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NewsletterApril 2019 Highlights

Health Expo & Career Fair RecapThe Valley Economic Alliance and Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC) hosted the 2019 HealthExpo and Career Fair at LAVC's Student Union Plaza on Tuesday, April 23rd.

A special morning program kicked off the eventful day with remarks by Kenn Phillips, Presidentand CEO of The Valley Economic Alliance, Denise F. Noldon, Interim President of LAVCand Dr. Douglas Marriott, Dean of Adult/Community Education and Workforce Developmentat LAVC.

The Health Expo promoted good nutrition, healthy eating and adopting an active lifestyle andoffered free onsite health screenings such as blood pressure, BMI and HIV. Premier healthproviders and wellness based businesses were onsite offering resources, services, products,samples and giveaways. Exhibitors included AIDS Healthcare Foundation, American Red Cross,City of Hope, Tarzana Treatment Center, Hello Fresh, DaVita, Arbonne and many more.

"We really enjoyed being at the event and were able to screen 54 participants," said KellySanten, Senior Manager of Business Transformation, DaVita.

The Career Fair offered attendees and Valley College students the opportunity to meet andnetwork with employers and explore a variety of career paths and industries including H&M, LosAngeles Police Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, Sears Operation Center, KrispyKreme Doughnuts and many more.

Event sponsors were Maximus and Daily News.

Visit www.facebook.com/HECF2019 ti view photo album.

Cancer, Asthma and ADA Innovations at Fourth HealthX onApril 26thThe Valley Economic Alliance (TVEA) held its fourth annual HealthX on Friday, April 26th; aTEDx talk-style conference that featured talks by top doctors and industry leaders from AdventistHealth Glendale, Cedars-Sinai and MemorialCare sharing advances in health and wellness atAdventist Health Glendale.

Kenn Phillips, President and CEO of TVEA, Randy Witt, Chairman of TVEA and RamellaMarkarian, Event Mistress of Ceremonies and Vice President of Business Development ofAdventist Health Glendale opening HealthX with special welcoming remarks by City of GlendaleMayor Pro-tem Vrej Agajanian and Alice Issai, President of Adventist Health Glendale.

Dr. Dennis R. Holmes, internationally-renowned breast surgeon and researcher specializing inthe surgical treatment of breast cancer and non-cancerous breast conditions shared advances in

breast cancer care that are changing the way we treat breast cancer today with a focus oncryoablation, targeted intraoperative radiotherapy and oncoplastic surgery. Leading specialist in internal medicine, pediatrics, immunology, allergy medicine andpulmonology, Dr. Inderpal S. Randhawa withMemorialCare Miller Children's and Women'sHospital presented new developments in prevention and treatment of asthma including airwaysdirected therapy, COPD and childhood asthma. Dr. Yulian Khagi, hematologist and medical oncologist at Cedars-Sinai Valley Oncology MedicalCenter discussed the future of cancer immunotherapy and shared evolving technologies andtherapies that harness the immune system to fight and one day cure cancer. Dr. Khagidiscussed cancer vaccines, cell therapies and gene therapy. Daryn Harpaz, CEO and Founder of ZenythGroup demonstrated how non-sighted users navigatewebsites using assistive technology, explained how to comply with Americans with DisabilitiesAct requirements for website accessibility and showed a video comparison of a compatibleversus non-compatible website.

"The event was beautifully executed from start to finish. We were proud to participate andsupport, as [The Valley Economic Alliance] brings this valuable programming to the community,"said Lauren O. Gallant, Community Outreach and Government Relations Manager withMemorialCare.

The event concluded with a moderated question and answer session with presenters andquestions from attendees. Event sponsors were Adventist Health Glendale, MemorialCare andCedars-Sinai.

"I really enjoyed HealthX, was impressed with the presentations and enjoyed speaking with otherevent participants," Cecilia Laiche, Communications Manager, Walden Family Services.

Visit www.facebook.com/HealthX2019 to view photo album.

