06/30/09 Field Hearing

Keeping America Competitive: Federal Programs that Promote Small Business Exporting.

To read Sen. Landrieu's opening statement, please click here.

Below is the witness list for this event.

WITNESSES: (For planning purposes only)

Panel I:

Ronald Kirk
Ambassador
United States Trade Representative

Karen Gordon Mills
Administrator
U.S. Small Business Administration

Fred Hochberg
Chairman and President
Export-Import Bank of the United States

Patty Sefcik
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
Domestic Operations of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
International Trade Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce

Panel II

Jerry Hingle
Executive Director
Southern United States Trade Association

Diana Simek
Vice President for Business Development
Ark-LA-Tex Export & Technology Center Inc.

Eugene Schreiber
Managing Director
World Trade Center of New Orleans

Wilma Castro
On behalf of the Louisiana District Export Council
Owner, International Export Sales L.L.C.
St. Rose, Louisiana