Alameda's Economic Forecast

Date and Time

Friday Oct 1, 2021
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM PDT

Friday, October 1st
11:30 am to 1:30 pm

Location

Live Stream

Fees/Admission

$75.00 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 sponsorship opportunities left for the Economic Forecast event.

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

Lunch Package, Investment of $1,500:

Enjoy lunch and wine delivery for eight (within Alameda) to view the Economic Forecast in style.

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:

event transcript
podium branding
to-go bags with sponsor logos and swag

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

A portion of the proceeds will go to

Website

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

Description

Alameda's Economic Forecast

2021 has been a year of transition and repair. We're coming back and we have some critical issues to address in the community.

At the Alameda Economic Forecast, we'll go over the issues that mean the most to your and your business including the affordable housing crisis.

Last year's online event garnered a lot of attention and was very well attended. This year will be online as well and we hope you will join us for the information you need to know.

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:

Hon. Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mayor of City of Alameda
Hon. Nancy Skinner, California State Senator
Dr. Jon Haveman, National Economic Education Delegation (NEED)
Lois Butler, City of Alameda
Andrew Thomas, City of Alameda
Adam Elsesser, Penumbra, Inc.
Xiomara Cisneros, Alameda Planning Board
Josh Roden, Brookfield Properties
Abby Goldware Potluri, MidPen Housing
Laura Thomas, Renewed Hope Housing Advocates
Matt Regan, Bay Area Council
Joann Guitarte, Donut Petit
Dan Poritzky, The Research Park at Marina Village

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

Register to purchase your ticket and reserve your space.

Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft was elected Mayor in 2018 after serving on the Alameda City Council since 2012, and served as Vice Mayor from 2012 to 2014.

Before being elected to the City Council, Marilyn 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. Marilyn has also volunteered in our schools and for Meals on Wheels.

Marilyn represents Alameda at the League of California Cities, is Chair of the League's statewide policy committee on Housing, Community and Economic Development, and is Second Vice President 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 also a member of the Alameda County Transportation Commission and President of the Alameda County Mayors' Conference.

Marilyn grew up in Alameda, attended Edison Elementary and Lincoln Middle School and is a proud graduate of Alameda High. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from UC Davis and worked as a Probation Officer in Plumas County before earning a Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University School of Law and practicing employment law and civil litigation.

Marilyn and her husband raised their, now adult, twins in Alameda and fondly recall the days of soccer games, Girl Scout and Boy Scout activities, and ARPD summer camps. 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 California 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.

Dr. Jon Haveman is the Executive Director of the National Economic Education Delegation (NEED). He is a noted California economist, where he has been practicing since 2001. He has a reputation for providing audiences with edible economic information that is readily useful in their work and private lives.

Prior to starting NEED, Jon was a principal at Marin Economic Consulting, a founding principal at Beacon Economics and the Director of the Economy Program at the Public Policy Institute of California. He has been a Senior Economist with the President's Council of Economic Advisers, an Economist with the Federal Trade Commission, and held a faculty position in the Business School at Purdue University.

Dr. Haveman an expert on economic policy issues and speaks regularly at events across California. His more than 400 talks have covered a wide range of policy topics as well as addressing the state of the U.S., California, and Bay Area economies.

Dr. Haveman holds a Ph.D and Master of Science in Economics from The University of
Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Wisconsin.

Lois Butler manages the City of Alameda?s Economic Development and Community Services Division. She is responsible for growing Alameda?s tax and employment bases through the diligent pursuit of business retention, expansion, and attraction efforts, related real property development, tourism support, façade and art grants administration, and workforce development. She also oversees social services and homeless programs. Combined, she has nearly four decades of experience in corporate retail and economic development. Ms. Butler has a unique understanding of both business and community needs.

Prior to joining the City of Alameda in 2016, Ms. Butler was the Director of Architecture and
Construction at Men?s Wearhouse, where she oversaw the development of more than 1,000 store projects across North America.

She has held government positions with the cities of Oakland, Reno, and Hayward, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Matt Regan is Senior Vice President of Public Policy whose responsibilities include promoting the Bay Area Council?s legislative and political agendas at the local, state and federal levels. Matt has lead responsibility for the Council?s federal, state and local government relations work and oversees a four-person team focused on 21st century energy and communications infrastructure and water policy. Matt has over 15 years experience working in the political arena and prior to joining the Bay Area Council, Matt worked as a contract lobbyist, an in house Government Affairs specialist for a large bank, a State Assembly legislative aide and a field organizer for several high profile elections across the Bay Area.

