BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:286@newportbeach.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151001T071500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151001T083000 DTSTAMP:20150922T204946Z URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/october-wake-up-newport-minimum-wa ge-panel-discussion/ SUMMARY:October WAKE UP! Newport - Minimum Wage Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nHow will the proposed new minimum wage increases affect your business?\n Come to our next WAKE UP! N ewport meeting to listen to an interactive panel on the topic. You'll be a ble to ask questions and learn about the ramifications of this new increa se.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_ima ge image="25879" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][ vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nEXPERT PANEL\nJennifer Muir\nGeneral M anager\, Orange County Employees Association\n\nJennifer Muir is the Gener al Manager for the Orange County Employees Association\, which represents approximately 18\,000 workers in Orange County who keep our communities sa fe and healthy. She is also a Board member for the Concordia University Ce nter for Public Policy\, and serves in collaboration with community and la bor organizations across the state of California. She writes a weekly colu mn in the opinion pages of the Orange County Register about issues affecti ng working people.\n\nJennifer came to OCEA in 2010 from the Orange County Register\, where she was a nationally recognized investigative reporter a nd covered beats across the County\, including county and city government\ , health care\, and legal issues. Before the Register\, Jennifer wrote abo ut crime on the South Texas border in the City of Brownsville.\n\nShe grew up in Garden Grove and graduated from Pepperdine University.\n\n \;\n \nRussell Mangum\, III\, Ph.D.\nProfessor\, Concordia University\,  Irvin e\, School of Business\, Economics\nSr. Vice President\, Nathan Associates \nProfessor Mangum has over 20 years experience in economic instruction\, research and analysis. Dr. Mangum has taught courses in economics\, statis tics\, econometrics\, and finance at five colleges and universities.  He has also served as a consulting and testifying expert in the private secto r and for local\, state\, and federal governments. His consulting practice focuses on economic analysis and expert testimony in a wide range of matt ers involving intellectual property\, antitrust\, class certification\, st atistical analysis\, and damage quantification. Examples of his work as an expert include estimation of lost profits and reasonable royalty in paten t infringement matters\; analysis of relevant markets and lost profits in antitrust cases\; statistical and econometric analysis in labor and commer cial disputes\, and valuation of intellectual property.\n\n \;\n\nMatt Sutton\nCalifornia Restaurant Association\nVice President\, Government Af fairs + Public Policy\n\n\nMatt joined the CRA in March 2008. He oversees the CRA’s Government Affairs + Public Policy department which includes a n advocacy component with state and local lobbyists and a political affair s component that handles the CRA Political Action Committee and the CRA Is sues PAC. In addition to managing the department\, Matt lobbies on issues at the state level and local level. Matt joined the CRA as senior legislat ive director and was promoted to Vice president in 2012. His impressive ba ckground includes nearly 20 years of experience in government affairs. Pri or to joining the CRA\, he spent six years lobbying on health care financi ng\, tax policy\, corporate liability and governance\, and technology issu es for the California Manufacturers and Technology Association. Matt also served as manager of state government affairs for the American Electronics Association. His State Capitol experience includes positions of legislati ve director and legislative aide for Assemblymembers. Matt graduated from St. Mary’s College with a B.A. in economics and completed his M.A. in pu blic policy and administration at California State University\, Sacramento .[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n[caption id="attachment_12661" align="alignleft" width="150"] Pr esenting Sponsor[/caption]\n\n \;\n\nBreakfast treats will be provided by Blue Water Grill.\n\n\nThis event is free to the public\, but please make reservations so we can plan for food and seating.\n\nContact: Pam Smi th - psmith@newportbeach.com  -   (949) 729-4411[/vc_column_text][/vc_c olumn][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newportbeach.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/08/minimumwage.jpg CATEGORIES:Chamber Events,Featured LOCATION:Newport Beach Public Library (Friends Room)\, 1000 Avocado Ave.\, Newport Beach\, CA\, 92660\, United States GEO:33.6078202;-117.87315109999997 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1000 Avocado Ave.\, Newport Beach\, CA\, 92660\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Newport Bea ch Public Library (Friends Room):geo:33.6078202,-117.87315109999997 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR