Recently inducted Chairman of the 2020-21 Board of Directors, Jonathan Durante, addressed members and guests at the Beverly Hills Back to Business | A Virtual Collaborative on June 30, 2020. In his induction speech, his positive and optimistic spirit set the tone for the upcoming year while he confirmed that he will be working tirelessly to ensure that we come out of difficult time stronger than ever.

Background

Jonathan Durante is Deputy Regional Managing Director for the Greater Los Angeles Region of First Republic Bank, one of the Top-Rated Private Banks in the country. With 16+ years of Banking experience, Jonathan focuses on the complex needs of his clients on a daily basis. He utilizes personalized, high-touch service in order to address the full scope of an individual’s balance sheet. In addition to his experience in banking, Jonathan holds 10 years of experience with the Chamber of Commerce and volunteers his time teaching financial literacy to at-risk youth and income challenged families.

Vision

Following in the footsteps of 2019-2020 Chairwoman Deborah Kallick, Jonathan sets high goals to be accomplished by the Chamber in the time of his term. Under Deborah’s leadership, the Chamber experienced a record setting year in terms of growth and membership engagement. Jonathan believes the Chamber can continue to expand and grow even during this time. “If there was one city, one organization I would put my money on to emerge from these trying times in spectacular fashion, it’s Beverly Hills and its Chamber of Commerce”, says Jonathan. He sees this time as an opportunity to refocus our priorities and continue to serve and provide content for our members. As we have always done, we are innovating and adapting to new ways of connecting with our members and supplying access to everything Beverly Hills has to offer.

View the full induction speech below.

Please join us on October 21 for the next Virtual Collaborative! More information can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/bhbtboct2020