Business Relations Committee

The Phoenix Sister Cities Business Relations Committee (BRC) exists to develop, maintain, and grow productive relationships between Phoenix business enterprises and Phoenix’s ten international sister cities.

The work of the Committee is aligned with the City of Phoenix’s International Trade Strategy. View the City Council presentation.

Download a PDF of the slides presented to the City Council.

By supporting both new and existing business relationships, the Committee strengthens the economic ties that bind Phoenix to the global economy. It also works to provide information to local businesses on international trends and practices. With the help of business and community leaders in Phoenix, the BRC will address the four fields of interest through June 30, 2021:

To learn more on these initiatives, click on one of the items above.

Committee Members include:

Emilio Gaynor, Committee Chair and Phoenix Sister City Commissioner (Chicanos Por La Causa)

James Baskind (Arizona-Japan Network, LLC)
Brian Burton (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
Mick Hoover (Dignity Health)
Mike Langley (Global Chamber)
Nicole Magney (Acronis SCS)
Adam Nach (Lane & Nach, P.C.)
Dominic Papa (Arizona Commerce Authority)
Jack Sestak (Jennings, Strouss & Salmon)
Tina Waddington (Seed Spot)
Marty Weems, Phoenix Sister City Commissioner
Mike Widener (Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint)

2021 Virtual Trilateral Trade Conference

Held April 15 – 16, 2021, the conference brought together business and community leaders from Phoenix, Arizona; Calgary, Alberta; and Hermosillo, Sonora to explore the opportunities for small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) afforded by the USMCA trade agreement.

Panels

The video of this panel is on YouTube.

Additional information from Ms. Shier’s presentation is available as a PDF.

The video of this panel is on YouTube.

The video of this presentation is on YouTube. Please note the awards presentation follows a stretch session with the Arizona Coyotes.

Mayor’s 2021 Export Award winners are:

Export Champion of the Year – Sharon Harper
Exporter of the Year – Daphne’s Headcovers
Export Service Provider of the Year – Honeywell Aerospace
Trilateral Trade Champion – Carol Colombo