GreenTech Automotive announces Rick Wade as the Senior Vice President & Head of China Operation

June 21, 2011 – GreenTech Automotive (GTA) announced that Mr. Rick C. Wade has joined the company as the Senior Vice President & Head of China Operation, after his departure from the Department of Commerce on 27th May, 2011.

As a senior aide and spokesman for Secretary Gary Locke, Mr. Wade had a hand in all major policy and personnel decisions at the Commerce Department. Mr. Wade helped develop and manage the Commerce Department's annual budgets and programs for all 12 of the Department's bureaus, and had been a forceful advocate for the Department's priorities at many domestic and international forums including the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade.

Mr. Wade worked closely with the White House to ensure President Obama's business and economic programs, including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, were implemented effectively and efficiently. Representing the Department of Commerce, Mr. Wade was a member of The White House Auto-Recovery Task Force, participated and played essential role in reconstructing plans for Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corporation. The Task Force was a cabinet-level group that includes the secretaries of Transportation, Commerce, Labor, and Energy.

Prior to his appointment at the Commerce Department, Wade was a key adviser to the Obama for America presidential campaign. After the successful 2008 election, Wade served as a senior adviser to the Presidential Transition Team. Before his departure from the Department of Commerce, Secretary Gary Locke praised him "the spirit of Department of Commence".

Wade received a B.S. from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University, where he was also a Kennedy Fellow.

About GreenTech Automotive – GreenTech Automotive (www.wmgta.com) is the new US automobile company committed to the advancement of clean automobile technology. GTA is developing vehicles that are energy-efficient, affordable, and built in the United States by American workers. Led by McAuliffe, an international leader in politics, business, and promoting green energy, GTA was established to carry out his vision that "no green technology is truly green unless it is affordably green."

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