The San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce’s Business Education Committee believes that education is the cornerstone of our region’s economic health and is key to the well-being of all our member businesses and residents. The Mission of the Business Education Committee is to bring school districts, colleges and member businesses together in order to:

• Share information and ideas in order to avoid duplication of effort, and to foster an environment of collaboration.
• Make the resources of our business community available to our educators.
• Sponsor and conduct annual education-related events.

Committee Chairs:

Doug Deane
Co-Chair, Business Education Committee
President, DSD Business Systems
Director, San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce

Bill Weaver
Co-Chair, Business Education Committee
Chair, Alpine H.S. Citizen’s Committee
Past chair, Alpine & Mountain Empire Chamber Business Education Committee

Scott Tuchman
Vice-Chair, Internet Marketing - Business Education Committee
Director, Alpine Community Planning Group
Director, Alpine Business Networking Association
Owner, Alpine Web+Video

Elana Levens-Craig
Vice-Chair for Entrepreneurial Activities
Owner, Packaging solutions
President, Santana High School PTA
 
Somer Hall
Vice-Chair for Ethics in Business
Center Director, Sylvan La Mesa

Rowena Keller
Acting Vice-Chair for Gifted and Talented Education
Acting Vice-Chair for Grants and Fundraising

Buck Matoushek
Acting Vice-Chair for SADD Sponsorship
Owner, La Mesa  Driving School

Steve Devan
Vice-Chair for Educational Tours (VCET)
President, Grossmont Schools Federal Credit Union
Director and Past President, Grossmont College Foundation

Guy Gonzales

Vice-Chair for the Speakers and Volunteers Bureau (VCSVB)

Financial Advisor

Mohammed Alyasini

Student Liaison (SL)

Recurring events:

Ethics in Business (GUHSD)
Career Awareness Day (CVUSD)

Annual Business Education Committee Award:

The C. Allen Paul Award is given annually to the one person in our region who has done more, during the past year, to bring the education and business communities closer together. The award’s namesake, Dr. C. Allen Paul, was one of the founders of Grossmont College, and was the first Dean of its Business School.

Meetings:

Meetings are on the third Friday of each month (Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 19, Dec. 17, .Jan 21, Feb 18, Mar 18, Apr 15 and May 20), except June, July and August. We are dark on those months due to the school calendar. Meetings begin at 8am and are usually at the Chamber office at 201 S. Magnolia Ave. in El Cajon.