On Tuesday, May 31st, 2016, many familiar faces of the Cleveland community gathered together to attend The Presidents’ Council 2016 Annual Meeting at The Club at Key; including The Presidents’ Council Business Chamber Members, Board of Trustees, Associates, Funders, Emerging Entrepreneurs, PC Scholars, Corporate and Community Partners,...
[slideshow_deploy id='16967'] High school students at all grade levels in the PC Scholars Program gained personal experience talking to college recruiters on June 4th from 9:00am to 12:00pm at Cuyahoga Community College Metro Campus. Twelve colleges and universities from Ohio gathered to educate students on the...
Thursday, June 23, 2016 marks our 6th graduating class of PC Scholars. With this class, 85 students have completed our scholars program and The Presidents' Council will have provided nearly $80,000 in scholarships to our high school seniors as they graduate the program. While our PC...
Here's a quick Q&A for Obama's "Overtime" Rule : When does this new rule take effect? From DOL.gov: December 1, 2016. On that day, the new standard salary level ($913 per week or $47,476 per year) and HCE total compensation requirement ($134,004 per year) will take effect. Future...
[caption id="attachment_16972" align="alignleft" width="300"] Claude Booker receives the 2015 John H Bustamante Award with Sonali Bustamante Wilson at The Presidents' Council Wine Tasting 2015[/caption] Claude Booker, President/Owner of Simply Southern Sides is one of the twelve official caterers for RNC 2016. Crain's Cleveland Business reports that...
May 17th through 20th Black business chambers, national activists, political commentators, philanthropists, corporate and civic leaders from across the U.S. gathered in Washington DC for the US Black Chambers School of Chamber and Business Management. Our very own Erica C. Penick, Director of Operations, who...
Meet Trina Kinnebrew, owner of Direct Health Solutions HR and one of our current Emerging Entrepreneurs. I sat down with Trina at her office located in Shaker Heights to learn more about her business. Q: What is Direct Health Solutions HR? A: We’re a multi-service business. I...
The Programming Committee has decided to open select Emerging Entrepreneur classes for chamber members, giving more value to current emerging entrepreneurs and chamber memberships. This will also allow interested chamber members to better gauge whether the Emerging Entrepreneur Program is a good fit for them...
Early morning on May 6th, twenty-five (25) local African-American small business owners from a diverse sect of industries attended the very first Pre-Cleveland B2B: Position Yourself for Success & Maximize Your Opportunities Event presented by The Presidents’ Council in collaboration with COSE. OMSDC, JumpStart and...
The PCBC Ambassadors Group is comprised of a group of volunteers from current PCBC membership who assist in giving visibility to The Presidents' Council in the business community and help PCBC achieve its goals to increase membership and spread the word about our programs and...