Cheung, Ellis, Edwards to Be Honored at Chamber's 104th Annual Meeting Tomorrow, June 24.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Jeff Cheung, the president and chief executive officer of OneCalifornia Bank, Hall Ellis, the late chairman and co-founder of Ellis Partners, and Reid Edwards, a two-term chairman of the board of the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, are just three of the honorees that will be recognized at the Chamber's 104th Annual Meeting, which will be held on Wednesday, June 24 at the Oakland Marriott City Center. Cheung, who has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industry and has headed OneCalifornia Bank in downtown Oakland Downtown Oakland is the central business district in Oakland, California. This part of town is bounded, depending on the definition used by either Interstate 880 or the Oakland Estuary on the southwest, Interstate 980 on the northwest, Grand Avenue on the northeast and Lake Merritt since 2005, helped introduce a number of innovative banking initiatives and has been heavily involved in community work through OneCalifornia Foundation. He will be presented with the Chamber's Businessperson of the Year Award. Ellis, who headed one of Northern California's largest commercial developers and investors, worked directly with Jack London Square Jack London Square is a popular tourist attraction on the waterfront of Oakland, California. Named after the author Jack London and owned by the Port of Oakland, it is the home of stores, hotels, an Amtrak station, a ferry dock, the historic Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon, Partners to help in the new construction at the Square, where the new Jack London Square Market will open in the fall. He was also a significant force in the formation of Grubb & Ellis, which became the largest independently owned, publicly traded real estate firm in the United States. He will be honored posthumously through the work of Jack London Square Partners, which will accept the Corporate Citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while Award in his honor. Edwards served as the Chamber's chairman of the board during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 fiscal years while serving as head of public affairs for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, scientific research centers run by the Univ. of California, located in Berkeley, Calif., and Livermore, Calif., respectively. , and remains one of the Chamber's biggest supporters. He's now the senior director of governmental affairs with Risk Management Solutions. Other winners who will be recognized at the Annual Meeting include Dan Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. of Full Court Press (Small Business Innovator Award), Phil Arca of St. Vincent de Paul Vin·cent de Paul , Saint 1581-1660. French ecclesiastic who founded the Congregation of the Mission (1625) and the Daughters of Charity (1633). (Community Service Award), Michael LeBlanc of Pican Restaurant (Oakland on the Map Award), and Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors (Young Professional Award). The Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon will begin with an 11 a.m. reception. The luncheon begins at noon. |
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