommon Thinkers Welcome Receives Gold Award from IEDC

Uncommon Thinkers Welcome Receives Gold Award from IEDC

Greater Seattle Partners Receives 2023 Excellence in Economic Development Gold Award from the International Economic Development Council Seattle, Wash. (September 28, 2023) – Greater Seattle Partners (GSP) received a 2023 Excellence in Economic Development Gold Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for the launch of Uncommon Thinkers Welcome. The award was bestowed specifically…

Learn How To Grow Your Business In Emerging Markets

Learn How To Grow Your Business In Emerging Markets

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) helps small and mid-size businesses gain footholds in emerging market countries and expand their business overseas. DFC and Greater Seattle Partners invite you to a virtual seminar on October 20, 2022 at 10am PT (1 pm ET) highlighting the tools available to help grow your business in emerging…

International Mission to Nordic Countries Focuses on CleanTech & Maritime Industries

International Mission to Nordic Countries Focuses on CleanTech & Maritime Industries

Our region shares deep cultural and business ties with Scandinavia. This week we joined Governor Inslee and the Washington State Department of Commerce, as well as key partners such as Alaska Airlines, Maritime Blue, Microsoft, Port of Seattle, University of Washington and Washington State University on an international mission to expand upon our foreign direct…

World Economic Forum for FDI

World Economic Forum for FDI

Greater Seattle Partners returned to the United Kingdom for the World Economic Forum for Foreign Direct Investment hosted by Conway Data and Scottish Development International. We’ve worked collectively with Conway and their editorial and advertising staff at Site Selection for many years, including these recent Investment Profiles: Greater Seattle: Go West, Go Global Choose Washington:…

Saltbox Opens New Seattle Location, Continues Mission to Simplify Operations and Logistics for Growing E-commerce Companies

Saltbox Opens New Seattle Location, Continues Mission to Simplify Operations and Logistics for Growing E-commerce Companies

Seattle, WA – Saltbox, The Modern Warehouse Company, today announced it has expanded to Seattle to offer simplified logistics, scalable warehousing and office suites, on-demand support staff, flexible storage and loading docks big enough to make every entrepreneur’s dreams come true to empower small businesses and e-commerce entrepreneurs. With a 27,000-square foot facility in Atlanta…

Greater Seattle Partners Announces Departure of CEO Brian McGowan and Appoints Chris Mefford as Interim CEO

Greater Seattle Partners Announces Departure of CEO Brian McGowan and Appoints Chris Mefford as Interim CEO

Board of Directors taps economic development expert as interim CEO and conducts national search for permanent replacement. Seattle, Wash. (May 20, 2021) – Greater Seattle Partners (GSP) today announced its chief executive officer Brian McGowan will leave the organization to pursue a new opportunity. Chris Mefford, president and chief executive officer of Community Attributes Inc (CAI)…

Taiwan MOU Signing

Taiwan MOU Signing

It was an honor to sign an MOU with the Importers and Exporters Association of Taipei (IEAT) at the TECO office in downtown Seattle on Thursday, May 6th. Led by our CEO, Brian McGowan, we reaffirmed our commitment to deepening economic ties between our respective organizations. Taiwan is one of our top investment and trade…

Greater Seattle Partners Appoints Global Trade Expert to Lead Operations and Strategy

Greater Seattle Partners Appoints Global Trade Expert to Lead Operations and Strategy

Seattle, Wash. (March 15, 2021) – Greater Seattle Partners (GSP) board of directors today announced that former director of the World Trade Center Seattle, Emily Cantrell, will succeed Samantha Gotkin as the vice president of operations and strategy for GSP. Gotkin will return to her consultancy role with GSP as she pursues additional opportunities for…

CEO Brian McGowan Named 1 of 12 Seattle Business Leaders to Watch in 2021

CEO Brian McGowan Named 1 of 12 Seattle Business Leaders to Watch in 2021

Seattle Business Magazine just released their list of “12 Seattle Business Leaders to Watch in ’21,” and Greater Seattle Partners’ CEO, Brian McGowan is featured as a leader who is “moving the economy forward and laying the groundwork for recovery after the pandemic passes.” Excerpt from the article: Like all of us, Brian McGowan spends…