San Diego Rotary

Monthly Board meeting
2017-01-27 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Club 33 Conference Room, 2247 San Diego Ave, Suite 233, San Diego, CA, 92110, United States

Maureen Stapleton - GM, San Diego County Water Authority
2017-02-02 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Water, Water, Everywhere…Beyond the California Drought
Water is never a dry subject, and 2017 promises to be another action-packed year in the water world. Maureen Stapleton, general manager of the San Diego County Water Authority, will bring us up-to-date on the important water issues to watch this year. The Water Authority is the region’s wholesale water provider and over the past two decades has executed a diversification strategy that has ensured water reliability in support of the region’s $222 billion economy and its 3.3 million people.

Valentine' Day Sweethearts Program
2017-02-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Join us for an incredibly entertaining program featuring a performance by Master of Fine Arts Musical Theater students that are in the nationally acclaimed musical theater program at SDSU. This is a lunch you will truly enjoy, especially if you bring a sweetheart!
Please call or email the office if you plan to bring guests to this meeting.
A special thank you to Patti Roscoe for sponsoring this program.

Chris Yanov - Founder & President, Reality Changers
2017-02-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Changing Reality in San Diego
How did a program that began in 2001 with just $300 produce a $1 billion impact on San Diego’s economy? And how did it come up with a solution to gang violence by throwing out all the rules of conventional wisdom? On Thursday, February 16, come hear the unlikely success story of how Reality Changers, headquartered here in San Diego, has become a national model for building first generation college students.

Michael Jones - President, The Maritime Alliance
2017-02-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Promoting a regional “Blue Voice”
The Blue Economy is enormous, growing, and critical for the future of humans on earth…yet it is little understood, studied and promoted. The Maritime Alliance (TMA) is the non-profit organizer of the largest ocean and water technology (BlueTech) cluster in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world. TMA is the Blue Voice of the San Diego region recognized nationally and internationally for its work.

Michael Jones founded The Maritime Alliance (TMA) in 2007 after noticing that San Diego has a strong cluster of maritime technology companies. His background is finance and international relations, having spent 8 years as a commercial lender and 31 years as an investment banker with his firm ProFinance Associates. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at San Diego State University (SDSU), a member of the Board of Directors of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, and a member of the Board of Governors of the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS). He is also a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. to help SAIS focus on the Blue Economy. Michael speaks five languages and travels extensively.

Grotarian Event - San Diego Art Institute
2017-02-28 17:30 - 19:30 | San Diego Art Institute, 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
Join your fellow Grotarians for a guided tour, hors d’oeuvres, and cocktails at the San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park’s only contemporary art museum. On display will be “Boiling Process 5: Mythodologies” featuring installations and video art by 30 young artists from Tijuana, San Diego, and Los Angeles. As part of this event, enjoy a special experimental sound performance by renowned musician Scott Nielsen.
Date: February 28, 2017
Time: 5:30-7:30
Location: San Diego Art Institute, 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 (across the street from The Old Globe)
There is plenty of parking behind the Organ Pavilion.
Cost: $25/person
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Gordan Carrier, Brad Richter & Michael McNerney
2017-03-02 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Downtown’s Progress and Innovation
Employers in US Urban Centers of Innovation continue to evolve, and the spaces designed to support them are morphing as well. Come hear details of downtown’s development projections and accomplishments through the eyes of Civic San Diego Executive, while hearing from a developer and architect about two innovation projects focused on re-interpreting San Diego’s offering as a place inspiring Live, Work, and Play.
Our panel of speakers include Gordon Carrier, Founder and Design Principal of Carrier Johnson + CULTURE, Brad Richter, VP of Planning with Civic San Diego, and Michael McNerney, Senior VP of Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Group.

