CLGCFI Welcomes Its New President

Presiding the 1st Central Luzon Growth Corridor Foundation Inc. (CLGCFI) Meeting for 2017, Tarlac Governor Susan A. Yap was welcomed as the new President of the Foundation on May 10, 2017 at DTI-3 Conference Room, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.

During the meeting, Governor Yap acknowledged the task given to her as the new President of CLGCFI and recognized the Central Luzon governors, their representatives and the Department of Trade and Industry-3 (DTI-3) for their efforts to work together in the past eleven years towards the programs and projects of the foundation.

The group discussed CLGCFI’s policy direction and investment projects for the year. Governor Yap proposed the creation of a Central Luzon brand with a unifying theme that will carry and promote the region as one single investment destination. She also called for the consolidation of promotion collaterals from the provinces, both brochures and AVPs, to be used during outbound missions abroad for distribution to prospective partners.

Formerly known as Central Luzon Investment Coordinating Council (CLICC) and later registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) in December 2005 under the name Central Luzon Growth Corridor Foundation, Inc. (CLGCFI), the foundation provides policy decisions for the planning, implementation and monitoring of investment and trade-related projects in Central Luzon. Its programs and projects are geared towards the creation of a business and investment-enabling environment, trade and investment promotion, investor servicing, databank and knowledge management, and the establishment and strengthening of the regional network of investment promotion officers.

Other officers of the foundation are: Bulacan Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado as Vice-President; Aurora Governor Gerardo A. Noveras as Secretary; and Bataan Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia as Treasurer. Members include Nueva Ecija Governor Czarina D. Umali, Pampanga Governor Lilia G. Pineda, Zambales Governor Amor D. Deloso, DTI Undersecretary for Industry and Investments Ceferino S. Rodolfo, and DTI-3 Regional Director Judith P. Angeles.