Message from the Chairwoman of the Board
MISTEE RUIZ
As we enter the fiscal year on a tumultuous and challenging political landscape, I look forward to working closely with our staff, Board of Directors and members toward the many opportunities ahead. I am honored to represent such a talented, passionate, and diverse community and remain committed to maintaining a collaborative network that brings forth advocacy, engagement, and economic growth.
As Chair of the Board, I am committed to ensuring that the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce remains a dynamic resource for all our members. We will continue to create and maintain an environment that is welcoming, useful, and valuable to the South Bay community. Business owners and stakeholders alike have many of the same challenges, so together our voices are louder, and we are stronger.
In the coming year, we will continue to advocate for policies that support a strong local economy, provide timely educational opportunities, and foster a collaborative network where each member’s success contributes to the success of the community at large.
This Chamber has long been a staple of local commerce and an irrefutable catalyst of our growth for the Torrance area. As the FIFA World Cup 26 and the 2028 Olympics fast approach, I look forward to promoting Torrance as the prime location for visitors to stay and enjoy during the events.
I look forward to the excitement in the coming year and look forward to working with you. If you haven’t joined yet, we look forward to welcoming you.
Message from the President & CEO
DONNA DUPERRON
Growth, change, research, technology, and many other factors challenge us daily to adjust our lifestyle, confront new opportunities, and meet greater demands. The Chamber is committed to track and record economic growth, keep pace with the changes of marketing and consumer habits, and assist its members with their needs – providing programs and benefits to enhance their facility, operation, administration and personnel, or general welfare.
The Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce is your voice for issues and actions affecting business and industry. We are working to preserve the free and competitive enterprise system, promoting growth and development, and making the Torrance area a better place to live, work, learn and conduct business. I would urge you to support the businesses listed within these pages as they too are supporting our goals to make our community a better place.
Membership in the Chamber provides unparalleled opportunities to connect with peers, current and prospective clients, and partners up and down our supply chains. The Torrance Area Chamber stands out as our area’s premier business-enabling and business-advocacy organization.
Regular meetings, conferences and other activities provide extraordinary opportunities to grow your networks and gain new insights for addressing the common challenges facing all of us in business today. By working together as Chamber members, we have a much stronger voice with our elected leaders as they contemplate policy revisions and new rules and regulations that create greater certainty and an improved environment for business in Torrance.
Although it may sound cliché, there really is strength in numbers. I think that’s especially true with the Chamber. This Chamber and your business community need you! Renew, join anew, and reach out and encourage the companies you do business with regularly to join as well.
A major goal this year is to increase the value of your Chamber membership to you and your business. The Chamber staff and Board of Directors want to increase your awareness of what your Chamber does for the business community and therefore create avenues which stimulate more two-way communication.
I hope you will use the online Chamber tools as your go-to source for information about the many businesses providing goods and services in and around Torrance. I challenge each resident, business, and even visitor to become an active part of our community heritage of involvement and to spread the word that Torrance is a great community in which to do business.