Grotarian Event - Connections Housing Tour
2017-03-08 05:30 - 19:30 | Connections Housing, 1250 6th Avenue, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
Wednesday March 8, 2017
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Connections Housing
1250 6th Avenue,
San Diego, CA 92101
Join Grotarians, Rotarians and Rotaracts at Connections Housing, located at 1250 6th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101. The building is the old World Trade Center, previously the Harcourt Brace Building and originally the San Diego Club. The Ten Downing restaurant was once in the space where the swimming pool was located. What is Connections Housing? In 2008, the San Diego City Council, with the support of the Mayor, the San Diego Housing Commission and CCDC initiated a vision for a one-stop homeless services center. In 2010, a volunteer citizen’s panel, along with the approval of the San Diego City Counsel, selected PATH as the lead agency for the project. PATH San Diego’s Connections Housing is a partnership which brings a variety of agencies together under one roof to meet the many needs of the downtown homeless population. The Interim Housing program accommodates 150 people at one time, and is designed to move people off the street quickly. Clients suing this short-term housing are encouraged to stay in the building throughout the day to access the three dozen plus services provided in the PATH Depot.
We will tour the facility and view the services which the facility provides. With the rise of homeless in San Diego this is a very current issue and something we should all be aware of.
After the tour concludes(about an hour), we will move next door to the Union Bank Building, 530 B Street, Suite 300, at the offices of Messner & Smith. We will have access to the outdoor 3rd floor terrace where catered barbeque sandwiches, from the Barbeque Boss, and liquid refreshments will be served.
Parking should be available on the street and automatic (credit card required) parking will be available in the Union Bank’s underground facility.
Cost per person is $15 for Rotarians and their guests, and $8 for Rotaracts. (If you are a Rotaract registering for this event, please register using the “discount pricing” and add a (R) at the end of your last name)
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Peter Callstrom and Max Villalobos
2017-03-09 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Peter Callstrom, President & CEO of San Diego Workforce Partnership, will highlight the significant role of San Diego’s healthcare organizations as major employers, and discuss the demands for a qualified workforce for the healthcare sector. Max Villalobos, Chief Operating Officer of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals San Diego Service Area, will preview the opening of the new $1 billion flagship Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center, and discuss the future of patient care through technology and innovation.
The New Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center
More than 1,000 new jobs are being created at this new flagship hospital, located in Kearney Mesa (Interstate 15 and Clairemont Mesa Boulevard), which will be the first certified LEED Platinum healthcare facility in the world. This is a sneak peek opportunity to learn about the incredible process of building and opening a $1 billion facility, including dramatic drone footage of the construction and time lapse of the project, as well the intricate process of opening for patient care. There have been folks dedicated to every detail of that process for more than two years. The new facility will be unveiled to the public on April 25, 2017.

2017 Camp Enterprise Kick Off-Guest speaker Stephan Aarstol
2017-03-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
This is our club’s 42nd year of bringing high school juniors to camp where they learn about the Free Enterprise System!
The camp provides an important learning environment for all to gain leadership skills and experience team building, and students come away with a greater awareness of their possibilities. Join us as we send these students off to a life changing and transformative experience.
Our keynote speaker this year will be Stephan Aarstol, Founder and CEO of Tower Paddle Boards.
He is known as the guy who forgot his pitch on ABC reality show “Shark Tank” in its third season.
But the Tower Paddle Boards founder managed to recover and snag a $150,000 investment from billionaire Mark Cuban, in the episode that aired in March 2012. In exchange, Cuban got 30 percent ownership in the business and its earnings.
Stephan Aarstol and his online manufacturer direct stand-up paddle-board company have since been recognized by both People and Entrepreneur magazines as one of the show’s top 10 success stories.
Stephan is an entrepreneurial thought leader and online marketing expert. With over 15 years of Internet experience, he has worked with a large variety of startups, from ecommerce and medical imaging to educational toys and youth backpacking. He founded Tower Paddle Boards in June of 2010 after picking up the sport early that year in the waves of La Jolla shores. Like anyone else whose tried the sport, he’s been hooked ever since.
Stephan holds an MBA in New Venture Management from the University of San Diego and lives in San Diego today.

