Glendale Chamber of Commerce - Event Information

Event Name:
Biz Build Up Featuring Sandra Watson, Arizona Commerce Authority CEO


Event Type(s):
Member Event
Chamber Event

Description:
Join the West Valley Chamber Alliance, comprised of the Buckeye, Glendale, Peoria, Southwest Valley, Surprise Regional, and Wickenburg Chambers of Commerce, for this special Biz Build Up featuring Sandra Watson, Arizona Commerce Authority President & CEO. This FREE, virtual event will feature a compelling presentation from Watson and plenty of time for questions. 

The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) is the state's leading economic development organization with a streamlined mission to grow and strengthen Arizona’s economy. The ACA uses a three-pronged approach to advance the overall economy: recruit, grow, create – recruit out-of-state companies to expand their operations in Arizona; work with existing companies to grow their business in Arizona and beyond; and partner with entrepreneurs and companies large and small to create new jobs and businesses in targeted industries.

Participants will learn:
  • Strengths despite the pandemic: updates on the current state of Arizona’s economy
  • Recent project highlights: West Valley
  • Economic development indicators: trends the ACA is seeing in our project pipeline
  • 2021 legislative session: areas of focus and priorities

But make sure and register TODAY because this complimentary webinar is only available to the first 100 people to register! Make sure that you provide your correct email address in your registration because the Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the event to access the webinar.

Sandra Watson's Bio:
Sandra Watson is an economic development professional with 28 years of leadership experience in business attraction and expansion, innovation, entrepreneurship, economic policy and workforce development. She and her teams have worked with more than 1,000 companies that have committed to creating more than 160,000 quality jobs and investing more than $15 billion in capital in the state.

Currently, Ms. Watson serves as the President & CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA), a public-private partnership that leads statewide economic development. The unique structure of the ACA brings together leaders from private industry, academia and all three branches of state government.

In addition to leading the ACA and serving on its Board of Directors, Ms. Watson also serves on Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s leadership team as his Senior Economic Policy Advisor. She was instrumental in advancing Governor Ducey’s vision for the Institute for Automated Mobility (IAM) in Arizona and is a Founding Partner on the IAM Board of Directors. She is also a current member of the National State Science and Technology Institute Board of Trustees. Ms. Watson also served as Executive Director of Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano’s Council on Innovation & Technology which advanced Arizona’s first innovation and technology roadmap.

Event Date:
10/21/2020

Event Time:
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MST

Location:
ZOOM Virtual Meeting - link will be emailed to those registered

Contact Person:
Aubrie Herman
(phone: 623-937-4754)

Event Registration:

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Sandra Watson, ACA President & CEO