In the NewsCareer, Health Fair Draws a Crowd to the Valley GlenCampusBy Daily News, Staff Reports

Health. Career...

The two came together at Los Angeles Valley College on Tuesday, April 23rd, as students and

local residents basked in the spring sun while also looking for career possibilities, and receivinghealth screening.

The Health Expo & Career Fair, presented by The Valley Economic Alliance certainly drew acrowd, offering information on good nutrition, healthy eating and giving a go to an active lifestyle.There were also free, on-site health screenings for HIV, blood pressure and BMI, and healthactivities. All that in addition to career opportunities.

Photo caption: Long Tran checks the vital signs of fellow nursing student Sandra Bitar at the theValley College Health Fair Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The free health fair featured a variety ofhealth screenings all offered free of charge for students at the campus. (Photo by David Crane,Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

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In the NewsHealthX Event Enjoys Its Fourth Year

By Amy Stulick, San Fernando Valley Business Journal

The Valley Economic Alliance hosted its fourth annual HealthX conference on April 26th, withroughly 90 members of the L.A.-area health care community in attendance at Adventist HealthGlendale.

Topics, presented TED talk-style, included a glimpse into the future of cancer immunotherapy ledby Dr. Yulian Khagi, Hematologist and Medical Oncologist for Cedars-Sinai; an update onasthma treatments with Dr. Inderpal Randhawa, Co-Chief and Program Director, MemorialCareMiller Children's and Women's Hospital in Long Beach; evolving standards of breast cancersurgery with Dr. Dennis Holmes, Breast Surgeon and Researcher, Adventist Health Glendale;and a dive into ADA compliance for websites with presenter Daryn Harpaz, Founder and ChiefExecutive of ZenythGroup, headquartered in Los Angeles.

Khagi and Holmes spoke about T-cell therapy and cryoablation, respectively, to treat cancer.Cryoablation is used to treat certain cases of breast cancer, which involves using liquid nitrogento destroy tumors and avoid body-changing mastectomies.

In some cases of cryoablation, Holmes said, the immune system is activated and destroys theremainder of cancer cells, which is what cancer immunotherapy aims to do.

"Pretty much any human being with an intact immune system can benefit from it.Immunotherapy can be theoretically applied to any patient, any cancer, at any stage," addedKhagi. "That's why I think it's worth potential. It's something that we can use in patients even withpoor functional status, or even more advanced cancers."

The event's four presenters took questions at the end of the seminar, with topics ranging fromsmog and its effects on young people susceptible to asthma, to the fact that 95 percent ofwebsites today are not ADA compliant.

"The lawsuits are specifically around non-sighted users, and that's counting for a majority of thepercentage. We'll see a higher percentage as processes become a requirement," added Harpaz.

Sponsors for the event included Adventist Health Glendale, MemorialCare and Cedars-Sinai.

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TVEA Business Accelerator Program Alumni Recognized,Woman of PromiseThe Valley Economic Alliance (TVEA) member, Comerica Bank honored Southern Californiawomen business and community leaders and recognized them at a Los Angeles Lakers Gameon April 9th, at the Staples Center.

Comerica Bank closed it's Women's Business Awards program by recognizing March honoreesincluding TVEA Business Accelerator Program Alumni and Owner of J SquaredCommunications, Jessica Joy Reveles, who was honored with the "Woman of Promise"Award.

"She is an incredible role model and an inspirational leader. In the last two years that I've workedwith Jessica, I've seen her grow and develop her self confidence in business and as a mother. It'sbeen my pleasure to watch her discover what is possible and to be there to test, acknowledge,create and challenge her to new heights," said Jeff Cohen, Director of TVEA BusinessAccelerator Program and Business Coach.

Other honorees were: Beatriz Gonzalez, Woman of Philanthropy and Courtney Smith, Woman ofEntrepreneurship.