Club Foundation Board meeting
2017-03-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Club 33 Conference Room, 2247 San Diego Ave, Suite 233, San Diego, CA, 92110, United States

Carl Guardino, CEO-Silicon Valley Leadership Group
2017-03-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
“Lessons on Leadership – Silicon Valley and San Diego’s Innovation Economy”
Annually, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group produces the “Silicon Valley Competitiveness Project,” with 20 key indicators by which to contrast Silicon Valley with the other five top Tech Regions in the United States, including Southern California (San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles Counties), Austin, Boston, Seattle and New York City. What are the skills and traits each region needs to protect and grow its success?
Carl Guardino, one of Silicon Valley’s most distinguished business and community leaders, is the President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a public policy trade association that represents more than 400 of Silicon Valley’s most respected employers.
In February 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Guardino to a four-year term on the California Transportation Commission and has been reappointed twice by Governor Jerry Brown. In 2000, the San Jose Mercury News named Guardino one of the “Five Most Powerful” people in Silicon Valley, in a once-per-decade “Power Study.” He received similar recognition in 2010.
Known throughout the region as a consensus builder, Guardino has championed a number of important issues, especially in the areas of transportation and housing. Most recently, Guardino led a 3-year effort that culminated in “Measure B” on the November, 2016 ballot, which will generate an additional $6.5 billion in local funds for traffic relief improvements. Measure B passed with 71.74% of the vote. As a housing advocate, he co-created the Housing Trust Silicon Valley, which has helped 20,000 families afford homes in high-cost Silicon Valley by raising more than $90 million in voluntary contributions.

San Diego Padres
2017-03-30 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Tom Seidler, Senior VP and member of the ownership group, along with Erik Greupner, COO, will catch us up on all things Padres and what’s in store for the new season!

Dr. Eli Berman- Empirical Studies of Conflict: Implications for ISIS and Syria
2017-04-06 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Dr. Eli Berman will summarize a decade of research on economics in conflict zones, and draw lessons for confronting ISIS and stabilizing Iraq and Syria. Using evidence from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts, Berman will explain why local allies must be induced by foreign powers to provide governance and enable economic development to stabilize Syria and reverse refugee flows. Framing development and security force assistance in that context implies practical policy reforms.
Dr. Berman is Chair and Professor of economics at UC San Diego. He is also Research Director for International Security Studies at UCSD’s Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC).
IGCC addresses global challenges to peace and prosperity through academically rigorous, policy-relevant research, training, and outreach on international security, economic development, and the environment. It brings scholars together across social science and lab science disciplines to work on topics such as regional security, nuclear proliferation, innovation and national security, development and political violence, emerging threats, and climate change.
His book Radical, Religious and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism was published in 2009. Dr. Berman received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.

Dr. Edith Eva Eger
2017-04-13 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
A native of Hungary, Edith Eva Eger was just a young teenager in 1944 when she experienced one of the worst evils the human race has ever known. As a Jew living in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, she and her family were sent to Auschwitz, the heinous death camp. Her parents lost their lives there. Toward the end of the war Edith and other prisoners had been moved to Austria. On May 4, 1945 a young American soldier noticed her hand moving slightly amongst a number of dead bodies. He quickly summoned medical help and brought her back from the brink of death.
After the war Edith moved to Czechoslovakia where she met the man she would marry. In 1949 they moved to the United States. In 1969 she received her degree in Psychology from the University of Texas, El Paso. She then pursued her doctoral internship at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Dr. Eger is a prolific author and a member of several professional associations. She has a clinical practice in La Jolla, California and holds a faculty appointment at the University of California, San Diego. She has appeared on numerous television programs including Oprah Winfrey and was the primary subject of a holocaust documentary that appeared on Dutch National Television. She is frequently invited to make speaking engagements throughout the United States, Mexico, and abroad.
Dr. Eger will share her story of victimization to empowerment. She will also share with us lessons that prove everybody is a survivor of something and that every experience has a gift for us that is for the greater good.

