CalChamber Names 21 Local Chambers to the 2011 President's Circle
(June 1, 2011) The California Chamber of Commerce recognized 21 local chambers of commerce with the President’s Circle award. The award, first presented in 2009, recognizes chambers for excellence in business advocacy and helping their members comply with California employment laws.
The 2011 recipients of the President’s Circle award and the chamber representative accepting the awards at the CalChamber Business Summit are as follows:
- Greater Bakersfield Chamber, Debbie Moreno, president/CEO;
- Camarillo Chamber: Jennifer Wells, president/CEO;
- Greater Conejo Valley Chamber: Jill Lederer, president/CEO;
- Greater Corona Valley Chamber: Bobby Spiegel, CEO/president;
- Culver City Chamber: Angela Gibson, chair of the board;
- El Centro Chamber and Visitors Bureau: Cathy Kennerson, CEO;
- Greater Fresno Area Chamber: Scott Miller, chair-elect;
- Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber: Kim Cousins, president/CEO;
- Long Beach Area Chamber: Randy Gordon, president/CEO;
- Murrieta Chamber: Rex Oliver, president/CEO;
- Napa Chamber: Lisa Batto, president/CEO;
- Orange Chamber: Heidi Larkin-Reed, president/CEO;
- Greater Oxnard Chamber: Nancy Lindholm, president/CEO;
- Palm Desert Chamber: Barbara deBoom, president/CEO;
- Porterville Chamber: Donnette Silva Carter, president/CEO;
- Greater Riverside Chambers: Cindy Roth, president/CEO;
- Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber: Nancy Hoffman Vanyek, CEO;
- San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber: Pat Sausedo, vice president;
- Temecula Valley Chamber: Isaac Lizarraga, chairman of the board;
- Turlock Chamber: Sharon Silva, president/CEO;
- Vallejo Chamber: Anita Hawkes, president/CEO.
President’s Circle award recipients published vote records of their state legislators on key business issues, generated letters to state elected officials on issues of interest to members, participated in the CalChamber compliance product resale program at an exemplary level and brought a delegation to Sacramento for the CalChamber Business Summit.
In 2010, there were 22 President's Circle award recipients. In 2009, 13 local chambers received the award.