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Honored Guests

Bay Area mayors are invited to kick off the annual award festivity and grant awards to the award winners.

 

Jose Esteves, Mayor of Milpitas

Located at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay, the City of Milpitas is a progressive community that is an integral part of the high tech Silicon Valley. With a very diversified resident population of 70,817, Milpitas features quality schools, conveniently located neighborhood parks and shopping centers.

 

Mark Green, Mayor of Union City

Union City is located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area, at the northern end of Silicon Valley. The city is in close proximity to the San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose International Airports, and is easily accessible to the Port of Oakland. Union City is served by passenger and freight rail systems, has a busy BART station serving commuters, and is at the crossroads of major interstate highways and regional bridge routes across the Bay.

 

Lisa Gillmor, Vice Mayor of Santa Clara

In the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara City is located in Santa Clara County at the southern tip of San Francisco Bay, about 45 miles south of San Francisco, and in a strategic regional location convenient to freeways, airports, railroads, expressways, light rail and other public transportation. "The Mission City," as Santa Clara is known, was founded in 1852. It is now a community of about 118,830 residents with employment base of about 106,750. With 19.3 square miles of tree-lined neighborhoods, thriving commercial and industrial centers, and 300 days of sunshine each year, it is an ideal location for individuals, families, and businesses.

 

Alan Nagy, Mayor of Newark

Newark is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It was incorporated as a city in September 1955. Newark is an enclave, surrounded by the city of Fremont.

 

Olden Henson, Council Member of Hayward

Hayward is known as the “Heart of the Bay” because of its central and convenient location in Alameda County – 25 miles southeast of San Francisco, 14 miles south of Oakland, 26 miles north of San Jose and 10 miles west of the valley communities surrounding Pleasanton. Serviced by an extensive network of freeways and bus lines, Hayward has two BART stations (Hayward and South Hayward), an Amtrak station, and the Hayward Executive Airport, with easy access to San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose airports.

 

David Smith , Retired Mayor of Newark

Newark is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It was incorporated as a city in September 1955. Newark is an enclave, surrounded by the city of Fremont.