Leadership - A Conversation with Ali Sahabi

Ali Sahabi, founder of The Green Valley Initiative will be sharing the exciting developments taking place that are addressing the region's most fundamental challenge: There are not enough jobs to meet the needs of the people who live there.

Riverside and San Bernardino counties make up one of the fastest-growing regions in the U.S., with a population surge of 2 million new residents expected within the next 15 years. GVI has brought together stakeholders from city, tribal and county governments and agencies, universities, school districts, utilities, businesses, cultural and environmental groups and the community at large to chart a path for a better future.

Their mission: to create an economic development plan that blends social, economic and environmental concerns to promote a higher quality of life for generations to come.