Hoover Interact Committee
2017-04-13 13:30 - 14:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States

Grotarian Event - SD County Sheriff's Regional Crime Lab
2017-04-18 17:30 - 19:30 | SD County Sheriff Crime Lab, 5255 Mt. Etna Dr., San Diego, CA, 92117, United States
THIS EVENT IS FULL – REGISTRATION HAS BEEN CLOSED
You are invited to a tour of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Crime Lab. The laboratory provides forensic science services to over 30 law enforcement and criminal justice agencies. The lab’s Crime Scene Investigation team responds to homicides and other serious crimes countywide. The jurisdiction covers over 4,000 square miles, including the Mexican international border, federal military installations, Indian lands, the Anza Borrego desert and the Pacific Ocean. They provide specialized analysis in controlled substance and alcohol, DNA and trace evidence (including arson, explosives, fibers and paint), latent fingerprint development and comparison, questioned documents (including handwriting comparison), firearms and tool marks. We will tour the facility and speak with analysts. After the tour, we will enjoy food and adult beverages.
April 18, 2017
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
San Diego County Sheriff’s
Regional Crime Laboratory
5255 Mt. Etna Dr.
San Diego, CA 92117
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Four-Way Test Speech District Contest Finals
2017-04-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED. PLEASE CONTACT THE SAN DIEGO ROTARY OFFICE AT 619-299-3309 WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
Club 33 will be hosting this year’s compelling contest on Thursday, April 20th. Dozens of students, whose extraordinary commitment to this highly competitive contest since early January, have been crisscrossing the County competing at numerous Rotary Clubs in quest of making the finals at our event.
Six amazing students, from over 15 high schools throughout San Diego County, will compete in this contest. These students have won several contests along the way, collecting prize money and recognition. Our event will feature the “best of the best” and we encourage you all to please lock this date in on your calendar. We expect a sell-out crowd.
Club 33 is very proud to host these outstanding young leaders of tomorrow. Our Club has long led an extraordinary example of developing and presenting the very finest programs for our youth. Please join visiting Rotarians, and friends and families of contestants throughout our Region as we present “the program of the year”, The Rotary Four Way Test Speech Contest. See you there!
Registration for non-San Diego Rotary club members is required.
Cost of lunch is $32 per person or $5 for no lunch. You can select your meal choice at check-in. (There will be designated Beverage Only tables and seating at the back of the room for non-eaters.) Lunch will begin at 11:45 am. The program will begin at 12:15 pm.
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Hoover Interact Committee-Interviews for Class of 2020
2017-04-26 | CA
Please contact Mia Harenski mkh@cccpa.com or David Kvendru dkvendru@cox.net for more information.

Offsite Evening Meeting at the San Diego History Center
2017-04-27 17:30 - 19:30 | San Diego History Center, 1649 El Prado Suite #3, San Diego, CA, 92101
There will NOT be a lunch meeting at Liberty Station today. Instead, we will be meeting at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and adult beverages will be served. (This is not a sit-down dinner)
We will get to tour and visit the History Center’s current exhibitions, including “The History & Heritage of San Diego’s Jewish Community,” “Irving J. Gill: New Architecture for a Great Country,” and “The Lore Behind the Roar! 100 Years Of The San Diego Zoo.” Guided tours to see their research library and archives will also be available.
Guests are welcome (Regular $32 lunch cost applies).
Click here to register ONLY IF YOU WILL BE BRINGING A GUEST.
Click here for directions to the History Center.

