Tech Titans: Mission to Mars
Tech Titans: Mission to Mars Tech Titans STEM volunteers participated in a summer camp held for Richardson ISD students. “Mission to Mars” had students working all week in one of four areas: Rover, Missile, Drone or Environment with the end-of-week culmination to send a rocket to Mars, and then retrieve items with a rover after reconnaissance using a drone.
President's Club profile: Prosperity Bank
President's Club profile: Prosperity Bank Since 1983, Prosperity Bank has provided banking services throughout Texas and Oklahoma. It focuses on local, community-minded banking. Former chamber chair Eric Peltier is senior vice president at Prosperity. “We believe in building genuine relationships, providing positive experiences at every touchpoint from in-person to our digital channels, and backing our customer's information and financial records with the highest level of security,”
President's Club profile: Advocare
President's Club profile: Advocare In 1993, Charles E. Ragus founded AdvoCare, a health and wellness company, with the commitment to be an advocate who cared. AdvoCare provides innovative nutritional, weight-management and sports performance products. Ragus built the company to empower others to become better versions of themselves by providing world-class products, education, and inspiration designed to help people look better, feel better, perform better. Today, the company continues following the
President's Club profile
President's Club profile: KDC For more than 30 years, KDC has developed “custom corporate homes” for some of the country’s most successful companies. Be it a regional facility with a hundred employees, a consolidated office with a few thousand or a corporate headquarters with 7,000 employees, its clients’ underlying goals are the same – to attract and retain the best talent to a facility reflective of the company’s culture, rich with amenities and flexible work spaces to unlock collaboration, creativity
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Tech Titans looking to the stars
The chamber and its sister organization, Tech Titans, are helping build the next generation of rocket scientists. Last month, Tech Titans partnered with State Farm for a STEM event at Berkner High School. More than 100 5th- 6th-graders competed in the NASA-inspired Rocket Build Power Challenge. Junior scientists worked in teams to construct and launch a model rocket.
We make a difference! Former student credits GDI experience
We make a difference!Former student credits GDI experience We recently received this testimonial: One of the most formative experiences I had in college was working as an intern with the Global Development Initiative (GDI). A unique partnership between the City of Richardson, the Richardson Chamber of Commerce, and the Center for Global Business at the University of Texas at Dallas, GDI is a program where students conduct market research on foreign small and medium enterprises
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REDP helps spread seeds of economic gardening for Richardson businesses
REDP helps spread seeds of economic gardening for Richardson businessesGXA was experiencing a growth stage when the pandemic hit. The managed service IT provider had recently moved into new offices to accommodate additional team members. Within six months, 90% of staff was sent home. Information technology, already a fast-paced, continually evolving field, suddenly became the lifeline to keep their customers' businesses, and their own, up and running. With the support of the National Center
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Small Business Task Force update
Small Business Task Force update Small Business Task Force update The Small Business Task Force, under the leadership of Marta Frey, is studying ways to increase the chamber's value to its small business community. The task force recently presented several recommendations offered by its sub-committees: Marketing and Communications SubcommitteeKathy Rogers, David Ebenezer, Grant Tonne, Manasseh DurkinGoal: Improve communication Establish submission process for RCC committees to
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Score update
Small business resources: SCORE SCORE mentorMary Cooleywill be at the chamber office from 9-11 a.m. Thursdays. SCORE provides free and confidential one-on-one business counseling by phone, video, email and in-person. It also conducts workshops for both start-up entrepreneurs and seasoned small business owners.
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DEI update
DEI committee update The Chamber’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force has been working on preparing a draft strategic plan for the Chamber’s leadership to review. The group began in 2021 by working with Insperity to deploy a DEI survey to Chamber stakeholders to gather information about the strengths and opportunities around diversity, equity and inclusion. More than 270 members responded to the questionnaire. Raul Hinojosa of UTD and committee chair has presented the findings
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Welcome to the chamber's summer intern: Brooke Jaye
Welcome to the chamber's summer intern: Brooke JayeHello! My name is Brooke and I am an intern at the Richardson Chamber of Commerce this summer under the Mayor's Internship Program! So far the internship is amazing, I have helped with events, take pictures to post on our social media, help edit the Chambers website and assist with some other little tasks. When I’m not at the RCC I love reading and listening to true crime podcasts. I’ve played the trumpet for six years now so I’m a true
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Annual meeting: highlights and goals
Tomorrow’s Bright Future! Annual meeting recap Dan Johnson, newly retired Richardson City Manager, was honored as 2021 Citizen of the Year by the chamber at the annual meeting. The chamber celebrated at its first in-person Annual Meeting in two years. Numerous awards were presented as leadership changed from Eric Peltier to Manasseh Durkin, 2022 chairman. Keynote speaker was Dean Kamen, the inventor who expanded the frontiers of health by creating the first wearable infusion pump for the treatment of
Member profile: Texas Capital Bank
Member profile: Texas Capital Bank Chamber and momentum member, Texas Capital Bank, recently was recognized by Newsweek as the most trusted bank in America, based on a first-of-its kind survey Newsweek conducted with market research firm Statista. The bank’s operations center is located in Richardson. Newsweek and Statista asked 50,000 Americans to rate their trust in companies they know well as a customer, investor or employee, allowing them to choose from all publicly traded U.S. companies with
President’s Club profile: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas —
President’s Club profile: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas — the only statewide, customer-owned health insurer in Texas — is the largest provider of health benefits in the state, working with nearly 80,000 physicians and healthcare practitioners, and 500 hospitals to serve more than 6 million members in all 254 counties. BCBSTX has been around for more than 90 years and a chamber member since 1976. Its mission is focused on providing financially sound health care
Member profile: U.S. Freedom Capital
Member profile: U.S. Freedom Capital Former chamber president Stan Bradshaw is the principal and chief executive officer of U.S. Freedom Capital, a momentum member of the Richardson Chamber. U.S. Freedom Capital is an investment manager offering US real estate investments to global investors. Certain principals are broker-dealers and registered investment advisers. The EB-5 Investor Visa program is the fastest and most secure and likely path to US permanent residency (aka “Green Card”). Stan is a
Renowned inventor and advocate for science to keynote Richardson Chamber Annual Meeting
The inventor who expanded the frontiers of health by creating the first wearable infusion pump for the treatment of various diseases will deliver the keynote address at the 2022 Richardson Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting. Dean Kamen, who has more than 1,000 patents, will talk about his entrepreneurial spirit and drive to change peoples’ lives, his many inventions and his passion for helping young people discover the exciting world of science and technology. The annual meeting is set for April 19 at
Richardson Chamber Executive Board announces interim leaders
The executive committee of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the appointment of Kimberly Quirkas interim president of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce effective immediately. Also being named to interim positions are Paul Bendel as executive director of Tech Titans® and Doug McDonald as executive director of the Richardson Economic Development Partnership. Kim Quirk presently serves as the executive director of Leadership Richardson for the chamber and will continue in that role.
Chamber names 2022 executive committee and board
Richardson Chamber of Commerce 2022 Board of Directors Officers (Executive Committee) Chairman of the BoardManasseh DurkinDurkin Enterprises 1st Vice Chair, Economic DivisionJan ArrantMethodist RMC Vice Chair, Member ServicesDarren DurrettDallas Capital Bank Vice Chair, CommunityRandy Ford National Write Your Congressman Vice Chair, Budget & FinanceMonica ScottLogotology Vice Chair, Business ServicesScott FlanneryUnited Healthcare Immediate Past ChairEric PeltierProsperity Bank Elected
