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NFIB Announces All-Star Lineup for National Small Business Summit
5/26/2004
NFIB, the nation's largest small-business group, today unveiled an all-star lineup that will greet delegates at its fourth biennial National Small Business Summit in Washington, D.C., from June 16-18.
Hundreds of small-business owners from across the nation will convene just blocks from the White House to meet with their elected officials in Congress, learn how to make the voice of small business even stronger in the upcoming presidential, congressional and state elections, attend workshops focusing on federal agencies and federal regulations, and hear first-hand from some of the most powerful and interesting people in Washington, D.C.
With several other key participants still to be named, confirmed speakers and participants include:
- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
- U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
- U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao
- U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans
- U.S. Small Business Administrator Hector Barreto
- Former White House Communications Director Karen Hughes
- Political pundits Charlie Cook and Stu Rothenberg
- Grammy-Award winning entertainer Lee Greenwood
- Nationally known radio talk-show hosts such as Jim Blasingame, Jim Bohannan, Blanquita Cullum, Les Kinsolving, Phil Valentine and Armstrong Williams
"The 2004 NFIB National Small Business Summit is going to be the best yet," said NFIB President Jack Faris. "The dynamic and exciting roster of speakers and participants for the Summit underscores the vital importance of Main Street job creators to the nation's economy, politics and communities. For three days, hundreds of the country's most politically active small-business owners and key lawmakers and policymakers will meet face-to-face to discuss the problems, priorities and essential role of small businesses. It's only fitting that such an impressive lineup meet with our Main Street activists."
Visa, the world's leading payment brand and largest payment system, is proud to be the Title Sponsor of the 2004 National Small Business Summit. Other corporate sponsors include MBNA America, Dell, FedEx, Wells Fargo, GatesMcDonald, LBA (The Latin Business Association) and NFIB Member Benefits.
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is the nation's largest small-business advocacy group. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1943, NFIB represents the consensus views of its 600,000 members in Washington and all 50 state capitals. For more information on NFIB visit www.NFIB.com. NFIB's 2004 National Small Business Summit will be held June 16-18 in Washington, D.C. More information is available online at www.NFIB.com/summit.
