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The Bay Area Council and our more than 325 member companies engage business and civic-minded leaders to solve the most challenging regional issues to ensure the Bay Area is the most innovative, sustainable, inclusive and globally competitive place in the world.

EDC mobilizes business, government and civic leaders around an inclusive economic development strategy in order to connect data to decision making, maximize regional prosperity, enhance global competitiveness, and position San Diego effectively for investment and talent. As an independently funded nonprofit fueled by more than 160 companies and organizations, EDC works to attract, retain and expand companies and the talent pool across the region’s three traded economies: military, tourism and innovation. EDC has a staff of 20+, a board of directors and multiple committees that work to carry out the organization’s mission. EDC also manages World Trade Center San Diego, which drives EDC's and San Diego's international economic development agenda. Learn more: sandiegobusiness.org

VEDC is a national non-profit business development organization with a 41-year history of changing small business. As a certified Community Development Financial institution (CDFI), our mission is to create jobs through small business development in under-served communities. We provide loans and educational assistance to local small businesses, particularly those owned by women and minorities who don’t qualify for traditional financing. To learn more, call 1-800-304-1755 or visit vedc.org.