Seattle, March 23, 2007 – The newly invigorated Seattle chapter of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (SACC Seattle) held their first annual meeting and luncheon recently. The event was held in conjunction with the Seattle-Sweden Diabetes Awareness Day.
Chamber supporters learned about the decades of dedicated research, and recent progress toward effective treatment of juvenile diabetes from Professor Åke Lernmark and CEO Anders Essen-Möller, of Diamyd Medical AB. They spoke about the interesting connections Seattle and Stockholm share in the diagnosis of juvenile diabetes. Both cities have one of the highest occurrences of type 1 juvenile diabetes in the world. Diamyd Medical AB focuses on developing treatments for diabetes and its complications. According to Essen-Möller, Diamyd’s innovations may be able to not only treat diabetes in the future, but also prevent it.
SACC Seattle elected a new board of directors in its annual meeting. The membership also elected Claes Olsson, President and CEO, Powerit Solutions as chairman by unanimous vote; “This is a very exciting time for us in SACC-Seattle since the chamber has been inactive for about two years. Now the chamber has found a new home, a new part-time staff and a new, enthusiastic group of supporters.”
Other board members elected were Deanna Zachrisson as director, Vice Chairman and Treasurer and Michael Olofsson Director and Secretary. Lars Jonsson, Jeff Cook, Joy Skaardal, Lars Hill, Magnus Andersson, Michael Heijer, Rebecka Helén-Wilson and P-O Selander was all elected directors and Louise Åkesson is the chamber’s new staff person with a focus on marketing and events. SACC Seattle has several exciting events planned; a new member mixer, a Seattle International Film Festival event, as well as its annual Crayfish Celebration and Fundraiser.
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