Start the year off right with the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce!  Join us for our lively networking breakfast on January 8 from 7:30am-9 a.m. You’ll have the opportunity to give a 30-second business commercial to a packed room of attendees. The open networking continues after a continental breakfast and raffle.

2019 Goal Setting with Alan Jensen

Alan Jensen is a "tee-shirt behind the tie" entrepreneur. A rebel business owner, coach and trainer determined to assist business owners in identifying, extracting, designing and deploying the behavioral innovations required to generate profitable business development.

Helping us kick off our 3rd Annual Healthy Business Challenge, our presenter will be James Garrett. James will help us learn how to make and keep healthy habits. Also at this luncheon, learn from businesses how you can succeed in becoming healthier.

About James Garrett

For over a decade, James has been studying and teaching the psychology of success and unpacking the brain science behind what makes human beings thrive. As an entrepreneur, scientist, and trainer, he is passionate about turning academic knowledge about the human brain into practical tools that anyone can use to change their life—and the world. Having built a highly successful social startup—and having gone through a major burnout along the way—he feels deeply and personally that we need to change the way we live, work, and innovate. With his wife, Shaylyn Romney Garrett, he co-founded Think Unlimited, a social venture working to catalyze innovation and entrepreneurship in the Middle East. Their work (including one of the first and only curricula on creativity and innovation taught in the Middle East) has been featured in the New York Times, FastCompany, LinkedIn, Harvard Business Review, and Arab Investor Magazine. In 2011 they were honored with the prestigious Draper Richards Kaplan Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship and were finalists in the global Echoing Green Competition. They were twice awarded a coveted membership to the Clinton Global Initiative, and have been speakers at TEDx and Harvard Arab Weekend.

Since returning from the Middle East, James has trained, coached, and mentored hundreds of people in an effort to make the best brain science applicable and accessible to everyone. His true calling is to bridge the gap between academia and the real world, but my journey started in the lab. His research and writing on snap judgments, self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence have been published in top scientific journals, including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and PLOS ONE. James graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in Psychology from Columbia University.

Join us on Monday, January 28 for an exclusive sit down lunch with Washington County Commissioner Gil Almquist.
*This opportunity is ONLY for those young professionals who have paid their $100 young professional membership dues. 

Thrive Here.

In 2018, the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce elevated events by collaborating with CustomFit, offering Lean training, inspirational speakers and a business summit that offered small businesses invaluable information. For nearly 100 years, the Chamber of Commerce has promoted local investment in companies and when issues in the community arise concerning your business, the Chamber is your local, state and federal government advocacy group.  With an approximate membership of 950 businesses and individuals, they encourage the development of a strong and diverse business community.  Join Chamber President Pam Palermo for a “State of the Chamber” at this luncheon where she'll address the Chamber's growth and a vision for 2019.

Pam Palermo comes with years of experience in running businesses. Her background includes taking bankrupt companies and turning them into multi-million-dollar businesses. She is a military veteran who is disciplined, organized and whose motto is “failure is not an option!” Pam is currently the Financial Officer and Event Coordinator for the American Legion Post 90, the largest Veteran Organization in Southern Utah. She has organized and executed numerous events, of all
magnitudes.