Billy Cromedy still doesn’t know how he got invited to the White House. Cromedy, president of Advantage Contracting, Philadelphia, was brought to Washington in December 2012 as part of a White House business council meeting with minority business leaders from across the country to discuss the “fiscal cliff” and other matters related to small business.
“I don’t know if they drew my name out of a hat or what,” Cromedy said. “I probably think they were picking by region.