Posted - August 19, 2010
European-American Business Council CEO to Discuss Reagan's Work on Industrial Competitiveness
Michael Maibach to visit EC
The CEO of the European-American Business Council will discuss his work on President Ronald Reagan's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness at Eureka College Sept. 17. Michael Maibach will give the free presentation from 10 a.m. to noon in the Cerf Center.
Maibach will be the first speaker in Eureka College's Ronald Reagan Centennial Series to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Reagan's birth next year. Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932.
As assistant to the founder of Intel Corporation in 1983, Maibach helped write the final report of Reagan's national commission to review U.S. industrial competitiveness and helped advance policy reform legislation before Congress.
In his presentation at Eureka College, Maibach will review the commission's key findings, compare performance data to today's data and review the status of the commission's nine policy prescriptions. He also will discuss the European-American Business Council policy goals that align with goals of the Commission on Industrial Competitiveness.
"Eureka College is pleased to host Mike Maibach, formerly of Peoria, who is among the leading representatives for the interests of international business competitiveness," said John Morris, director of the Reagan W. Reagan Society at Eureka College. "This presentation will be of great interest to anyone trying to get a job, keep a job or grow a business in this global economy," Morris said.
An Illinois native, Maibach was elected to the DeKalb County Board at age 20. In 1976 he became employed at Caterpillar Inc. as a machine shop foreman. He later became a government affairs manager in Illinois, Washington, D.C., and California, where he opened Caterpillar's California Government Affairs Office.
In 1983 Maibach became employed at Intel Corporation to establish its Government Affairs Department and serve as the assistant to Intel co-founder Robert Noyce. Maibach became a vice president at Intel in 1996. He was a leading spokesman on trade and technology policy for the U.S. electronics industry, testifying before Congress 16 times. He was a lead industry advocate for the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act, the U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Agreement, the 21st Century Patent Reform Act and China World Trade Organization membership. He was a member of President George H. W. Bush's Advisory Committee on Semiconductor.
Maibach is a member of the U.S. State Department Advisory Council on International Economics and the board of trustees of the Witherspoon Institute, which promotes the application of fundamental principles of republican government and ordered liberty to contemporary problems through research and education. He formerly was director of World Affairs Councils in Peoria; San Jose, Calif; Washington D.C.; and the national World Affairs Councils of America Board.
Maibach received bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from Northern Illinois University, a bachelor's degree in American and Latin American history from California State University, a bachelor's degree in international business from American University and a master's degree in political philosophy from Georgetown University.
For more information about the presentation, call (309) 467-6477.
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Contact:
Michele Lehman
Media Relations Coordinator
mlehman@eureka.edu
(309) 467-6318
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