University of the Pacific provides personalized learning and small class sizes, with professors passionate about their students' success. We offer all the choices of a major university, with 10 schools and colleges and nearly 100 majors. Since 1851, we've made the choice to look forward, create change and deliver education that puts our students first. We offer an experience that produces successful alumni who lead in their communities, in California and beyond.

For over 55 years, PRIDE Industries has delivered business excellence with a positive social impact. Through proven business performance, we are shifting the paradigm about the value people with disabilities bring to a high-performance workforce. We optimize our customers’ business operations while creating sustainable career opportunities and training for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. We prove the value of an inclusive workforce model every day through our social enterprise model and operational success across multiple industries. Our services include facilities operations and maintenance services, custodial services, contract manufacturing, supply chain management, packaging and fulfillment services, and staffing and recruitment to commercial and government organizations nationwide. Our goal is to create 100,000 jobs for people with disabilities. One in five Americans has a disability, and two-thirds of working-age Americans with disabilities are unemployed. As the nation’s leading employer of people with disabilities, we believe that people of all abilities should have equal access to achieve their employment goals. And that belief shapes everything we are as a company. We are bound by a set of core values and a shared commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Point Quest is a community of life-long learners who respect the individual needs of students. Point Quest believes that everyone deserves to learn in a safe, caring, and supportive environment fostered by integrity and positive relationships with students and staff. High expectations for success are sought through appropriate instruction and intervention, which allows for individual differences and learning styles. We provide services to students with disabilities ranging from serious developmental delays, to autism spectrum disorders, and emotional disturbance. We contract with a high volume of local school districts to provide services to their most challenging students. We are committed to being a change agent not just standing quietly on the sidelines. We have a responsibility as educators to change the trajectory of our nation for the next generation.

We empower students to define and realize their unique goals, aspirations, and potential.

Innovative Education Management has been successfully developing and operating California charter schools for over a decade. A nonprofit, public benefit corporation, IEM is meeting the growing demand for new charter development and successful charter school management. Members of our growing management team possess essential and successful management experience. The areas of service we provide to charter schools include: School development Administration Oversight Advocacy, and Finance Additionally, our expertise also extends into the area of curriculum, teacher training, educational resources, and technical support. Nearly 22,000 students have graduated from IEM schools since 1993. During that time IEM has been instrumental in the opening and managing of eight California Charter Schools and has provided consulting services to interested parent groups, school districts, and educators across the country. Randy Gaschler is president of Innovative Education Management Inc. and is responsible for the overall management of the organization. Randy is a UCLA graduate in economics and has a California Teacher’s Credential. He has been in education for the past 13 years both as a teacher and administrator. He founded one of the first successful charters in California—Horizon Instructional Systems. Randy has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the California Network of Educational Charters for the last six years. Randy is a strong advocate of parents’ choice in education as well as individual learning plans for students.

San Joaquin County Office of Education provides educational leadership, resources, and services to support schools in Stockton, Lodi, Tracy, Manteca, Ripon, Linden, and the rest of the county. With its highly regarded programs, innovative staff, and community partnerships, SJCOE ensures that every student in San Joaquin County has the opportunity of a quality education.

Reality check: Most people don’t grow up dreaming about a job in insurance. We certainly didn’t, but then we got here and realized Progressive is different—in a good way. We strive to create a fun and flexible work environment for everyone where employees are encouraged to risk, learn, and grow. With our progressive culture, work-life balance, and one of the largest contemporary art collections in the country, there’s a reason we’ve been named one of the best places to work. For more than 80 years, Progressive has offered a wide range of insurance choices to customers, including Auto, Home, Renters, Commercial Auto, Small Business, Motorcycle, Boat policies, and more. Progressive is the third largest auto insurer in the country—a combined effort of every single Progressive person. We’re a diverse group of more than 50,000 talented employees—from all walks of life, all fields of business, and all 50 states. With hundreds of career paths including Claims, Customer Care, Sales, Marketing, Legal, IT, Data Analysis and with Level20, our new business incubator, there may be an opportunity for you. Everyone here plays a role in our success as we continue to find new and better ways to move the insurance industry forward and be there for our customers during every stage of their lives.