EX-IM BANK VICE CHAIR JACKIE CLEGG SHARES INSIGHT ON ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN TODAY'S GLOBAL MARKETS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2000
Media Contact Name/Phone
Niki Shepperd (202) 565-3202

Jackie Clegg, vice chair of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, will address the latest developments in the global marketplace when she visits Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) on Tuesday, October 31, 2000. Ms. Clegg will give her insight on what it takes to be a success in the world of global marketing at the David T. Chase Free Institute's Distinguished Lecture Series.

Clegg's talk will begin at 11 a.m., in the Tipton Room of the Student Center, onECSU's north campus. The lecture is free and open to the general public.

The David T. Chase Free Enterprise Institute was established at ECSU to serve the university, the community and the region and is dedicated to advancing American free enterprise through such educational activities at the lecture series.

Ex-Im Bank is an independent U.S. government agency that assists in financing the export of U.S. goods and services to emerging markets throughout the world by providing loans, loan guarantees, and export credit insurance.