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.

Committee Members include:

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

Claude Bobin (T-MedRobotics)
Aaron Eagles
Brian Foster (Wilenchik & Foster)
Shane Jacobs (Global Upside)
Tony King (Snell & Wilmer)
Kamil Knap (EPA USA Inc.)
Mike Langley (Greater Phoenix Leadership)
Nicole Magney (Second Front Systems)
Jack Sestak (Jennings, Strouss & Salmon)
Tina Waddington (Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations)
Marty Weems, Phoenix Sister City Commissioner (Western Rare Earths)
Luke Wenz (U.S. Global Leadership Coalition)
Mike Widener

The Committee meets virtually the third Thursday of every month. For more information, please contact rita.marko@phoenix.gov.

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