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6 CHILDHOOD MEMORIES Long Beach Day Nursery puts children fi rst since 1912
8 Chamber Business Councils work to engage members
10 New Members
14 Board of Directors
16 LONG BEACH HOSPITALITY Industry continues to boost city's economy despite hotels' struggles
24 Chairmans Circle Members
26 Signature Events CONTENTS 06 30 Master Nonprofi t Event Calendar
YOUR ADVOCATE Chamber Staff: On the cover: Randy Gordon, President/CEO General Managers 562-436-6723 | [email protected] and the Hotels Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Jeremy Harris, Senior Vice President they represent from One World Trade Center, Suite 1650 562-983-1241 | [email protected] clockwise at the top: Long Beach, CA 90831-1650 Ajmaa Heggie, Controller James McDaniel, PH 562-436-1251 562-437-8823 | [email protected] Holiday Inn Downtown FAX 562-436-7099 Judy Nelson, Vice President, Business Councils Area; Mac McCann, 562-432-8128 | [email protected] www.lbchamber.com Residence Inn; Silvano Tyler Habeck, Membership Manager Merlo, Courtyard 562-590-9234 | [email protected] The Chamber is the winner of: Downtown; Mooyon Marilynn Singer, Membership Coordinator The California Chamber of Commerce’s Advocacy Partner of the Year Kim, Holiday Inn Long 562-436-1251 l [email protected] Award 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Political Partner of the Year 2008 and Beach Airport; Jon Amanda Donahue, Special Events Manager & President’s Circle Award 2009-2018 Benson, Hyatt Regency Long Beach and Hyatt The Executive Assistant to President/CEO Pike; Courtney Russell, Residence Inn Marriott; and 562-432-7830 l [email protected] This is a MetroMedia Publishers, Inc. publication. Barbara Bayer, Magazine Editor Pam Ryan, Renaissance Hotel. Member hotels and Jerry LaMartina, Writer General Managers not pictured: John Thompson, Copyright © 2018 MetroMedia, Inc. Joshua Rose, Sales Executive The Westin; David Bodette, Queen Mary; 4210 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 314A Ryan Moore, Director of Production Jef Fazzio-Lawrence, Hampton Inn & Homewood Fairway, KS 66205 Photos by Carlos Delgado Photography Suites by Hilton; Terri Haack, Terranea Resort; Wayne Nagel, Hotel Current; Sanjay Patel, The To advertise in our next issue, please contact Joshua Rose at Cove Hotel; Marriott Courtyard at the Airport; and [email protected] or call 510-734-7028. Best Western Golden Sails.
Fourth Quarter 2018 Your Advocate • 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE TIME OF THE SEASON TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
any of us at this time of the year think about I wish I had an estimate of how much our service clubs those special charities that are dear to our have given back since their inception. It has to be in the M hearts and how we can give back to them in the millions! form of the Three Ts: Time, Talent and Treasury. The Chamber is honored to have the following Over the years, I have had the great opportunity to give back designated 501(c)(3) Chamber members: Long Beach Ronald to many nonprofi t organizations by being their emcee or their McDonald House · Precious Lamb · Long Beach Blast · auctioneer at their fundraisers. I’ve also had the pleasure of Operation Jump Start · Child Net · YMCA · YWCA · Boys serving on several nonprofi t boards, and I have personally and Girls Club · Long Beach Boys Scouts · Power for Youth donated to several charities in our city. · Long Beach Day Nursery · Assistance League · Woman’s It’s amazing just how generous our business community Shelter · International City Theater · Long Beach City College and our residents are to the many nonprofi ts in our city. Sure, Foundation · CSLUB 49er Foundation · Ukleja Center for the large companies give across the board to many charities Ethical Leadership · Long Beach State Athletics · Goodwill but, as research will tell you, the majority of the major Industries · Leadership Long Beach · Habit for Humanity · donations to charities come from individuals. Special Olympics · Museum of Latin American Art · Long Service clubs give back to our community in a big Beach Museum of Art · US Vets, Long Beach Rescue way. Rotary Club of Long Beach, founded in 1917, Mission · Aquarium of the Pacifi c · Long Beach recently donated $250,000 to the new library Symphony · Long Beach Opera · CCEJ · Bob under construction at civic center. Just a Hope USO · American Cancer Society · Able few years ago, the total contributions from “I wish I had an Arts Work · Su Casa · Tee it Off Foundation club members to build the new Ronald estimate of how much · Alzheimer’s Association · Lakewood McDonald House gave over $500,000. Christian School · Long Beach Police During my year as president of the club our service clubs have Foundation · Families Uniting Families · in 2005 we dedicated a new park in the given back since their Long Beach Memorial Foundation · St. city named Rotary Centennial Park in inception. It has to be Mary’s Foundation · Community Hospital