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Welcome Table & Treat Sponsor
Healing from the Inside Out: Reclaiming Wellness Amidst Burnout
Speaker: Chaz Sandifer
Chaz Sandifer is the Founder|CEO of theNEWmpls, Let Go Let Flow and Stories Behind the Menu. Her work has focused on serving a diverse population, and promoting racial health and equity through the lens of fitness, wellness, and nutrition.
Chaz has a background in Marketing and International Business, is a Certified group fitness instructor, Certified Life & Wellness Coach in Diabetes, Arthritis Prevention, and trauma healing. She offers individual coaching, consulting for organizations, fitness classes, meal-prep courses, and is the only Black woman who owns a farmers’ market in MN. She has coached over 700 men and women who are pre-diabetic and overweight. She offers custom health and wellness programming to support those who are working through trauma.
She is a public speaker who is frequently asked to speak on entrepreneurship, a balanced life, and racial health and equity. Chaz is a co-leader of the communications work group for Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health at the University of Minnesota. She also sits on the Board of Directors for 180 Degree’s, Women’s Venture, NAWBO and is now the President for the Robbinsdale Chamber of Commerce. Chaz was an Executive Producer on her first documentary “Stories Behind the Menu”, which debuted and opened the 2023 Twin Cities Film Festival.
She is the honoree for MSP Journal Women in Business Award 2023, TRUST Leadership Award for women in healthcare 2023, Minnesota Twins Game Changer of the year 2023, Team Women Wave Maker Community Impact 2023, and National Community Based Organization Network (NCBON) The Unsung Hero Award 2024.
Welcome Table & Treat Sponsor:
Date and Time
Friday Sep 19, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM CDT
Meetings are held the 3rd Friday of each month
7:45 am Doors Open | Networking
8:00 am Welcome | 1-Minute Commercials
8:30 am Speaker
9:15 am Q&A
9:30 am Networking
10:00 am Conclude
Bring your mug of coffee (snacks provided), nametag and business cards.
Feel free to also bring catalogs, samples, event flyers, etc... and place on the table for members/guests to pick up (remember to take home with you at the end of the meeting to avoid it getting tossed out).
Location
Cottage Grove City Hall Training Room
12800 Ravine Pkwy S
Cottage Grove, MN 55016
Fees/Admission
$100.00 per year for Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce member
$200.00 per year for non-Chamber members
$20.00 per individual meeting for non-member
FREE for 1st time guests - invite others!
Please Note: By registering for this event, you are accepting that you could be photographed and the image could be posted on social media.
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