Some leading business executives say they don’t know quite what to think of Vice President Kamala Harris.
She has been meeting with groups of corporate executives roughly every two months at her residence in Washington, according to two executives who have met with her.
When a state dinner was held for President William Ruto of Kenya in May, Ms. Harris spoke with businesspeople about economic topics including access to labor and worker training, one attendee said.
And a month earlier, she attended an event at the Colette Club on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan arranged by Charles Phillips, a business executive and a longtime backer.
Before about 30 Black business leaders — a group with which she has tried to build particularly strong relationships — Ms. Harris spoke for roughly 40 minutes, without notes or a teleprompter, on economic topics including job creation, inflation and global trade, and then took questions.
Persons:
Kamala Harris, William Ruto of, Harris, Charles Phillips, —, “, Mr, Phillips, ”
Organizations:
Democratic, Club
Locations:
Washington, William Ruto of Kenya, Midtown Manhattan