A Vision for the Future: Empowering Local Businesses

Host Committee

Yamil Hernandez, Sharif Hidayat, Omar Lazo, Hashan Chowdury, Leigh Henry, Fatima Razi, Hamza Khan, Scott Webber  

Join Robert Wu for an exciting event to celebrate our local businesses in Montgomery County. We have a rich and diverse culture of businesses in our county, especially throughout Gaithersburg and Rockville. Come hear Rob's vision for the future of our local economy, including how we can support and grow our local businesses, create a climate for attracting and retaining employers, and create the workforce needed to support these jobs through a Schools-to-STEM Jobs Pipeline with our existing education infrastructure. 

Rob is running for County Council in Montgomery County to help our county Keep Moving Forward Together. Since the Great Recession, Montgomery County has seen a number of good paying jobs and hard-working small business owners disappear from our local economic landscape. If we are serious about creating a circular economy that helps lift all of our families into the local middle class, we need to have a serious conversation about what it takes to get us to there. 

Rob's campaign team includes civil rights activists, community organizers, biotech entrepreneurs, and countless everyday people who are committed to seeing Montgomery County achieve the highest standards of living for all in our society. He is endorsed by the Sierra Club & Vote Vets.

Biography 

Robert Wu is a City Councilmember for the City of Gaithersburg, where he lives with his wife, a public school psychologist, and his two young children. Rob is also an army officer who has focused his career on procurement and innovation, including assignments with Army Futures Command and supporting the USSOCOM acquisition office.  Rob has also served in Afghanistan, Iraq and South Korea. Rob currently works for a Fortune 500 company in Northern Virginia, where he focuses on supporting the development of solutions to the government's most urgent security solutions. 

A reform candidate, Rob is an attorney by trade, and has practiced in procurement and transparency matters for over a decade. Prior to his current role, Rob worked in the public sector at the Government Accountability Office, which serves as Congress's budgetary watchdog. On the County Council, Rob will fight for transparency in our government, in addition to well-funded schools, robust transportation options, public safety, and a thriving local economy. Learn more about Rob at http://www.voterobwu.com/

Event Details:

Thursday, May 26

6:30PM

Barking Mad Cafe

239 Spectrum Ave.

Gaithersburg, MD