North Bay Leadership Council
NBLC Good Government Breakfast with Congressman Mike Thompson
Father Greg Boyle memorizing audience with stories of hope!
2011 Honorees of the Leaders of the North Bay
Rob Eyler, Jason Wolenik, Cynthia Murray and Joe Nation
2012 Good Government Get-Together
2011 NBLC Algebra Academy Graduates - August 19, 2011
Building a Productive Workforce and Strong Economy from Birth
Mar 08, 2012, 11:30 a.m. Lunch / Noon - 1:30 p.m. Program,
Infineon Raceway, Panasonic Technology Center, 29335 Arnold Drive, Sonoma
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2012 Economic Insight Conference
May 31, 2012, 7:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m. Registration / 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Program,
Sheraton Marina Hotel, Petaluma
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2012 Leaders of the North Bay
Nov 02, 2012, 11:30a.m. - 1:30 p.m.,
Embassy Suites, San Rafael
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SMART Train Not Derailed
The petition drive to repeal SMART's funding has officially failed. The efforts of the anti-SMART folks came up short when after many months of signature collecting they could not reach the needed amount of signatures. The wisdom of the voters in approving the SMART ballot measure in 2008, and not repealing it now, is a testament to the voters' commitment to new jobs being created and green transportation alternatives being provided, especially when the freeway will never be widened beyond current plans.
SMART's new leadership has turned the project in the right direction, providing clear updates to the voters, putting SMART's house in order and taking advantage of the...
George Lucas — Hollywood Wouldn't Back My Film About Tuskegee Airmen Film Due to All Black Cast, LucasFilm
Star Wars creator George Lucas said Monday that Hollywood studios refused to back his new film Red Tails - about World War II's Tuskegee Airmen - because the cast was all black. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of black pilots that fought in WWII segregated from white forces. “It was designed to be during the war," Lucas said. "It’s very patriotic, very jingoistic, very old-fashioned, corny, just exactly like Flying Leathernecks only this one was held up for release from 1942 when it was shot, and I’ve been trying to get it released ever since.” “I wanted to make it inspirational for teenaged boys. I wanted to show that they have heroes, they’re real American heroes, they’re patriots that helped to make the country what it is today.
Comcast releases Internet Essentials Progress Report
During the fall of 2011, Comcast launched Internet Essentials – the Nation’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program, with a focus on closing the digital divide and getting more low-income Americans connected to the Internet. Today, Comcast released the Internet Essentials Launch Report.
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St. Vincent de Paul of Marin County Joins North Bay Leadership Council
St. Vincent de Paul of Marin County has joined North Bay Leadership Council as a member. St. Vincent, a nonprofit, has a long and remarkable history of helping provide services to those in Marin County who are struggling to make ends meet and might not otherwise receive help.
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Solarcraft completes design and installation at Medtronic Campus
Novato and Sonoma-based SolarCraft recently completed the design and installation of a 321 kW solar electric installation at the main Santa Rosa campus of Medtronic, a global leader in medical technology.
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Midstate Construction Corporation completes renovation of the San Francisco Toyota Showroom
Midstate Construction Corporation completes renovation of the San Francisco Toyota Showroom in San Francisco.
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Autodesk No. 52 on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For List
Autodesk's pay and workplace culture earned it a spot on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work for.
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Fireman's Fund Makes 2 Key Hires in Entertainment Division
Novato company is already seen as the leader in entertainment industry insurance. With an eye on boosting its stature in the entertainment business, Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.of Novato has hired two people vast experience with insuring film, TV and live music.
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Redwood Credit Union CEO Brett Martinez Named Chairman of the Board for Local Chamber
Brett Martinez, President & CEO of Redwood Credit Union (RCU), has been named Chairman of the Board of the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce, where he will work with the Chamber Board and CEO to help support and guide in their mission promote and advocate for local businesses and create a vibrant, sustainable economy for the region.
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Craig Nelson named CEO of Nelson Family of Companies
Craig Nelson will become chief executive officer of Sonoma-based The Nelson Family of Companies as a result of its recent sale of the WorkforceLogic division to Orlando-based ZeroChaos.
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Chong takes over at SRJC
Frank Chong started work Wednesday at Santa Rosa Junior College, succeeding Robert Agrella to become the fifth president in the college’s 94-year history.
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SRJC honors Agrella as President Emeritus
Robert Agrella, the fourth president in the history of Santa Rosa Junior College, is now its first president emeritus. The honorary title - a vaunted suffix for retired academics - was bestowed Tuesday, the final day of Agrella's nearly 22-year tenure
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WorkforceLogic Sells Controlling Interest to ZeroChaos
The Nelson Family of Companies today announced the sale, effective January 1, 2012, of a majority and controlling interest in its WorkforceLogic division to ZeroChaos, a global workforce solutions company based in Orlando, Florida, along with its financial partner Snow Phipps.