celebration of Rotary International’s 100th of Long Beach Foundation · Catalina Island anniversary, along with a $150,000 donation in the millions!” Conservatory · Disabled Resources Center · that year. The Long Beach Rotary Scholarship Harbor Regional Center · California Consortium Foundation has given over $5 million since its of Addiction Programs and Professionals · Olive inception in the 1950s. Just this past year they gave Crest · Pediatric Therapy Network · Long Beach Library out $375,000 in scholarships to Long Beach State and Long Foundation · Long Beach CaLL · Long Beach Basket Brigade Beach City College. And their current endowment fund is · Human Save · The Salvation Army · Arbor Road Church $12 million! · Jewish Federation of Greater Long Beach · The Giving The Soroptimist Club, chartered in 1924, built and Space · The Guidance Center · The Nonprofi t Partnership · furnished a house on the Long Beach State campus to serve Retirement Housing Foundation · Century Housing Corp. as a meeting place for students and presented the outright During this holiday season, please consider donating gift to the Associated Student Body at a cost of $27,000 in to a charity of your choice. Contact the Chamber directly to 1961! receive contact information about any of the above charities. The Kiwanis Club of Long Beach, founded in 1919, has an endowment fund of $500,000, which funds its service activities and projects. The Downtown Lions Club, chartered in 1921, raised $206,000 to build the 10-story Lions Light House for Sight in Rainbow Harbor as a permanent reminder of Lions Clubs Randy Gordon International’s dedication to ending blindness in the world. President and CEO Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
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hitney Leathers wants everyone in Long Before she took the job at LBDN, she was advocating Beach to know how important they are for quality early childhood care and learned about the W to her mission of providing quality early organization. childhood care and instruction. “Everything I’d spent nine years advocating in Nevada Leathers is executive director of the the day nursey had fi gured out how to put into practice,” nonprofi t Long Beach Day Nursery (LBDN). She left Reno, she said. Nevada, about fi ve years ago to take the job. She had LBDN has had a long time to fi gure that out. It was worked in early childhood and nonprofi t management for founded in Long Beach in 1912 to support working about 15 years. mothers and now employs more than 70 full- and part-time
6 • Your Advocate Fourth Quarter 2018 employees and substitute teachers, Leathers said. That need LBDN’s three-year strategic plan includes expanding has grown over the years with more two-parent-working services for infants and toddlers, increasing technology use and single-parent families. LBDN has two locations, both for internal operations and external communications and accredited by the National Association for the Education of increasing fundraising for early childhood programs. Young Children. Only two other childcare programs in Long One staunch supporter of LBDN nearly since its Beach are accredited by the organization. inception is the Rotary Club of Long Beach, which took on LBDN stands out as an early childhood education LBDN as its fi rst charity more than 100 years ago, Leathers institution for many reasons, she said, including: said. Rotary bought one of the buildings LBDN operates in and donated it to LBDN, supports LBDN’s literacy • An in-house early intervention program for children programming, gives grants for the day nursery and adopts who need extra support; families for Christmas gift giving. • A consulting psychologist who works on-site a minimum Jean Bixby Smith, Long Beach Rotary’s treasurer and an of two times a month and doctoral students who do LBDN honorary board member, has a longstanding family on-site internships weekly, all of whom work one-on-one connection with LBDN. Florence Bixby, a cousin of Bixby with children, in small groups and with families; Smith’s grandfather, founded LBDN. Bixby Smith and her • Teachers who’ve worked there for more than 30 years sister, mother and grandmother all served on LBDN’s board. and some for 15 to 20 years (the national turnover LBDN holds the second social service license issued by rate for early childhood teachers is 30 percent to the state of California and the longest-standing one, Bixby 40 percent annually); Smith said. LBDN consistently receives high ratings as an • Integration with the community through support educational institution. received and involvement of its board, honorary board “People think of daycare and don’t always understand and volunteers; the distinction,” she said. “We talk about ourselves as a • An infant program for children aged 6 weeks and preschool, and we set the standard for other preschools.” older whose teachers move with them throughout their early care experience to each new classroom, so each child has the same teacher until nearly age 3.
