Build Back Better Coalition Kickoff

Agenda:

9:00 - 10:15 AM Coalition Kickoff Meeting with EDA
10:30 - 11:00 AM Private Tour with Assistant Secretary Castillo
11:05 - 12:15 PM Roundtable Discussion
12:18 - 12:30 PM Press Availability
12:30 PM Assistant secretary and EDA Team Departure/Event Ends

Castillo

Alejandra Y. Castillo

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development

U.S. Economic Development Administration

The eldest child of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Castillo is the first woman of color to be appointed Assistant Secretary of Commerce from Economic Development. Her current role with EDA brings her back to Department of Commerce, an angency she first joined in 2008 as a Special Advisor to the Under Secretary for the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Admnistration (ITA). As the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, she leads the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) and is responsible for fufilling the bureau's mission of leading the federal economic development agenda.