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American AgCredit grows to sixth in nation after merger
American AgCredit, the farm lending giant headquartered in Santa Rosa, announced today that it has merged with Colorado-based Farm Credit Services of the Mountain Plains.
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Comcast was thanked by United Way of the Redwood Empire
Comcast was thanked by United Way of the Redwood Empire for their continued support through their LIVE UNITED - Give United 2011 Campaign
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BioMarin to move ‘several hundred’ to San Rafael
BioMarin plans to occupy all of this 83,000-square-foot San Rafael Corporate Center building and part of another.
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NYT agreement to sell Journal, PD, Argus-Courier announced
The New York Times Company today announced an agreement to sell the North Bay Business Journal, Press Democrat and 14 other newspapers in its Regional Media Group to Florida-based Halifax Media Holdings LLC for $143 million in cash.
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Infineon Raceway Recycles More Than 58 Tons of Materials in 2011
Infineon Raceway has reaffirmed its position as an industry leader in recycling, collecting more than 58 tons of materials during the 2011 Big O Tires Racing Season.
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Newcomers & long-time Sonoma County physicians join Annadel Medical Group; practice grows by seven in Santa Rosa & Petaluma, expanding access to primary & specialty care
George Lucas' grand plan for Grady Ranch
It will be a spectacle fit for the movies, but few in Lucas Valley will see it. The latest outpost in filmmaker George Lucas' entertainment frontier will transform the old Grady Ranch into a three-story digital technology fortress flanked by two towers rising amid 187 acres of open space.
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SSU President Honored With Spirit of Sonoma Award
SSU President Ruben Arminana was honored with a Spirit of Sonoma award at the 11th annual luncheon last week sponsored by the Sonoma County Economic Development Board.
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Backtracking: SMART
Backtracking: Repeal effort barrels ahead—but what are the consequences of cutting off funding for the SMART train?
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Redwood Credit Union Joins List of Heart of Marin Award Sponsors
Tickets Now on Sale for January 5, 2012 Community Recognition Event
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Midstate Construction completes Petaluma Health Center Renovation
Owner Petaluma Health Center, Inc.and general contractor Midstate Construction Corporation recently completed the Petaluma Health Center Tenant Improvement Project. This project is being awarded the 2011 Best Medical Project by the North Bay Business Journal on December 14th at Sheraton Sonoma County.
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SSU Hit by $2.3 Million Loss in Another Budget Cut
Sonoma State University will be hit by an additional $2.3 million cut in its 2011-12 budget as a result of the triggers in the Caifornia state budget announced today by Governor Jerry Brown.
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Wells Fargo donates $975,000 to Habitat for Humanity in Bay Area
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco and Habitat for Humanity East Bay said Tuesday that they received a $975,000 grant from Wells Fargo, the single largest corporate gift in the two nonprofits’ history.
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Buck Institute Adds Two New Faculty
Deepak Lamba, PhD and Arvind Ramanathan, PhD have joined the Buck Institute as assistant professors. Both new faculty members will be utilizing various stem cell technologies to pursue their research goals. Lamba will be identifying new methods to treat degenerative vision disorders. Ramanathan will be studying the physiology of skeletal muscle to understand how it regenerates and responds to aging.
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FDA approves expansion of BioMarin plant in Novato
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration has given it the green light to begin manufacturing in an expanded facility in Novato.
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Poll Shows Little Voter Appeal to Repeal SMART
Three years after their original vote on Measure Q, the sales tax ballot measure passed in 2008, an overwhelming majority of voters want the SMART project to continue to move forward. Voters show little desire to stop the SMART train project according to a poll commissioned by North Bay Leadership Council (NBLC).
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Hanson Bridgett helps a non-profit take flight
Hanson Bridgett helps a non-profit take flight. What started out as a legal battle over trademark rights has turned into the beginning of a dream come true, thanks in large part to Hanson Bridgett’s pro bono work.
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Fireman's Fund wins "Great Race for Clean Air"
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.was among seven winners of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's "Great Race for Clean Air" ...
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Autodesk shifts its budget Focus
Autodesk Inc., the biggest spender on research and development among companies of a similar size, plans to shift more of its budget toward technology that helps distribute its design software via the Internet.
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Infineon Raceway distributed nearly 10,000 pounds of non-perishable food items
Infineon Raceway distributed nearly 10,000 pounds of non-perishable food items to Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH), St. Vincent de Paul Sonoma and the Redwood Empire Food Bank in Santa Rosa ...
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Santa Rosa Junior College has named a new President, Dr. Frank Chong
Santa Rosa Junior College has named a new President, Dr. Frank Chong. Dr. Chong will succeed long term president, Dr. Robert Agrella.
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Novato's Fireman's Fund winner in clean air contest
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. of Novato was among seven winners of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's "Great Race for Clean Air," a two-month contest among Bay Area employers to see who could reduce the most carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
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Nersesian named COO of Agilent, Séné to lead Santa Rosa-based Group
Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that Ron Nersesian has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.
