Chudzinski, who was never embarrassed to acknowledge he rooted for the Browns while growing up in Toledo, Ohio, interviewed with the team on Wednesday.
Mr Castro is still recovering from breaking an arm and leg last month, while Chile's Ricardo Lagos and Peru's Alejandro Toledo are in Chile for the Apec summit.
And while much of America's recovery remains fragile, halting and uncertain, the turnaround in cities like Detroit, Toledo and the like is tangible, and has much to do with the government's one-off foray into industrial activism.