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Advocacy Team
 Advocacy
Team
Blake Christian
Chairman of the Board
Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt
Lori
Lofstrom
Chairman-Elect of the Board
Holmes and
Lofstrom, LLP
Matt
Kinley, Esq.
Immediate Past
Chairman
of the Board
Tredway,
Lumsdaine & Doyle, LLP
Joanne Davis
2008-2009 GAC Chair
The Davis Group
Byron Schweigert
Former Chairman of
the Board
MemorialCare
Randy
Gordon, ACE, IOM
President and CEO
Long Beach
Chamber
rwgordon@lbchamber.com
Steve Ly
Vice
President for Public Affairs
Long Beach
Chamber
steve@lbchamber.com
Shaun Lumachi
Advisor,
Government Affairs
Long Beach
Chamber
shaun@chamberadvocacy.biz
Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Office of Government Affairs
One World Trade Center, Suite 206
Long Beach, California 90831-0206
(562) 983-1241
Office
(562) 436-7099 Fax
Government
Affairs Council (GAC)
Joanne Davis
2008-2009 GAC Chair
President, The Davis Group
The mission
of the Long Beach Chamber’s Government Affairs Council (GAC) is
to provide a vehicle through which the Chamber acts on local,
state and federal government issues. It strives to maintain a
good working relationship with local elected officials, creating
a favorable and positive business climate. The voting membership
of the GAC plays a vital role in the implementation of the
Chamber’s award-winning government affairs program.
GAC will consist of no more than 21
voting members. Composition shall be representative of the
general Chamber membership. The GAC Chair will be appointed by
the incoming Chairman of the Board of Directors each year and
shall serve on the Chamber board as the Vice Chairman for
Governmental and Public Affairs. GAC membership is open to all
Chamber members in good standing. GAC meetings are open to all
members of the Chamber. All elected officials representing Long
Beach or their designees are ex officio, nonvoting members of
the GAC.
Beginning in September of each year, GAC shall develop a policy
platform consistent with GAC’s mission statement of local,
state, and federal legislative issues (Policy Platform) for the
following year. The Policy Platform shall be recommended to the
Board of Directors no later than its January meeting for
discussion and approval.
The Board of Directors shall be updated each month of any
legislative positions approved by GAC. The Board of Directors
shall have the authority to modify any position of GAC.
GAC shall have the authority on behalf of the Board of
Directors, to approve any legislative positions of “support,”
“oppose” or “no position” that align with the approved policy
platform consistent with GAC’s mission statement and subject to
board of director approval or modification, subject to Board of
Directors approval or modification.
GAC members will serve a one (1) year term beginning July 1 and
ending June 30, with no term limits, and shall be appointed by
the GAC Chair. The GAC Chair will receive nomination forms for
membership from May 1 to June 15 of each year. Appointment to
the GAC will be drawn from that applicant pool. Applicant
deadline will be at 5:00pm on June 15 of each year.
GAC meets every second Thursday of each month from 7:30-9:00
a.m., except during the months of August and December. If a GAC
member accumulates more than four (4) unexcused absences a year,
the member loses voting privileges. An unexcused absence will
be charged to members if notification to the GAC Chair or the
Vice President for Government Affairs is not made prior to the
start of the GAC meeting.
Next
GAC Meeting
Second Thursday of
each month
7:30am -
9:00am
World Trade
Center
Downtown
Long Beach
3rd Floor,
Conference
Room
GAC
Agendas
July 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February
2008
November
2007
September
2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
GAC
Committees
GAC
Executive
Committee
and Advocacy
Team
Blake
Christian,
Chairman of
the Board
Lori
Lofstrom,
Chairman-Elect
of the Board
Matt Kinley,
Esq.,
Immediate
Past
Chairman of
the Board
Joanne
Davis,
2008-2009
GAC Chair
Byron
Schweigert,
Former
Chairman of
the Board
Randy
Gordon, ACE,
IOM,
President
and CEO
Steve Ly,
Vice
President
for Public
Affairs
Employment
and Economic
Development
Audrianne
Adams-Lee,
Chair
Shelly Beard
Blake
Christian
John Crochet
Jim Lewis
Lori
Lofstrom
Mike Murray
Dave Neary
Aaron Rios
Rob Webb
Energy
and
Resources
Michele
Grubbs,
Chair
Charles Gale
John Howard
Larry Keller
Larry Rice
John
Romundstad
Chuck Pine
Constance
Turner
Cindy Wymore
Planning
and
Transportation
Andy Perez,
Chair
Nancy
Ahlswede
Becky Blair
LaDonna
DiCamillo
Matt Kinley
Helen Najar
Dave Neary
Nancy
Pfeffer
Dan
Rosenfield
Randy
Terrell
Ex-Officio
Members
Connie
Sziebl
Office of
Los Angeles
County
Supervisor
Don Knabe
Lezlie
Neusteter
City of Long
Beach
Steve J.
