At Metro EDGE, we know true mentors are hard to come by these days and that our members are eager to learn what it takes to be successful. Words of Wisdom is a new series featuring some of Sacramento’s brightest CEOs, executives and leaders sharing their advice with the region’s young professionals. Flip your brain over to sponge mode and soak this up. Kitty O’Neal…
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Blogging at the Edge
Words of Wisdom with Kitty O’Neal
Skin in the Game
Erica Taylor is the 2012 Metro EDGE Communications Committee Vice Chair. She was recently given the opportunity to contribute to the Sacrmanento Metro Chamber’s Spring 2012 Metro Buisness Quarterly publication, writing about how Metro EDGE is working to ensure a positive future for the region and the region’s young professionals. Read the full article below. Skin in the Game :: Metro EDGE members work to ensure young professionals have…
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Words of Wisdom with Kelly Brothers
At Metro EDGE, we know true mentors are hard to come by these days and that our members are eager to learn what it takes to be successful. Words of Wisdom is a new series featuring some of Sacramento’s brightest CEOs, executives and leaders sharing their advice with the region’s young professionals. Flip your brain over to sponge mode and soak this up. Kelly Brothers…
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5 Votes :: A Play By Play
MacKenzie Gilmore is the 2012 Chair of the Metro EDGE Regional Action Committee. She was in the City Council Chambers during the March 6 meeting and shares below what it was like to be there. Last night I had the opportunity to be a part of a public forum that has the potential to help move our region forward. The Sacramento city council met…
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Passion, Culture and Sports: A Vote for the Underdog
Erika Bjork, co-chair of Metro EDGE’s Regional Action Committee shares the #1 reason you need to be at next Tuesday’s City Council Meeting – more than just a new entertainment and sports complex is on the line. ** UPDATE: Sign the petition to vote YES here One doesn’t have to be a sports fan to understand that the March 6 Sacramento City Council vote has broader…
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Words of Wisdom with Mike O’Brien
At Metro EDGE, we know true mentors are hard to come by these days and that our members are eager to learn what it takes to be successful. Words of Wisdom is a new series featuring some of Sacramento’s brightest CEOs, executives and leaders sharing their advice with the region’s young professionals. Flip your brain over to sponge mode and soak this up. Mike O’Brien…
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Deja Vu? :: EDGE Chair’s Response to Forbes
We get the feeling like we’ve been here before. In case you haven’t heard, Sacramento has, yet again, been named one of America’s Most Miserable Cities by Forbes. Below, 2012 Chair Sean O’Brien gives the writer his feedback. Hey there Kurt – I’ve felt truly miserable a few times in my life. Once I ate some bad mussels for dinner. (the funny thing is – I was in…
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Regional Action Update :: Strong Mayor 2.0 or No?
The Regional Action Committee is the political arm of Metro EDGE. The goal of the committee is to keep Metro EDGE members informed and engaged in current issues affecting the Sacramento region and more specifically the lives of young professionals and future business leaders. Read below to be kept in the know! On January 20, two public policy professors came together at the Metro…
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15 Minutes of F.A.M.E :: Lisa Porta
Get to know the amazing people who make up Metro EDGE with this 15 Minutes of FAME (Faces At Metro EDGE)! Enjoy! Lisa Porta, PE CH2M HILL EMAIL LISA Tell us about your current position? I work at CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering consulting and design firm. I joined the firm 4 years ago, starting at the headquarters in Denver, before moving to Sacramento in…
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The “Ah-Ha” Moment :: Metro EDGE Provides the Setting for Positive Change
MacKenzie Gilmore is the 2012 Chair of the Metro EDGE Regional Action Committee. She recently began a new job and shares below how her experience at last year’s Executive Insight event helped her focus on what she wanted in a job and in herself. At some point in every young professional’s life, there come various points when it’s time to make a change. It could be that we’ve…
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