Matt Mahood – San Jose Inside https://www.sanjoseinside.com A look inside San Jose politics and culture Tue, 03 Aug 2021 15:52:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.12 Chamber Exec Moved Quickly to Reshape Battered Organization https://www.sanjoseinside.com/the-fly/chamber-exec-moved-quickly-to-reshape-battered-organization/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/the-fly/chamber-exec-moved-quickly-to-reshape-battered-organization/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2021 17:39:30 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201188524 Derrick Seaver, CEO of the SVOTruong framed his exit as striking out on his own, but the position was eliminated June 4, according to an internal memorandum from now-President and CEO Derrick Seaver.

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Q&A: Derrick Seaver’s Big Plans as the SVO’s New President https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/qa-derrick-seavers-big-plans-as-the-svos-new-president/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/qa-derrick-seavers-big-plans-as-the-svos-new-president/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2021 13:00:05 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201170197 Seaver takes the helm at the regional chamber of commerce May 17, but first he sat down to talk about his priorities, economy and even Google.

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2020: The Lost Year https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/2020-the-lost-year/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/2020-the-lost-year/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2020 14:00:03 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201167511 It’s been a millennium and a decade since two identical numbers divisible by 10 paired together in such a beautiful fashion.

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The Silicon Valley Organization Appoints an Interim CEO https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/the-silicon-valley-organization-appoints-an-interim-ceo/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/the-silicon-valley-organization-appoints-an-interim-ceo/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2020 15:51:15 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201166662 Bob LinscheidBob Linscheid will serve as interim CEO while the organization looks for a permanent replacement for fired executive Matt Mahood.

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SVO: There Was ‘No Intent to Do Harm’ With Racist Campaign Ad https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/svo-there-was-no-intent-to-do-harm-with-racist-campaign-ad/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/svo-there-was-no-intent-to-do-harm-with-racist-campaign-ad/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:18:49 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201165130 Leaders of the regional chamber of commerce refused to name the people responsible and offered little else in the way of context.

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SVO Disbands PAC Amid Backlash to ‘Blatantly Racist’ Campaign Ad https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/svo-disbands-pac-amid-backlash-to-blatantly-racist-campaign-ad/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/svo-disbands-pac-amid-backlash-to-blatantly-racist-campaign-ad/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2020 19:53:59 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201164440 It’s a remarkable development for the fundraising powerhouse, which has long served as a political counterweight to South Bay Labor.

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Names Emerge in Search for New SVO Exec Amid Racist Attack Ad https://www.sanjoseinside.com/the-fly/names-emerge-in-search-for-new-svo-exec-amid-racist-attack-ad/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/the-fly/names-emerge-in-search-for-new-svo-exec-amid-racist-attack-ad/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2020 14:00:26 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201164370 Sources say SPUR San Jose Director Teresa Alvarado and ex-chamber CEO Jim Cunneen could be tapped as the next leader of SVO.

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Local Labor Escaped Reckoning for Earlier Racist Campaigns https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/local-labor-escaped-reckoning-for-earlier-racist-campaigns/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/local-labor-escaped-reckoning-for-earlier-racist-campaigns/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2020 17:06:10 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201164307 Uber CLO Tony WestSouth Bay Labor has employed racist tactics to prevent minorities—including 1998 San Jose council hopeful Tony West—from securing office.

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Op-Ed: The SVO is a Failed Chamber of Commerce for Today’s Silicon Valley https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/op-ed-svo-a-failed-chamber-of-commerce-for-todays-san-jose/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/opinion/op-ed-svo-a-failed-chamber-of-commerce-for-todays-san-jose/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2020 13:00:10 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201164207 The SVO should no longer be entrusted to be the voice of the business community in Silicon Valley. It should be dismantled.

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SVO Exec Resigns Amid Outrage Over ‘Racist’ Political Hit Piece https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/silicon-valley-organization-exec-resigns-amid-outrage-over-political-hit-piece/ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/silicon-valley-organization-exec-resigns-amid-outrage-over-political-hit-piece/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:26:32 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201164142 Matt Mahood announced his resignation this morning as a litany of nonprofits severed ties with the business group.

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