The newly elected officers of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce will be formally installed during its gala night at the Fiesta Resort Hotel & Spa on Tuesday, Jan. 10.<\/p>\n
The installation dinner begins at 6:30pm at the hotel\u2019s Hibiscus Hall.<\/p>\n
Gov.-elect Benigno R. Fitial, whose inauguration comes a day earlier, will serve as the keynote speaker during the night.<\/p>\n
Also delivering his remarks will be Department of the Interior\u2019s deputy assistant secretary for insular affairs David B. Cohen.<\/p>\n
Other speakers are outgoing SCC president Alex Sablan and incoming president Charles V. Cepeda.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe evening promises to be informative and an important harbinger of the year ahead,\u201d said SCC executive director Christine Parke.<\/p>\n
Aside from the dinner, entertainment, and presentations, the evening also includes a silent auction of \u201chigh-quality items.\u201d<\/p>\n
Proceeds from the auction will support the Chamber\u2019s special projects fund, she said.<\/p>\n
Meantime, the officers to be installed are Cepeda of Pacific Trading Company as president, Alex Sablan of Saipan Shipping Company as vice president, Michael Johnson of Deloitte & Touche as treasurer, and Jay Jones of Triple J Motors as secretary.<\/p>\n
The SCC directors for 2006 are Jim Arenovski, Delta Management; Kathryn Barry, Coca-Cola Beverage Co.; Harry Blalock, KZMI\/KCNM; Juan T. Guerrero, Juan T. Guerrero & Associates; and David M. Sablan, Century Insurance Company.<\/p>\n
Cepeda is currently the general manager of PTC.<\/p>\n
He graduated from Marianas High School and moved to Hayward, California where he attended Chabot Community College. He came back to Saipan in 1993 and worked for J.C. Tenorio Enterprises as a buyer\/manager for Athlete\u2019s Foot and Las Vegas Discount Golf & Tennis. In 1996, he joined PTC.<\/p>\n
Cepeda has been a member of the chamber since 2001. He served as a board member and chairman of its events committee for the past two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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