Meet the 2010 Leaders of the North Bay

North Bay Leadership Council announces the five honorees for their annual Leaders of the North Bay Awards, designed to celebrate individuals and organizations from the region that have been positive catalysts for change. The award recipients will be honored at an October 29 luncheon at Embassy Suites Hotel, San Rafael. Best-selling author and research scientist, Dr. Alison Gopnik, will deliver the keynote speech “Getting it Right When It Counts -- In the Beginning! Early Child Development and Education Are Key to Future Success.”

The 2010 Leaders of the North Bay are:

Caught in the Act of Leadership, Individual Excellence in Leadership: Brett Martinez, President and CEO, Redwood Credit Union

We’re All in this Together, Community Building: Katie Crecelius, Chair, Novato Housing Coaltion

Paint the Community Green, Environmental Stewardship: Agilent Technologies, Santa Rosa

The “Light Bulb” Went On, Innovative/Entrepreneurial Spirit: Sonoma County Energy Independence Program

Empowering the Latino Community, Leadership within the Latino Community:Wanda Tapia, Thomsen, Latino Service Providers

Voting, Jobs and Prosperity: North Bay Jobs & Prosperity Project Launched

Three organizations -- North Bay Leadership Council Sonoma County Alliance and North Coast Builders Exchange -- have formed the North Bay Jobs and Prosperity Project (NBJPP). NBJPP is a nonpartisan effort to improve voter registration and turnout through highly accessible voter information. The project will work with North Bay employers, starting in Sonoma County, to provide their employees with encouragement to register to vote, registration materials, candidate information and questionnaire results, and ballot measure pros and cons. There will be NO advocacy or endorsements at NBJPP. We hope that NBJPP spurs a new level of civic vitality that leads to a greater economic vitality. That is why our motto is: “Jobs and the North Bay’s Future Depend on YOUR Vote.” For more information, go to www.NorthBayProsperity.com.

The Third Way: Upgrading to Government 3.0

What does government 3.0 look like? It looks like government that works, that focuses on its core functions, is leaner, highly productive, and cost-effective. It is 21^st Century government, an upgrade from the “broken pipes of 20th Century government, the inefficiency of fragmented jurisdictions and the lack of positive outcomes on the economy.

In a New York Times article, Hard Times Spur Ideas for Change (May 24, 2010), Monica Davey says, “As states around the country gird for another grim budget year, more leaders have begun to talk not of nipping, not of tucking, but, in essence, of turning government upside down and starting over. Ever growing is the list of states, municipalities and agencies with blue ribbon committees aimed at reconsidering what government should be.” Calling for change, Scott D. Pattison, the executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers, says “We can incrementally hobble and muddle through, or we can stand back and be more strategic.”

EVENTS »

2010 Leaders of the North Bay
Oct 29, 2010, 11:30am–1:30pm, Embassy Suites, San Rafael

ACCOMPLISHMENTS »

NBLC Co-Launches the North Bay Jobs & Prosperity Project

North Bay Leadership Council, Sonoma County Alliance, and North Coast Builders Exchange have formed the North Bay Jobs and Prosperity Project (NBJPP). NBJPP is a nonpartisan effort to improve voter registration and turnout through highly accessible voter information. The project will work with North Bay employers, starting in Sonoma County, to provide their employees with encouragement to register to vote, registration materials, local candidates' information and questionnaires' results, and ballot measure pros and cons. There will be NO advocacy or endorsements at NBJPP. Read more.

NBLC Opens "Landing Pad" in Shanghai to encourage more North Bay business with China

North Bay Leadership Council proudly opened its new office in Shanghai on June 15. The office is a collaboration between NBLC, Bay Area Council and other Bay Area business groups. It is the start of a tremendous new future for the Bay Area business community. The office will help small, medium and large Bay Area businesses access the Chinese market, help bring the region's intellectual capital and technologies to bear in China's development of an innovation economy and guide Chinese companies and investment to the Bay Area. One of the key duties of staff will be to help Bay Area businesses connect with these resources and meet partners, find customers and otherwise expand in the Chinese market. Read more.

NBLC successfully led the campaign to pass Measure Q, the SMART Train, in 2008

With SMART, the North Bay gains a transportation system that relieves congestion -- a factor in retaining existing companies and attractimg new companies to the North Bay. The SMART project will help set the course for economic vitality by providing two alternatives to Highway 101, passenger train service as well as a companion bicycle/pedestrian pathway which when completed will run seventy miles from Larkspur to Cloverdale. Read more.