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Fourth Quarter 2018 Your Advocate • 7 BUSINESS COUNCIL
CHAMBER BUSINESS COUNCILS WORK TO ENGAGE MEMBERS
he Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce “We will be an advocate for small businesses offers various ways for members to become and engage actively in legislation with the Chamber’s T more engaged with their respective industries. Government Affairs Council, educate members on The Chamber has fi ve business councils, issues that impact small businesses and the community, which meet throughout the year and provide benefi ts to and support efforts that help small businesses develop their members. For more information about the councils, sustainable business practices without putting the including how to join them, contact the Chamber at 562- businesses at an economic disadvantage.” 436-1251 or [email protected]. Below are messages from each business council’s leader. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SMALL BUSINESS COUNCIL (SBC) (IBA)
Wayne Slavitt President and CEO Leah Goold-Haws Mobül: The Mobility Store Director, global trade and logistics Long Beach City College “I am excited to be heading up the Chamber’s Small Business Council with a dedicated board whose goal is to “I am honored to be this year’s president of the IBA. make sure our small businesses have every advantage. We Having worked in the fi eld of global trade for over 15 will provide information and assistance to entrepreneurs years, it is my passion, and in today’s trade climate there interested in starting a business in Long Beach. The are more challenges and opportunities than ever before. board is gathering information to populate our website The Chamber’s IBA understands that the strength of our with contacts and resources that will be helpful in economy lies in the strength of our globalized business getting started. We will also promote opportunities for community. The IBA is a resource to business, providing mentorship for small businesses by existing Chamber insights to trade-related issues, promoting international members. If you are interested in becoming a mentor, business and connecting our workforce to opportunities in please contact Judy Nelson at the Chamber at jnelson@ this dynamic industry. lbchamber.com. “As a fi fth-generation resident of Southern “The Small Business Council will also promote California, I am proud to be part of this area where the networking opportunities through business forums, magnifi cent Port of Long Beach connects our region workshops and events, such as an annual small business and our businesses to the world. In my role as statewide expo and conference. director for global trade under the California Community
8 • Your Advocate Fourth Quarter 2018 Colleges chancellor’s offi ce and director of the Center GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL (GAC) for International Trade Development, it is my intention to bring value to our Chamber members through an approach that provides education, advocacy and global vision. “My goals for this term are to increase access to thought leaders and discussions around the shifting landscape of global trade, to increase our membership by bringing value to our international business community and to expand the conversation around what global trade is Mitra Rogers Government Relations and how can we increase access and equity to the multiple The Boeing Co. opportunities trade can bring. “I look forward to a productive year ahead and The Government Affairs Council provides a basis for the welcome you to reach out to me directly to share your Chamber to act at all levels of government on issues that comments, questions and thoughts.” could affect the Long Beach business community. It does so by maintaining working relationships with local elected WOMEN’S BUSINESS COUNCIL (WBC) offi cials in order to promote a favorable and positive business climate in Long Beach. “As the Chamber’s advocacy body, it is our duty to ensure that the interests of our members are being represented in the policy decisions of those who represent us,” she said. “This year, we are focusing on three main strategic initiatives: Promote sound infrastructure Megan Christensen investments, mitigate costly business regulations and Director of development encourage entrepreneurship and small