Sam Sanchez155 W. Kinzie StreetChicago, Illinois 60654773-348-8899 sam@thirdcoasthg.comSam@soltec-usa.com Old Crow Smokehouse I Moe's Cantina l Tunnel l Tree House I EMC GC New and remodeling Buildout SOLAR PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURING Biography Sam Sanchez is a long-time Mexican-American businessman based in the city of Chicago. He has an extensive background in the hospitality industry, construction and design, employee management and general operations. Sam Sanchez started his career as a restaurateur focusing on concept development, bar and restaurant buildout, management and operations, new product development, advertising, marketing, and promotions. Since, he has led multiple joint ventures spanning industries such as manufacturing, trade education, security, renewable energy, and transportation. As a developer, Mr. Sanchez also owns EMC Construction, a full-service construction company which handles both renovations of existing properties and new construction for future projects. Mr. Sanchez currently acts as liaison with the City of Chicago Latino Caucus and serves as the Chair of Chicago’s Mayor, Lori Lightfoot’s, finance committee. In his position as chair of the finance committee for the Mayor, he works closely with the administration to bring light to important city issues. In 2022, Mr. Sanchez joined Mayor Lightfoot and a number of hand-selected delegates on a World Business Chicago trip to Mexico City to promote intra-national trade and business between Chicago and Mexico. He works closely with Illinois and city elected officials to promote policies beneficial to businesses across the state of Illinois and to the Latino and immigrant community. Mr. Sanchez started is a co-founder minority-owned mamufavtoring company Distribution, Great Lakes SolX LLC. a one-stop renewable energy marketplace, that provides solar panels, inverters, energy storage systems and other energy-related products/services, to distribute solar products and services to the United States.