good morning. welcome to the san francisco chamber of commerce breakfast here at the chase center. it is a pleasure to see you all. thank you for making this part of your early day. it is a pleasure to welcome you to the chase center. i am scott bud man, technology and business reporter for nbc news in the bay area. i am honored to be your master of ceremonies today.

i am a native of east oakland a warrior fan my whole life. can you believe this building? this is amazing. the team has come a long way and this building is going to do a lot of amazing things. we are here to celebrate the openings of chase center, the new home of the golden state warriors. this will be a one of a kind destination to take in championship basketball and concerts. both members of the community and around the world will take in these amazing, amazing acts. we are fortunate today to get an inside look at this awesome arena and hear how it will benefit sports and entertainment. we will also hear how the warriors community foundation and generation thrive are working to nation mission bay, san francisco and the bay area

equitable for everyone. thank you for joining us and i look forward to engaging you. it is my pleasure to kick things off by brings to the stage the san francisco chamber of commerce president and c.e.o. mr. rodney fong. >> hello everybody. thank you so much for coming to the san francisco chamber of commerce breakfast here at chase center, home of golden state warriors. look at this arena. i am in awe coming down here. for those who don't know me i am the president and c.e.o. of the san francisco chamber of commerce, a proud fourth generation san franciscan. i have zoned a business and sat on the port and planning commission in san francisco. i want to as you can tell i am

passionate about san francisco. i want to tell you about a story that happened as we watched chase center rise up. six and a half years ago which my son andrew reminded me of. i got a phone call from may or ed lee who invited me to breakfast. they pitched the area about building the arena in the hometown. this being an arena for san francisco to enjoy, to use, to be a place of gathering. i am sured lee would be proud if they were here. we witnessed mission bay come up. the sports and entertainment complex will be a focal point with retail, housing, public transit and opportunity for small businesses to thrive in mission bay. it is the beginning of small

business here. i am delighted to have so many of the public and private sectors. the golden state warriors will share what is happening on the stage. the warriors community foundation this past season donated $1.5 million in grant money in a single year to 49 separate organizations working to approve educational equality. we will have a chance to hear from them. i want to thank two board members who helped us. jennifer, the chief financial officer with the warriors and our chief revenue officer. please give them a hand. [applause.] it takes dedication of board members and folks to help make events like this happen. i want to ask our board members

of the chamber of commerce and the staff to please stand up to be recognized. [applause.] of course, we have many members of our city family here that had a hand in building chase center. i want to thank them. supervisor walton is here, supervisor mandelman, catherine stefani thank you and from the state board of equalization thank you for being here. please give them a hand for all of their service in san francisco. [applause.] in 2020 next year will mark the 170th anniversary of the chamb chambers of commerce. that is right 170 years beginning in 1850 during the gold rush. the chamber was the champion for

entrepreneurs from supporting the railroad we have a long history of championing initiatives to make san francisco a global planned mark. i in-- landmark we are working to advocate for all members of the chamber, large and small. now more than ever the business community needs to come together. it needs to come together to fight for issues which impede our business creativity and ingenuity. creativity is the secret sauce of san francisco. i would like to thank our presenting sponsors. give them a big hand. our official sponsors chase center and the golden state warriors. thank you very much.

[applause.] our decor sponsor idea events and rentals. [applause.] catering sponsor for serving the great breakfast today. [applause.] and a very important shout out to j.p. morgan chase for a partner with the warriors and the san francisco chamber of commerce. [applause.] our media sponsors, the san francisco chronicle and the san francisco business times. [applause.] and our all-star partners and sponsors and of course our champ sponsors. thank you all very much. without you this could not happen. [applause.] at this time i would like to introduce somebody important. the executive director of warriors committee and vice

president of golden state warriors. she is joining after 25 years experience in leading profit and nonprofit organizations to promote youth, community development and please help me welcome melanie moore. [applause.] >> good morning everybody. welcome to our new home. we want this to be your home as well for many, many years to come. we are all about creating unforgettable experiences. as our first public event we hope today is unforgettable for all of you for great reasons. i am here to tell you a little bit about what we do in terms of community impact. you are going to hear more about that later on the panel. first i want to let you know how i found my way to the warriors family. i grew up on the gulf coast and

