North Bay Business Journal

ROHNERT PARK — Longtime San Francisco-based organizational consultant and established author Key Sprinkel Grace will be the keynote speaker for the Business Journal’s Nonprofit Boot Camp and Nonprofit Leadership Awards, co-presented by Pisenti & Brinker.

Nominations are open for the 2013 Nonprofit Leadership Awards honoring the top nonprofit leaders in the North Bay. Use this form to submit a nomination.

Awards will be presented at the Nonprofit Boot Camp on Oct. 30. Nominations close Friday, July 19.

The North Bay Business Journal honors the Top Manufacturers in the North Bay at a reception to be held on Thursday, July 18, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Sonoma Mountain Village Events Center in Rohnert Park. Underwritten by Bank of Marin.

Registration for the event ends July 12.

The North Bay Business Journal is seeking nominations for the third annual North Bay CFO Awards in the following categories: Turnaround, Growth, Merger or Acquisition, Sales, Leadership, IPO, Executive Team Building, Finance, Community, Innovation, Compliance and others.

Nominations will be accepted until June 28, 2013.

The North Bay Business Journal presents the 2013 Women in Business (Leaders, Innovators & Visionaries) Awards Dinner Gala on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Doubletree in Rohnert Park. Keynote speaker: Jamie Moldafsky, Executive V.P., Chief Marketing Officer, Wells Fargo & Co.

The deadline for nominations for the North Bay Business Journal’s 2013 Best Places to Work is Friday.

To nominate your company, use the online form at www.NorthBayBusinessJournal.com.

The Business Journal will present its 2013 Construction Conference, titled “North Bay Construction is Coming Back,” on Wednesday, May 15, at Sonoma Mountain Village in Rohnert Park.

The North Bay Business Journal will honor exceptional manufacturing companies in the North Bay for their success and innovation in a special publication inserted in the North Bay Business Journal and will be recognized at an awards celebration in July. Nomination deadline is Monday, April 29.

Nominate a Facilities Manager for the Business Journal’s 2013 Facilities Managers Recognition Awards. Facilities managers are the people who keep companies and organizations functioning, and these awards recognize the contributions these talented people make to our organizations and the North Bay. Nominations close on April 19.

NORTH BAY — The Business Journal released the names of the winners of its seventh-annual Forty Under 40 awards today.

The winners, selected from more than 130 nominees, were chosen on the basis of their leadership in companies and organizations as well as their participation within the community across the North Bay.

These 2013 Forty Under 40 nominees, though not winners this year, have proven to be successful young professionals worth keeping an eye on.

The North Bay Business Journal will honor exceptional women in the North Bay for their success and contributions to the business community as leaders, innovators and visionaries at the 2013 Women in Business Awards Dinner Gala in June.

We are seeking nominations for this award among such industries as Accounting, Banking, Biotech, Construction, Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Government, Health Care, Hospitality & Tourism, Insurance, Law, Manufacturing, Media, Nonprofit, Professional Services, Real Estate (Commercial and/or Residential), Technology, Wealth Management, Wine and/or Spirits. Environment: Start-up, Small Business, Mid-sized Business and Large Enterprise.

The Business Journal will present its seventh annual Forty Under 40 Awards Reception on Tuesday, April 30, at Hyatt Vineyard Creek in Santa Rosa

Companies in Marin County are optimistic about the region’s current business climate, eying expansion both locally and outside of Marin, according to a first-ever survey of Marin County businesses by Bank of Marin and North Bay Business Journal.

ROHNERT PARK — In his annual economic forecast at the Sonoma State University Economic Outlook Conference, Dr. Robert Eyler, director of the university’s Center for Regional Economic Analysis, said that the six North Bay counties of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Mendocino and Lake could expect “broad growth” across various sectors through 2014.

The Business Journal will present its 2013 Wine Conference “Mergers and Acquisitions, and Pricing Strategies” on Thursday, April 18, at the Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa.

The keynote speaker will be Giancarlo Bianchetti, CEO of Fetzer Vineyards.

The mergers-and-acquisitions panel will be composed of Rick Tigner of Jackson Family Enterprises, William Foley of Foley Family Wines, Dennis Carroll of Purple Wine Company and Pat Roney of Vintage Wine Estates.

The pricing strategies panel will include Tom Klein of Rodney Strong Wine Estates, Chris Silva of St. Francis Winery & Vineyards, Cameron Hughes of Cameron Hughes Wine and Hugh Thacher of San Francisco Winery Exchange.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. The program is from 8–11:30 a.m.

The North Bay Business Journal’s 2013 Impact Marin Conference will take place on Wednesday, April 3, at the Embassy Suites in San Rafael. Registration is at 7:30 a.m., and program is from 8-10 a.m.

As president and CEO of the state’s largest tourism marking organization, Caroline Beteta is among a growing roster of industry leaders that will take part in Sonoma State University’s 2013 Economic Outlook Conference, “Game-Changers: Innovations and Leaders Transforming the North Bay Economy.”

Registration for the event, underwritten by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Empire College, is available at www.northbaybusinessjournal.com or by calling 707-521-5264. Tickets are $59, or $590 for priority reserved seating.

The Business Journal’s 2013 Wine Industry Conference in April will feature the general manager of Fetzer Vineyards and the architect of its acquisition by a large Chilean wine company as well as insights on North Coast wine-related mergers and acquisitions from two of the largest players in the market recently.

The recently completed, $150-million Green Music Center at Sonoma State University, that will play host to the North Bay Business Journal’s annual Economic Outlook Conference on Feb. 27. For 2013, the conference is titled Game Changers: Innovations and Leaders Transforming the North Bay Economy.