2017 Rotarians at Work Day
2017-04-29 | CA
Rotarians At Work Day happens the last Saturday in April each year. Started in 2006 as a joint effort between two Rotary Districts (one in the United States and one in Mexico), Rotarians at Work Day continues to grow. Each year, Clubs around the world identify a hands-on project that all members can participate in to help their local community.
Don’t forget to take some pictures and email them in to the Rotary office. Thank you for your participation!
To sign up for a project, click on the project name. (Rotaracts, please add a (R) at the end of your last name.)
Project: SD Zoo – Animal Enrichment – THIS PROJECT IS FULL
Address: San Diego Zoo, 2920 Zoo Drive
Time: 9:00 am – Noon
# of volunteers needed: 70-80
Description: Build, construct and paint colorful cardboard creatures to be placed in animal exhibits. Children are welcome but must be at least 9 years old
Coordinator: Mark Stuart
Click here to see the list of volunteers
Project: Balboa Park Nursery
Address: 2850 Pershing Dr., SD 92101
Time: 8:00 am – Noon
# of volunteers needed: 20-25
Description: Transplant trees, shrubs and plants
Coordinator: Jim Hughes
Click here to see the list of volunteers
Project: Hoover High School
Address: 4474 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego 92115
Time: 9:00 am – Noon
# of volunteers needed: 20
Description: Work alongside 50 Hoover Interact students helping to paint and improve the exterior of the school, trimming bushes and beautifying the school.
Coordinator: Beatriz Valencia
Click here to see the list of volunteers
Project: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery – THIS PROJECT IS FULL
Address: 1880 Cabrillo Memorial Dr., SD 92106
Time: 8:00 am – Noon
# of volunteers needed: 25-40
Description: Grave restoration and ground beautification. Bring a hat and work gloves. Family members above the age of 10 are welcome.
Coordinator: Mike Caruso
Click here to see the list of volunteers
Project: St. Paul’s Senior Center
Address: 328 Maple Street, SD 92103 (meet in parking lot off of 3rd avenue)
Time: 8:30 am – 11:30 am (lunch 11:30 am-1:30 pm)
# of volunteers needed: 8-15
Description: Please help us keep our communities beautiful! It will involve painting! Then afterwards please join us in our Children’s Park for lunch and picnic games at our Annual Volunteer Picnic. Kids are welcome…we will spoil them!
Coordinator: Cheryl Wilson/Myrna Kinter
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Hoover Interact Parent Orientation
2017-05-03 | CA

Phil Blair and Jenni Prisk - Brush Up Your 30-Second Elevator Pitch
2017-05-04 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
You can have two 30 second elevator speeches – one when you are looking for a new job and the other when you are asked “what do you do?”
Those in our club who have experienced Jenni and Phil’s program know there will be fun and surprises as some of you will get an opportunity to tell all of our Rotarians, in 30 seconds or less (no more!), about your business (or nonprofit) and how we can all help you grow and be even more successful. Practice what you want to tell us…you just might get called on!

Peter Yarrow
2017-05-11 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
One of history’s greatest musical figures is visiting Club 33 on May 11th. Peter Yarrow, from the famous trio Peter, Paul and Mary will sing to Rotary and introduce a song he wrote for Rotary’s immunization program. Now a social and political activist, he will also discuss several of the causes he is very passionate about, including world peace, anti-bullying and immunization.
Yarrow’s commitment to political and social causes is largely inextricable from his music career. He has organized, produced and performed at political and charitable events since the 1960s, including the 1969 March on Washington, D.C. and the National Mobilization Committee to End the War.
In 2000, Yarrow founded Operation Respect, a nonprofit organization that aims to reduce school violence by teaching children tolerance and respect for diversity. The organization developed the “Don’t Laugh at Me” program, which uses music and video to teach conflict resolution to elementary and middle school students, and is distributed at no cost to schools.
If you are bringing a guest to this program, please register them on our website no later than Monday, May 8th. Click here to register.

Safer Together - Emergency Preparedness and Response for Seniors
2017-05-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
If a disaster struck, and your senior loved one/neighbor is at home or in a skilled nursing facility and is evacuated, where will they be taken? How will you find them? Will their special needs be met? Will they have their medications, water, walker, cane, oxygen, etc? Join us to hear what it was like in the 2004 and 2007 wildfire evacuations, and the innovative models that have been developed since to make it “safer together” for our loved ones.
Speaker’s panel:
Scott J. Tarde, CEO & Executive Director, George G. Glenner Alzheimer’s Family Centers. (Scott is also a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator)
Pauline Thomas, RN, QAS, Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) Branch, County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency
Justin Weber, Executive Director, Casa de Manana (Mr. Weber will speak about their role in San Diego’s response to the 2007 wildfires and how they helped coordinate the transportation and relocation of seniors during that week.)

