Articles and Updates
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021
In honor of International Women’s Day 2021, Sausalito Sister Cities hosted a virtual celebration with our Sister City of Viña del Mar, Chile. On March 8th, we joined our fabulous collaborators at AGEP (the Union of Women Business Owners and Professionals) to celebrate courageous women past and present. We honored the Female Entrepreneur highlighted in [...]
Sally Stanford, Self-Made Entrepreneur and Legendary Mayor of Sausalito
Presented by Cathy Stierhoff for the Sausalito Sister Cities International Women’s Day 2021 celebration. Translated by Brenda DeBruyn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWS6Mmhn5AA I am going to tell you about a woman from our very own home town of Sausalito, a woman who re-invented herself many times during her lifetime: Her name is Sally Stanford, someone who [...]
Sausalito – Viña del Mar Program Drives Online Innovation
Sausalito – Viña del Mar Program Drives Online Innovation The cornerstone of the Sausalito - Viña del Mar program is a group called AGEP — Asociación Gremial de Empresarias y Profesionales, or Union of Women Business Owners and Professionals. This group of approximately 50 women supports and does business with each other in the Viña del Mar/Valparaiso region. Since 2011, the Sausalito VDM Ops [...]
Sister City Honors VDM Chair for Outstanding Support of Women Entrepreneur Development
Vina Del Mar was the first sister city in Sausalito, established in 1964 under the President Eisenhower people-to-people diplomacy program. We re-established our Sister City relationship in 2011 when Mayor Reginato introduced us to a group of women small business owners and their professional organization: Asociación Gremial de Empresarias y Profesionales de la Región de [...]
Thank you for joining us at the 3rd Annual Sausalito Wine Experience
The 2019 Sausalito Wine Experience was a spectacular afternoon, and we were overwhelmed by your support. Thank you all for making this year’s event such a wonderful success!
Sister City Viña del Mar Visitors Get to Know Sausalito
By Cathy Stierhoff Leadership for Change, Empowerment to Innovate, Collaborate to Succeed: This was the theme of the 2019 visit from delegates from our sister city, Viña del Mar, Chile. For 10 powerful days in August and September, the Viña del Mar Operations Council (VDM Ops Council), took that theme to heart. The cornerstone of [...]