Gov. Mike Braun announced that businessman and former State Representative Chuck Goodrich was named Indiana’s next Secretary of Commerce on June 18.
“I’m proud to announce today that Chuck Goodrich will be picking up the torch as Secretary of Commerce to continue region-led growth to attract and grow great job opportunities and higher wages in Indiana,” Braun said. “Chuck Goodrich is a business leader who has spent his career signing the front side of a paycheck, and he will be a tremendous leader for our mission to make life more affordable for Hoosiers, grow jobs, and raise wages.”
Goodrich currently serves as the CEO of Gaylor Electric, a merit-shop electrical firm. Since becoming president of Gaylor Electric in 2014, the company has developed more than 4,000 jobs.
“I’m grateful to Governor Braun for the opportunity to serve Hoosiers in this role. I’ve spent my career building a company in Indiana, hiring Hoosiers, and investing in the workforce that makes growth possible,” Goodrich said. “Indiana is building, growing, and moving forward. Businesses already here will keep growing, and job creators across the country will see what we already know: a workforce and a business environment like nowhere else. Indiana is open for business.”
Goodrich is also a longtime workforce development advocate with leadership experience in the construction industry, higher education, and state workforce policy. He is the past Chairman of National Associated Builders and Contractors, serves on Purdue’ s Construction Advisory Council, and is a member of Indiana’s Region 5 Workforce Development Board.
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Malik Simon is a Staff Writer for the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper. Originally from Memphis, TN, he graduated from Mississippi Valley State University with a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies concentrating on journalism. Before joining the Recorder, he wrote for the Devil’s Gazette newspaper at MVSU and served as a freelance content and video editor. He seeks to use media to help communities flourish through literacy and factual reporting.
