SANTA FE SPRINGS BUSINESS Official publication of the Santa Fe Springs Chamber of Commerce / www.sfschamber.com / Vol. 31, No. 1 / October 2017 CALENDAR OCTOBER 4 / Wednesday Tailgate Expo a Success! BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE 7:30–9:30 AM / Geezers, 12120 Telegraph Rd, Santa Fe Springs OCTOBER 5 / Thursday YOUTH EDUCATION COMMIttEE 8:30–9:30 AM / SFS Chamber Office 12016 Telegraph Rd, #100, SFS OCTOBER 11 / Wednesday WOMEN IN BUSINESS 11 AM–1:30 PM / Clarke Estate 10211 Pioneer Blvd, Santa Fe Springs YEF BOARD 2–3 PM / SFS Chamber Office 12016 Telegraph Rd, #100, SFS Chamber CEO Kathie Fink presents Best Themed Table OCTOBER 12 / Thursday award to SERVPRO. Hundreds turned out for the Business Expo. FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS 9–10 AM / SFS Chamber Office 12016 Telegraph Rd, #100, SFS CHAMBER EXECUTIVE TEAM 11 AM–12 NOON / SFS Chamber Office 12016 Telegraph Rd, #100, SFS CHAMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS 12 NOON–1:15 PM / SFS Chamber Office 12016 Telegraph Rd, #100, SFS SANTA FE SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL 6 PM / SFS City Council Chambers 11710 Telegraph Rd, Santa Fe Springs OCTOBER 19 / Thursday NETWORKING @ NOON 11:30 AM–1 PM / S & P Restaurant and Sports Bar, 13225 Telegraph Rd, SFS OCTOBER 24 / Tuesday There were lots of fun and festive tables, including the Santa Fe Springs Department of Fire-Rescue. NEW MEMBER WELCOME Local companies got into the tailgate theme for the 2017 sponsored by CAPC, Inc. and water was sponsored by 9–10 AM / SFS Chamber Office 12016 Telegraph Rd, #100, SFS Business Expo held at Heritage Park on September 13. Norwalk/La Mirada Plumbing & HVAC. Music and an- Hundreds of exhibitors and attendees turned out to see nouncements provided by TST Entertainment played in MENTOR PICNIC AND VISION BOARDS what the wide variety of businesses had to showcase. The the background. 11:30 AM–1 PM / Clarke Estate 10211 Pioneer Blvd, Santa Fe Springs weather was beautiful and the atmosphere was festive. Tables were decorated in the “Tailgate” theme showing Restaurants Café N’ Stuff, Geezers, and Tepeyac Restau- off their team spirit. Exhibitors voted on their favorite table OCTOBER 25 / Wednesday rant & Tequila Sports Bar offered delicious food samples and SERVPRO “Best Themed Table” won first place. AMBASSADOR COMMIttEE as attendees browsed among the booths. Beverages were See pages 6 and 7 for photos and a list of the exhibitors. 8:30–9:30 AM / SFS Chamber Office 12016 Telegraph Rd, #100, SFS OCTOBER 26 / Thursday RCA LEGISLATIVE FORUM Join Us for the Women In 8–9 AM / SFS Chamber Office 12016 Telegraph Rd, Santa Fe Springs SANTA FE SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL Business Leadership Luncheon 6 PM / SFS City Council Chambers 11710 Telegraph Rd, Santa Fe Springs Are you ready to be inspired, to be We are honored to have Endyia winning composer W.G. “Snuffy” OCTOBER 31 / Tuesday motivated and to network with other Kinney-Sterns, a much sought after Walden, will be performing while at- HUMAN RESOURCES ROUNDTABLE professional women? speaker this year. Endyia Kinney- tendees enjoy lunch and the vendor 11:45 AM–1 PM / Gus Velaso Neighbor- On Wednesday, October 11, the Sterns is an accomplished television boutique. hood Center, 9255 Pioneer Blvd, SFS Santa Fe Springs and Whittier cham- producer and network executive with Sara has released four albums, NOVEMBER 1 / Wednesday bers will partner to host a Leadership over 20 years of entertainment televi- sung before 50,000 people in Times FREE BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE Luncheon designed to connect and sion experience. Square, starred on Broadway, ap- 7:30–9:30 AM / Candlewood Country Club, inspire women in business! Named one of the “Top Female peared in television and film and at 14000 Telegraph Rd, Whittier The event is taking place from Executives in Hollywood” by Essence the Grand Ole Opry with BJ Thomas, NOVEMBER 7 / Tuesday 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Clarke Magazine, Kinney-Sterns has been and recorded vocals for many scores Estate in Santa Fe Springs and will instrumental in identifying and devel- and projects. LABOR LAW UPDATE include lunch, entertainment, a fan- oping new programming for various Sara’s heartfelt songs and highly 9–11 AM / AALRR 12800 Center Court Dr, Suite 300, Cerritos tastic speaker, business to business networks. interactive approach to social media networking and a vendor boutique. She has a list of accomplishments, have garnered over 19 million views NOVEMBER 8 / Wednesday Tickets are only $25 for chamber most recently as vice president of and over 114,000 followers and sub- ACTIVE SHOOTER SEMINAR members and $30 for non-members. development and programming for scribers across various new media 10 AM–12 NOON / SFS City Council Last year, 120 amazing women at- OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, but platforms. Chambers, 11710 