Edward Lombard Management Inc. – Publications, Communication, Outreach, Meetings & Events

ELM Strategies - Consultant, Advocacy, Public Relations

Services We Provide:

  • Political Consulting

  • Small Business Training

  • Advocacy on both the Statewide and Local levels

  • Voting activations (Get out to vote)

  • Candidate and Ballot Measure Information

  • Coalition Building

  • Public Speaking

Our Mission Is To Provide:

  • Resources for Black businesses

  • Insight and guidance on legislative and regulatory issues

  • Information and recommendations on voting

  • Reform to the black community.

We accomplish this through community outreach, advocacy, consulting, event coordination, and social media marketing. We hope to close the gap on the lack of representation for Black Americans in the great State of California.

Edwin A. Lombard III

Edwin A. Lombard III President and Chief Executive Officer of ELM Strategies Former President and Chief Executive Officer of The California African American Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Lombard is the President and CEO of ELM Strategies, a division of Edwin Lombard Management, Inc., a Public Relations, Communications, and Community Engagement Firm. ELM Strategies endeavors to steer Black business and the Black Community as a systemic gateway strategically utilized as an effective and influential voice on legislative, and regulatory matters.

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Current Updates

Meta moves to dethrone ChatGPT

Meta has taken a big swing at its artificial intelligence rivals, releasing the 3.1 version of its Llama AI model alongside some bold claims. Llama 3.1 is the “most capable” version of Meta’s AI model to date — but the company has benchmarks beyond its own performance. It claims the updated Llama outperforms OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet on several benchmarks, including math and multilingual skills. CEO Mark Zuckerberg ratcheted the competition up even further, saying he expects Llama 3.1 to overtake ChatGPT as the most widely used AI assistant by the end of the year.

To read more – Meta Moves to dethrone ChatGPT

Barack Obama officially endorses Kamala Harris

Former President Barack Obama officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday to be the Democratic Party’s 2024 nominee.

“This week, we got a chance to catch up with a friend who we’ve known for more than 20 years. She’d had a pretty busy couple of days, to say the least. But we couldn’t be more excited for her — or more thrilled to endorse Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States,” read a joint statement released by Obama and Michelle Obama.

“We agree with President Biden — choosing Kamala was one of the best decisions he’s made,” they said.

To read more – Barack Obama officially endorses Kamala Harris

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