Peck
City of Long
Beach
Committee
10-Year Plan
to End
Homelessness
Corinne
Schneider
City of Long
Beach
Awards
About
LongBeachAdvocacy.biz
Web
Site Founded |
February 3, 2003
Web Site
Officially Launched | March 27, 2003
In 2003, the Long Beach Chamber launched the first local chamber
of commerce Web-based advocacy web site in the world:
www.LongBeachAdvocacy.biz.
LongBeachAdvocacy.biz is designed to interconnect all functions
of the Chamber’s award-winning government affairs program and
communicate directly with the regional, state, national and
global business community. In late 2003, the American Chamber of
Commerce Executives noted that the Long Beach Chamber’s advocacy
web site, “is considered a first in the chamber world. But it
certainly won't be the last. It’s by far the most effective
means…for communicating with legislative and regulatory bodies.”
The Western Association of Chamber Executives representing
chambers of commerce throughout the 14-western United States
awarded the advocacy Web site the prestigious “Best New Program
of 2004” award.
The goal of LongBeachAdvocacy.biz is simple. It coexists with
users committing the Chamber government affairs staff to be
responsive to feedback; It provides advertising opportunities
for Chamber members; It is content driven, updating on a daily
basis, and; it empowers the Chamber to find new ways to
effectively communicate the importance of involvement in public
policy development.
The Chamber is committed to representing the interests of
business with government. LongBeachAdvocacy.biz is a value-added
membership benefit allowing the Long Beach business community to
play an active and immediate role in issues impacting the
economic vitality of the region. In 2007, the Chamber will also
introduce new tools and services to offer users of the advocacy
web site.
LongBeachAdvocacy.biz Mission
Daily.
Interactive. Relevant. We
provide daily, interactive public policy tools relevant to
business for our membership and the Long Beach region.
Revolutionize.
Necessary. A Service Center.
We are revolutionizing business
grassroots advocacy by being the necessary business advocacy
service center for our membership and the Long Beach region.
Focus
This service enables our business
community to interact with the
Chamber's public policy work by
communicating to our local legislators
where we stand on important
business related issues.
Our Goals
1. Coexist
with users and be responsive to feedback.
2. Provide
advertising opportunities for Chamber members.
3. Content
driven, updating on a daily basis.
4. Find new
ways to effectively communicate The Chamber’s involvement in
public policy development including the status of our policy
priorities and promoting our advocacy events.
5. Build a
network of advocacy websites that share our mission and vision.
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 2008
- 2009 Government
Affairs
Council
(GAC)
JOANNE DAVIS
2008-2009 GAC CHAIR
The Davis Group
AUDRIANNE ADAMS LEE
HR NETwork, Inc.
NANCY AHLSWEDE
Apartment Association of California Southern Cities
SHELLY BEARD
McDermott and Bull
BECKY BLAIR
Blair Commercial of Long Beach
BLAKE CHRISTIAN
Chairman of the Board
Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt
JOHN CROCHET
Investor
CHARLES GALE
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
LADONNA DICAMILLO
BNSF Railway
MICHELE GRUBBS
Pacific Merchant Shipping Association
JOHN HOWARD
Chick-Fil-A
LARRY KELLER
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
MATT KINLEY
Immediate-Past Chairman of the Board
Tredway, Lumsdaine & Doyle, LLP
JAMES LEWIS
Long Beach Rescue Mission
LORI LOFSTROM
Chair-Elect of the Board
Holmes & Lofstrom, LLP
MIKE MURRAY
Former Chair of the Board
Verizon
HELEN NAJAR
Realtor
DAVE NEARY
PAC Chairman
Former Chairman of the Board
WestLand Construction
ANDY PEREZ
Union Pacific
NANCY PFEFFER
Network Public Affairs, LLC
CHUCK PINE
CA Pine Insurance Services
LARRY RICE
Seaside Printing Co., Inc
JOHN ROMUNDSTAD
Attorney at Law
DAN ROSENFELD
Long Beach Transit
CONSTANCE TURNER
Southern California Edison
RANDY TERRELL
Svorinich and Associates
ROBERT WEBB
Laserfiche
AARON RIOS
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
CINDY WYMORE
British Petroleum |
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