New Member Profiles
Kelly Smith
Education-Private University Admin, A.A. Kelly is the Vice President of University Advancement for Point Loma Nazarene University. She is a…
Michael LaCroix
Investment-Wealth Management, Additional Active Michael is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley. He was born and raised in Point Loma. …
Dr. Adela de la Torre
Education-State University Administration Dr. de la Torre is President of San Diego State University. She is the ninth permanent president…
Betsy Brennan
Associations-Downtown San Diego Partnership Betsy is the President and CEO of Downtown SD Partnership, a nonprofit organization focused on the…
Marinda Peugh
Theatre-Cygnet Marinda is the Development Director for Cygnet Theatre. She grew up in Olympia, WA. She attended Western Washington University…
Allyson Tutor
Certified Public Accounting-National Allyson is a Tax Senior with CapinCrouse, LLP. Her company is based in Indiana and they work…
Jonathan Cole
Marketing-Digital Jonathan is a Sales Administrator with LeadCrunch.ai. Here he is spearheading a non-profit initiative to leverage machine learning to…
Ned Silver
Retired-Pharmacist Ned was in the pharmacy and pharmaceutical healthcare industry for over 40 years. He is original from the East…
Janessa Goldbeck
Consultant-Public Policy and Communication Janessa is a Combat Engineer Officer with the United States Marine Corps (5.5 years) and is…
Rick Chatham
Real Estate Development-Baja Rick is the Director of US Sales and Marketing for Atisa Group, an industrial development company in…
New Member Profiles
Anne Myers is the Associate Director of Philanthropy and Major Gifts for The Old Globe theatre where she has worked for almost year. Anne moved here from NYC where she started her career in fine arts management, first as a the development director for Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and, most recently, as director of development for…
Estha was born in Victoria, South Africa, and immigrated to the US with her family when she was nine years old. After graduating from high school in Cleveland, OH, she earned her BFA in Broadcast Journalism and Film from NYU. She learned journalism from the best at CBS, including Dan Rather, and went on to…
Ally was born and raised in New York, before heading to Philadelphia and graduating from Villanova University. She eventually left the East Coast for San Diego, where she earned her law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law with a concentration in criminal litigation. Ally got her first taste of criminal law…
Bob Lehman is Executive Director of the San Diego Museum Council. He is Vice Chair of the San Diego County Arts & Culture Commission, the current Chair of San Diego ART Matters, and serves on the statewide board of CA Arts Advocates and CA for the Arts. As the leader of the San Diego Museum…
Sean Meer is the owner of Cleantech, where eco-friendly meets commercial cleaning excellence across San Diego & Riverside Counties. With over three decades of experience, their mission is to provide top-tier, environmentally conscious cleaning services to diverse clients, including auto dealers, medical institutions, and offering exclusive services to Chick Fil A. Cleantech has found success…
Daisy Gonzales, Ph.D., is a student-centered leader whose life-long commitment to social justice, equity and inclusion is guided by the empowerment of communities and partnerships that enable economic mobility. With over two decades of experience in higher education and statewide fiscal policy, she began her career in the classroom and currently serves as the second…
Benjamin “Ben” Schuster is a Partner for Comfort Capital where he leads Capital Formation and Investor Relations. Prior to joining Comfort in 2023, Ben spent 7 years at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager. At BlackRock, he played a crucial role on the investment team for their $10 billion+ U.S. private equity real estate business….
Monte Jones serves as President and CEO of the Logan Heights Community Development Corporation, a position he has held since 2006. He has over two decades of experience in nonprofit leadership. His focus includes identifying and nurturing community-based leadership, enhancing health and educational outcomes for communities of color, and fostering innovative partnerships between the private…
Tobias Haglund is currently the Director of Development and Area Developer for Young Life San Diego. He started his ministry and non-profit work with Young Life in 2010, after achieving his Masters in Theology from Bethel University Seminary. Tobias grew up in Perris, CA, and went to high school in Riverside. He started his Rotary…
Cathy Lloyd is Senior Vice President of Sales at iHeartMedia, a leading global media and entertainment company specializing in radio, digital, mobile, social, live events and on-demand entertainment. Cathy began her broadcast career in public media as a ‘student assistant’ within the Education & Outreach Department while getting her degree at San Diego State University….