On the heels of the Redwood City-San Mateo County Chamber of Commerce being named the 2nd largest Chamber of Commerce in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times, past Redwood City Mayor Rosanne Foust was selected as its 2009 Person of the Year. 2009 Chamber Chairman of the Board, Glenna Vaskelis, President and CEO of Sequoia Hospital surprised Foust by selecting her as Person of the Year at the Chamber’s 112th Annual Dinner and Recognition Banquet January 28 at the Hotel Sofitel. Foust becomes the 38th member of the Chamber so honored since 1970.

The Chamber’s Person of the Year Award recipient is selected by the Chairman of the Board and upon making the presentation Vaskelis said, “when you think about enthusiasm, willingness to say “yes” when asked, knowledge of the Chamber organization, accomplishment, commitment and dedication one person’s name bubbles to the top — Rosanne Foust”.

Serving as Redwood City’s Mayor and Vice President of SAMCEDA Vaskelis said that amazingly enough Rosanne still found the time to make a significant impact on her own Chamber of Commerce. Foust Served as Deputy Chair and accepted roles as co-chair of the popular Chamber Membership Drive and also the very important role as co-chair of the Annual Progress Seminar. Rosanne Day Chaired the Program Orientation Day for Leadership Redwood City-Belmont-San Carlos. She also created a venue to develop a dialogue with legislators during these critical times and headed up a coordinated effort with SAMCEDA to harness all the individual efforts surrounding high speed rail.