Did you know that 60% of small and medium-sized businesses go out of business within six months of a cyber attack? Protecting your business and creating a cyber incident response plan is critical – and October is the best time to learn how to ...
Do you have a cyber or IT department? We need your help! More than 500 high school students have expressed interest in learning about cyber and IT careers in the San Antonio area. Sign up to host 15-40 students for the 2019 IT & Cybersecurity ...
Early Voting started this week for the November 5 General Election, and San Antonio Chamber staff were quick to hit the polls. During the 86th Texas Legislative Session, which closed on May 27, 2019, state legislators passed ten amendments to the ...
As you may have learned, the San Antonio City Council last Thursday adopted a revised Paid Sick Leave Ordinance that has been retitled the Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance. This new law, which goes into effect on December 1, 2019, requires every San ...
The Chamber is delighted to welcome Rose Deveraux, who is our new Vice President of Finance.Rose is a San Antonio native, graduating from Harlandale High School and University of Texas at San Antonio, with a bachelor’s degree in business ...
San Antonio proudly wears its distinction as Military City U.S.A on its sleeve. This holiday season, you and your family have the opportunity to make that promise a little more personal though “Operation Home Cooking.” An annual ...
Yesterday, your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Richard Perez sent a letter to Mayor Nirenberg and City Council with feedback on the revised Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP).In the letter, we thanked the City for ...
Over the last two years, Texas has experienced some catastrophic flooding, and it has forced state lawmakers to ensure Texas becomes more resilient and better prepared for storms. During the Legislative Session, House Joint Resolution 4 was signed ...
Last week, the Chamber team welcomed Andrew Gorman as the new Director of Special Events. Andrew will oversee our events, which includes scheduling, planning, and executing more than 100 special events each year, with a focus on enhancing the ...
**Event postponed. A new date will be announced soon.**The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce invites you to a luncheon conversation and panel discussion featuring Alamo Colleges Chancellor Dr. Mike Flores on Tuesday, October 15.In his first year as ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce continues to champion and raise awareness about the many benefits of recruiting and hiring individuals from our disability community. Through the Chamber’s Project Ability initiative and Business to ...
Presented by Bank of America in collaboration with the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, CyberSecurity San Antonio, and Port San Antonio, the second annual Executive Summit on Cybersecurity returned to downtown San Antonio last week. With nearly 140 ...
Hosted by the Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort, the Cyber Industry Council gathered for its monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 2. On the agenda: a federal partner briefing from the United ...
Our September Board Meeting was hosted by Citi at its Customer Operations Center. Matthew Anderson, Site President at Citi, welcomed Board members to the multi-building corporate campus established 27 years ago. Citi employs 2,500 employees locally ...
In July, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed a rule change that would eliminate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)’s broad-based categorical eligibility (BBCE). This week, the San Antonio Chamber ...
Texas Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen made his way down to San Antonio this week to address more than 200 of the Chamber’s business and community members. Speaker Bonnen had received hundreds of requests to visit communities across the ...
Did you know that October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month? You don’t need to be a cybersecurity expert to understand the risks of sharing information online. But, if you are a business owner, you should absolutely increase your ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce’s Woman to Woman, Leader to Leader Committee (WWLL), co-chaired by Johnette Lee (Lighthouse for the Blind) and Jimmie Keenan (Wellmed), was hosted by the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas at the Sally Cheever ...
Join CPS Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) for “The Electrification Experience” in San Antonio on Oct. 2 and 3 at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk. The two-day event is the culmination of EPRI’s ...
City Council hosted a special meeting yesterday to get a first glance at the revised Paid Sick Leave ordinance. The last time the full council had reviewed the ordinance was in August of 2018 when the ordinance was adopted, and the council-appointed ...
The 2020 Census is an important opportunity for San Antonio residents to secure necessary funding for our community, spur economic growth, and prepare our city for the future. There is more than $800 billion at stake for Texas, and we cannot afford ...
For over 44 years, Leadership San Antonio (LSA) has helped to shape the future leaders of San Antonio. LSA has graduated CEOs; company presidents; public and private industry executives; academic and military leaders; mayors; and elected ...
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce are excited to reveal that the Co-Chairs of the 2020 class of Leadership San Antonio (LSA) are Brian Hurtak, Assistant Vice President of Deposits Product Management ...
Your San Antonio Chamber of Commerce hosted U.S. Senator Ted Cruz last week for part one of the Congressional Series Luncheon series. The event was presented by Valero Energy and provided business and community leaders the opportunity to get an ...
On Tuesday, the mayor-appointed Paid Sick Leave (PSL) commission presented an overview of their work during the past five months along with their key recommendations. The PSL Commission chair, Danielle L. Hargrove, informed the ad hoc committee that ...
Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) presented a grant for $6,881,000 to the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH) to develop and implement a coordinated community plan to prevent and end youth ...
Wednesday evening, under beautiful blue skies, Baptist Medical Center hosted their official dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the newly renovated and expanded Emergency Room, and Chamber President and CEO Richard Perez, along with Texas ...
The SAWS Board of Trustees appointed the Chamber’s Vice President of Public Policy Stephanie Reyes to the Rate Advisory Committee (RAC) this week. The RAC is a special purpose advisory group that provides input to the Board of Trustees and ...
On Thursday, September 1, the TxDOT Commission approved its 2020 Unified Transportation Plan (UTP) which includes more than $77 billion to improve safety, address congestion and connectivity, and preserve roadways for Texas drivers. Thanks for the ...
I would like to share some heart wrenching news. A few weeks ago, we sent a message through the newsletter about our Vice President of Finance Imelda Davis, who was very recently diagnosed with a Stage IV Sarcoma that was found in her leg but ...