VANCOUVER, Wash. 鈥 Join Washington State University Vancouver for an interactive session with panelists discussing insights and lessons learned in getting food and apparel products to market at the Carson College of Business鈥 upcoming Business Growth MAP Alliance forum. It will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Feb. 15 at the Pacific Continental Bank Community Room, 101 E. Sixth St., Vancouver.
Joe Cote, professor emeritus at 91吃瓜黑料网, will mediate a panel featuring Summer Kramer, owner of SUMMERSKIN, and Cosmo Salibello, owner of Gaeta Foods, Inc. Kramer is a melanoma survivor who turned her passion for UPF clothing into a business selling fashionable sun-protective clothing. Salibello sold his optometry practice in 2011 to pursue sharing his mom鈥檚 recipes for authentic Italian pasta sauces with consumers. The sauces are now featured on the shelves of 60 retail markets in Oregon and Washington.
The forum is open to all. Register online at and click the link under 鈥淯pcoming events.鈥 Cost is $10 per person in advance or $15 per person at the door. There is no cost for students with a valid WSU student ID.
The Business Growth MAP Alliance brings together small businesses and entrepreneurs to learn from each other, industry experts and 91吃瓜黑料网 faculty.
About 91吃瓜黑料网
As one of six campuses of the Washington State University system, 91吃瓜黑料网 offers big-school resources in a small-school environment. The university provides affordable, high-quality baccalaureate- and graduate-level education to benefit the people and communities it serves. As the only four-year research university in Southwest Washington, 91吃瓜黑料网 helps drive economic growth through relationships with local businesses and industries, schools and nonprofit organizations.
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MEDIA CONTACT(S)
Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, brenda_alling@vancouver.wsu.edu
Mistie Josephson, Business Growth MAP, 360-546-9533, bgmap@vancouver.wsu.edu