The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce will host two of Missouri’s top officials of education and economic development at an upcoming Economic Summit Luncheon.

The keynote speakers will be Commissioner of Higher Education Zora Mulligan and Director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development Rob Dixon. 

Kristi Bailey with the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce said the two will be speaking on what they have been working on to change the state’s economic development and what’s going on in workforce development.

“Here at the Chamber, we work with our businesses everyday, trying to help them with their needs to stay in business and to grow, and one of the issues we talk about all the time is a lack of skilled workers,” Bailey said. “That, on the statewide level, we have the commissioner of higher ed and the director of economic development working together to help solve these issues is really important to the vitality of our local economy.”

The event will be at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Fulkerson Center at Missouri Western State University.

The cost to attend is $25 per person for Chamber members and $35 for the general public. The reservation deadline is Nov. 8. Register online at saintjoseph.com or by calling (816) 232-4461.