PULLMAN, Wash., June 25 -- Washington State University issued the following news release:

Washington State University President Betsy Cantwell was was invited to speak Thursday for the signing of an executive order by Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson to establish a new Governor's Economic Development Council.

Cantwell is serving on the newly established council alongside more than two dozen leaders from across the state of Washington. The new council is designed to keep Washington at the forefront of innovation and economic development in the decades to come.

"I really am moved by the opportunity to make sure that the future of the state is also a future where we continue to innovate across all of the challenges that may come up," Cantwell s...