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California Industry & Trade Council |
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 The California Industry and Trade Council (CITC) is a statewide federation of local and regional industry and trade associations dedicated to sharing information, combining resources and amplifying the voice of manufacturers and other trade industry job creators. Sponsored by the California Manufacturers and Technology Association (CMTA) in Sacramento, CITC will operate as a conduit between local industry association executives and CMTA toward promoting both greater local grassroots responsiveness on state legislative issues and Sacramento responsiveness to the brewing local challenges facing business and industry.
Click Here to View the CITC Information Packet |
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Clearwater Port |
 Clearwater is proud
to offer a progressive alternative
for meeting the natural gas needs of
Ventura County and California.
It
combines a safe, environmentally
sound approach -- using existing
infrastructure to preserve the
coastal experience and supply
affordable clean energy to consumers
sooner. The Clearwater management
team has a combined 150 years
experience in this field, and
includes experts involved in
developing more than 50 energy
infrastructure projects with an
aggregate investment of over $15
billion -- including the development,
construction, and operation of nine
liquefication facilities worldwide. |
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Zona Seca |
 The mission of Zona Seca, Inc. is to provide programs and services to the citizens of Santa Barbara County, helping them with the struggles of addiction and abuse. Zona Seca believes that by providing the highest quality professional substance abuse counseling, intervention, and prevention services at a cost effective rate, the organization can help save and comfort lives and make Santa Barbara County an even safer place to call home. Zona Seca also houses the nationally recognized Youth CineMedia Program which provides an outlet for at-risk youth whereby they are trained to create video, still and graphic arts products while learning important technical and communications skills. |
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The World Affairs Council of America |
The World Affairs Council of America (WACA) California Central Coast Chapter aims to present world leaders and engaging speakers on a variety of today's most relevant global issues. WACA promotes understanding by sponsoring events on the Central Coast for citizens of all ages that foster discussion of international issues. We do this through programs such as: Engaging policy makers; Educational programs; Business roundtables; Travel programs for teachers; Thematic speakers series; and Conducting internationally oriented events. WACA is a national association with a half million members and participants from coast to coast. From religion to medicine, government to education, and science to culture, WACA presents your world to you with engaging speakers. |
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Limoneira
Company |
 A
leading grower, packer, and marketer
of high quality agricultural
products for national and
international distribution.
Limoneria has grown to be one of the
premier integrated agribusiness
operations in the world. Limoneira
and its affiliated companies
encompass thousands of acres of rich
agricultural lands throughout the
state of California along with
strategic investments in food
processing, fresh produce marketing,
and specialty produce packing. |
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Cabrillo
Economic Development Corporation |
 CEDC
has progressed from a grower-owned
labor camp to a countywide housing
and economic development corporation
serving diverse socio-economic
populations. CEDC has built more
than 1,000 units of affordable
for-sale and multi-family rental
housing, manages 440 affordable
rental units, and has counseled more
than 1,800 households preparing to
purchase a home. In addition, CEDC
has helped 275 families into
homeownership through education,
counseling, and lending services. |
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Merrill Lynch (Phillip/Cuevas Group) |
 Merrill Lynch is one of the world's leading wealth management, capital markets, and advisory companies. With offices in over 40 countries and territories and total client assets of approximately $1.6 trillion, Merrill Lynch offers a broad range of services to clients in two interrelated business segments - Global Markets & Investment Banking, and Global Wealth Management, which is comprised of Global Private Client and Global Investment Management. The Phillip/Cuevas Group is a component of the latter. |
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Higgy
Foundation |
 Since
1996, The Higgy Foundation has been
a mentoring organization at the
forefront of youth, family, and
community development in the
communities of Fillmore, Moorpark,
Santa Clarita, and Santa Paula. A
non-profit youth organization, they
are governed by a board of directors
made up of community members and key
stakeholders. |
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New Earth
Systems |
 New
Earth Systems is an environmental
technology company focused on
creating new solutions that will
help to renew and improve the
environment. Their principle
strategy is to apply innovation and
creativity, along with the latest
breakthroughs in science and
engineering, to create and
commercialize solutions for many of
the Earth's toughest environmental
problems. |
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Gold Coast
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce |
 The Gold Coast
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce serves
the Hispanic business members
throughout Ventura County. The
chamber's unique approach to serving
its members is using a collaborative
strategy with local chambers of
commerce to best represent the
Hispanic communities in each area. |
The Pleasant Valley School District |
The Pleasant Valley School District (PVSD) is the oldest existing school district in Ventura County. The district has achieved excellence for 134 years. Eight of PVSD's schools have received state or national recognition for academic excellence. The mission of PVSD is to provide an educational program that encourages a positive self-concept, creative expression, critical thinking, and academic excellence challenging students to reach their own highest individual potential. |
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The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians |
The Santa Ynez Chumash Reservation is located in Santa Barbara County, California and was established and officially recognized by the federal government on December 27, 1901. The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians is committed to building a future of economic self-reliance and financial independence for tribal members and the generations of Chumash yet to come. The Band remains committed to preserving tribal property, protecting Chumash culture and heritage, administering justice and developing community resources. |
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California
Manufacturers and Technology
Association |
 CMTA works to
improve and preserve a strong
business climate for California's
30,000 Manufacturers,
processors and technology based
companies. CMTA works with state
government to develop balanced laws,
regulations and policies that
stimulate economic growth and create
new jobs while safeguarding the
state's environmental resources.
CMTA represents businesses from the
entire manufacturing community -- a
segment of our economy that
contributes more than $250 billion
annually and employs more than 1.5
Californians. |
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County of Santa
Barbara Industrial Association (CSBIA). |
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 The Santa Barbara Industrial Association exists so leaders from industry can collaborate with local government and other strategic partners to promote, protect and enhance a healthy economic climate; thereby insuring a thriving future for Central Coast employers in the technology, energy, utilities and manufacturing sectors of the economy.
SBIA believes that by encouraging job creation, particularly in industries with the highest take home pay; quality of life, through job prosperity, is more than a dream, it is a reality.
Visit their website at
www.csbia.org. |
