It’s no accident that Santa Clara is the home of some of high tech’s biggest players. The city’s post-WWII infrastructure investments and city-owned electric utility were central to that, but the work of Santa Clara’s chamber of commerce was instrumental in making investments for the future into realities. The Silicon Valley Central Chamber’s roots go … Read more
At its June Awards Breakfast, hosted by Related Companies’ Ellore senior apartments, Santa Clara’s Chamber of Commerce debuted a new name: Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce. The name reflects the business organization’s increasingly regional mission. “More and more, international delegations and regional businesses come to us,” said Chamber CEO Harbir Bhatia. “So it’s just easier … Read more
The Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce’s (SVCCC) annual Mayors’ Breakfast was packed full of lighthearted fun and good-natured ribbing between mayors. Five South Bay mayors attended the breakfast, and each had a chance to extol the virtues of their cities. Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor jokingly referred to it as a meeting of her … Read more
The Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce (SVC Chamber) Board of Directors recently announced Harbir Kaur Bhatia as the chamber’s new CEO and president. Bhatia brings a rare combination of extensive technology, business, media production, social entrepreneurship, public sector and community leadership and chamber of commerce experience to her new position. Bhatia’s education includes a … Read more
Christian D. Malesic, the highly respected President/CEO of the Silicon Valley Central Chamber (SVC Chamber) has accepted a new position in Texas with greater responsibility and reach. Malesic led the chamber, and the Bay Area business community, through the hardest years in its 75-year history having joined the chamber at the beginning of the pandemic. … Read more
In late 1937 a small item in a Santa Clara newspaper announced that W.A. Wahl, Standard Oil agent for Santa Clara, was elected the new president of the Santa Chamber of Commerce, following the business group’s first president, James Dunn. The organization’s first order of business for the coming year was to appoint a committee … Read more