40: With Alejandra Castillo, US Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development

In this episode, Dane talks with Alejandra Castillo, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development and the head of the Economic Development Administration.
We discuss:
Ms. Castillo's background and how she became the country's chief economic developer
The Economic Development Administration and the US Commerce Department
The Build Back Better Regional Challenge
Supply chains
Worker training and workforce development
Regional, cluster-based, and place-based economic development
Infastructure
Building capacity at the local level
Recovery and resiliency in your local community
Making your community more competitive globally
Collaboration in economic development, and who the EDA collaborates
What the EDA is doing to promote diversity, equity and inclusion Special Guest: Alejandra Castillo.