Junior Achievement Honors Central Coast Leaders

JA Announces 2016 Class to Be Inducted at Annual Monterey Bay Business Hall of Fame on January 22

PEBBLE BEACH — Junior Achievement of Northern California announced the group of esteemed business and community leaders to be inducted into the JA Monterey Bay Business Hall of Fame on January 22, 2016 at the Inn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach. Each year, a committee of their peers, led by past inductees into the Business Hall of Fame, selects Hall of Fame Laureates. Laureates are chosen for their business excellence, courageous thinking and actions, vision and innovation, inspirational leadership, and philanthropy.

The 2016 Class of Laureates to be inducted into the JA Monterey Bay Business Hall of Fame includes: Ted Burke, Co-Owner, Shadowbrook Restaurant in Capitola; Jesse Alderete, Jr, Founder and President, Premium Packing, Inc.; Gail Delorey, CPA, Partner, Bianchi, Kasavan & Pope, LLP; and Harry Wardwell, Executive Vice President, RaboBank.

“Once again our selection committee has identified and selected a remarkable group of Central Coast leaders,” said Bettye Saxon, Vice President of External Affairs for AT&T and Chair of Junior Achievement’s Central Coast Advisory Board. “These individuals have each established a tremendous legacy in business and in their community. We are proud to recognize their accomplishments and impact and are honored to induct them into the JA Business Hall of Fame.”

The 2016 Hall of Fame Laureates join a distinguished group of men and women who have been inducted since 2005. JA programs are provided at no cost to students or schools with its hands-on, experiential programs delivered by adult volunteers who are leaders and professionals in the local community. The JA curriculum features classroom-based programs as well as workplace-based mentoring and student competitions. Proceeds from the 2016 Monterey Bay Business Hall of Fame event will help underwrite the cost of JA programs for 6,000 K-12th grade students in Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties during the 2015-2016 school year.

Junior Achievement (JA) of Northern California serves 23 counties from Mendocino to Fresno; San Francisco to Stockton; and throughout Silicon Valley and the Central Coast; JA will serve more than 100,000 local youth during the 2015-2016 school year through a dedicated volunteer network of nearly 5,000 adult mentors. Junior Achievement programs focus on financial literacy, workforce readiness, and entrepreneurship. For more information, visit www.janorcal.org or www.facebook.com/janorcal.

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For more information on JA’s programs on the Central Coast, or to reserve a table at the Monterey Bay Business Hall of Fame Luncheon, contact Regional Director Taran Barca-Hall at taranbh@janorcal.org. More information on JA’s standards-aligned curriculum can be found at www.janorcal.org.