business growth.” Able ARTS Work LONG BEACH YOUNG PROFESSIONALS (LBYP) “The Women’s Business Council’s mission is to provide a supportive environment for business professionals to network, achieve personal growth and contribute to the community’s betterment. “One can experience a great amount of negativity when trying to navigate the business world, which to me is why the WBC is so crucial. By holding fast to our mission, we can create a bigger, stronger network of local Jennifer Moore Director of Development professional women who support one another, also giving College of Health and Human Services, to women just starting out in the workplace mentors California State University, Long Beach they can look up to and seek advice from, ultimately strengthening our local businesses. The Long Beach Young Professionals is a program “Our programming focuses on shedding light on for professionals ages 21 to 40 who come together to relevant issues that affect Long Beach businesses, subject learn what it takes to be a future business leader in matter that is intriguing and important to all valued the Long Beach area through various Chamber events members of our community. We also want to create a and networking opportunities. Moore is director of positive, welcoming environment for all members of our development for the College of Health and Human Services community, not just for women but also for men who at California State University, Long Beach. support our role in the business world. In the past few years, “The group is expanding and we want it to keep the WBC has striven to diversify our event programming expanding, through social events, professional networking, to bring a male perspective and voice to our event community service and more direct ways for young pros to discussions. get involved with their community,” she said. “In the year ahead, we also will add philanthropic LBYP dedicates programing to enhancing the events to our calendar of programming, ensuring that as an professional development of its members while having a important resource to our community we also take the time great time doing it. to give back to our community.”
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he convention and hospitality industry remains a occupancy rates this year compared with 2017 and forecasts big economic driver for Long Beach’s economy, are mixed for 2019. T accounting for an estimated $300 million annual Here are the views of general managers of three Long economic impact on the city, according to the Beach Area Chamber of Commerce member hotels on the Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau. state of their businesses and of the industry citywide. The city’s hotels are a crucial factor in that economic equation, despite that local hotels are facing lower
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“Long beach recently has come on the map because of enhancements that made it into a convention city, which affects hospitality tremendously,” said Imran Ahmed, the hotel’s general manager. Despite this, hotel business is fl at or down slightly this year compared to last year, Ahmed said. Long Beach is facing competition for convention business from cities including Austin, Dallas, Memphis and Vancouver. Some key statistics at Marriott Long Beach Airport: • Overall business is forecast to decrease 2 percent to 4 percent this year compared to 2017. • Federal government travel also has slowed down in Long Beach, leaving the hotel down about 13 percent from last year in this category of its business. • Corporate travel has trailed off. • Occupancy in 2018 is on track for at least an 8 percent decrease from 2017, with average daily rates down at Imran Ahmed least $5. General Manager • Bookings for the fi rst quarter of 2019 are down about Marriott Long Beach Airport 13 percent from this year. more than $10 million in 2019 to renovate its sleeping “We’re stuck between a rock and a hard place,” he said. rooms. “We have to keep the service (quality high) but take the Long Beach’s overall hotel segment has taken a hit rates down. We have to maintain the brand reputation for because JetBlue’s fl ights into and out of the city have service.” decreased. And the city’s increased number of hotel rooms One tactic for doing that is the hotel’s plan to spend has yielded decreased hotel occupancy.