Telegraph Rd, SFS tended this event! also as producer of talk/variety and Tickets for the Women In Business lifestyle shows including the Emmy Leadership Luncheon can be ordered Award-winning syndicated series The online. Please contact the SFS Cham- Wayne Brady Show, Big Brother 4, ber, (562) 944-1616, if you have ques- PRSRT STD and The Other Half among others. tions or are interested in marketing U.S. POSTAGE Santa Fe Springs Business Sara Niemietz, accomplished singer, your business at the vendor boutique. PAID 12016 East Telegraph Road, Suite 100 Permit No. 3 backed by the guitar of Emmy Award- Santa Fe Springs, California 90670 Santa Fe Springs, CA ECRWSS We have big news Postal Customer coming soon. Keep checking our website! www.sfschamber.com PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Santa Fe Springs Business / October 2017 / Page 2 is a great opportunity to learn about HR issues and tools in dealing with SANTA FE SPRINGS those issues and it’s free if you are a OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE By member of our chamber! 12016 E. Telegraph Rd., Suite 100 Sharon Wu, I would like to thank the SFS cham- Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Roquemore, ber staff and all of the participants for BUSINESS (562) 944-1616 • www.sfschamber.com Pringle & another successful Business Expo. I — EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE — Moore was unable to attend this year, but President received great feedback from many IS YOU! SHARON WU Roquemore, Pringle & Moore, Inc. of the participants. President-Elect In addition to the monthly business If you, like myself, were unable to paTRICIA KOTZE participate this year, I encourage you card exchanges, HR Roundtables, and Diversified Risk Management, Inc. Hello, everyone. Isn’t it amazing to put a reminder on your calendar to Networking @ Noon, future events Vice President, Public Affairs how September has already flown by? be on the lookout for our September include a Women in Business Lead- MICHAEL J. FOLEY I am proud to let you know that your 2018 Business Expo. ership Lunch on October 11, and Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc. Santa Fe Springs Chamber has been September also brought with it our Citizen of the Year Ceremony on Vice President, Member Services very busy promoting your businesses ribbon cuttings for PIH Health show- November 16. DEBBIE BAKER and its needs. casing their new Bloomfield Medical See our chamber website for de- Simpson Advertising, Inc. Vice President, Youth Enrichment Fund Our September Human Resources Offices and Friendly Hills Bank show- tails or simply call (562) 944-1616. LISA BOYAJIAN Now doesn’t this look like a chamber Roundtable led by Board Member casing their new Payroll Office on Ansa Insurance Services Paul Fleck, was a great success. This Whittier Boulevard in Whittier. whose business is you? Treasurer LIZ BUCKINGHAM Friendly Hills Bank 2017 Potato Immediate Past President DANIEL J. McMILLAN Bake a Success Stifel Attendees — DIRECTORS — enjoyed The Santa Fe Springs Fire, Search TERI BAZEN & Rescue hosted its annual Potato Norwalk/La Mirada Plumbing & HVAC baked DAN BERKENFIELD Bake Fundraising. The event raised potatoes CBRE, Inc. prepared funds and awareness for the Santa JENNIFER BEVINGTON by the fire Fe Springs Relay for Life, which took The Bicycle Hotel & Casino department. place at the end of September. The SUSAN CROWELL monies raised at the event were HealthFirst Medical Group donated to the American Cancer So- PAUL FLECK Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo ciety’s Relay for Life of SFS, as part of JOHN GETTY the SFS Fire team. Trojan Battery Co. KRISTINA haydEN Advantage Resourcing New Members Acclimate to Chamber SONYA KEMP SFS Chamber The Santa Fe Springs Chambers hosts its newest members and representatives EveryBusiness HR Essentials at its New Member Welcome. The event, which is tailored towards on-boarding SCOTT RADCLIFFE Website members, is a very informative one in which members are able to learn about Rad Custom Signs the programs, events and committees while also sharing their goals and aspira- CAROLYN REGGIO Statistics tions from chamber membership. Out next New Member Welcome will be held CAPC, Inc. October 24. Please online at www.sfschamber.com. MICKEY SHUBIN August 2017 Serv-Wel Disposal & Recycling DIEGO TORRES Hits: 17,532 UTC Aerospace Systems JAMES WILCOX Event hits: 3,799 Raymond Handling Solutions, Inc. Directory hits: 6,808 JEFF WINKLER BreitBurn Energy Top five categories searched: — STAFF — Property management KATHIE FINK Material handling equipment Chief Executive Officer MARICELA CASTELLANOS Attorneys and legal services Administrative Specialist Clubs and organizations COLIN DIAZ Marketing and Sales Director Accounting and tax services SUE GRANA Top five members searched: Youth Services/Special Events Coordinator CHRISTY LINDSAY Geezers Member Services/Special Events Coordinator Vans Inc. FedEx Ground