Marin Independent Journal
The Marin Economic Forum has done reports on local development projects, including the proposed RH showroom in Corte Madera. (Rendering courtesy of Restoration Hardware/Town of Corte Madera)
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San Rafael, CA (August 23, 2017) – Marin Economic Forum Chairman of the Board Haden Ongaro announced today the hiring of Kentfield resident Robin Sternberg as Marin Economic Forum’s new Chief Executive Officer. Marin Economic Forum (MEF) is a public-private partnership created in 2010 to foster economic vitality while also enhancing social equity and protecting the environment. MEF’s 2016-2017 budget is $454,000, which includes recent matching grants of $150,000 from Marin County.
Sternberg comes to the Marin Economic Forum with a strong background in economic development and job growth strategies for high technology sectors and small businesses. Most recently she worked as the Senior Economic Development Advisor on the American Jobs Project at the University of California at Berkeley, where she was a lead advisor and author of a report focused on job creation in the clean energy efficiency sector.
Marin Independent Journal
By Adrian Rodriguez
A local expert on economic development and job growth strategies has been selected to lead the Marin Economic Forum as its fourth chief executive officer since 2011.
Robin Sternberg, a 54-year-old Kentfield resident, has been named CEO of the San Rafael nonprofit, a public-private partnership created in 2010 to foster economic growth in the county while also enhancing social equity and protecting the environment.
Sternberg replaces Michael Kadel, who has served as interim CEO since May after Jim Cordeiro, the forum’s third chief executive, resigned in January after serving less than a year in the position. Sternberg will earn $125,000 annually.
Picked from four candidates, Sternberg stood out because “she had such a terrific background in government, politics and fundraising,” said Haden Ongaro, chairman of the 36-member board governing the forum.
Her resume includes a stint as executive director of the Governor’s Job Creation Initiative for the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, and another as a member of the finance committee for the Obama campaign in 2007-08. She was also elected as a state delegate for the Democratic National Convention in 2008 in Denver.
Marin Independent Journal
By Adrian Rodriguez
Financial advisers in Marin say it’s a good time to review investments, as Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election appears to be signaling a strong stock market.
“If you’re not investing, you should be putting your toe in,” said Neil Hennessy, CIO of Hennessy Funds in Novato.
Since Nov. 8, the stock market has seen some ups and downs, rising to record numbers last week. Investors nationwide have been betting that with Trump in office, and with a Republican-led Congress, there will be a push to deregulate energy and banking, cut taxes and increase government spending on infrastructure, making it the opportune time to invest and buy stock in the financial and commodities sectors.
However, Hennessy said investors should pay less attention to what might happen in a Trump administration and focus on the fact that “business is very resilient,” and that “everything points to a higher market” because of that.
