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Revitalizing Prosperity in the East Bay

October 13, 2011 7:30 - 10:30 AM

Oakland Marriott City Center
1001 Broadway
Oakland, CA

Signature Sponsor:
Kaiser Permanente

Media Sponsor:
San Francisco Business Times

Building on Our Assets Report 2011

Economic Development and Job Creation in the East Bay

Report Partners:
Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County
Alameda County Workforce Investment Board
Oakland Workforce Investment Board

Report Sponsors:
Bank of America
Kaiser Permanente
Y&H Soda Foundation

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Over 300 attended this collaborative effort to revitalize prosperity in the East Bay!

Welcome

Keith Carson Alameda County Supervisor, District 5 and Chair, East Bay EDA

Introduction

Edward Achtner, Northern California Regional Sales Executive for Bank of America Home Loans

Presentation

Karen Engel, Executive Director, East Bay EDA

Powerpoint Presentation PDF of the Report by Karen Engel, Executive Director, East Bay EDA

Keynote Response

Ellen Corbett, California State Senator, District 10 California Senate Majority Leader

Stakeholder Discussion Panel

Panel Moderator: Josie Camacho, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Alameda Labor Council (Podium, center)

Stephen Baiter, Executive Director, Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County

Ed Del Beccaro, Managing Director, Grubb & Ellis Company

Art Dao, Executive Director, Alameda County Transportation Commission

Clint Severson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abaxis, Inc.

Brett Knight, Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, Kaiser Permanente

Elnora Webb, President, Laney College

Closing Remarks

Mary Nejedly Piepho, Contra Costa County Supervisor, District 3 and Vice Chair, East Bay EDA

(Left to right) Susan Muranishi, Alameda County Administrator; Keith Carson, Alameda County Supervisor, District 5; Edward Achtner Northern California Regional Sales Executive, Bank of America Home Loans; Milton Speid, Market Specialist, San Francisco and East Bay, Bank of America; Darien Louie, Director, Public & Private Partnerships, East Bay Community Foundation