Out and About

TVEA member, MissionValley Bank held a CyberCrimes event at AngelesGolf Course on April 3rd. Pictured are TVEA Boardmembers from left; BrianChu with EPIC InsuranceBrokers, Marc Bartholomewof Integritechs, DetectiveAny Kleinick with LosAngeles Police Derpartmentand Tamara Gurney,President of Mission ValleyBank.

The San Fernando ValleyBusiness Journal held their 2019Women's Council Awards onApril 17th at Hilton WoodlandHills.

TVEA Boardmembers PaulaBahamon of Mission Valley Bankwas recognized for Rising StarAward and Gloria Pollack of GelpGroup received the Not-for-ProfitAward.

Pictured from left are; AngelaAmirkhanian of TVEA, OmarRahmat, TVEA Boardmember with

Office Technology Partners and Kenn Phillips with TVEA.

Celebrating with three Los Angeles PierceCollege Presidents.

From left; Current Interim President Larry Buckley,Former President Rocky Young and past PresidentTom Oliver with Kenn Phillips of TVEA. Each ofthese President have served on TVEA's Board.

New Horizons, a North Hills-basednonprofit whose mission is to empowerindividuals with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities to liveindependent lives, celebrated their 65thAnniversary on April 17th.

Pictured is Kenn Phillips from TVEAwith John Brauer, CEO and President ofNew Horizons.

Los Angeles ValleyCollege hosted an OpenHouse for theirManufacturing andTechnology Departmenton April 24th.

Attendees visited the newlyrenovated machine shop withover $250,000 in facilitiesand equipmentimprovements, as well as themaster CAM, solid workscomputer lab, CNC,inspection and conventionalmachining lab.

LAHq hosted their 58th AnnualAwards Luncheon on April 24th atThe California Club.

Pictured is TVEA BoardmemberDarnell Tyler from NBC Universalintroducing the Community Awardrecipient; Leron Gubler with theHollywood Chamber of Commerce.

The City of Glendale, BeaconProperties and Service Titanco-hosted a press conferencewhere Service Titanannounced their expansioninto the former Nestle Building(800 N. Brand), with futureplans to take additional floorsonce Nestle has fully vacated.

VEDC Names Alex Guerrero as PresidentAlex Guerrero has been named the new President of small business lender Valley EconomicDevelopment Center. (VEDC)

Guerrero joined the Sherman Oaks non-profit almost five years ago, first as Chief OperatingOfficer and then as Chief Development Officer. His appointment was effective immediately afterapproval by the VEDC's Board of Directors.

In a letter to partners of the center, Chairman Scott Aney said that Guerrero's promotion was anatural one.

"Over the past five years, Alex has continued to assume broader responsibilities in theorganization and has been instrumental in reshaping the organization's future with a renewedfocus on serving small business efforts in Los Angeles County," Aney wrote.

Guerrero is the fourth person to occupy the President's post in less than three years.He replaces Ray Valdama, who left last August after about a year in the position. Valdamareplaced Quentin Strode, who stayed in the position for about four months. Strode had replacedRoberto Barragan, who had served as Chief Executive for 17 years and left in October 2016.

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Save the Dates - 2019TVEA Board of Governors Meeting and Steve Allen Excellence in Education AwardsTuesday, May 21, 20195:30pm-7:30pmCal State University Northridge, College of Extended Learning

Here's the MoneySaturday, June 15, 20198:00am-3:00pmCal State University Northridge Student, University Student Union Northridge Center

TVEA Board of Directors MeetingWednesday, July 24, 20198:00am-9:30amTVEA, BFG Boardroom*meeting closed to board members

Valley of the Stars Gala Awards CeremonyFriday, August 23, 20195:30pm-9:00pmAlex Theater

TVEA Annual Board of Governors and Stakeholders MeetingThursday, August 29, 20195:30pm-7:30pm

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61st Annual Fernando Awards and Gala DinnerFriday, September 27, 20196:00pm-9:00pmSkirball Cultural Center

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