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9:00AM |
Registration and Networking Continental Breakfast |
10:00AM |
Opening Remarks
- Linda Nguyen, Vice President | Community Relations Senior Consultant, Wells Fargo Corporate Philanthropy and Community Relations Group
- Mike Daniel, Regional Director, Orange County Inland Empire Small Business Development Center Network
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10:05 AM |
Welcome Remarks
- Keith Kobata, Region Bank President, Wells Fargo
- Christopher Lorenzana, Deputy District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration, Orange County/Inland Empire District
- Isabel Guzman, Director of the Office of Small Business Advocate, Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
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10:15AM |
Panel: “Growing the Small Business Economy”
- Moderator – Mike Daniel
- Panelists:
- Jesse Ben-Ron, Director of Workforce and Economic Development, Orange County Business Council
- Bruce Stenslie, President and CEO, Economic Development Collaborative Ventura County
- Toni Symonds, Consultant, CA Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy
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11:15AM |
Break |
11:30AM |
Presentation: A Look Ahead at the Orange County Economy
- Anil Puri, Ph.D., Director, Woods Center for Economic Analyses & Forecasting at California State University Fullerton
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12:00PM |
Networking Lunch |
1:00PM |
Panel: “Advancing Access to Capital”
- Moderator – Linda Nguyen
- Panelists:
- Nancee Robles, Chief Deputy Director, California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
- Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, Executive Director, Los Angeles Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LA LISC)
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2:00PM |
Break |
2:15PM |
Presentation: Innovations in Public-Private Partnerships
- Steve Jones, Mayor, City of Garden Grove
- Damian Arrula, City Administrator, City of Placentia
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3:00PM |
Panel: “NextGen Chambers of Commerce”
- Moderator – Jesse Torres
- Panelists:
- David Betancourt, Senior Program Coordinator, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
- Julian Canete, CEO, California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
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4:00PM |
Closing Remarks |