So excited to talk about our upcoming Career Connect Day, on October 18, at RiverCentre. This year’s event will welcome 2,500+ high school sophomores to an interactive day of career exploration with you, the employers who would like to introduce them to potential opportunities within your organization and sector. Our vision is to make this available to any high school or student interested in participating, with room for all employers who want to connect with them. Our first year is building up to be even bigger than we’d anticipated, and we look forward to seeing you! If you’d like to participate with a booth or sponsorship, please contact us for more information. Our vision? For 2024, we’ll expand and partner to invite all metro high schools that are interested, and add a second day for post-high schoolers looking for full-time, internships, retraining, or re-entry. Please join us!

Read more in my blog, It's Our Business. Each week I post thoughts and a quick read on things I think you should know.

See you in the trenches.

B

B Kyle

President & CEO

St. Paul Area Chamber

Welcome Amanda Duerr, our new VP of Public Affairs! 

Amanda Duerr joins the St. Paul Chamber as a veteran of the government affairs community. Prior to assuming her role of VP of Public Affairs, Amanda served as the Director of Government Affairs for Charter Communications, where she was responsible for state-level lobbying and maintaining positive relationships with the local communities served by the company. In this role, she was also very active in several local chambers, most notably serving as the Public Affairs Committee chair and on the Board of Directors for the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Amanda previously represented the MN Municipal Utilities Association and worked as a contract lobbyist for several municipal clients at Flaherty & Hood, P.A. Before joining the lobbying ranks, she worked as a researcher in the Minnesota Senate.

Amanda serves on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Governmental Relations Council (the membership organization for government relations professionals). She lives in Mendota Heights with her husband A.J. In her spare time, Amanda enjoys traveling, running races, and spending time with her niece and nephew.

Join us for our September Lunch with Leaders:

Entrepreneurship Edition on September 14!

With Startup Week right around the corner, our September Lunch with Leaders will feature an update on the state of the startup and entrepreneur communities in the

St. Paul area, including available programs and resources for them, as well as needs and ways to plug in. Our program will also feature partner and member entrepreneurs who will share their own stories and experiences in growing their businesses - sometimes rapidly!

Speakers:

 - Jeff Aguy, Founder and CEO, 2043 SBC; and Founding Partner, NCXT (Moderator)

 - Andre Creighton, Co-Founder and CFO, TurnSignl

 - Walter Cortina, Co-Founder and President, Bridgemakers

 - Cole Stevens, Co-Founder and Vice President, Bridgemakers 

Celebrate Business Success Award & Celebrate Service Award:

We will also celebrate the success of two organizations as we honor TurnSignl with the Celebrate Business Success Award and Youthprise with the Celebrate Service Award during this event. We hope to see you there!

Tonight! Join the St. Paul Area Chamber Political Action Committee (PAC) for Politics @ the Pub! 

Enjoy lively conversation with Chamber members, local elected officials, candidates, and community members who share the desire to have a vital, thriving business community in the East Metro. Your donation gets you great appetizers and helps raise money for the Political Action Committee. We hope to see you there!

Are you a C-suite level Executive interested in transforming workplaces in Minnesota to be more diverse, equitable, and inclusive? Apply to join the next DEI Collaborative cohort that starts September 20!

Our six-part cohort experience supports executive leaders in exploring their personal identities and cultural lenses; sharing successes and challenges of transforming their workplaces to be more equitable and inclusive, and therefore positively impacting the experiences of their employees, with a group of peer leaders in a confidential setting; and identifying best practices for closing opportunity gaps for employees and communities across the region. 

Learn more about the DEI Collaborative, session dates, and the facilitator, Anika Ward of the Sankofa Leadership Network, here. For interested applicants, please contact Kristie.

On Thursday, September 29, the St. Paul Area Chamber and East Metro Chamber partners will host the annual Leaders in Local Government Awards! 

Join us as we honor those who exemplify and demonstrate innovation, excellence, and success in local government. We’re also pleased to announce our Keynote Speaker, President and CEO of the Axtell Group, and former St. Paul Chief of Police, Todd Axtell!

We're almost full! Last chance to sign up and join the St. Paul Area and Minneapolis Regional Chambers for the 20th InterCity Leadership Visit to Charlotte, NC! 

Equity Leadership Series: 

Using Data to Meet your Equity Goals

Presented by Bremer Bank

September 21 | 7:30 - 9:30 AM

Workforce Solutions: Utilizing Alternative Ways to Recruit Employees

Presented by Roseville Business Council

September 28 | 7:30 - 8:30 AM 

Leadership Burnout: Reducing Stress,

Preventing Burnout, and Improving Leadership

Presented as part of our Business Education Series

October 6 | 8:00 - 9:00 AM

SAVE THE DATE:

2022 Equity Summit V

November 15

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Enjoy our monthly feature, where we highlight

and congratulate promotions and movement!

• Jeff Meek joins the Cemstone and TCC Materials companies as Chief Financial Officer
• Joe Chow joins Winthrop & Weinstine as Chief Operating Officer
• Tegan Dornink has been promoted to Credit Administration Officer, Drake Bank
• Emma Myers-Verhage joins KLJ Engineering as Engineer-In-Training I, Public Works and Transportation Services Team
• Dan Rangitsch joins KLJ Engineering, Environmental Specialist IV
• Jason Gabriel joins KLJ Engineering as Engineer-In-Training I, Public Works and Transportation Team
• Thao Truong joins KLJ Engineering as Engineer-In-Training II
• Blake Wilcox joins KLJ Engineering as Government Relations Specialist II

Let us celebrate your accomplishments! Send your news to communications@stpaulchamber.com with "People on the Move" in the headline

and we'll do our best to highlight your professional achievements!

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