Category Archives: New Member

Consultant-Management

Mike Stoliker is an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, serving as a lead financial and management consultant for a Navy Acquisition Category.  He also serves as an officer in the Army Reserve, currently serving as an Airborne Civil Affairs Team Leader with 18 parachute jumps (and counting!)

Mike is a Southern California native from Oxnard.  He settled in San Diego 2 1/2 years ago after living all over the state, and to a lesser extent, the country, for educational and professional purposes.  He received a BA in Political Science from Cal State Northridge and an MBA from Vanderbilt.

He and his wife, Rosy, have been married for 3 years.  In their free time, they hang out with their bandog (an American Bulldog/French Mastiff breed), Mike rides his motorcycle, does general housework, and can be found doing something musical.

Nick Bernal, Jonathan Cole and Duke Sobek were his sponsors.

Associations-Black Chamber of Commerce

Donna DeBerry is the CEO at the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce.

A graduate in Diversity from Thomas Edison State College, she is also certified in Inclusion and Diversity from Yale and Inclusive Leadership from Harvard. She has been described as a trailblazer, a pioneer, and the “Go-To-Person” in diversity branding since her meteoric rise through the ranks of Wyndham International, where she formerly served as Executive Vice President of Global Diversity & Assistant to the Chairman of the Board and as Vice President of Global Diversity for Nike.

Donna’s success has been featured in Fortune, Time, Money, Newsweek, Essence (Top 50 Women Shaping the World issue), Black Enterprise, and Diversity Inc. and a wide range of other media venues. She has worked with the Oprah Winfrey Show, NBA, NFL, Jerry Colangelo and on many other high-profile projects.

She has received awards for her outstanding production of the documentary “Walking the Waking Journey”.

Gil Johnson, Phil Blair and Peg Eddy were her sponsors.

Associations-USO

Ashley Camac is the Executive Director for USO San Diego/Camp Pendleton.  She assumed the role of ED after her time serving as Director of Operations within the organization.  She earned a Masters Degree from Point Loma Nazarene University in Strategic Organizational Leadership.

Ashley is a 21-year military spouse.  Her husband, Michael, is a submariner by trade and they have moved ten times in the last 21 years though they have called San Diego home since 2012.  In 2017, Ashley was named Military Spouse of the Year for her work within the community bridging the gaps between resources and military families.  She is currently a bronze level member within the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the San Diego Navy League.

She is a proud mom of two, Kayla and Michael Jr., who are currently studying engineering and neuro-science.

Joe Craver, Greg Sterner and Rick Huenefeld were her sponsors.

Financial Advisor, Additional Active

Marisa Cubing is the Campus Recruiter for Northwestern Mutual.  She is responsible for developing quality relationships with students, faculty and staff at SDSU, USD, UCSD, PLNU and Cal State San Marcos.

Originally from the Bay area, Marisa moved to San Diego to attend SDSU.  There, she was an active member of SDSU Rotaracts for 3 years and attended many community service activities, including Camp Enterprise. She also worked at KPBS as a Community Engagement Assistant where she worked on such programs as One Book One San Diego and Community Conversations.

She says that Rotary holds as a very special place in her heart.  The wonderful people she has met at Rotary and SDSU Rotaract have made an impact on her life.  She is committed to living by Rotary’s motto “Service Above Self”.  Marisa is excited to not only give back to her community, but to inspire and impact our younger generation to get involved.

Jordan Maharaj, David Oates and Chuck Pretto were her sponsors.

Social Service & Welfare-Neighborhood House Assn, Additional Active

Shante Lampkin is the Diversity & Inclusion Liaison to the President/CEO of the Neighborhood House Association.

She is a native San Diegan.  She has a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from San Diego Christian College, and a master’s degree in Business Management from Louisiana State University.  She is currently a doctoral student in Organizational Change & Leadership at USC.

Shante says her professional mantra, which is her motivation for helping others, is “let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time, we will reap the harvest if we do not give up.” And her personal mantra…”allow yourself grace and space to always order dessert!”

She is a proud mother of three, loves to travel, and enjoys weight lifting and solving jigsaw puzzles.

Duke Sobek, David Oates and Marinda Peugh were her sponsors.

Financial Advisor, Additional Active

Troy Darrock has been a financial advisor with Edward Jones for the last 4 years.

He grew up in San Diego, bouncing between the North County/San Diego and the Murrieta/Temecula areas.  He attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA and graduated with a degree in Economics.  That is where he met his wife, Kelly.  They have a 1-year-old, Wesley, who has taught him that he could survive on hardly any sleep!

Troy is a Gonzaga basketball fan and a San Diego Padres fan.  He also enjoys golf and traveling.  He has family members that were involved in Rotary, including a grandfather that was a past president of the Escondido club. He has seen the impact that they made in their communities and is looking forward to doing the same with us.

Duke Sobek, Dick Eger and Rick Chatham were his sponsors.

Law – Real Estate, Additional Active

Whitney Hodges is an attorney and partner with Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP.  Her practice focuses on the representation of clients involved in real estate development.

She is originally from Arizona, but has been in San Diego since she was 2 years old.  She graduated from Rancho Bernardo High School and USC and USC Law School.

Whitney and her fiancé Chris recently got engaged, but they grew up on the same street have already been together for 20 years!

In her spare time, she focuses on animal advocacy and works with the San Diego Humane Society, as well as doing other philanthropic work around San Diego.

Jan McDonough, Divya Kakaiya, and Travis Anderson were her sponsors.

Retired – County Government

Lari (pronounced “Larry”) Sheehan is retired from her 42-year career as a top administrator for the State and for the counties of Los Angeles and San Diego.  She retired in 2010 as the Deputy County Executive Officer for LA County. She worked for the County of San Diego in 1976-1998, the last 13 years as Deputy County Administrative Officer.  Lari is most proud of the studies she lead and that resulted in the incorporation of the cities of Poway, Santee, Encinitas and Solana Beach.

She was born in Newport News, VA and graduated from UCLA with a degree in Economics.   She has been a volunteer, donor and member of the Board of Management for the San Diego Armed Service YMCA since 2010 and is very passionate about working with enlisted military and their families.

Ben Clay, Nikki Clay and Richard Ledford were her sponsors.

Public Relations-Regional, Additional Active

Denise Scatena is the Founding Partner of Scatena Daniels Communications.  Founded in 2009, their primary focus is in the philanthropic sector.

A third generation San Diegan, Denise has family roots in Logan Heights, City Heights and in Clairemont. She graduated from Madison High School, received a Bachelor’s degree from Chapman University, and her Masters degree in Communications from SDSU.

Denise is currently a board member for the San Diego Press Club and a new member of the San Diego Association of Black Journalists.

She and her husband, Joseph, have 10-year-old tween twin daughters who have a new found love of tennis.

Simona Valanciute, David Oates, Chris Sichel were her sponsors.

Social Service and Welfare-Homeless

Drew Moser is the Executive Director for the Lucky Duck Foundation, a non-profit that funds, activates and leads high-impact, collaborative programs that alleviate the suffering of homelessness throughout San Diego City & County.

He was born and raised in Spokane, WA.  He graduated from the University of Redlands  with a degree in Business and is currently working towards his MBA.

Drew played basketball for the U of R Bulldogs, and in fact, basketball is what brought him to San Diego. He worked for the USD Men’s Basketball team for 3 years before working for the San Diego Sports Commission and the San Diego Hall of Champions.

He and his wife, Whitney, have 3 children: 2 boys (ages 6 and 2) and a 5-mos old daughter.

Chris Sichel, Trevor Blair and Mark Neville were his sponsors.