Executive Spotlight
Executive Spotlight September 6, 2011 Jennifer Adams-Brooks has been named chair of The San Diego Foundation’s board of governors. She is president of Clark Consultants, a firm that specializes in human resource counsulting and executive coaching. Former posts include chief of staff for members of the state Assembly and San Diego City Council, and interim [...]
Family-Owned Business: Backbone of the Economy
The family business is the world’s dominant form of business organization, no country more so than the United States. According to figures compiled by the Family Firm Institute, family firms comprise 80 percent to 90 percent of all businesses in North America. These companies account for 60 percent of total U.S. employment, 78 percent of [...]
Executive Spotlight
CDC Small Business Finance in San Diego has named Ken Rosenthal to the new position of senior adviser –lending, education and training. Rosenthal, a 20-year veteran of small business financing, will focus on educating commercial bankers in California, Arizona and Nevada about the SBA’s new secondary market program, designed to help jump-start the stalled secondary [...]
40 Under 40 Awards — The Class of 2010
Recognizing high achievement in business and civic affairs Congratulations to the outstanding honorees who comprise the Class of 2010 – the 11th annual selection of San Diego’s finest young people. Recognizing the achievements of these young business and civic leaders in whose hands lie our region’s future is a task we do not take lightly [...]
Executive Spotlight
Scot Sandstrom honored Scot Sandstrom, president and CEO of New Pointe Communities Inc., has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by the San Diego North Chamber of Commerce (SDNCC) for his achievements as a business leader in the community. Sandstrom founded New Pointe Communities in 2007. His original plan was to focus on land development [...]
Downtown’s Big Booster
As president of the Downtown San Diego Partnership, Shirley Horton juggles a full agenda of civic and political issues By Manny Cruz Shirley Horton has been a businesswoman, a city planning commissioner, a mayor and a member of the California Assembly — background credentials that attracted the attention of the Downtown San Diego Partnership in [...]
Branding By Design
Scott Mires (and partner John Ball) find success by immersing themselves in a company’s culture By Manny Cruz Branding: The promotion of a particular product or company by means of advertising and distinctive design. (New Oxford American Dictionary.) When Taylor Guitars was about to launch its Thinline Five-Way (T5) electric guitar, its longtime brand design [...]
Business Profile: The Studebaker that drives North Park Main Street
By Manny Cruz When Elizabeth “Liz” Studebaker was offered the job of executive director of North Park Main Street in 2007, the executive committee that selected her out of a handful of candidates couldn’t have been more pessimistic about the challenges she faced if she took the job. Patrick Edwards, the board president at the [...]
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