The CEO Council for Growth (CEO Council) is a group of prominent business executives committed to Greater Philadelphia’s growth and prosperity. Through high-impact initiatives that lead to high-wage jobs, new business opportunities, and wealth creation, the CEO Council offers a focused, consistent and invigorating approach that sets the regional growth agenda.
The CEO Council is an affiliate of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey and the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce.
As the governing board of Select Greater Philadelphia, the CEO Council believes that regional leadership will define the future of the tri-state, eleven-county region. The CEO Council brings together top business executives from the region to set and implement an economic development agenda that creates growth in the region and nurtures collaboration among the many economic development interests.
It’s our vision that Greater Philadelphia will be one of the nation’s top business locations. To achieve this vision, the CEO Council works to:
- Overcome regional fragmentation by developing a truly regional CEO community.
- Position & promote the product through the Select Greater Philadelphia’s regional business marketing campaign.
- Improve the region by focusing attention and effort on mission-critical policy initiatives.
Greater Philadelphia is at a unique moment of opportunity. Competitiveness in the 21st century global economy requires regional approaches and regional solutions. As a tri-state marketplace with multiple jurisdictions, our critical path to the future must go beyond traditional geopolitical boundaries and embrace innovative approaches to economic growth and development.
Policy Initiatives
The CEO Council for Growth’s Product Improvement agenda is the result of thorough research that benchmarked Greater Philadelphia’s key strengths and weaknesses compared to the regions with whom we compete for jobs and businesses. This analysis identified four key industry clusters that drive and define Greater Philadelphia’s economy. They are:
- Life / Biosciences
- IT & Communications
- Financial and Professional Services
- Chemicals
The research also uncovered three areas where focusing regional attention, leadership and efforts would improve the following mission-critical “products”:
Infrastructure
Provide leadership on potential solutions for long term funding and management reforms for our major infrastructure assets such as the Philadelphia Airport, Amtrak and SEPTA, and push for innovative financing strategies and public private partnerships for funding regional transportation projects.
Human Capital
Work with a small group of executives from the CEO Council to create strategies and implement appropriate and measurable tactics that foster a larger pool of skilled workers for the region’s industry clusters in order to support strategic economic growth in Greater Philadelphia.
Venture Capital/Private Equity
Work with a small group of executives from the CEO Council to determine the most effective way to have a positive impact on the amount of and access to capital for new and growing companies in Greater Philadelphia.
Please visit the Select Greater Philadelphia website about the CEO Council for Growth, Select Greater Philadelphia and the Greater Philadelphia region.