In gearing up for our next cohort of Eastside miniMBA students, the Bellevue Chamber met with program grad, Arlene Hampton, to discuss her experience in the program, what she learned, and how her career has blossomed since graduating. From Mary’s Place Senior Site Director to Salvation Army... Continue Reading
The New Executives program hosted Dennis Pierce from Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching last week, allowing participants to dig into the importance of relationships and building camaraderie in the workplace. As a jack-of-all-trades turned executive coach, Pierce has an arsenal of skills... Continue Reading
The Bellevue Chamber’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy starts up again on January 23, so let’s catch up with some alums that are successfully running nonprofits. Meet Manoj Simha, Director of Finance at Cosmic Writers: After graduating from The Wharton School of the University of... Continue Reading
The New Executives program recently hosted Bellevue City Councilmember Jennifer Robertson for its session on government affairs, where students had the opportunity to ask any and everything they wanted to know about civic service and building a legacy here in Bellevue. See below for some of the... Continue Reading
The Executive Business Roundtable series has boasted an impressive set of speakers for this year’s program so far, beginning with Microsoft’s Jared Spataro on the state of WFH-versus-in-person work, then political journalist Brandi Kruse as an election follow-up, and most recently,... Continue Reading
The 2022 Eastside Leadership Conference was a rousing success last week, with an entire day of programming oriented around the housing and infrastructure challenges facing our region. Microsoft’s Jared Spataro honed in on the shifting workplace and its regional repercussions, our Eastside... Continue Reading
The Eastside's premiere leadership event is back, this year with hyperlocal topics and top-tier panelists diving deeply into issues like affordability, transportation, emerging industries, and infrastructure investments. Wednesday, October 26 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Microsoft Conference... Continue Reading
Wednesday Wake-Up is back, and our new Director of Sales & Member Experience Sarah Martinez hosted a productive and energizing first session on Sept. 7. An intimate group of professionals in a wide range of industries chatted about their work experience, connected on personal similarities, and... Continue Reading
This morning, the Bellevue Chamber hosted its monthly Executive Business Roundtable program at the Bellevue Club. The program, “Creating Future Ready Cities”, featured Alex Shannon, Vice President and Director of Northwest Water at WSP, and Rebecca Borker, Director of Utility... Continue Reading
This morning, the Bellevue Chamber hosted another Executive Business Roundtable (EBRT) program at the Bellevue Club featuring Renee Sunde, President & CEO of the Washington Retail Association, and Mark Johnson, Senior Vice President of Policy & Government Affairs, Mark Johnson. Prior to... Continue Reading
Last Thursday, the Bellevue Chamber held its first hybrid Executive Business Roundtable meeting at the Bellevue Club. The program featured GLY Construction President and CEO, Ted Herb, as he shared the process of some of GLY’s mega projects. One of the biggest GLY projects to date, the... Continue Reading
John Sterns | 425 Business Amazon’s vice president of public policy, Brian Huseman, and Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, will keynote the two-day Eastside Leadership Conference next week. The conference, which is Bellevue Chamber’s most popular event, will happen virtually... Continue Reading
