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Greater Sacramento Economic Council President & CEO on Region’s Technology Surge

Barry Broome serves as the first president and CEO of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council.  He is responsible for leading community-driven efforts to attract, grow and scale new businesses; develop advanced industries and guide new job-creation strategies throughout the six-county region. Previously, Barry was the president and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, CEO of Southwest Michigan First and led economic development for Toledo, Ohio.

Blaize just made a $120M Asia AI deal. Could Sacramento become a chipmaking hub?

Jun. 30, 2025

AI Age Delivers Semiconductor Surge in Sacramento

New business investments, talent pipelines and next‑gen infrastructure are turning California’s capital into an AI hardware hub.

Transforming Second-Tier Markets into Economic Powerhouses with Barry Broome

Potential US semiconductor manufacturing boom complicated by Trump’s economic policies

May. 21, 2025

Potential US semiconductor manufacturing boom complicated by Trump’s economic policies

In few places is the growth of the U.S. semiconductor industry clearer than in the Greater Sacramento region, where tech leaders and lawmakers have, for years, sought to grow California’s role in producing the chips that power everyday necessities like cars, refrigerators and smartphones. Semiconductor giants clustered in cities just outside Silicon Valley — Intel, AMD, Bosch, Samsung and Micron — are building on a tech foothold Intel first established when it opened its Sacramento-County campus in 1984.

Mar. 05, 2025

El Dorado Hills tech company goes public, boosts Sacramento’s semiconductor corridor

In a region that has relied upon the state government’s presence for economic stability, the chip industry has become a new focus for officials looking to draw jobs and investment here. They point to a “corridor” of semiconductor companies stretching northwest from Sacramento.

The business of chipmaking “has a chance to be a major driver of our economic sustainability,” said Barry Broome, president and CEO of Greater Sacramento Economic Council.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms with Bosch to Advance U.S. Supply Chain Resiliency of Crucial Semiconductor Manufacturing Components

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms with Bosch to Advance U.S. Supply Chain Resiliency of Crucial Semiconductor Manufacturing Components

Proposed Investment Would Support the Creation of the Largest SiC Semiconductor Factory for Bosch and Create up to 1,700 Jobs in California.

Table of Experts: Future of Sacramento

California 2030: Barry Broome, CEO of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council

The Way We Work: Barry Broome

Jan. 11, 2022

The Way We Work: Barry Broome

If you run a large company and you’re looking for new headquarters, there’s a good chance you’ll land on the radar of Barry Broome. During his tenure as president and CEO of GSEC since its founding in 2015, Broome has helped attract more than 75 businesses to the region, including health care company Centene’s Western headquarters with 2,700 jobs. This is how he gets it done.

Sep. 22, 2017

The hardest job in tech? Convincing start-ups to move to Sacramento

Convincing start-ups to move to Sacramento Cynthia Carrillo and Barry Broome of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council attempt to recruit Bay Area technology companies to Sacramento.

Studio Sacramento: Economic Development

Oct. 03, 2014

Overcoming Phoenix’s economic threats

The Greater Phoenix Economic Council began 25 years ago when our world and the way we interacted would be barely recognizable today.

Oct. 02, 2014

Experts say quality education equals quality jobs for Arizona

The formula is simple: W = $. A well-qualified, educated workforce equals high-paying, deeply entrenched Arizona jobs and statewide economic growth.

Letter of support for federal legislation enabling mining, impacting job creation

RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS: S. 182, TO PROVIDE FOR THE UNENCUMBERING OF TITLE TO NON-FEDERAL LAND OWNED BY THE CITY OF ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FOR PURPOSES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY CONVEYANCE OF THE FEDERAL REVERSION INTEREST TO THE CITY

Stanton: China trip provided contacts with international companies

Accompanied by Barry Broome, president and CEO of Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Stanton attended the World Economic Forum from Sept. 11-13. Held in Dalian, China, the event brought together business, political and academic leaders.

Apr. 19, 2013

Valley leaders heading to D.C. to discuss immigration, jobs

PHOENIX — The head of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council is leading a delegation of Valley mayors and business leaders on a mission to Washington, D.C., next week. Barry Broome with GPEC said the focus of the trip is immigration reform but jobs and trade are also on the menu.

Strong digital industry has emerged in greater Phoenix, official says

Barry Broome, president and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, recently said he’d call the Valley the “Digital Desert” if he had to put a label on the area’s business environment.

“This market’s already the No. 1 or No. 2 market in the United States at hosting and storing data,” he said. “So our data storage capabilities around the Valley are arguably the best in the United States.”

Reinventing Local and Regional Economies

Phoenix still has needs for this industry. According to Broome, the region suffers from a gap that has been voiced by other leaders in other cities and regions: The great need is for time. Phoenix is a relatively young city with a growing, but nascent, reputation in the industry. It needs time for the best minds and the hungriest investors to come to this city with “a positive foundation as a place with an instinct to innovate and do something new.”

Manufacturing in the USA – Training America’s Workforce

Column: Barry Broome, former Kalamazoo economic developer, continues high profile in Arizona immigration law debate

Yes, that is Barry Broome in the Aug. 7 edition of  Newsweek magazine, quoted on the subject of the big hit Arizona is taking — in terms of business attraction and economic development — since its governor signed a controversial immigration law last spring.

Community Capitalism: Lessons from Kalamazoo and Beyond

“We built it thinking it would be a Noah’s Ark for talent, thinking smart people would come here if we showed the courage to go as far as we could,” said Barry Broome.

Leading the Charge Toward Revival

When its hometown was on a collision course with economic disaster, Western Michigan U. stepped in to help.

Dec. 16, 2004

Southwest Michigan First’s Broome To Lead Greater Phoenix Economic Council

Barry Broome, who has lead Southwest Michigan First since 1999, will now lead The Greater Phoenix Economic Council. Broome was unanimously approved Thursday by the board of the Arizona economic development group.

May. 05, 2003

Pfizer To Support Kazoo Startups

Through partnerships with the university, SMF hopes to diversify the job market in Kalamazoo since it launched this technology-led development initiative and believes support from Pfizer would strengthen this plan. “Typically, universities and companies develop technology through basic research,” said SMF CEO Barry Broome. “Our model calls for acquiring basic research and matching it with companies than can successfully bring the technology to the market.”

Consolidated Plan for 1995 Executive Summary, Parma, OH

Over twenty agencies and organizations have participated in the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy and Consolidated Plan development process. The City of Parma, in cooperation with the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission also worked jointly in preparation of the Consolidated Plan.