Regional Improvement
Leading Forward
The Chamber’s CEO Council for Growth (CEO Council) is an advisory council of the largest and most influential business and civic leaders working together to accelerate economic competitiveness and inclusive growth in the Greater Philadelphia region. Their goal is to drive scale in initiatives that demonstrate impact and leverage partnerships with existing organizations and efforts. By exercising their shared experience and collective weight, these leaders work to make the region the best place to live, work, and build a business.
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Members
Engaged regional business leadership is critical for Greater Philadelphia to compete in a global economy. Our team of devoted business, higher education, and civic leaders commit their time and efforts to define our competitive advantage and drive economic growth.
Photo: Madeline Bell, Chairwoman, President & CEO, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Priority Areas
INNOVATION
Improving the region’s competitive position and building our innovation economy by making Greater Philadelphia a geographic center of choice for talent, capital, and companies. We focus on industries that leverage our competitive strengths, enable broad growth along the supply chain, are significant multipliers for additional job creation, and generate jobs that are accessible to those at a broad range of education and skill levels.
REGIONAL MOBILITY
Improving Greater Philadelphia’s global, national, and regional physical connectivity by advocating for infrastructure improvements and ensuring a modern, multimodal transportation system.
TALENT
Enhancing Greater Philadelphia’s pipeline of diverse technology talent in the region by convening and connecting regional workforce leaders to attract, develop, and retain a robust workforce that supports the current and anticipated needs of regional employers and in-demand sectors.
Leadership
CLAIRE GREENWOOD
Executive Director and Senior Vice President of Economic Competitiveness
cgreenwood@chamberphl.com
215-790-3664
Claire Greenwood is responsible for advancing the Chamber’s work to attract and expand companies, capital, and talent in the Greater Philadelphia region. Through Claire’s direction, she and her team engage C-Suite leaders from Chamber members, partners, and investors to actively work to amplify the region’s competitive advantages and accelerate equitable economic growth.
Claire provides leadership for several Chamber-wide initiatives including Select Greater Philadelphia and the Young Professionals Network. Her work advances economic competitiveness priorities and activities in the energy and life sciences sectors, implementing a multi-platform approach to the region’s talent and workforce challenges, and building the organization’s partnerships and marketing campaigns to ensure that companies and talent “Select” Greater Philadelphia.
Claire also serves as the Executive Director of the Chamber’s CEO Council for Growth, a committed group of more than 50 business, higher education and civic leaders working to make Greater Philadelphia one of the global first tier 21st-century innovation economies.
Claire graduated from the University of Delaware with a B.A. in Biological Sciences and a minor in psychology and received her M.S. in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania. Claire serves on the Boards of Directors for Campus Philly, Greater Philadelphia YMCA, and the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.
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