16 • Your Advocate Fourth Quarter 2018 “We have to give lower rates to associations and big Renaissance is putting fi nishing touches on its recently companies,” Ahmed said. “What is their incentive to come renovated meeting space. It plans to renovate the licensed to Long Beach? In order to just survive, we have to jack Starbucks concept it manages inside the hotel in December the rates up because of the minimum wage, which (gives) and to renovate the hotel’s lobby and public spaces in the other cities an advantage. When there’s an economic fi rst quarter of 2019. downturn, we lower pricing and go after tour and travel The near-term outlook brings “some optimism, not too business.” strong, but we’re projecting some increase next year.” Long Beach, though, has had a good run from 2014 through mid-2018, he said, and he’s optimistic for next year. HOTEL MAYA “We can turn it around.” “I would say this is a down year for hotels in the city because conventions are down,” said Kristi Allen, the hotel’s general manager. “At Hotel Maya, we’re doing pretty well because we’re a leisure hotel more than a convention hotel,” and bookings for 2018 are up 26 percent from this year. The Long Beach hotel segment trails all the other Southern California waterfront cities, Allen said. “We still have a reputation to overcome in Long Beach,” she said. “We live in the shadow of LA, so we’re still making our way as a developing city and destination. We’ve come a long way in the past 10 years and there’s more to do, (but we have) a lot of development in downtown.” The outlook is sunnier for next year because of an uptick in conventions and downtown development, including the port and City Hall reopening downtown. In sum, despite a challenging year for Long Beach’s hotels, 2019 promises a resurgence of this important part of the city’s $300 million hospitality industry and Long Beach’s ascendancy as a destination city.
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Pam Ryan, the hotel’s general manager and chair of the Long Beach Hospitality Alliance, said the city’s hotels were doing well overall, though Renaissance had concerns early this year and its business is somewhat fl at, and some other hotels’ business is down. “We rely heavily on the Convention and Visitors Bureau booking the larger groups,” she said, especially downtown and at the airport. “When you have softening going into a year, you need to be able to backfi ll from locally based organizations, corporate groups (and) project work coming for the ports. You have to rejigger your strategy a little bit to allow you to fi ll the hotel.” The normal cycle of groups that travel is responsible for the fl at and decreased numbers, she said. Bookings Kristi Allen General Manager for future hotel stays are up slightly citywide and fl at for Hotel Maya Renaissance.
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8TH CCEJ’s Interfaith Intercultural Breakfast (562) 435-8184 21ST-SEPT. 8TH International City Theatre presents “Beast on the Moon” 9TH Long Beach Symphony “Northern Lights” (562) 436-3203 (562) 436-4610 23RD Long Beach Symphony “Faith: A Symphonic Tribute to the Music of George Michael” Pop Symphony (562) 436-3203 SEPTEMBER 30TH Assistance League Long Beach CAMEO Professional Auxiliary Fashion Show (562) 627-5650 14TH The Guidance Center “Sunset Sip” (562) 595-1159 31ST Camerata Concerts presents “ChoralFest Long Beach” (562) 373-5654 28TH Long Beach Symphony Classical Series (562) 436-3203
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12TH th 15 Annual Grand Prix of Long Beach/Monte Carlo Poker Night 16TH-NOV. 3RD International City Theatre presents “Lady Day at Emerson’s (562) 432-7830 Bar & Grill” (562) 436-4610 12TH-14TH Annual Grand Prix of Long Beach 19TH Aquarium of the Pacifi c Sea Fare 18TH Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce presents the City National 26TH Long Beach Symphony POPS! Series (562) 436-3203 Bank Entrepreneur of the Year (562) 432-7830 29TH Ronald McDonald House “A Few Good Men” Gala (562) 285-4308 19TH YMCA of Greater Long Beach Good Friday Breakfast (562) 279-1700 27TH Long Beach Symphony “Mozart’s Jupiter” (562) 436-3203 NOVEMBER
MAY 16TH Long Beach Symphony Classical Series (562) 436-3203 2ND 13th Annual Mayor’s Trophy Golf Tournament (562) 431-5962 4TH Long Beach Symphony “Cirque Musica Presents Heroes & Villains” Pop DECEMBER Symphony (562) 436-3203 7TH 8TH-26TH International City Theatre presents “The Price” (562) 436-4610 37th Annual Belmont Shore Christmas Parade (562) 434-3066 21ST 9TH CSULB Alumni Awards Banquet (562) 985-5252 Long Beach Symphony POPS! Series (562) 436-3203 16TH CCEJ Annual Gala (562) 435-8184 Plan Ahead Major Signature Chamber Events Find out about these upcoming events and more at lbchamber.com or call 562-436-1251. LONG BEACH YOUNG CITY NATIONAL BANK 128TH ANNUAL GALA PROFESSIONALS NETWORKING ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR BREAKFAST
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