MEDC exec goes to Pacific to raise money for state

Tom Walsh: MEDC exec goes to Pacific to raise money for state | Tom Walsh | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
"On Wednesday this week, Paul Brown is to take off on a business trip to Hawaii, Guam and Saipan, the largest of Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
Tough duty for a Michigan public servant in February, eh?
Incredulous as it may sound, Brown, vice president of capital markets for the Michigan Economic Development Corp., is generating money for Michigan's treasury by peddling the state's expertise in running small-business lending programs to other states and U.S. territories."