Desmond McLeish, Inc. was tapped to handle all media outreach and logistical oversight for the Manufacturing Matters! Executive Summit 2005, hosted by the Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County.

Desmond McLeish, Inc. prepared all media materials for the event and handled all media outreach and oversight of on-site logistical matters and interviews. As part of the initial media outreach for the summit, Desmond McLeish drafted and placed an Op-Ed by Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Chair Federal Glover in the Contra Costa Times. Another Op-Ed was drafted for Bob Lanter, Executive Director of the Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County, which ran in the East Bay Business Times.