EDA Summer Newsletter

SUMMER NEWSLETTER Page 3

Service Awards Custodial Services Division

 Carlos Murillo - 15 years

 Conception Negrete – 15 years

 Joseph Vaughan – 15 years

The Custodial Services Division held its Annual Awards

Economic Development Breaking News

 Kelly Gonzalez – 15 years

 Peter Acosta – 15 years

Seventy-eight pins given away for Customer Service appreciation. Eight Excellence awards for Superior Leadership:  Tiffany Wilcox  Tom Burton  Bennie Harold  Rigoberto Villanueva  Sylvia Ruiz  Rita Arguello  Marla Swanson  Paul Villegas  Sylvia Ruiz perfect attendance two consecutive years in a row! Facilities of the Year:  Desert Hot Springs Family Care Center – Xavier Velasquez, Vicente Garcia and Juan Gonzalez.  Hemet Service Center – Mary Opp, Tiffany Wilcox, and Pam Diddion.  Riverside CAC Annex – Paul Villegas, Rita Arguello, David Rodriquez, Lisa Nostrates, Jane Paquin and Chatail Deadmon.  2014 Riverside County Fair – Rita Bova, Rigoberto Villanueva, Isabel Rodriguez and Miguel Espinosa.

Fisker

Automotive

 Catherine Lara – 20 years

and Technology Group plans to re- enter the luxury

 George Lisalda – 20 years

automotive market by opening its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Moreno Valley. Fisker chose a site in Riverside County – South Moreno Valley Industrial Area. The expected grand opening will occur in the summer of 2016. Fisker is an automotive manufacturing company that will produce exotic electric hybrid vehicles. The company is expanding and will hire 150 employees within the next year. Workforce Development’s Business Solutions Staff presented services to accommodate the needs of Fisker. 150 Jobs will be created and employment opportunities for Riverside County residents will range from Electro- Mechanical Technicians, Logistics/ Packaging, Planners to Engineers. Made for TV Movie, “A Mother’s Ordeal” starring Lynn Collins, Adam Kaufman and Joanna Cassidy shot at the County Mental Health Facility on Rustin Ave. in Riverside May 7 th , 8th and into the wee hours of the 9th. Producer, Michael Feifer, has made over 60 films and has directed stars such as Val Kilmer and Film & Television Division

 Raul Esparza – 25 years

 Robert Resendez - 25 years

 Randy Richardson – 25 years

 Shirley Black – 25 years

Annual Award Winners:

Custodian of the Year: Andres Lopez

Michael Feifer Producer/Director

Housekeeper of the Year: Brenda Acosta

Tom Arnold. Many of Feifer’s films have been picked up by Lifetime and Hallmark Channels although distribution on this film has not been finalized. Michael is already in pre-production on his next Made for TV Movie, “Elevated by Love”, a Romantic Christmas Comedy that he is planning to shoot in Riverside as well.

Supervisor of the Year: Carlos Murillo

Support Professional of the Year: Sandra Rocha

“Save of the Year”: Raymond Huerta