Year in Review 2010 | Page 16

l YEAR IN REVIEW 2010 l MAJOR LEAGUE NETWORKING EVENTS 2010 THE PYRAMID CLUB January 26th SACC-Philadelphia co-hosted together with the other international chambers the Major League Networking: A Union of International Business and Soccer. Around 300 guests and members of the international business community as well as the Executive Staff from the Philadelphia Union, the area’s newest Major League Soccer team, were gathered for the business networking reception held at the Pyramid Club. CEO & Operating Partner Nick Sakiewicz, President Tom Veit as well as members of the Philadelphia Union soccer team Coaching Staff were there to speak about their team and the upcoming season. Major League Networking Business Mixer Neil Kling from Harkins Cunningham LLP and Louis Nelson of HSBC with SACC President, David Engstrom YOUNG PROFESSIONALS EVENT TAVERN 17 March 4th SACC-Philadelphia successfully hosted their first Young Professionals Event. Many new faces showed up and the absolute majority of the guests were under 45 years, most people also under 30. Board member David Engstrom announced the guest speaker, Ms. Shinjoo Cho representing the Commerce Department of City of Philadelphia. Ms. Cho spoke about The City of Philadelphia and the possibilities they have to assist and help small and large businesses. She was also an inspirational young professional who talked about her background, moving to the US and her work for the city during the past 5 years. After the speech, guests continued to mingle until the last ones left at closing time. IKEA’s Jennifer Braxton mingling with SACC’s former intern David. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor