Please join API for a press conference call to launch Explore Offshore, a new coalition made up of community organizations, associations, businesses and local leaders across the Southeast in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida who support increased access to U.S. offshore oil and natural gas resources.
Explore Offshore’s national co-chairs, Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson and Former Secretary of the Navy and Virginia Senator Jim Webb, will be speaking, as well as the state chairs.
There will be a question and answer session for reporters.
What: Press call to announce Explore Offshore, a new coalition in Support Of U.S. Offshore Energy Exploration and Development
Who: Explore Offshore National Co-Chairs: Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson and Former Secretary of the Navy and Virginia Senator Jim Webb
Virginia Co-Chairs: Former Delegates Winsome Sears and Mike Watson
North Carolina Chair: Former Mayor of Fayetteville Nat Robertson
South Carolina Chair: South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce Chairman Stephen Gilchrist
Florida Chairs: Former Puerto Rico State Senator Dr. Miriam Ramirez, Former Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeff Kottkamp, Former Director of the Crestview Area of Chamber of Commerce Wayne Harris
Georgia Chair: Georgia State Petroleum Council Director Hunter Hopkins
When: Wednesday June 6, 2018 at 10 a.m. EDT
Phone: (800) 374-2418
Conference ID: 9782108
Please RSVP by replying to [email protected] or by calling API media relations at 202-682-8114.
This event is open to credentialed media only.
