Jerry Sanders

Guest Speakers Tony Hicks and Ples Felix

Marcella considers it a privilege to tell interesting stories about the people and places in America's Finest City. She is an experienced broadcast journalist who has won 18 Emmy awards -- 14 while at CBS News 8 -- for her anchoring and reporting on a variety of stories, including the October 2007 and May 2015…

Casey Castillo is the CEO of Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, and the North County Food Bank Chapter. Castillo joined the Food Bank in 2008 as Chief Financial Officer and was subsequently appointed Vice President of Finance and Administration. Castillo brings more than 20 years of executive, financial, and nonprofit management experience to…

Arden Pala, an 8th Grader and the founder of Sports4All will discuss the power of youth engagement, giving back, and volunteering. In addition, he will discuss the homelessness issue in San Diego and how his nonprofit is helping to make a difference. Arden is an award-winning director (with his documentary “A Second Chance”) and has published…

Honor Flight San Diego is a non-profit team of volunteers dedicated to escorting San Diego County Veterans to Washington D.C. to visit and reflect at the Memorials dedicated to their service and sacrifice.      

"Never Let A Good Market Crisis Go To Waste: Investing in Innovation During a Downturn" Ashok Kamal is the Executive Director of NuFund Venture Group, one of the leading early-stage funds focused on promoting innovation and economic development in SoCal and beyond. Ashok will discuss angel investing best practices, community resources and new market trends,…

Lieutenant Colonel Michael LaSorda serves as the Materiel Leader of Ground Modernization for the Narrowband Satellite Communications Acquisition Delta, Navy Base Point Loma, CA. In this role, he leads development and enhancements to fielded US Space Force systems providing secure, all-weather, all-terrain, satellite communications to joint and coalition warfighters who require small form factor terminals…