Matt is a native of Ireland. He attended the Middlesex University School of Law in London where he earned his LLB and the University of Ulster School of Business where he graduated with a Post Graduate Degree in Marketing.

Dan Poritzky is currently a managing partner at Blue Rise Ventures. He holds a BS in Accounting from Lehigh University.

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.

Andrew Thomas has worked in Alameda on a variety of development, planning and transportation initiatives since 2002, including plans for Alameda Point, Alameda Landing, and the Northern Waterfront; and expansion of public transportation services funded by new development.

Andrew has a master?s in City Planning from UC Berkeley and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Laura Thomas is a fourth-generation Californian and that's why housing and the loss of community stability has inspired her to become active with Renewed Hope starting in 1999.

She grew up in Oakland and graduated from UC Berkeley in journalism. She spent 30 years working as a reporter on several Northern California newspapers and for U.S. News and World Report, finishing at the San Francisco Chronicle.

Laura has lived in Alameda for 37 years and raised her two daughters here. Her daughters wish they could afford a home to live in and raise families somewhere in the East Bay. "Such is the tragedy of our time."

Adam Elsesser co-founded Penumbra in Alameda in 2004, where he serves as President, Chairman, and CEO. Mr. Elsesser received his B.A. from Stanford University and earned his law degree from Hastings College of the Law.

He became a partner at a law firm before deciding to put his talents to work in the medical device industry. Mr. Elsesser served as President and CEO of Smart Therapeutics ? a company that developed the first intra-cerebral stent.

At Penumbra, Adam oversees a team of 4000 employees who design, develop, and manufacture medical devices that help patients suffering from stroke and other neurovascular diseases.

A fun fact about Adam is.....he enjoys cooking.

Joann Guitarte Joann Guitarte is a small/mid business owner who has over 20 years of entrepreneurship experience in retail, event promotions, and restaurant. She has opened and owned businesses in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Alameda. Alameda is home to her most famous business, Café Jolie, which has been an Alameda favorite since 2012.

Her passion for food, fashion, art, and lifestyle has pushed her to create various businesses targeted toward inspiring the community and economic equity. Joann?s philosophy is, ?Remember nothing is impossible, dream the impossible, be the impossible because anything is possible.?

Abby Goldware Potluri is the Director of Housing Development at MidPen Housing based in San Mateo, California. Abby provides strategic guidance and supervision for a team of project managers and associate project managers managing affordable housing developments throughout the East Bay.

Since joining MidPen in 2008, she has contributed to the development of over 1,000 affordable homes, including 160 units at Half Moon Village in Half Moon Bay and 185 units at Kottinger Gardens in Pleasanton. Through her work on these two projects in particular, Abby has developed an expertise in multi-phased redevelopment projects and understands how to approach resident relocation, plan for phasing, and complete complex transactions with HUD and other public entities. Abby is well-versed in affordable housing finance, entitlements and planning, and design and construction. She brings experience working collaboratively with public partners to create and implement new programs that will benefit the property and its residents.

Abby holds a B.A. from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. She also attended the
London School of Economics and Political Science.

Xiomara Cisneros is the housing manager of housing affordability for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). As part of CZI?s commitment to ensuring access to safe, stable and affordable housing, the team works with community leaders, advocates, researchers, policy makers, and investors to help more people find housing that meets their needs.

Her experience includes various roles in community outreach and project management in the land use and commercial real estate industry, both in the nonprofit and private sector. Prior to joining the CZI, she was director of Bay Area Council?s housing policy initiative. Her experience also includes overseeing the public affairs program for Universal Paragon, managing the community engagement and entitlement strategy for some of the largest mixed-use developments in the San Francisco Bay Area.

She is a graduate of the Lorry I. Lokey School of Business at Mills College and of UCLA. She sits on several board and committees, including: the Housing Advocacy Coalition; San Mateo County?s Housing Leadership Council; ULI?s Housing the Bay Steering Committee; San Francisco?s Community Investment Fund Advisory Board; and City of Alameda?s Planning Board.