Join us at our annual signature event-The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Inaugural Gala. The evening begins with a hosted cocktail reception and silent auction at 6pm. The festive dinner and celebratory program begins at 7:30pm.  

Corporate Citizen award winners with Congresswoman Judy Chu and ViceMayor Tryon Hampton, Jr.
Corporate Citizen award winners with Congresswoman Judy Chu and ViceMayor Tryon Hampton, Jr. and elected official representatives.
We will present Corporate Citizen of the Year awards to Business4Business and Foothill Unity Center. Scholarships will be provided to emancipated foster youth who are continuing their collegiate education. Lewis Roca and the Chamber's Bill Bogaard Scholarship support these students. 

Corporate Citizen awards are given each year at the annual Chamber Inaugural Gala. This year we recognize two businesses:

  • Business4Business-Joan De Souza's monthly think tank for small businesses brings together small business leaders and entrepreneurs to provide assistance and advice to one business each month. The sessions are free and can help with strategic planning, overcoming challenges, expanding into new markets and much more. 
  • Foothill Unity Center has been providing food and much more to economically impacted families in the San Gabriel Valley since 1980. Foothill Unity Center is very active in Pasadena and east to Irwindale and Bradbury. Foothill Unity Center provides food, clothing, support services, housing and assistance to the homeless and much more. 


We celebrate new Board members and swear in Chamber Board officers.

Our silent auction includes tickets to sporting events, concerts and shows as well as trips and much more.

We hope everyone has the chance to attend the Pasadena Chamber Inaugural Gala on June 29th at the Langham Huntington Hotel Pasadena. 

You can reserve your place by CLICKING HERE or visiting http://www.pasadena-chamber.org/forms/inaugural-gala-and-silent-auction

If you are unable to attend, you can still support the event (and the events and activities of the Pasadena Chamber of

State Senator Anthony Portantino with representatives from Gold Sponsor Kaiser Permanente.
Commerce) by donating to support our Silent Auction. We raise money, through the silent auction, that helps underwrite our operations and activities. 

You can donate a product or service to the silent auction. It is easy and simple. Just email or call Leanne Waggoner at 626-795-3355 or leanne@pasadena-chamber.org. You will be acknowledged as the donor in the event program and auction catalogue and with the item display at the Gala. 

You don't have to donate your product or service, though that is most welcome. You can also donate vacation stays, tickets to entertainment or sporting events, dinners, iPads, televisions and much more.

You can download the auction donation form by 

Everyone who donates is recognized in the printed auction catalogue and on the item description on the silent auction tables.

Festivities begin with a hosted cocktail reception and silent auction at 6:00pm. Dinner begins at 7:30pm with the program and installation of Mr. green, other Board officers and new Chamber Board of Directors members.

If you would like to attend the Pasadena Chamber Inaugural Gala and join community leaders, Pasadena Chamber Board members and friends for our as we welcome Don Schweitzer of Schweitzer Law Partners as Chair of the Board on Thursday, June 29th at the Langham Huntington Hotel Pasadena, you can RSVP online or by returning the reservation card you receive with your invitation.

Gold sponsors of the Pasadena Chamber Inaugural Gala are Hollywood Burbank Airport, Kaiser Permanente, The Langham Huntington Hotel Pasadena and Wells Fargo. Silver Sponsors are Athens Services, The City of Pasadena, The Gas Company and Lewis Roca,

Invitations were mailed last week. If you haven't received yours and would like one, please call 626-795-3355 to request one be sent to you.

Thank you for your support,