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College of Marin’s Novato garden gets $233K grant
The California Community College chancellor’s office has awarded a $233,000 grant to the College of Marin Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden which, combined with more than $201,950 in matching grants, will expand the regional organic farming training laboratory and make it a sustainable enterprise in the next 20 months.
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NLBC Congratulates the winners of the Election!
NLBC congradulates the winners of the November 8th Election who we were proud to endorse!
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Garbarino Family Honored as Distinguished Citizens by Marin Council, BSA
In appreciation for their committment to our community, The Marin Council, Boy Scouts of American is pleased to recognize the Garbarino family as their 2011 Distinguished Citizens at a dinner on December 8, 2011.
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Hands-on science festival comes to Infineon
"The purpose of this is to inspire kids toward careers in science, technology, engineering and math," Pahl said. "It's important for our work force to inspire future scientists, to get kids into the kind of gateway classes — like physics and biology — that will let them move forward in science."
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North Bay Science Festival
This fall, the North Bay will host its first annual Science Festival featuring a week of free activities and programs for people of all ages.
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Kaiser Permanente gives $17.3M in community grants - $5.2M in NorCal
Kaiser Permanente says it awarded community grants to 675 Golden State nonprofits and community benefit organizations in the third quarter, including $5.2 million to such organizations in Northern California.
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Purging Cells in Mice Is Found to Combat Aging Ills
In a potentially fundamental advance, researchers have opened up a novel approach to combating the effects of aging with the discovery that a special category of cells, known as senescent cells, are bad actors that promote the aging of the tissues. Cleansing the body of the cells, they hope, could postpone many of the diseases of aging.
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Memorial Hospice, Hospice of Petaluma and North County Hospice Commemorate National Hospice Month
MEMORIAL HOSPICE, HOSPICE OF PETALUMA AND NORTH COUNTY HOSPICE
COMMEMORATE NATIONAL HOSPICE MONTH
Community invited to Hospice-Sponsored Events Planned for November/December
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Sutter Health awards 157 Scholarships
Sutter Health’s Van R. Johnson Sutter Scholars program awarded college scholarships to 157 deserving students
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Medtronic Inc. listed on World's 25 Best Multinantional Workplaces
Medtronic, Inc. announced The Great Place to Work Institute® included the company on the inaugural “World’s 25 Best Multinational Workplaces” list published by FORTUNE magazine.
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Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company announces local fire departments funding
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company is proud to announce the local fire departments selected to receive funding through a $130,000 grant package designed to help make communit
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Kaiser Permanente receives HIMSS Organization Davies Award
Kaiser Permanente is the 2011 recipient of the coveted and highly respected annual HIMSS Organizational Davies Award.
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St. Joseph’s Health System’s Memorial Hospice, Hospice of Petaluma and North County Hospice will partner with national, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS),
St. Joseph’s Health System’s Memorial Hospice, Hospice of Petaluma and North County Hospice will partner with national, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), to bring the TAPS Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp to Sonoma County.
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NBBJ selected five NBLC members of the 13 winners for its inaugural Healthiest Companies Recognition Awards
NBBJ selected five NBLC members of the 13 winners for its inaugural Healthiest Companies Recognition Awards including: Agilent Technologies, Santa Rosa; Kaiser Permanente–Marin/Sonoma; Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa; St. Joseph Health System–Sonoma County; W. Bradley Electric, Novato
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REO HOMES FOR THE WORKFORCE
REO HOMES FOR THE WORKFORCE – A NORTHBAY FAMILY HOMES SUCCESS STORY!
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North Bay Leadership Council (NBLC) announces Endorsements for November Election
North Bay Leadership Council (NBLC) announces Endorsements for November Election
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BPM Merging with Long Beach Firm
Burr Pilger Mayer, a San Francisco-based accounting firm with two North Bay offices, is merging with Windes & McClaughry in Long Beach.
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Sonoma State University Volunteers
Sonoma State University had more than 300 students provide the volunteer manpower to support the vital projects of local non-profits.
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Codding Enterprises
Codding Enterprises’ Sonoma Mountain Village will dedicate is newest solar installation on September 30th.
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St. Joseph Health System
St. Joseph Health System’s Petaluma Valley Hospital, an 80-bed community based district hospital, was named one of the United States’ top performers on key clinical quality measures by The Joint Commission
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Sutter Health Names Michael J. Cohill as New Regional President for West Bay Region
Sutter Health has named seasoned health care executive Michael J. Cohill as successor to Martin Brotman, M.D. in the role of Region President for the Sutter Health West Bay Region.
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NBLC Announces "Leaders of the North Bay" 2011 Honorees
Announcing North Bay Leadership Council’s
“Leaders of the North Bay” Honorees
Father Greg Boyle, Gang Prevention/Intervention Leader, to Keynote at Awards Luncheon
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