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103rd Annual Luncheon & 2008 Oakland Chamber Awards Luncheon Some 400 people gathered at the historic Scottish Rite Center on Wednesday, June 25th to celebrate the 103rd Annual Meeting & 2008 Oakland Chamber Awards Luncheon. The following people and organizations were recognized for their outstanding contributions over the past year & lifetime:
Breaking New Ground
Brandywine Realty Trust
Sponsor: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean
Oakland on the Map
Dr. Mark Walters
Sponsor: CHORI
Small Business of the Year
Numi Organic Tea
Sponsor: Wells Fargo
Arts Advocates of the Year
Samee Roberts & Steve Huss
Sponsor: Mario Chiodo Studios
Community Service Award
The Rotary Club of Oakland
Sponsor: The Clorox Company
Impact Award
American President Lines
Sponsor: Port of Oakland
Friend of the Chamber Jim MacIlvaine
Sponsor: The Oakland Holiday Parade
Lifetime Achievement
Dennis Richmond Sponsor: KTVU Channel
The following people were also recognized for their tireless effort in promoting and advancing the Oakland Partnership: Blue Sky Bio Fuels (Pat MacIntyre) AB Trucking (Bill Abouti) Ex’pression College for the Digital Arts (Spencer Nielsen) Incubate Group (Peter Leahy) Pure Delite Music (Larry Batiste) NBA Engineering Inc. (Natalie Alavi) URS Corporation (Amy Jewel) Community Design and Architecture (Greg Pasquali) Greener World Media (Joel Makower) Geomatrix (Julia Bussey) Mikiten Architecture (Erick Mikiten) AE3 Partners (Doug Davis) Pictures of the day's event can be found here. News coverage of the event in the Oakland Business Review included: - The stars come out at Chamber's 2008 Annual Meeting
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