Committees

Make a difference – Join a Chamber committee

The Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce depends on dedicated volunteers to help make decisions and coordinate events. It’s your chance to get involved, to join committees, to meet other local businesspeople, to put your expertise to good use, and to help share the decisions that affect the residents and businesses of Oakland. The following is a list of current Chamber committees:

Economic Development

Economic Development Committee Staff: Eleanor Hollander

Economic Development Committee
Chair: Charissa Frank (FMG Architects)

Meets the second Wednesday of the month, 3pm. Steering Committee meets 1per quarter at 1:30pm.

Oakland Restaurant Association
Co-Chairs: Mark Everton (Waterfront Hotel), Michael LeBlanc (Pican)

Oakland Retail Advisory Committee
Chair: Ken Lowney (Lowney Architecture)

Meets the third Friday of the month, 9:30am

Oakland Land Use Committee
Chair: Solomon Ets-Hokin (Colliers International)

Meets the second Friday of the month, 9:30am

BID Managers Meeting
Chair: John Dolby (Cassidy Turley)

Meets the 3rd Thursday of the month, 2pm

Events

Ambassador Committee
Staff: Ivette Torres
Co-Chairs: Chadwick Spell (Comcast), Dawnn Hills (Vantage), Andrew Thompson (Merrill Lynch)

East Bay Women in Business Roundtable
Co-Chairs: Kim Arnone (Buchalter Nemer), Allison Rodman (ECRIS)

Golf Committee
Chair: Eric Kisshauer (Pankow Builders)

Holiday Parade Committee
Chair: Ray Pulver (Upbeat Parade Productions)

Annual Meeting Committee
Chair: Shannon Pedder (BRANDcreative)

Oakland Chamber Young Professionals  
Executive Chair: Sofia Navarro 

Membership

Nonprofit Roundtable Committee
Chair: Ana-Marie Jones (Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters)
Co-Chair: Jerry Metzker (Biotech Partners)

Toastmasters
Chair: Cynthia Dorsey (AC Transit)

Leadership Oakland

Leadership Oakland Committee
Staff: Catherine Brewer
Chair: Zack Wasserman (Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP)

Public Policy

Inside Oakland
Staff: Paul Junge
Chair: Bielle Moore(RichmondSanitary/Republic Services)

OakPAC
Chair: John Gooding (Quadric Group)

Public Policy Council
Chair: Dan Cohen (Full Court Press)