About the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce
The Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit member organization that works to promote economic vitality and prosperity in Santa Cruz County. We value a healthy and productive economic community, a high quality of life, fairness and efficiency in community decision making, and efficient and sustainable business practices.
Promoting Economic Vitality for Santa Cruz
The purpose of the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce is to promote economic vitality and prosperity.
- We value a healthy and productive economic community. As a business organization we are responsible for ensuring the communities economic resource are preserved and well utilized. We believe in the operation of a competitive market place and, in general, oppose efforts to control supply and demand of goods and services.
- We value a high quality of life and expect our community to be welcoming to residents and visitors alike. We expect our streets to be safe, our parks to be inviting, our schools to provide quality education, and our natural resources to be sensitively utilized for the public good.
- We value fairness and efficiency in community decision making. We believe the business community must play an active role in public decision making. The Chamber will provide business people the means to act collectively, influencing decisions of economic significance in our community.
- We value efficient and sustainable business practices, which produce quality goods and services. We want to continuously improve the level of excellence in business practices throughout our community. We will set an example as a well-run business.
Board of Directors
Respected members of the business community who have devoted their time and energies to improving the Chamber, the Board of Directors works to promote the Chamber and its activities. See the roster.
Internship Program
The Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for Operations and Information Systems Interns for the Fall 2008 and Winter 2009. Please send your resume to Annette McGarity at annette@santacruzchamber.org or via fax at 831.423.1847. Operations PDF. Info Sys PDF.
Contact the Chamber
- General Information: (831) 457-3713
- Fax: (831) 423-1847
- Bill Tysseling Executive Director (831) 457-3722
- Samantha
Baglioni, Operations Manager (831) 457-3719
- Doreen
Bartels, Sales Consultant (831) 427-0154
- Annette
McGarity, Project Director (831) 457-3720
- Reservations: Women in Business (831) 457-3715
Santa Cruz Chamber
of Commerce
611 Ocean Street,
Ste 1
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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