This summit broadcasts our commitment to ensuring that our workforce is well-prepared, our energy systems are innovative and highly producti





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*Governor Mark Gordon and JPMorganChase Security and Resiliency Initiative Meets with State Leaders, Business Executives  and Financiers at Wyoming Resilience Summit in Laramie*

"“This summit broadcasts our commitment to ensuring that our workforce is well-prepared, our energy systems are innovative and highly productive, and our critical mineral resources are developed responsibly to meet emerging needs of the future generations.”"

*CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 29, 2026* — Governor Mark Gordon (R-WY) joined elected and business leaders from across the state and nation, including Wyoming’s Legislative leadership, in Laramie to explore strategies in key sectors to rebuild and reenergize America's energy, manufacturing and workforce. The Wyoming Resiliency Summit, held at the Rochelle Gateway Center, University of Wyoming, was a first-of-its-kind event focused on strengthening Wyoming's workforce and bolstering its energy, manufacturing and critical mineral supply chain industries to ensure the Cowboy State’s role in America's future. The summit was held in collaboration with JPMorganChase and supported by their Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI), which is a $1.5 trillion, 10-year plan to facilitate, finance, and invest in industries critical to national economic security and resiliency. . 

“Wyoming welcomes this alignment of public need and private sector engagement. Our state is actively advancing projects in nuclear power, supply chain management, consumer cost management, critical minerals, manufacturing, workforce development, and carbon management—areas that map directly to SRI (national) priorities. This summit is an opportunity for developers, operators, financiers, and technology partners to explore how Wyoming can host scalable, resilient projects that deliver economic development through jobs, tax base, visionary tech, and long‑term energy security,” Governor Mark Gordon (R-WY) said.

JPMorganChase launched SRI in 2025 to support America’s national and economic security. As part of this initiative, the firm will make direct equity investments for an initial amount of $10 billion in select companies to help enhance their growth, spur innovation, and accelerate strategic manufacturing. The initiative brings together the firm’s full human and financial capital to support key sectors such as supply chain and advanced manufacturing, defense and aerospace, energy independence and resilience, frontier and strategic technologies, and pharma and healthtech.

“The private sector has both a responsibility and unique capabilities to help rebuild resilience across our economy,” said Jay Horine, Head of the Security and Resiliency Initiative for JPMorganChase. “Through this initiative, we’re working to accelerate innovation, strengthen the defense industrial base, and help companies scale solutions that are critical to our national security and long‑term economic growth.”

Panel discussions at the summit addressed the role of public-private partnerships in securing domestic supply chains – including natural gas, expanding workforce training programs, and deploying advanced technologies to modernize energy infrastructure. Participants also explored opportunities to scale up the production and processing of critical minerals, such as rare earth elements, which are essential for defense systems and high-tech manufacturing.

“Wyoming is a leader in powering the nation,” Governor Gordon said. “This summit broadcasts our commitment to ensuring that our workforce is well-prepared, our energy systems are innovative and highly productive, and our critical mineral resources are developed responsibly to meet emerging needs of the future generations. We will do all of this while respecting and maintaining the state’s beauty and our quality of life.”

The summit concluded with a call to action for continued discussions between government, industry, and educational institutions to ensure Wyoming remains a cornerstone of American resilience.

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For more information:

 Janelle Collins, Strategic Communications Director to the Governor [email protected]

 www.jpmorganchase.com/resiliency [ [link removed] ].

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