Grotarian Event - Junipero Serra Museum
2017-05-23 17:30 - 19:30 | Presidio Park, 2727 Presidio Drive, San Diego, CA, 92103, United States
Please join the Grotarians for a Spring evening at the Junipero Serra Museum. So many of us drive Highway 8 and see this beautiful museum up on the hillside, and now you will finally be able to explore it!
The site is the first permanent European settlement in what is today the State of California. We will tour the museum, including the exhibits, and if you dare, you may walk out onto the top of the iconic tower. The current exhibition showcases San Diego’s cultural influences from indigenous Kumeyaay to the Spanish, Mexican and early American settlers. Displays focus on early challenges with natural resources, trade and development, and the role archaeology has played in uncovering San Diego’s buried past.
We will mingle and have appetizers and wine and beer on the terrace as we enjoy the sweeping views of San Diego and Mission Valley. Ethan Benegas, Professor of Kumeyaay Studies and a Member of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, will speak to us about his perspective on the challenges members of the Kumeyaay nation have faced from the time of first European contact to the challenges they continue to face today. Ethan is young, engaging and his own story is fascinating and inspiring.
This event is open to all Rotarians, their spouses and guests. We encourage you to bring your spouse and prospective members to enjoy this special evening.
Date: Tuesday May 23, 2017
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Address: 2727 Presidio Drive
San Diego, CA 9210
Cost: $40 per person
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http://www.sandiegohistory.org/serra_museum/

Hoover Interact Class of 2017 Graduation
2017-05-24 | CA

Bi-National Cooperation
2017-05-25 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
Our program for the day will be Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum and Malin Burnham. Each will speak about our regions cross border ties, community activities and joint economic dependency. We will be joined by members of the Tijuana Rotary Club.
We will have a special presentation recognizing a gift from our Foundation (thanks to the support of George Gildred and Jim Hughes) to the Tijuana Rotary Club for the development of Phase 2 of their new community center.

Addressing Homelessness in San Diego: Past, Present and Future
2017-06-01 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
As of 2016, San Diego had the fourth largest homeless population in the nation, only behind New York City, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Recent figures from this year indicated that the population has increased with a staggering number of people living unsheltered. The panel will provide an overview of the history of addressing the homeless crisis in San Diego, best practices at the national level, and the current local landscape along with challenges.
Presenters:
Jennifer LeSar – President and CEO, LeSar Development Consultants – With more than 25 years of experience in the real estate development and investment banking industries, Jennifer LeSar brings a diverse background to her work in community development and urban revitalization.
Kris Kuntz – Senior Associate, LeSar Development Consultants – Kris Kuntz specializes in developing creative approaches to addressing homelessness and housing issues. In his prior position with Father Joe’s Villages, he spent several years managing the housing and social service programs, then supported the agency with planning and evaluation activities. He collected data and performed analysis on San Diego’s chronically homeless frequent user effort, Project 25, and worked with several Managed Care Organizations to expand the program using Medicaid dollars. He also has been the community lead in partnership with the Corporation for Supportive Housing for San Diego’s SSI/SSDI Outreach Access and Recovery (SOAR) model.
Rick Gentry – President and CEO, San Diego Housing Commission – Richard C. Gentry has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) since September 19, 2008. With more than 300 employees and an annual operating revenue budget of $252 million, SDHC serves low-income residents in the city of San Diego.
As a leading partner in addressing homelessness in our city, SDHC developed HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO, SDHC’s three-year Homelessness Action Plan (2014-17), which is an effective, diverse funding and housing strategy that is on target to impact the lives of close to 3,000 homeless San Diegans—Veterans, families and individuals in the city of San Diego. This far exceeds its initial goal of 1,500 homeless San Diegans. HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO includes the Housing Our Heroes initiative to provide housing opportunities to help up to 1,000 homeless Veterans get off the streets.

Marilyn Hannes, President, SeaWorld
2017-06-08 12:00 - 13:30 | Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Road, San Diego, CA, 92106, United States
The New SeaWorld…What’s Next is Now
SeaWorld is changing…from the announcement 15 months ago to end killer whale breeding and theatrical killer whale shows, to 2017 being the largest attractions opening ever. SeaWorld Park President, Marilyn Hannes, will share the future mission and vision and facts you may not know about SeaWorld, including rescue, education, conservation and research efforts. Be in the know about SeaWorld’s role in the San Diego economy and tourism landscape.
