{"id":199807,"date":"2026-03-01T23:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199807\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T23:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:41:08","slug":"chamber-of-commerce-unveils-new-mission-at-155th-annual-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199807\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber of Commerce unveils new mission at 155th annual celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"San<\/a>San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce office in downtown San Diego. (File photo by Chris Jennewein\/Times of San Diego)<\/p>\n

The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, the largest chamber on the West Coast, is focusing on the future with a new mission statement.<\/p>\n

At the organization\u2019s 155th anniversary celebration on Thursday, President and CEO Chris Cate unveiled the new mission to \u201cchampion business and empower leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor 155 years, this chamber has helped shape the San Diego region; but today, we\u2019re setting our sights firmly on what comes next,\u201d\u00a0said Cate. \u201cWith a renewed purpose to champion business and empower leaders, we are making it clear: we will lead, we will act and we will deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be unapologetically pro-business, drive policies that produce real results, and bring leaders together to move this region forward,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are not just preparing for the future; we are building it, together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cate outlined the new mission before nearly 900 executives, elected officials and industry leaders meeting at the Manchester Grand Hyatt downtown.<\/p>\n

The chamber noted that the new mission \u201ccomes at a time of both opportunity and challenge for the San Diego region, as businesses navigate evolving economic conditions, workforce needs, housing affordability and cross-border dynamics.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the celebration, the chamber also presented two distinguished awards to recognize outstanding contributions that have strengthened the San Diego region and economy:<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Herb Klein Spirit of San Diego Award to Nancy Sasaki, former president and CEO of United Way of San Diego County<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Moving San Diego Forward Award to General Atomics for its leadership in providing the primary U.S. contribution to the world\u2019s largest nuclear fusion energy project<\/a><\/p>\n

The chamber represents more than 2,000 businesses in the San Diego region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce office in downtown San Diego. (File photo by Chris Jennewein\/Times of San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2456,1556,92930,74,76,75,2459],"class_list":["post-199807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-chris-cate","tag-mission","tag-nancy-sasaki","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-regional-chamber-of-commerce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}