Dr. Ben Churchill Superintendent Carlsbad Unified School District It started with an idea. Mighty Masks: clever, eco-friendly masks that kids would love to wear, and a companion storybook. But how do you take a winning concept to a marketable product–from designing, fashioning, and artwork to financing, manufacturing, and marketing?Carlsbad High School CTE (Career Technical Education)…
Dr. Patricia L. Prado-OlmosVice Preident of Community EngagementCalifornia State University San MarcosEvery year, Cal State San Marcos’ College of Business Administration executes a highly successful program for its students called Business Professional Development.Taught by Executives in Residence (a group of experienced business professionals), BPD aims to identify students’ professional strengths, clarify their career goals, build…
Bryan Snyder Cultural Arts Commissioner City of Carlsbad Carlsbad has always been a destination for beach-goers, pleasant-weather seekers and anyone looking to explore a vibrant assortment of restaurants and boutiques. But over the recent years, the ever-growing collection of murals has helped paint the Carlsbad Village as a hotbed for creativity, community and a blossoming…
Kathleen McNary Director of Corporate & Member Relations Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce The Carlsbad Chamber has been working for over two years on updating the website. We now have a brand new, valuable, viable and high search engine ranking job posting site. Perfect timing! For those who need to post jobs, visit https://carlsbad.mcjobboard.net/jobs and click…
The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce consistently tracks legislation that may impact the business community. In addition, thanks to the California Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber is able to easily follow the voting record of its elected officials. This summary shows how Senator Patricia Bates and Assemblymember Tasha Boerner-Horvath voted for the second year of the…
Christine Davis Executive Director Carlsbad Village Association When the first three-week stay at home order was issued back in mid-March 2020, the Carlsbad Village Association (CVA) did not think for a minute that it would have an impact on its 5th annual Spring Shop Hop five weeks later. Little did we know that the health…
Gene Ma, MD, FACEP Chief Medical Officer/Emergency Physician Tri-City Medical Center “My dad had a stroke and he can’t speak but there’s nothing more that can be done.”These were the helpless words of a friend who called to share with me that his dad had lost valuable time wandering around his wholesale membership warehouse store…
Matt Sanford Economic Development Manager City of Carlsbad No doubt, 2020 has been a doozy of a year. The pandemic has upended lives in ways we never imagined. And for many Carlsbad business owners, it’s been a disaster they couldn’t have mitigated.If there’s ever been a time to support small businesses in Carlsbad, it’s now.That’s…
Catherine Magaña Chairman of the Board Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce I’m Catherine Magaña and am excited and privileged to be your Chairwoman of the Board for this year. I have been an active Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce member since 2012. I serve as a founding member, Managing Partner and Certified Financial Planner ™ at WWM…
The beginning of a new year is always marked by new legislation, and with the global pandemic there are a significant number of new laws that will impact California businesses. We reached out to labor and employment Attorney, Patrice Nagle, of Fisher Phillips LLP to highlight the most important laws that every employer should know.As…