came here for graduate school and i have been a proud bay resident for 28 years, 25 of those in san francisco. i did graduate work working with young people at mission high and i had the great opportunity to evaluate nonprofit organizations that served young people on both sides of the bay for many, many years, and worked with so many of the organizations that the warriors foundation actually makes grants to. in working with the alameda county government for the board of supervisors when i saw the opportunity to come home and do work with the nonprofit foundation funded by the warriors foundation doing incredible work to help our young people to attain opportunity and success it was a no-brainer to grab hold of this opportunity. this video will highlight the community impact work including the foundation grant making stretching beyond to corporate

social responsibility initiatives like the chase center training program or the math program. we do so much work in alameda county in san jose and to the north bay. we want to show you about that right now. ♪ i want to say reading is fun. one, two, three ♪. >> reading is fun. >> warm it up.

satisfy, three, two, one. ♪ ♪ . >> we have friends at the warriors who help us to help kids to get kids out to a game, great promotional opportunities in the arena. >> our education department and social rec department have received a makeover thanks to the generosity of the golden state warriors.

>> welcome. >> do you like that one? you want to try it? >> one, two, three. >> i will see you at the game. >> it is so open and warm and welcoming to us. he will remember this day for the rest of his life. >> there you go. one, two, three. >> i am chef vicky shaw. >> learn about nutrition, reading labels, what food groups go together. >> carrots are good for you.

(applause) >> it is now migrat my -- my hoo introduce the executive director. curt has been the executive director of rock, an incredible program for young people for 16 years now. it is hard to believe because i think he is probably only 24, but he is a professional helping

young people live their best lives, achieve academic success and reach for opportunities that might not otherwise be available to them. one thing you might not know about curt. he started his career in the business sector and used to work for anderson consulting. this is one of your own. curt is actually quite a renowned singer and song writer. you may have seen him not if in the nonprofit role but in a music club. curt is going to tell us about one of the nonprofit programs the warriors program has supported for many years. please welcome curt. ♪ . >> good morning, everyone. let me hear good morning back. good morning, everyone. all right. i am the executive director of

san francisco nonprofit real options for city kids, rock for short. thank you to the chamber and warriors. it is exciting to be here. it is very relevant and the timing is perfect. this week marks the start of our 25 years of serving children in san francisco. thanks for that. [applause.] >> we serve a community in san francisco cause visitation valley. a lot of people have never heard of the neighborhood. we have our share of violence and it is low income and challenging for kids to grow up there. we also have a lot of great families who are working multiple jobs trying to raise their kids, a lot of sunshine there. if you don't know where it is. it is the location of the first home of the san francisco warriors. the cow palace. we are right next to there. we believe that if we provide

high-quality programs rooted in social and emotional learning. example teaching empathy or self-control. if we allow opportunities for kids to experience new activities or new ideas and if we have programs where adults child ratios are low and kids have the opportunity be to form positive relationships with caring adults, our kids will have all of the tools necessary to navigate life. our specialty is sports. i think that is why our partnership with the warriors has been so strong. in our 25 year history, we have only served visitation valley. it is underserved and it needs a lot of attention. we realize that to have the most impact in the community we need to go where the kids are, the

school system. ewith our partner ships we are able to provide full after school programs, weekend activities, summer day camps and overnight camps. you name it, we have it. i started as a volunteer for rock 24 years ago. i have had the privilege when i started volunteering i was working with elementary school kids. now they are in their 20s and 30s. they are college graduates with successful jobs and many worked for rock. some donated to rock. it is an incredible group of people. as part of the 25 year anniversary campaign we are launching a campaign called stories that rock. it features short videos of al alumni and staff and people positively impacted by our work.

this is the world premier of the first stories at rock video featuring a past participant named marissa. enjoy it. ♪ . >> i am marissa. i am 25. i went to california state and graduated with a ba. rock camp changed my life every year. in elementary school there was this thing called flying squirrel. it was in the middle. two trees in the middle of the green grass right by the cabins. i was nervous as h heck. i thought what is going to hand, what is going to happen? i went flying into the trees and it was like an amazing experience.

