Please join the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce for the first of our Chamber Lunch Series on Wednesday, June 2 at Sweetwater Branch Inn. Massie Ritcsch, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs and Outreach for the U.S. Department of Education, will present on Education Reform. Massie oversees the department's outreach to external stakeholders, especially education associations and the business community. Before joining the Obama administration, he served as the communications director at the Center for Responsive Politics where he served as chief communications strategist for a nonpartisan watchdog group. It is an honor for our community to host such a high-caliber speaker and look forward to sharing this opportunity with our membership.