Chapter Celebrates Navy Birthday

The chapter celebrated the U.S. Navy's birthday at its monthly luncheon in October, which included the traditional cake cutting at the beginning of the event followed by keynote speaker Dr. Ruben Garcia. Midshipman James Waters Jr., Navy ROTC, and Capt. Yancey Lindsey, USN, cut the cake with supervision from Capt. Dave Grundies, USN (Ret.). Waters is from the University of San Diego ROTC Unit, while Capt. Lindsey is chief of staff for naval region Southwest. Garcia, who became district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA's) San Diego District Office in 2005, followed the cake cutting with an emotional small business story close to his heart. In his current role, Garcia is responsible for overseeing SBA's financial and educational development programs for San Diego and Imperial counties. Since 2005, the San Diego District Office has ranked among the top offices nationwide in attaining a number of fixed goals.

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