June 3, 2013
- Los Angeles restaurant industry to honor Susan Feniger, Mary Sue Milliken with Lifetime Achievement Award
(SACRAMENTO, June 3, 2013) – Titans of the dining world in Los Angeles and beyond, Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken will be honored with the Elizabeth Burns Lifetime Achievement Award at 6:30 p.m. June 7 in Santa Monica. Presented by the California Restaurant Association (CRA) Los Angeles chapter, the awards will be presented at a gala held in their honor at Hotel Casa del Mar.
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May 23, 2013
- CRA initiates wide-ranging membership survey
In an ongoing effort to shape the benefits, services and programs provided to California’s restaurant industry, the California Restaurant Association (CRA) has launched a broad telephone-based survey, in partnership with the Field Co.
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May 13, 2013
- Sonja Spowart joins California Restaurant Association as senior vice president of finance, operations
(SACRAMENTO, May 20, 2013) – Sonja Spowart has been named senior vice president of finance and operations at the California Restaurant Association (CRA). An accomplished executive and Elk Grove resident, Spowart has an extensive background in finance and non-profit management.Spowart’s role will be expansive, overseeing all finance-related initiatives, as well as membership and business development, information technology and marketing and communications.
“We are pleased to welcome Sonja and look forward to ushering a new era for our association,” CRA President + CEO Jot Condie said. “She is a consummate professional and we’re confident she will be an outstanding addition to our team, making it possible for us to explore and execute many new enterprises.”
Spowart joins the CRA after serving for two-and-a-half years as chief financial officer of KVIE, Sacramento’s public television station. Before KVIE, she was controller at the California School Boards Association, a private non-profit organization and its affiliated entities, for more than 10 years.
She also worked as an audit manager for Ernst & Young, Sacramento, having accepted an employment and relocation offer enabling her to emigrate from South Africa where she was an assurance and advisory services manager for Ernst & Young, Johannesburg.
Spowart studied accounting at the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of South Africa. She is an in-abstention member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and has been a member of the California Board of Accountancy since January 2001.
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January 30, 2013
- 2013 CRA Lobby Day + Rock ’n Restaurants
Lobby Day is a critical day in the effort to improve the environment in which restaurants operate and thrive.
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January 30, 2013
- Soul powerhouse Allen Stone to perform at Rock ’n Restaurants April 9
Singer-songwriter Allen Stone will take the stage at the second annual Rock ’n Restaurants event April 9, presented by the California Restaurant Association (CRA) and BMI. The exclusive concert event will kick off with a reception at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento.
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