World Trade Center San Diego, the international arm of San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, along with Rep. Scott Peters and San Diego Councilmember Raul Campillo are leading a trade delegation to Singapore this week.
The two dozen San Diego delegates include business representatives from Cubic, Mitsubishi Electric, Qualcomm, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Visaic and Biolinq, as well as representatives from civic and educational organizations.
Singapore was “a standout choice” for the trade mission, according to WTCSD Executive Director and San Diego Regional EDC Senior Vice President Nikia Clarke, because of the city’s similarities to San Diego. Singapore has a binational identity, with the Singapore-Johor border seeing nearly 1.6 times the number of border crossings as the San Diego-Tijuana’s border. Singapore is also an attractive friendshoring region for U.S. businesses looking to leave China.
“As gateway regions, Singapore-Malaysia in Asia and San Diego-Tijuana in the Americas will anchor the critical supply chains of the future,” Clarke said. “We’re here to deepen international ties and maximize our economic impact.”
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San Diego Zoo Safari Park Executive Director and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Senior Vice President Lisa Peterson has recently added a new role to her resume – board member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
Peterson was inducted into the prestigious position Sept. 19, following an intentional nomination, a vote of confidence from her fellow board members, and an election by the AZA membership. She will now serve a minimum of three years serving the AZA’s mission of adopting ethical and legal governance and financial management policies, ensuring that adequate resources are mobilized to champion species conservation and animal welfare.
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Pure Project Brewing, based in Miramar, is teaming up with international conservationist group WILDCOAST to fund and install a trash boom solid waste retention system in Tijuana’s Matadero Canyon – a tributary of the Tijuana River near the border.
The trash boom will stop an estimated 6,800 pounds of waste from entering the Tijuana estuary per month andwill be installed next month in El Pato, Tijuana. To support the project, visit wildcoast.org/trashboom/
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Funeral Services were held last week at Miramar National Cemetery for former SDMAC President and CEO Mark Balmert. In a statement announcing the funeral, SDMAC wrote that Balmert “recently passed away after a distinguished career of service to his country, community, and the military.”
Balmert led the nonprofit military advisory council from 2018 until his retirement in May of this year. Balmert told the Business Journal that he was particularly happy with his work leading SDMAC’s efforts to support military spouses, as well as SDMAC’s annual economic impact reports; increased standing in the community; and growth in membership.
Balmert served in the U.S. Navy more than 30 years, rising to the rank of rear admiral before exiting the service in 2008.
In SDMAC’s funeral announcement, the nonprofit wrote: “Fair Winds and Following Seas, Shipmate”
