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Join BRAC for our annual celebration of the organization’s work leading economic development in the nine-parish Baton Rouge Area. BRAC President and CEO Adam Knapp will present key outcomes of the first full year of the Think Bigger Campaign, and introduce plans to build on those successes.

Special guest Jerry Sanders, president and CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, will share insights from his lifelong career in public service, which includes serving as police chief, CEO of the United Way of San Diego, and two-term mayor.

Agenda:

11 a.m. - Registration and networking

Noon - Program begins

1:30 p.m. - Program concludes

About Jerry Sanders:

Jerry Sanders began his lifelong career in public service when he joined the San Diego Police Department at the age of 22, fulfilling his dream of becoming a police officer. He ascended the police department ranks, serving as the SWAT Team commander before becoming one of the youngest police chiefs in the city’s history. In 1999, Sanders retired from the police force and became CEO of the United Way of San Diego, where he reduced the organization’s costs and increased fundraising by 20 percent.

In 2005, civic leaders urged Sanders to run for mayor. After winning in a special election, Mayor Sanders immediately launched a top-to-bottom review and streamlining of city operations, which eliminated more than 1,800 positions from the city budget. Under Mayor Sanders, city financial staff completed six years’ worth of back-logged audits, allowing the city to return to the public bond markets in January 2009 — helping to fund the mayor’s commitment to repair San Diego’s long-neglected water, sewer and transportation infrastructure. Sanders also introduced Managed Competition to city government, which allows private companies to compete against city employees for the right to provide a variety of municipal services.

In addition to his broad reform agenda, Sanders has placed a high priority on economic growth and job creation during his time in office. Specifically, the mayor has been a champion of the region’s promising clean technology industry. Sanders completed his second and final term as Mayor in December 2012. Sanders currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and will continue to do so through 2020.

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