Moderated a panel at SBDC East Bay’s Procurement Summit at CSU East Bay with BART, EBMUD & AC Transit—advancing access to public contracting.
#EconomicDevelopment #PublicProcurement #SupplierDiversity #SmallBusinessSupport #EastBay
Pleasant Hill proud to see Choice in Aging win Community Impact Award at East Bay Innovation Awards. Innovation rooted in care and community matters.
#EastBay #CommunityImpact #InnovationAwards #PleasantHill #ChoiceInAging #AgingWithDignity
ICSC Monterey: great Econic Co. connections, women leading AI in CRE, and strong brand conversations shaping Pleasant Hill’s retail future.
#EconomicDevelopment #CRE #RetailRealEstate #PleasantHill #ContraCosta #PropTech #BayArea
Inspired by ideas at the 3rd Annual Econic Summit. Retail innovation & placemaking shaping the future of economic development in Pleasant Hill.
#EconomicDevelopment #RetailInnovation #Placemaking #RealEstate #PleasantHill
Final convening of the Economic Recovery Corps. Grateful for the people, partnerships, and impact we built together nationwide. Onward. #economicrecoverycorps #antioch #pleasanthill #contracosta #brightestday
Presented in DC on the Antioch tech ecosystem work Gaby Seltzer, Kwame Reed & I built—creating backend support for a Contra Costa innovation network.
#economicrecoverycorps #antioch #contracosta #innovationdistricts
Explored Raleigh placemaking near Moore Square—Raleigh Raw, Market Hall & Brewery Bhavana show how food + space drive downtown vitality.
#placemaking #downtown #communitydevelopment #generators #attractors #economicgardening
Attended NLC’s Local Economic Futures Forum in Raleigh—focused on inclusive entrepreneurship & practical local growth. #EconomicDevelopment #InclusiveEntrepreneurship #ResearchTriangle #CommunityWealthBuilding #Raleigh #PleasantHill #NationalLeagueOfCities
Excited to start as Economic Development Manager with the City of Pleasant Hill—focused on growth and vitality #forward #pleasanthill #economicdevelopment
Leaving the City of Antioch on Dec 31. Grateful for the work, partnerships, and progress we made together. Proud of the impact—onward to the next chapter
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From battle MC to ecosystem builder: selling Bay Area hip-hop online in the 90s taught me economic development before it had a name. #EastBay
#EastBay #BayAreaHipHop #IndependentMusic #DIYCulture #CreativeEconomy #OwnershipEconomy #GrassrootsInnovation
Proud to showcase Antioch’s industrial lands at SF Business Times’ Manufacturing in the East Bay, highlighting growth and opportunity. #Manufacturing #EastBay #IndustrialRealEstate #Antioch #SFBusinessTimes #IndustrialDevelopment #Logistics #EastBayBusiness #RealEstate #BusinessExpansion #BayArea
Wild stuff. Imagine opening a box under the tree on XMas morn to find someone got you a Zoom license on Black Friday
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Honored to join city leaders in Chicago for NLC’s Advancing Economic Mobility Mega-Convening—building pathways for shared prosperity. #NLC #EconomicMobility
Honored to win 🏆Gold for Business Retention & Expansion + 🥈Silvers for Equity & Small Biz at #IEDC2025 in Detroit! #EconomicDevelopment
"Dell Computers are the cocoa butter of laptops"
Attended #Brownfields2025 in Chicago (Aug 5–8). Left inspired by strategies to turn challenges into sustainable community assets
Smeagol slangin packs outside Dol Guldor....ya heard?
Antioch's first Nonprofit Expo showed how community orgs drive local growth—powered by the Antioch Business Collaborative. #AntiochCA
Don’t give up. Storms pass, skies light up. From setbacks to milestones—Chair Elect #EastBayEDA, birthday, sprints, losses—I’m still here. #resilience
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When I was in high school Eddie Vedder looked like a surfer hero. Now #PearlJam looks like a multiversal super villian team #MCU #aginginplace
