This little snippet montage of the 2022 event demonstrates why Sacramento is a wonderful place to live and the Sacramento Food Bank's "Run to Feed the Hungry" is the largest Thanksgiving day run in the country.  Start your holiday season off with a little exercise and a little gratitude with your fellow citizens doing what makes communities great.  Helping those in need.

Run to Feed the Hungry

Make a Wish recognizes and thanks the heroes who have made  children's wishes come true in their annual "Wake up for Wishes" breakfast event.  2019 is also a celebration of the 10th anniversary of "The Wishing Place".  One of only 6 such facilities in the country.  Hear the heartwarming stories of wishes granted and the heartfelt thank you to those who have supported the program over the years.  This is  the first in a series of stories told during this year's "Wake up for Wishes" event. A must listen to learn about the significance of this unique and outstanding program in the community.

Wake Up For Wishes 2019: Episode 1 of 3... "Thank You"

CSUS presents a panel discussion for Global Entrepreneurship Week in conjunction with The Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship entitled "Collaborating for the Future".  The three panelists are some of the region's most recognized and successful entrepreneurs.  Listen as they tell their stories and share their reasons for support of the both the University and University President Robert Nelson's Presidents Circle.  A brief bio follows in order of appearance:
Pamela G. Marrone, Founder and CEO
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. 
Pam founded Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI), in 2006. Prior to this position, Dr. Marrone founded AgraQuest in 1995 and served as its CEO, Chairman and/or President until April 2006. On August 2, 2013, MBI listed its stock as MBII on NASDAQ. The company’s award winning bio-based products for pest management and plant health are used in fruit, nut, vegetable and row crop markets. MBI received the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award and a California Department of Pesticide Regulation IPM Innovator award.
Dr. Marrone has been awarded Agrow’s “Best Manager with Strategic Vision”. NRDC’s Growing Green Award in “Business Leader” category, recognizing pioneers in sustainable farming and food. She is an alumni-elected Trustee of Cornell University, is Treasurer of the Association for Women in Science, is on the Board of the Association of Applied IPM Ecologists Foundation and is past-Treasurer of the Organic Farming Research Foundation. She is also Founding Chair of the Biopesticide Industry Alliance (BPIA).  Dr. Marrone is cofounder and a founding Board member of UC Davis CONNECT and DATA (Davis Area Technology Association). She is on the University of California President’s Board of Science and Innovation, UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council, and served previously on the UC Davis Graduate School of Management Dean’s Advisory Council. Dr. Marrone has been recognized and awarded for her efforts in both Sacramento and Davis, California, holds more than 40 patents and was elected by her peers as a Fellow of AAAS (American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science). Dr. Marrone holds a B.S. from Cornell University and a PhD from North Carolina State University, both in entomology and resides in Davis, CA with her husband, Michael Rogers.

David Schwartz, Founder and CEO
Advanced Business Integrators, Inc.
David is President and CEO of Advanced Business Integrators, Inc., a privately held company that provides information systems, software and professional services, founded in 1990.  Currently ABI systems are in over 80 public assembly facilities in the country including many of the largest sports and entertainment venues.  They established the David and Patricia Schwartz Scholarship for the Honors Program and continue to support the education of students at CSUS as well as hiring many of the students as well.  ABI's current staff is made up of approximately 25% Sacramento State graduates.  

Dale Carlsen, Businessman and Philanthropist
Founder, Sleep Train Mattress Center
Dale Carlsen, graduated from CSU Sacramento.  He founded The Sleep Train, Inc., in 1985 and grew the company to over 300 stores and over 1600 employees becoming the largest mattress company in the west.  In 2014, Sleep Train merged with Mattress Firm, to become the first specialty bedding retailer with stores coast to coast and border to border.
Currently, Dale is the CEO of Bunker Wilson, LLC, a real estate investment company, and Ticket to Dream Foundation, a 501(c) 3 charity, founded in 2008 to serve the needs of foster children. 
He attributes his success to his father’s advice, “Surround yourself with great people, treat them well and make everyone successful.”
Major awards include:
• Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year, 2012
• Sacramentan of the Year, 2012
• Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from CSU Sacramento, 2013

CSUS Pres Circle Panel Discussion Global Entreprenuership Week

Hear from Sacramento's leadership in entrepreneurship as they discuss the incredible support of Sacramento State and the Carlsen Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation as influencers and incubators to the exploding new business scene in Sacramento.  Lear how the Carlsen family came to the University for their contribution to the center as well as the $1M sponsorship by Western Health Advantage to insure the sustainability of Global Entrepreneurship Week.  The Center's new Executive Director, Cameron Law is also introduced during discussion and gives his intentions for the Center into the future. Speakers in order of appearance are Dale Carlsen, founder of SleepTrain Mattress Centers and currently Founder and CEO "Ticket to Dream" and CEO Bunker Wilson, LLC.  Cameron Law, Executive Director of the Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Lokesh Sikaria, Founding Partner Moneta Ventures, Louis Stewart, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Sacramento and Paul Lau, Chief Grid Strategy and Operations for SMUD.  This distinguished group gives some great insight into the current investor interest and activity in the greater Sacramento region.

Carlsen Center At CSUS Global Entrepreneurship Week 11 - 19

Listen to the attendees of this year's "What If Conference" comment on why they're there, what they got from the event and hear what Sacramento's Impact Foundry provides each year to over 800 participants from all of Northern California.

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