Staff Archives | Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce Fri, 29 Apr 2022 05:37:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://staging.beverlyhillschamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/favicon.png Staff Archives | Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce 32 32 From Lentils to Luxury: Meet Chamber Staff Member Alexandria Anderson! https://staging.beverlyhillschamber.com/from-lentils-to-luxury-meet-chamber-staff-member-alexandria-anderson/ Mon, 08 May 2017 22:44:00 +0000 https://staging.beverlyhillschamber.com/from-lentils-to-luxury-meet-chamber-staff-member-alexandria-anderson/ Alex came on as our Marketing & Events Manager back in October 2016 after just moving to Los Angeles from Port Angeles, Washington. She’s no stranger to the Chamber of Commerce world – she previously served as the Events Coordinator at the Pullman Chamber of Commerce. Their biggest event – the National Lentil Festival that has brought nationwide attention to Eastern Washington for […]

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]]> Alex came on as our Marketing & Events Manager back in October 2016 after just moving to Los Angeles from Port Angeles, Washington. She’s no stranger to the Chamber of Commerce world – she previously served as the Events Coordinator at the Pullman Chamber of Commerce. Their biggest event – the National Lentil Festival that has brought nationwide attention to Eastern Washington for producing the highest quality lentils in America! Now Alex is currently taking on one of the biggest events in Beverly Hills: Beverly Hills Tomorrow 2022: A Vision for the Future at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. We are extremely fortunate to have someone as sharp and fun to work with as Alex on our team, and if you’ve been to any one of our Signature Events in the past 8 months, you know why! Read on to learn more about our Marketing & Events Manager, who has seamlessly gone from lentils to luxury:

 

Name:

Alexandria Anderson

 

Position:

Marketing & Event Manager

 

Where are you from originally?

Port Angeles, Washington – the beautiful Olympic Peninsula

 

When did you start working at the Chamber?

October, 2016

 

What were you doing before you started working at the Chamber?

Serving as the Events Coordinator for the Pullman Chamber of Commerce in Pullman, Washington, Home of the Washington State Cougars. Go Cougs!

 

Favorite thing about your job:

The impact we are able to make in Beverly Hills and the greater LA community.

 

What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

Exploring new beaches, neighborhoods, restaurants and shops around LA.

 

One piece of advice for Chamber members:

Stay connected – stay current with our Chamber Newsletters, connect with us on social media, attend at least one event per month.

 

What are the best and worst things about living in LA?

I love the diversity – people, entertainment, food, culture. My least favorite is the traffic.

 

Three bucket list items:

  • Snorkel in the Caribbean
  • Visit Zion National Park
  • Hit the beach at least once every month for the rest of my life

 

What is one thing you wish you could tell your fifteen year old self:

Stop trying to plan everything out, continue taking Spanish

 

If you could have one superhuman power, what would it be?

Teleportation

 

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Marine Biologist

 

To get in touch with Alexandia and the rest of the Chamber staff, please click here. 

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]]> Meet the Chamber Staff: Charisse Older https://staging.beverlyhillschamber.com/meet-the-chamber-staff-charisse-older/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 18:08:10 +0000 https://staging.beverlyhillschamber.com/meet-the-chamber-staff-charisse-older/ Name: Charisse Older Position: Director of Sales & Marketing Where are you from originally? Born in Oxnard Grew up in Burbank When did you start working at the Chamber? February 2013 What were you doing before you started working at the Chamber? 13+ years in upscale restaurants. 10+ years with Morton’s The Steakhouse & 3 years with The Capital Grille. Favorite thing about […]

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]]> Name:

Charisse Older

Position:

Director of Sales & Marketing

Where are you from originally?

Born in Oxnard

Grew up in Burbank

When did you start working at the Chamber?

February 2013

What were you doing before you started working at the Chamber?

13+ years in upscale restaurants. 10+ years with Morton’s The Steakhouse & 3 years with The Capital Grille.

Favorite thing about your job:

Being able to work with and continually meet very dynamic leaders from so many different industries and backgrounds.

What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

My other “job” is with Rotary which fills my personal passion of serving others. For fun I love to travel, eat & drink, run, hike, ride bikes (both pedal and the type with an engine), cook, strategize, spend quality time with family and friends.

One piece of advice for Chamber members:

“Be authentic”…something well said by our Board Member Charles Black. Many people join the chamber to network however those who approach the chamber by building authentic connections tend to find even more value in their membership.

What are the best and worst things about living in LA?

Best: amazing restaurants, people and entertainment options. Worst: Traffic and pretentious people who give LA a bad name.

Three bucket list items:

  • Visit every continent
  • Complete a triathlon
  • Ride a motorcycle across Europe

What is one thing you wish you could tell your fifteen year old self:

Study abroad

If you could have one superhuman power, what would it be?

Fly

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Marine biologist

 

To get in touch with Charisse and the rest of the Chamber staff, please click here. 

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