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May 11, 2009
Long Beach Chamber California Visionaries Luncheon Series To
Host Candidate for Governor Meg Whitman Tomorrow
The
Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce will host 2010 Candidate for
Governor and former CEO of eBay Meg Whitman for a luncheon on
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at the Hyatt in Downtown Long Beach at
11:30am. The luncheon keynote sponsor is Ryan Choura of Choura
Venue Services.
The luncheon registration begins at 11:00am and the luncheon
begins promptly at 11:30am. For ticket information please call
Sarah Nguyen at (562) 432-7830 or via email her at snguyen@lbchamber.com
Whitman, 52, is one of the world’s most respected business
leaders. She led eBay from 1998 to 2008 helping the company grow
from 30 employees and a little over $4 million in revenue to
more than 15,000 employees, nearly $8 billion in revenue, and a
network of 12 million users in California alone. Under Meg’s
leadership, eBay expanded globally and developed a culture and
infrastructure that turned eBay into an unparalleled business
success story.
“Our award-winning California Visionaries Luncheon Series
attracts some of the top leaders to Long Beach each year to
speak with our business community on important issues impacting
our local economy,” stated Randy Gordon, President and CEO of
the Chamber. “We are excited to host Meg Whitman because of her
extensive experience as an entrepreneur and her commitment to
public service,” Gordon continued.
Prior to her tenure at eBay, Whitman distinguished herself in
various leadership positions with Procter & Gamble, Bain &
Company, Disney, Stride Rite Corporation, FTD, and Hasbro. Meg
is only one of seven women to be consistently ranked among the
world’s most influential people by Time magazine.
 March
19, 2007
Visionary
Founder of Lifesaving GPS Technology to Meet with Southern
California Business Leaders
 California Insurance
Commissioner Steve Poizner is to be Honored for Entrepreneurial
Spirit at the Long Beach Hyatt on April 5, 2007 at 11:30am
In one of his first major addresses since being sworn in as
California Insurance Commissioner, the Honorable Steve Poizner
is to be honored by the Long Beach Chamber
at the Long Beach
Hyatt on April 5, 2007 at 11:30am
for his contributions to the entrepreneurial spirit of
California.
About California
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner
A highly-successful businessman and
entrepreneur, Mr. Poizner took the oath of office stressing his
commitment to bipartisanship and innovation. “Consumer
protection is not a Republican or a Democratic affair,” said the
Commissioner.
Prior to assuming elective office,
Mr. Poizner founded several companies. The most recent of which,
“SnapTrack,” pioneered life-saving technology that put GPS
receivers into cell phones. As a result, 9-1-1 emergency
responders are able to locate with pinpoint accuracy those
making emergency calls from cell phones. This technology is now
the industry standard and can be found in more than 200 million
cell phones around the world.
September 25, 2006
Author of Landmark
California Workers' Compensation Reform to Meet with Long Beach
Business Community
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State Senator
Chuck Poochigian
Candidate for State
Attorney General |
On Monday, September 25, 2006,
Senator Chuck Poochigian (R-Fresno) met with the Long Beach business
community as the Chamber’s featured visionary in the Chamber’s acclaimed
“Visionary Luncheon Series.”
Senator Poochigian, who is
running for California Attorney General against former Governor Jerry Brown,
will address a wide-range of issues, including the business climate as well
as his vision for the State judiciary.
Poochigian was first elected to
the Legislature to represent the 29th Assembly District in 1994. In 1998, he
was elected to represent California's 14th Senate District which included
portions of Fresno, Tulare and Kern Counties. In November 2002, he was
re-elected to the reapportioned 14th Senate District which now includes all
or portions of Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and
Tuolumne Counties.
Senator Poochigian's legislative
accomplishments include authoring landmark legislation in 2004 to reform
California's broken workers' compensation system, which has been widely
considered one of the principal problems facing California employers.
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 California Visionaries
Luncheon
Series
Founded in 1998, the Long Beach
Chamber's award-winning California Visionaries Luncheon Series
introduces prominent and
dedicated statewide recognized public service
individuals to the Long Beach business community.
The purpose of the Luncheon Series' is to enable our members to interact with political
decision makers. The Long Beach Chamber's City and State
Political Action Committee's (PAC) do not use Chamber membership
funds to support or oppose political candidates.
2005
Steve Westly
Controller
State of California
2004
Bill Jones
2004
Republican Candidate
United States Senate
2003
Jim Brulte
Minority Leader
California State
Senate
2002
Bill Simon
2004
Republican Candidate
Governor of
California
Don Knabe
Supervisor
Los Angeles County
Cruz Bustamonte
Lieutenant Governor, State of California
1999
Delaine Easton
California Superintendent for Public Instruction
Bill Jones
California Secretary of State
1998
Matt Fong
1998
Republican Candidate
United States Senate
Dan Lungren
1998
Republican Candidate
Governor of
California
Gray Davis
1998
Democrat Candidate
Governor of
California
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