FINAL TIDBITSANDEVENTS: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
The Worksite Wellness Start-up Workshop
2/7
Theme: 5 components for a successful wellness program The Workshop Wellness Networking (Vancouver Chapter) will be hosting a quarterly meeting for business owners or managers of corporate wellness programs. This event is part workshop, part networking, and part group problem solving. The February topic is “The Worksite Wellness Start-up: Five Key Components to Developing a Successful Wellness Program.” No cost to attend, doors open at 7:30am at the Brickstone Ballroom.
1/10
Cooking Demos at the Jan. Business After Hours
The team at Camas Meadows has a brand new menu and they will be showcasing it at the January Business After Hours Event in their restaurant and event space. RSVP! $10/Member.
The 2016 “Chamber Champion”
Kareen Mills - Legal Shield In October 2016 the GVCC hosted a month long Membership Drive. We put the challenge out to our stakeholders to share the benefits of Chamber membership with the community. We also put the title of “Chamber Champion” on-the-line for the person who referred and converted the most new members. Kareen Mills of Legal Shield took on the challenge and recruited the most new members during October. Thank you Kareen! We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Kareen and share a little about her story. Kareen knew fairly early that a sales, marketing and business development career could best utilize her business creativity. Kareen loves people from every walk of life and has always been a self-driven entrepreneur. After immigrating to the U.S. from the Philippines to claim her stake in the American dream, she ran headfirst into the American nightmare that descends on so many unsuspecting immigrants. Kareen’s first challenge was an insurance related lawsuit after just a few months of arriving in the US. Although she lost the suit, she feels victorious today because looking back, it’s the adversity that created an appetite for the insurance industry. Kareen graduated from San Carlos University with a major in accounting and a minor in business and marketing. Kareen held various positions in the banking world, including her last position as VP, Commercial Loan Officer with Riverview Community Bank. She also operated her own insurance practice with State Farm (one of the top insurers in the nation) for 7 years. Kareen is currently an Independent Insurance Broker solely focused on risk management for employees using voluntary employee benefits. In addition, Kareen is an active public servant as an Ambassador for the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, a mentor to other independent contractors, chapter leader for Networking with Results International, former board member for the Philippines American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon, and helped raise $600,000 for the Pink Power Ladies at SW Washington Medical Center. She stays active as a CrossFit trainer and loves spending time with her husband and two active sons camping and traveling.
Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Vancouver VISION Magazine
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