IN THIS ISSUE. West Orange County Regional Chamber of Commerce. MARKETING KICKED UP A NOTCH Keynote Speaker - John Pietro, SCORE

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1 West Orange County Regional Chamber of Commerce org APRIL 2014 IN THIS ISSUE Breakfast 1 Police Luncheon 1 President/CEO 2 Message Chairman of the 2 Board Message Board of Directors 2 Legislative Message 3 Ambassador Message 3 Renewing Members 4 CHAMBER BREAKFAST APRIL 24, 2014 MARKETING KICKED UP A NOTCH Keynote Speaker - John Pietro, SCORE TABLETOP EXHIBITORS *E2G2 Holiday Inn Buena Park 7000 Beach Blvd., Buena Park 7:15 a.m. (check-in) Stakeholder: $20.00 Non-Stakeholder: $25.00 DOOR PRIZES WELCOME! Please RSVP: christine@wocrcoc.org Phone: (714) New Members 4 Stanton Mixer 4 Save the Date 5 Taste of West OC Chairman s Circle 5 Sponsors FOLLOW US! The 24th Annual Buena Park Police Appreciation Luncheon to Honor the Men & Women of the Buena Park Police Department Thursday, May 15, :00 a.m. (check-in) Knott s Berry Farm Resort Hotel 7675 Crescent Avenue, Buena Park $35 Per Person - Sponsorship Opportunities Available

2 Page EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chairman of the Board Virginia Vaughn Bella Dia Salon & Day Spa Chairman Elect Karla Galindo Union Bank Chief Financial Officer John Tan LPL Financial Member Relations Alan Dolch Aflac & More Legislative Affairs Ho-El Park Law Office of Ho-El Park, P.C. Community Affairs Allison Mack Downtown Buena Park BOARD OF DIRECTORS Linda Burr EDCO Waste & Recycling Steven Hollins Chick-Fil-A Victor Perrin Lee & Perrin Real Estate Arlene Rubio Southern California Immediate Medical Center Elizabeth Saldana Giving Children Hope John Sciacca Cypress College President/CEO s Message Connie Pedenko WELCOME RENEE TO THE CHAMBER STAFF As we spring into the month of April, we are happy and excited to welcome our new media intern, Renee Willis. Willis is twenty-three years old and a junior transfer at Chapman University. Her major is Broadcast Journalism with a minor in Women s Studies. She comes from a diverse family; her mother being Vietnamese and her father being African-American. She has a younger sister who is a freshman at UC Irvine. Willis knew of her passion for journalism when she first began to enjoy writing short stories and poems. When she also found her love for talking and meeting new people, she knew that a major in broadcast journalism would be the best career choice. Willis brings a lot of promise and creativity with her experience in writing for the Fullerton College magazine as well as writing news stories and editing packages for Chapman News. Her knowledge in writing, camera work, and editing will bring new aspects to our media resources. With her bubbly and outgoing personality, she is sure to bring a whole new spark to the West Orange County Chamber of Commerce. Chairman s Message Virginia Vaughn STAKEHOLDER PERKS As you know the West Orange County Regional Chamber of Commerce is venturing to publicize more of its Stakeholders. In that effort we are looking to highlight one Stakeholder every week with our new Center Stage profile. However, we need your help! We have some incredible businesses and people doing miraculous things in Orange County. What we want to do is share your story with as many people as we can! Center Stage articles are written by Alex Miranda. If you would like to share your story or have any interest in publicizing your business through the Chamber contact Alex Miranda at media@wocrcoc.org PAST CENTER STAGE RECIPIENTS Javier Solis Holiday Inn Buena Park Katie Wanamaker M&D Properties Inc., The Source at Beach Kevin Wynne Knott s Berry Farm CAMP ACCOUNTING LEE & PERRIN REAL ESTATE GIVING CHILDREN HOPE E2G2 RED LION HOTELS GRECO DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, INC. NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL VIRGINIA VAUGHN, WOMAN OF THE YEAR TRUSTED BENEFITS ADVISORS

3 Page 3 Legislative Affairs Message Ho-El Park, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND CYBERSPACE SECURITY Doing business has become quite globalized thanks to the internet and its associated technologies. Our businesses are exposed to a larger audience and consumers. While small businesses encompass much of our members in our locale, they are certainly not restricted by the boundaries of our three cities. California is continually pushing towards the globalization of doing business. One of our cities, Buena Park, plans to send delegates to South Korea on April 22, 2014 to form a sister city relationship. These recent efforts by California are steps to attract new businesses and jobs through globalization and to provide cyber security in this global era. 1. Governor Brown has established the California International Trade and Investment Advisor Council in an effort to grow international business opportunities for California companies. The Council, headed by Eleni Kounalakis (former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary), will advise the Governor on strategies to expand international trade and investment for California businesses. California s economy significantly benefits from international trade and investment. In 2013, it registered a record number of exports with businesses exporting more than $168 billion in goods. Foreign companies employ 590,100 CA workers and foreign investment is responsible for 4.9 % of state s total private industry employment. 2. SB 928 Mexico Trade Office. State Senators Correa and Huff have proposed this bill to form a public-private partnership with Mexico businesses by establishing and operating an international trade office in Mexico. This will help our businesses grow by allowing us to easily connect with Mexico s businesses. More jobs will be created, as Mexico will also reciprocate in investing and opening up businesses in California. 3. Guide for Small Businesses to Protect Against Cyber Attacks, Data Breaches. Benefits of doing business internationally (or even locally) are not without risks, especially when it comes to data security. We all know or heard about the data security breach against Target stores during the Holidays, costing the company millions of dollars in losses. This is just one out of many incidents where business data securities have been compromised. As hackers are hard to track down and prosecute, the business community themselves should take active steps to mitigate any potential cyber-attacks. Accordingly, in February 2014, CA Attorney General Kamala Harris has released a guide entitled How California Business Can Protect Against and Respond to Malware, Data Breaches, and Other Cyber incidents. I urge all of our members to take a moment to go through this informative guide to prevent any data security breaches in our businesses. The guide can be found at oag.ca.gov/cybersecurity. Ambassador Committee Message Alan Dolch, Chairman PROVIDING STAKEHOLDER WITH TOOLS FOR SUCCESS Member Relations Welcome to April. The end of the first quarter and the beginning of a new one, the end of winter and the start of spring -- spring is ripe with new beginnings and fresh starts. Meeting new businesses, enrolling new members and resurrecting old contacts your Chamber Ambassadors are actively partaking in the community. Let us know how we can get you to join the Ambassador team and meet everyone within West Orange County that we represent. Our latest success is anchored with the use of Meetup.com, thanks to Ambassador s Katie and April. Meetup.com is a site that garners groups to help support local restaurants. We will have meet up s at member restaurants that will be open to everyone. The Chamber will soon take full advantage of these gatherings. Meetup.com is easy to use and free to join. It is just one more opportunity to tell everyone about your business and to find providers that you may need but best of all you will want to do business with. The Internet is fantastic but truth be told so is interpersonal communication. Become the kind of stakeholder that people want to refer and do business with- get involved. It s fun too. We hope to see you there.

4 Page 4 MEMBER RECOGNITION F O R Y O U R C O N T I N U E D S U P P O R T M E M B E R A N N I V E R S A R I E S TALBERT MEDICAL GROUP ANAHEIM 1 YEAR WALMART NEIGHBORHOOD 1 YEAR MARKET LA PALMA SERVPRO OF BUENA PARK/CORONA 9 YEARS W E L C O M E N E W M E M B E R S H MART BUENA PARK, LLC Sam Kim 5111 Beach Blvd. Buena Park, CA (201) Referred By: Chris Barnes & Connie Pedenko, WOCRCOC ECONOLODGE ANAHEIM NORTH CAMERON WELDING SUPPLY 9 YEARS 31 YEARS BLACK BEAR DINER Jolisa Johnson 7005 Knott Ave. Buena Park, CA Referred By: Katie Daley, WOCRCOC April 20, 2014 CITY OF LA PALMA Ellen Volmert, City Manager 7822 Walker Street La Palma, CA Referred By: Connie Pedenko, WOCRCOC BUSINESS NETWORKING MIXER The Stanton Business Alliance will be hosting a Business Networking Mixers to discuss topics of interest. Join us as we forge relationships, break boundaries and build a better business environment in our community. Tuesday, April 22, :45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (food service stops at 12:15 p.m.) Park Avenue Restaurant, Beach Blvd., Stanton $20.00 pre-register/$25.00 at the door There is a 75 person limit, so please RSVP with Rebecca M. Pennington at (714) rpennington@ci.stanton.ca.us April 23, 2014

5 Page 5 West Orange County Regional Chamber of Commerce CHAIRMAN CIRCLE SPONSORS Chairman s Circle Members are General Sponsors of All Chamber Events IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A CHAIRMAN CIRCLE SPONSOR, PLEASE CALL THE CHAMBER OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION. SAVE THE DATE TASTE OF WEST ORANGE COUNTY & TABLETOP BUSINESS & AUTO DEALER EXPO Thursday, July 31, :00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Knott s Berry Farm Hotel, 7675 Crescent Ave., Buena Park W E S T O R A N G E C O U N T Y R E G I O N A L C H A M B E R S T A F F Connie Pedenko, President/CEO Christine Gaytan, Office Administrator Adria Thomke, Bookkeeper Alex Miranda, Media Intern Renee Willis, Media Intern Chaehee Lee, media and Korean translator intern monica castro, marketing intern SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE. For more information, please call (714) A portion of the proceeds will be benefiting Giving Children Hope dedicated to alleviating poverty. Business Development Manager Chris Barnes Patricia Eskenazi Katie Daley 8081 Stanton Ave., Suite 306 Buena Park, CA Phone:(714) Fax:(714) Website: info@wocrcoc.org