i flew into the trees and i was like it was so fun. both of my parents were working minimum wage jobs raising nine kids of in san francisco. in the area we lived in visitation valley, my mom was scared for us to walk out the door. rock to be basically my hand in leading me out of the city. i don't think that i would have had the courage, which is one of rock's virtues, to go off to college, to have experiences as i have. it is an imprint on your heart and on your life. rock will be with you forever, and 10 years from now when you are in college or graduating college, you are going to walk

the stage thinking about rock. that is what i did. rock changes lives. it changed my life. it changed my sibling's life and my parents' lives. it just changes lives. [applause.] >> thank you for that. partnership was organizations such as the golden state warriors makes stories like marrigherspossible. they are a fantastic organization. we do receive some financial support. it is great anal allows us to do what we do and expand our programs. the financial support is great. activities get me excited. i want to share the things we have done with the warriors in the 20 plus year history.

we have attended basketball games. we have had dance clinics on site. we renovated two courts and classrooms. for the old school warriors fans we have been visits to the camps. one of my favorite is clint. 10 years ago he took us to seaworld in san diego. it is fantastic. this is a warriors game a couple years ago. you can see the smiling faces, the number ones because we believe. see what i did this. we believe the warriors despite personnel changes will make it back on top and open up the chase center. give it up for the warriors. basketball clinics with the warriors on site at middle school. you can see the numbers. i see 27. i saw the nametag here as well.

old school stuff right there. if you have a chance to work with them, they are fantastic. finally, the strip to sea world. there is shamu. fantastic experience. those young people are how adults. about half have worked for rock or currently are working for rock. one of my favorite quotes is by basketball coach john would den. the true character is what a man does with no one is watching. that is true for the warriors organization. the vast majority of the time there is no cameras, no reporters, no need for media attention. they are doing this because it is the right thing to do, they know how to work with the community, it is in their dna. what you hear is true. they are a true high class

organization and we are a proud partner. if you want to learn more about us and the work we do and watch more stories. we are on social media. thank you. enjoy the rest of your breakfa breakfast. [applause.] >> thank you to rock and to the warriors foundation. a big hand one more time. [applause.] it is time for a special announcement. the san francisco chamber of commerce with the long standing relationship with the golden state warriors welcome the warriors to chase center. we are kicking off a month long campaign to encourage the business community to contribute to the foundation and utilize employer matching programs. we encourage you to visit the foundation. that is the website to donate

online to enable your employer to match your donation. the company with the most donations during the month of september will have the opportunity to win 340 warriors -- 30 warriors ticket. the link to the donation page will be included in the e-mail. 30 tickets get your self and be your employer involved. on the tables is a pledge card if you would like to participate in all of the things happening with the foundation. you are encouraged to do so. i am thrilled to announce this campaign today presenting the community foundation with a check for $25,000 to help the fund with the commitment to the youth in the bay area. it is our great honor. [applause.]

i want to just personally thank ever bed for coming to -- everybody for coming to the breakfast today. there is a program ahead. thank you very much. i look forward to seeing you in the future. thank you. [applause.] >> thank you. we want to keep the spirit of giving going. i am honored to introduce the leaders to speaking to the social impacts of their work in san francisco and in the bay area. let me welcome to the stage first the moderator. jobena is a reporter for the 7 news. she was a an anchor in louisvile

kentucky. [applause.] also on the panel it gives me great pleasure to welcome melanie moore vice president of community relations for the golden state warriors. amy wallace, vice president at j.p. morgan chase and company. managing director of the technology lab. take it away. >> thank you so much. good morning, everyone. come on. there were some good pancakes on the table. good morning, everyone. thank you so much for having me this morning. i am a reporter with abc 7 here in san francisco. we are talking about community

engagement through partnerships with an incredible panel. i will go down the line. this is melanie moore, executive director and vice president of community relations golden state warriors. briefly can you talk about what you do? >> i have a fun job. i get to work with so many of our community partners, corporate and nonprofit organizations on a range of projects from as curt talked about funding nonprofit in the community and players going out and spending time with young people, whether it is refurbishing a basketball court or a season of sharing gifts for families at the holidays. our community relations team are at the audience at your tables make that happen. we do so much through our

