The White House Rural Council hosted the inaugural Rural Opportunity Investment conference to promote investment opportunities in rural America. The two-day conference was held in Washington, D.C., and leaders from the business and financial community, senior government officials, economic development experts, and others gathered to discuss potential investments in rural businesses and infrastructure projects in rural communities.  

Robert Wolf along with Secretary Thomas Vilsack, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Dominic Barton, Chief Executive Officer at McKinsey & Co., were the keynote speakers at the conference.  To learn more about the White House Rural Council, please click here.