Celebrating 39 Years of Business Success!
ABOUT KCHCC
Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (KCHCC) is a non-profit, non-partisan, and non-sectarian organization. It is a recognized Hispanic business resource and leader in the economic and business development of Kern County. As the largest Hispanic business organization in the region, the KCHCC can help you and your business access this growing and dynamic Hispanic marketplace.
MISSION STATEMENT
“To create, promote and enhance business opportunities for our membership and to provide business and cultural resources to the Hispanic community.”
VISION
“The vision of the KCHCC is to create innovative and influential business programs that will promote Hispanic business and economic development at the local, state, national, and international level.”
HISTORY
In 1985, a small group of dedicated Hispanic business leaders recognized both the enormous potential of the Hispanic business community in Kern County and the need for an organization to represent its interests in the public and private sector.
Since its incorporation, the Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has become the fastest-growing civic organization in the Kern County area. With several hundred of members, the Chamber represents over 410,000 Hispanics and is comprised of a cross-section of professionals and business people, who in turn represent corporations as well as large and small businesses.
Our goal is to promote Hispanic and minority-owned businesses, and those that cater to, or employ Hispanics by being active and visible in the community and by raising the level of awareness of our member’s needs in the business community.
The Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is affiliated with the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and the United States Hispanic Chambers of Commerce.
VALUES
Fulfillment of the Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Vision and Mission demands that fundamental values are ingrained into our daily interactions with each other, the community partners we interact with, and the communities that we live in.
- Honesty: Making our word bond.
- Integrity: Doing what we say we are going to do.
- Respect: Equal and fair treatment and opportunities for all chamber members.
- Excellence: Continually improving the Chamber’s processes.
- Belief in people: Valuing each other’s opinions through active listening, asking to understand the views of others to ensure effective communications.
- Bias for action: Stay focused on issues, defining monitoring, and achieving agreed upon actions, goals, and targets. Making timely decisions, and being optimistic!
- Being accountable to each other: Supporting group decisions. Doing what’s right for the Chamber’s membership.
- Valuing diversity: Creating an inclusive environment/culture where difference, diverse perspectives, and everyone’s input is valued and encouraged.