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SUMMARY:2020 September Virtual Chamber Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:September Virtual Luncheon\n\n\n\nWe are pleased to welcome\, Port of Seattle's Commissioner\, Sam Cho. He will be sharing the latest update's on the Port of Seattle. Including updates on the impact that COVID-19 is having on the Port's business lines\, and the unique position of the Port and it's role in the recovery of our region. \n\n\n\nBio\n\nSam Cho was elected to the Port Commission in 2019. Cho is the son of immigrants from South Korea\, who came to the United States through the Port of Seattle. He is currently the only person of color serving on the Commission.\n\nCommissioner Cho was the Founder and CEO of Seven Seas Export\, an international trading company that was headquartered in Seattle and exported to Asia. He identified an opportunity to sell eggs to Asian countries that were experiencing an egg shortage at the height of Asia's avian influenza (bird flu) epidemic in the winter of 2016. He exported more than 2.5 million pounds of eggs to countries like South Korea. \n\nPrior to his entrepreneurial endeavor\, Commissioner Cho was a political appointee under President Barack Obama serving at the US General Services Administration. He helped manage a federal agency of more than 10\,000 federal employees and worked on executing the administration's agency-wide policies in real asset management\, federal procurements\, acquisitions\, and technology.\n\nCommissioner Cho also served as a Legislative Assistant to a Washington State Senator and a member of the United States Congress for whom he managed a portfolio of Foreign Affairs\, Trade\, Small Business\, and Financial Services. He also served as an analyst at the US Department of State.\n\nHis priorities as a commissioner include promoting trade\, working towards environmental sustainability\, ensuring diversity and inclusion in the workforce and contracting\, and stopping human trafficking.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 25px\; font-size: 1.5rem\; line-height: 21px\; color: rgb(101\, 100\, 106)\; font-family: &quot\;Source Sans Pro&quot\;\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">September Virtual Luncheon<br />\n<br />\nWe are pleased to welcome\, Port of Seattle&#39\;s Commissioner\, Sam Cho. He will be sharing the latest update&#39\;s on the Port of Seattle. Including updates on the impact that COVID-19 is having on the Port&#39\;s business lines\, and the unique position of the Port and it&#39\;s role in the recovery of our region.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<u>Bio</u></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 25px\; font-size: 1.5rem\; line-height: 21px\; color: rgb(101\, 100\, 106)\; font-family: &quot\;Source Sans Pro&quot\;\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">Sam Cho was elected to the Port Commission in 2019. Cho is the son of immigrants from South Korea\, who came to the United States through the Port of Seattle. He is currently the only person of color serving on the Commission.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 25px\; font-size: 1.5rem\; line-height: 21px\; color: rgb(101\, 100\, 106)\; font-family: &quot\;Source Sans Pro&quot\;\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">Commissioner Cho was the Founder and CEO of Seven Seas Export\, an international trading company that was headquartered in Seattle and exported to Asia. He identified an opportunity to sell eggs to Asian countries that were experiencing an egg shortage at the height of Asia&rsquo\;s avian influenza (bird flu) epidemic in the winter of 2016. He exported more than 2.5 million pounds of eggs to countries like South Korea.&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 25px\; font-size: 1.5rem\; line-height: 21px\; color: rgb(101\, 100\, 106)\; font-family: &quot\;Source Sans Pro&quot\;\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">Prior to his entrepreneurial endeavor\, Commissioner Cho was a political appointee under President Barack Obama serving at the US General Services Administration. He helped manage a federal agency of more than 10\,000 federal employees and worked on executing the administration&rsquo\;s agency-wide policies in real asset management\, federal procurements\, acquisitions\, and technology.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 25px\; font-size: 1.5rem\; line-height: 21px\; color: rgb(101\, 100\, 106)\; font-family: &quot\;Source Sans Pro&quot\;\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">Commissioner Cho also served as a Legislative Assistant to a Washington State Senator and a member of the United States Congress for whom he managed a portfolio of Foreign Affairs\, Trade\, Small Business\, and Financial Services. He also served as an analyst at the US Department of State.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 25px\; font-size: 1.5rem\; line-height: 21px\; color: rgb(101\, 100\, 106)\; font-family: &quot\;Source Sans Pro&quot\;\, sans-serif\; background-color: rgb(249\, 249\, 249)\;">His priorities as a commissioner include promoting trade\, working towards environmental sustainability\, ensuring diversity and inclusion in the workforce and contracting\, and stopping human trafficking.</p>\n
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