Business leaders today discussed the importance of Chattanooga embracing the global economy.
“One of the points that was made was that mindset of being a global business center is something that Chattanooga needs to develop not just for a few, but for a wide array of business people and young people coming into our economy,” said Deborah Levine, president of Communication Prose Ink. and organizer of the Global Leadership Class.
“That’s what’s going to make us successful,” she said, “and that we already have international businesses here and investments and partnerships abroad is to our credit.”
Ms. Levine and other community members took part in a “Business Trends and Plans: Local & Global” session.
The panelists included: Sheila Boyington, former president of the India Association of Chattanooga and owner of Thinking Media; Marj Flemming, former president of the Chattanooga chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and owner of several local businesses; and J.Ed. Marston, vice president for marketing and communication at the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce.
See tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press for full coverage.
Perla Trevizo joined the Chattanooga Times Free Press in 2007 and covers immigration/diversity issues and higher education. She holds a master’s degree in newswire journalism from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, Spain, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Texas. In 2011 she participated in the Bringing Home the World international reporting fellowship program sponsored by the International Center for Journalists, producing a series on Guatemalan immigrants for which she ...
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