corporate partnerships. we are able to design programs to help people find employment. chase center training was a great example. as we build the new arena we think about environmental sustainability. when we think about social responsibility it is beyond showing up at the school which i am not diminishing. that can be life-changing. it is about what is the long-term impact on the community? we think about that every day. >> thank you so much, amy wallace. j.p. morgan chase. good morning, amy. >> good morning everybody. i am in charge of the grant making for the northern california region and focus primarily in the bay area. we are really focused pretty squarely on issue of affordability. we do this in a variety of ways

through the grant making and work with nonprofit partners. around neighborhood revitalization affordable housing making sure neighborhoods are strong and thriving. we do work around financial health. this can range from everything from helping a family establish an emergency savings account to working with high school students around their own financial planning so when they graduate from college they are not overly burdened with debt. we do a lot of work in job training so helping local residents have the skills they need for jobs today and jobs five and 10 years from now as our economy changes. we also do a lot around small business assistance through programs like the entrepreneurs of color fund which is designed to help local small businesses start, stay and grow right here in san francisco.

we really try to do all of this as melanie said in partnership with other stakeholders, with the community and with non-profits. >> thank you, amy. now mary hamilton, manager director. good morning. >> good morning. i am excited to be here. i lead our labs for the americas. that is the research and development organization. we are responsible for identifying the next wave of technology trends to be impacting our clients, business, partners, society, and figuring out how to bring them to life. i get to work with great technology like artificial intelligence, robotics. it is a responsibility that comes with that. we think about how to use that technology.

we have tech for good which is thinking how to apply that in new ways to been fit society. thinking about the ethics how we use that technology. i lead our lomsa lom-- lomsan francisco lab. it is part of the community to think about the new skill that we are going to grow and think about that through generations and apply that locally as part of the community. >> thank you so much. this first question is for the entire panel. you discussed what your organization focused on. what are you finding to be the biggest challenges you face in this field? >> thanks for the question. it is always top of mind to think very much about the people in the community that are the beneficiaries of the work that we do. it is easy to look around to see the challenges.

we have income inequality and housing issues, transportation challenges. people commuting long hours. this affects young people. they are working harder than ever to get an education. we want the bay area to be a place to find a great job. thinking about young person's development, there are some challenges that are natural. curt talked about the youth development work. young people have to have a sense of belonging and attach to a teacher or community organization. they have to be offered the opportunity to develop mastery in mathematics or dance or theater arts. that is character building to help them become the person that they are. access. i think so many on,s we work with are trying to help young people as they grow into young adults get access to opportunities they might not otherwise find.

those seem to be challenges for any young person. in the bay area we have challenges we need to address collectively with government and nonprofit and corporate partners to make this a place where everyone can thrive. >> as i said, obviously, affordability is a major challenge for us in the region. that is not only seen in housing afford built which we think about and do work in. it also impacts small businesses and nonprofits ability to serve the communities that they need to. we are spending a lot of time working on nonprofit capacity building, also small business assistance as i said to really make sure that our businesses, our nonprofits and families are able to stay in the neighborhood to keep it diverse and vibrant and have access to all of the

sort of resources that they need. i think addressing those challenges is key to us. the other challenge that we have is really coming together around partnership. this is a challenge and opportunity. a great example of this for us has been a partnership around chase center training. we were able to partner with the warriors, our colleagues in the city and nonprofit sector with labor and contractors to really put together a training program to help local residents have access to the skills they need, not just to help build the building but to launch a career in the construction field so they can stay in neighborhoods in san francisco as we address afford built challenges. thinking about this in a holistic way is a challenge but gives us a great opportunity for impact. >> i will take it from the

technology angel. obviously, we are living in unprecedented times in terms of technology advancement. i think if we think about how that affects our community. wwe are the center of innovation in silicone valley, in san francisco especially. the world is watching what we are doing. you know, we have to start at home and think what kinds of programs can we do to leverage technology and grow skills, to create access. there are a number of programs that we are doing programicly but our employees are applying their own skills to do things in a grassroots roll tear way. -- volunteer way. addressing elementary and middle school and bringing math skills

