"Benefit from New DoD Grant Program" - SD Chapter

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<DIV STYLE="font-size: 16pt;"><SPAN>Opportunity for Local A&D Companies to Benefit from <BR>New DoD Grant Program</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14pt;">  </SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Propel San Diego is a grant initiative from the DOD's Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) designed to provide strategic and sustainable assistance to firms in San Diego who sell products and services to DoD. Partners include the City of San Diego, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, South County Economic Development Council, East County Economic Development Council, San Diego Workforce Partnership, and San Diego Military Advisory Council. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>The purpose is to develop a resilient defense supply chain that can stabilize despite changing budget, regional economic, and DoD readiness priorities and increase economic resiliency by mapping the ecosystem, leveraging existing tools to support businesses, promoting commercial diversification strategies, and increasing company to company connectivity to drive new partnerships. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>As part of this project the San Diego Regional EDC conducted their largest survey report ever to learn about specific challenges and issues impacting defense companies in San Diego County. The results of that research shed light on the character of the firms operating in San Diego as well as opportunities for the region to shore up local supply chain issues and potential capture more defense spending.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:</SPAN></DIV>
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<LI><SPAN>Find out more about Propel San Diego and how you might benefit from this grant program</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN>Gain insights into the local defense community from recent EDC survey</SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN>Connect with representatives from the San Diego EDC</SPAN></LI>
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<DIV STYLE="color: #000000;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;">Under Jesse's leadership, the effective coordination of Operation San Diego has become increasingly important as implementation of the Pacific Rebalance and discussion about a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) create unique opportunities and challenges for the region. </SPAN><BR></DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="color: #000000;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;">Prior to joining EDC, Jesse served as District Representative for the California State Senate where his policy conversations through a series of strategic roundtables with business associations representing a myriad of issues from defense to healthcare.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV STYLE="color: #000000;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;">A native of Southern California and a graduate of UC San Diego with BA in Political Science, Jesse is proud to call San Diego home.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG> <IMG STYLE="float: left;" ALT="" SRC="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/6d6302f3101/de0f7a75-dd42-4557-9828-67cc41235755.jpg" HEIGHT="227" WIDTH="210"> <SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;">Leanne Anderson</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;"> is Program Manager for the San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC), a non-profit organization that educates and advocates on behalf of the military in the San Diego region. She is responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing all SDMAC and SDMAC Foundation programs in accordance with Propel San Diego, a grant initiative from the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA). She manages the SDMAC and Propel San Diego website and social media feeds and participates in community outreach opportunities focused on increasing awareness of the regional economic impact of the military and importance of diversification of the local defense supply chain. Leanne acted as lead coordinator on the recent redesign and upgrade of the SDMAC Website.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;">Before SDMAC, Leanne served as Director of Membership and Web Designer for the Naval Helicopter Association (NHA) where she managed 3200+ members and corporate sponsors, 40 squadron representatives worldwide and oversaw online and face-to-face registration for multiple events ranging from 50-1200 attendees.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;">Leanne holds a Master of Arts in Educational Training and Management Systems with an emphasis in Instructional Technology from the University of West Florida and a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Transylvania University. Originally from Kentucky, she currently resides in Coronado with her 3 daughters.</SPAN></DIV>

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