[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 124 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1348]
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     RECOGNIZING THE LAUNCH OF THE GUAM WOMEN'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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                       HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO

                                of guam

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 19, 2013

  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the recent 
launch of the Guam Women's Chamber of Commerce, which was formally 
established on Sept. 4, 2013. Their mission is to promote the 
sustainable economic growth and development of women and to help them 
integrate into leadership positions; to create community awareness of 
the importance of women in the island's economic, social and cultural 
platform; to influence legislative policies on issues facing women; and 
to provide a business environment that pays competitive wages and 
benefits for women.
   This Chamber's board members include some of the most successful 
business leaders and entrepreneurs in our community, such as its 
President, Lou A. Leon Guerrero, President and CEO of the Bank of Guam; 
Vice President Anita Borja Enriquez, D.B.A., Interim Senior Vice 
President of Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Guam; 
Treasurer Antoinette Sanford, President and co-founder of Sanford 
Technology Group, LLC (STG); and Secretary Denise Mendiola-Hertslet, 
the Program Coordinator for the Bank of Guam Women in Business Program 
and the Microcredit Training Program. Its founding members also 
include; Siska S. Hutapea, MAI, MRE; Vanessa Williams Ji, Esq.; Jackie 
Marati; Doyon Ahn Morato; and Dr. Mary Okada, the first woman President 
and CEO of the Guam Community College.
   These women are leading the charge to strengthen our local economy 
by creating one driven and influenced by the equal participation of 
women in business, commerce and trade.
   I commend President Lou Leon Guerrero and Vice President Anita Borja 
Enriquez for their leadership of this exciting new organization, and I 
look forward to working with the Guam Women's Chamber of Commerce in 
the coming years.

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