along with emotional skills andd applying to the basketball court tolert the critical -- to learn the critical skills. it is thinking across generations. what about thinking about homelessness in the bay area as well? we are working with back on your feet to take a different approach to homelessness where we have proven that by using a running base model to build up self-esteem and confidence to help people find a new way to jobs and homes and new lives. that is a program we are proud of. there is the grassroots thing we can use our own skills. when the fires hatc happened wed

volunteers that went to help. they mobilized forces to be on the ground working and applying consulting skills to make that better to bring to the next recovery we need to go through. there is a great program like our researchers going out there to teach preschoolers how to do robotics to get them excited about their next generation skills. there is so much to do to bring that to the next generation. >> i am looking forward to tackling the challenges and what they will present in the year ahead and this exciting chapter. can you please give our panelists a round of applause. >> thank you for having us. we have a special guest coming to the stage. we will make way for her.

>> a round of applause for the panelists. thank you so much. it is my honor to welcome the chief champion of the city and number one fan of golden state warriors basketball. the san francisco mayor london breed. [applause.] >> mayor breed: good morning everybody. are we all recovering from stevie wonder last night? those who were here, i didn't see a loud applause i assume some of you weren't able to make it. it was absolutely amazing. i really want to thank the warriors just for opening up this incredible chase center in style. you know, yesterday when we cut the ribbon to open chase center,

we really closed a chapter on this new mission bay community. this community of families, people, businesses, u.c.s.f., this is absolutely becoming an incredible neighborhood to live in and work in and thrive in. the warriors being here is really icing on the cake. i am so excited about the future of our city because of what this has done for our business community, our economy, job growth. we also know that there are so many more challenges we have to overcome. i am going to look to the business communities in the next couple years to help us address what we know are serious challenges. yes, today is a celebration. today is about supporting the warriors foundation and the work that they do to bridge the gap between the business community

and neighborhoods throughout san francisco. in fact, i am really proud what they have already done in refurbishing 70 courts throughout the bay including 15 courts right here in san francisco. there is more work they will do to make critical investments in improving the lives around san francisco. there is still work to be done. in fact, after i leave the breakfast this morning, i am headed over to the south of the market community to make an announcement about a number of investments we will be making to address what we know is the biggest crisis we face. yes, homelessness, but also mental illness. it is a very complex issue that we are facing here in our city that we need to address. we in this past budget inn vested over $53 million in

addressing behavioral health through out san francisco. we made a critical additional $100 million investment in homeless services. it is not just that we need to invest these dollars. we need to make sure that they are effectively delivering on the promises they make to help people that we know who are struggling on our streets, to have a better city, to have a better economy, we have to get at the root cause of these issues to make sure that we are making the changes so that they are changes that we can see and people every single day. i want to take this opportunity to express that the work also including making san francisco more affordable, making sure that as the jobs increase, as the amazing chase center has opened and an you will of these other incredible opportunities in mission bay exist that we

build more housing for people to live here and be able to afford to live here. this fall we have a $600 million affordable housing bond that won't raise property taxes so i am sure that should be appealing to so many voters throughout san francisco. i hope the business community would rally around thistic initiative. there is something for everyone low income residents, educators, seniors and middle income families. we have to look at how we are at a city just like we envision mission bay 10, 15 years ago. what we have to think about is what is san francisco going to look like 10, 15 years from now? how are we going to make the changes we know will make our city better? how will we make sure our streets are cleaner, the homeless population is serviced?

we have economic diversity so people can live here from all economic backgrounds. that means deliberate investments, partnership with the business community, supporting the small businesses and working together. that is exactly the kind of approach we have already taken with the number of initiatives and investments. i am hoping over the next few months you will begin to see and feel a difference. already the city is electric. it is electric because when we cut the ribbon, we cut the chanter on -- we opened the door for a new chapter in mission bay and the opportunity to begin to make san francisco just really an incredible attraction for so many people and events and a world class team that we can be real proud of. i want to