Governor’s Manufacturing Advisory Council

Ensuring the manufacturing sector is sustained and continues to grow is a top priority of Team Pennsylvania Foundation.

Manufacturing is the foundation on which Pennsylvania’s economy was built and the driving force that provides family-sustaining wages for Pennsylvanians across the commonwealth.

Ensuring that sector thrives and continues to grow is a top priority at Team Pennsylvania Foundation.

That’s why Gov. Corbett charged Team PA with leading the Governor’s Manufacturing Advisory Council, a private-sector initiative designed to identify and prioritize top issues that can help influence, sustain and advance that industry.

The 24-member council will meet beginning in January 2012 through June to discuss issues impacting their industry and make recommendations to Governor Corbett and the Pennsylvania Legislature. Recommendations will be designed to address any issues impeding the further growth and ongoing success of manufacturing in the state.

The council has been charged to determine regulatory or economic roadblocks that impede growth factors and to identify ways to market the attributes that make Pennsylvania a great place for manufacturers to do business.

The council consists of 23 members from a cross-section of manufacturing interests including heavy machinery, minerals, pharmaceuticals, plastics, steel and textiles.

Team PA is funding the council and that no taxpayer dollars are being used to support this initiative.