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Spreading holiday joy and cheer

Dec 05 from 18:00 till 21:00
Hotel Bergs, Elizabetes iela 83/85

Over 70 members joined this year's annual Christmas Charity reception to kick-off the holiday season and raised €2720 to charities supporting the health and well-being of Latvia's children: Children’s Hospital FoundationLatvian Foster Family AssociationRonald McDonald House Charities in Latvija and SOS Children's Villages. It was also a great opportunity to look back at the year and award Members of the Year - companies who have gone the extra mile in supporting AmCham over the course of last year: ATU Duty Free, Bite Latvija, RTU Riga Business School, Radisson Blu Hotel and Spa Daugava and Radisson Blu Latvija Conference and Spa Hotel.

Guests were greeted by the delightful performance of students of the International School of Latvia, who filled the air with uplifting carols, spreading cheer and festive spirit all around. The U.S. Ambassador's holiday greetings set a warm and welcoming tone for the event. AmCham Vice Presidents Ieva Racenaja and Guntars Krols gave an overview of AmCham key highlights in 2024 and awarded the most active members. AmCham Executive Director Liga Smildzina-Bertulsone thanked all members for their continued support and, especially, the leaders of Advocacy work groups by giving their expertise, time and dedication to make a positive change in the business and investment environment of Latvia.

We would like to thank each of them personally as well as to their companies:

- Sarmis Spilbergs from Ellex, Lead of Digital and AI WG
- Evita Feldbarga, Roche and Inga Korneliusa, Radisson Hotel Group, Co-Leads of Empower Her
- Alise Krumina, Roche and Irena Teterina, Novartis, Co-Leads of Healthcare WG
- Guntars Krols, EY, Lead of FDI Promotion WG
- Ieva Racenaja, RGSL, Lead of Human Capital and Labor Force WG
- Zinta Jansons, Lead of Tax WG
- Roberts Melbardis, Co-Lead of OSAC and Precision Medicine WG
- Kaspars Losans, ROche, Co-Lead of Precision Medicine WG
- Agnese Jonate, Novartis and Ieva Palma, Abbott, Co-Leads of Digital Health WG
- Giedre Kuldmae, Johnson & Johnson, Lead of Value-based in HC procurement WG

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