Alameda's Economic Forecast

Date and Time

Friday Sep 25, 2020
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PDT

Friday, September 25th
11:30 am to 1:00 pm

Location

Live Stream

Fees/Admission

$55.00 per ticket

Sponsorship Opportunities:
If your target market is people who care about the economic future of Alameda and business in the area, you need to be involved in this event. It is already attracting top community leaders and influencers and provides an excellent opportunity to reach high-level decision-makers.

Want to ensure your business is seen by this pro-business audience? We still have a few sponsorship opportunities left for the Economic Forecast event.

Business sponsors help the Chamber bring this important programming to the community. Packages include:

Gold Visibility Package, Investment of $3,000:

Business logo with hyperlink on video, background, frame, etc.
Business logo on online ticket purchasing page, event reminder emails, post-event thank you emails.
Ability to give special offers to attendees.

Platinum Marketing Partner, Investment of $5,000 (Gold Visibility Package plus the following):

Logo on background behind presenters.
Newsletter mention and spotlight.
Prominent display of logo on video, livestream, online ticket purchasing page, event reminder emails, post-event thank you emails (Platinum Package Investors will be featured ahead of Gold Visibility Package Investors).

Diamond Growth Partner, Investment of $7,500 (Gold and Platinum plus the following):

Premier Listing and special thanks mentioned at event.
Ability to introduce economic developers or lead Q&A session with introduction.

Ask about our additional tailored sponsorship investments including:

food and beverage
event transcript
podium branding
to-go bags with sponsor logos and swag
ability to host zoom after luncheon bonus program

There are a limited number of sponsorships for this virtual event. Contact us now at (510) 522-0414 to ensure your favorite is still available.

Website

https://business.alamedachamber.com/events/details/economic-forecast-of-alameda-1074

Description

Alameda's Economic Forecast

2020 has been an unprecedented year. Have you switched the way you do business to accommodate the changing needs of your customers?

We have too and it’s meant a lot of new opportunities for businesses like yours.

Our signature events have moved online but they are still attracting the same attention and offer even greater advertising value.
We have restructured our fall event to be of more value and interest to business leaders in the community. We’re bringing together the information every business person wants (and needs) in one of the area’s preeminent events, Alameda’s Economic Forecast to be held on September 25, 2020.

We have some of the brightest minds in leadership discussing the current and future economic outlook for the area. This year, more than ever, understanding what?s on the horizon for Alameda as we move beyond the virus and work on ensuring diverse voices are heard and appreciated is incredibly important to anyone doing business or living in this great city.

Presenters:

Join us as we learn from some of the brightest leaders in our area including:

Stephen Baiter, Executive Director of the East Bay Economic Development Alliance
Eric Levitt, Alameda City Manager
Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mayor of City of Alameda
Nancy Skinner, State Senator
Joe Ernst, SRM ERNST Development Partners
Sean Whiskeman, Catellus
Josh Roden, Brookfield Properties
Linda Mandolini, Eden Housing

If you want to ensure you are among the first to hear this critical information, buy your ticket today. This virtual event will be recorded but the recording will only be available to ticket purchasers.

Register to purchase your ticket and reserve your space.

Stephen Baiter, Executive Director of the East Bay Economic Development Alliance, leads a unique cross-sector economic development organization that positions the East Bay as one of the most diverse, globally competitive and innovative business environments in the world. Mr. Baiter has served on the board of directors of multiple organizations focused on economic development, education, and workforce development and previously served as the Chair of the California Workforce Association.

Eric Levitt, Alameda City Manager, Mr. Levitt has over 25 years of experience working in local government and over 18 years of experience as a City Manager. Mr. Levitt relocated to Alameda from Simi Valley, California, where he served as City Manager since 2013. Mr. Levitt was also City Manager for Janesville, Wisconsin from 2008-2013 and Sedona, Arizona from 2001 to 2008.

Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft was elected Mayor in 2018 after serving on the Alameda City Council. She was Vice Mayor from 2012 to 2014. Before being elected to the City Council, Mayor Ashcraft served on the Planning Board, Economic Development Commission, and Alameda Hospital Board of Directors. In 2000, she co-chaired the successful campaign to build Alameda's Main Library and renovate our two branch libraries. In 2002, she chaired the successful campaign to keep Alameda Hospital open. She represents Alameda at the League of California Cities, is Vice Chair of the League's statewide policy committee on Housing, Community and Economic Development, and serves on the Executive Committee of the League's East Bay Division. She represents Alameda at the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and is a member of ABAG's Regional Planning Committee. Marilyn is the Vice President of the Alameda County Mayors' Conference and a member of the Alameda County Transportation Commission.
As the granddaughter of Syrian and Lebanese immigrants, Marilyn is the first Arab-American member of the Alameda City Council.

Senator Nancy Skinner, Elected in November 2016, state Sen. Nancy Skinner represents California's 9th Senate District, which includes the cities of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, El Sobrante, Hercules, Kensington, Oakland, Piedmont, Pinole, Richmond, Rodeo, San Leandro, and San Pablo.
In the state Senate, Skinner serves on eight committees and is chair of the Public Safety Committee and the Public Safety Budget Committee. She has authored two landmark criminal justice reform laws, opening up police misconduct records for the first time in 40 years and overhauling California's felony murder rule. She also has authored laws to address California's housing crisis and protect the environment and cut greenhouse gas emissions. And in 2019, she authored the Fair Pay to Play Act, SB 206, which made California the first in the nation to allow college athletes to earn money from their name, image, and likeness.
Senator Skinner is a past member of the East Bay Regional Park District board, a former small business owner, and an advocate to increase the number of women in elected office. She served on the Board of the East Bay Women's Political Caucus and launched the statewide Women in Power Pac to support Democratic women.

Joe Ernst, founder of srmErnst, Mr. Ernst has over 20-years of real estate experience in development, investment, asset management and finance. Joe joined SRM Associates in 1999 and became the principal in charge of all new development in 2005. He is also a Portfolio Advisor with Inner City Advisors, an Oakland based non-profit small business and jobs advocacy group. Prior to SRM, Joe was a Vice President in Structured Finance with Norwest Bank Minneapolis structuring private mortgage and asset-backed securities transactions.

Sean Whiskeman, Senior Vice President , Development of Catellus Development Corporation, is responsible for leasing, marketing and development activities for Catellus, retail portfolio of shopping centers and development projects throughout the Pacific Region. Mr. Whiskeman is an active member of International Council of Shopping Centers and the Urban Land Institute.

Josh Roden, President Brookfield Residential, has over 20 years of success spanning mixed-use, commercial, residential and institutional real estate development and construction. His areas of expertise include positive and purpose-driven leadership, development and construction, property acquisition, dispositions, financial analysis, project and design management, entitlements, due diligence, community and employee engagement, and joint venture partnerships.

Linda Mandolini, CEO Eden Housing, Linda is a nationally recognized leader in affordable housing development and housing policy. For the past 19 years, she has served as CEO of Eden Housing, one of California's oldest and most successful non-profit housing development organizations. She currently chairs the National Housing Conference, the policy committee for the California Housing Consortium, and the steering committee for the International Housing Partnership Exchange.