New Member Profiles
Whitney Hodges
Law – Real Estate, Additional Active Whitney Hodges is an attorney and partner with Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. …
Lari Sheehan
Retired – County Government Lari (pronounced “Larry”) Sheehan is retired from her 42-year career as a top administrator for the…
Denise Scatena
Public Relations-Regional, Additional Active Denise Scatena is the Founding Partner of Scatena Daniels Communications. Founded in 2009, their primary focus…
Drew Moser
Social Service and Welfare-Homeless Drew Moser is the Executive Director for the Lucky Duck Foundation, a non-profit that funds, activates…
Phil Silver
Information Technology-Cloud Services Phil Silver is the Business Development Manager for Amazon Web Services. Earlier in his career, Phil joined…
Amy Myers
Associations-Cancer Amy is the Senior Executive Director (Southern CA) for the American Cancer Society, West Region. She has spent the…
Karen Higareda
Shipping Logistics Karen is the Director of Operations for Woodward Logistics Services, a company that provides planning and assistance for…
Shaneese Evans
Traffic Management-Military Shaneese has been serving in the United States Air Force for the last 13 years, where she works…
Caitlin Ostomel
Us Navy-External Affairs Caitlin is the Public Affairs Director for Navy Region Southwest. She coordinates all public information and communications…
Thomas Sherman
Marketing-Digital, Additional Active Thomas is the Co-Founder and Creative Director for Weaponized Creativity, a digital marketing and design agency. He…
New Member Profiles
Janis McKay is the Dean of the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts at San Diego State University. Previously, she served as the Vice Dean for the College of Fine Arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). As Professor of Music, Janis taught student bassoonists as well as numerous undergraduate and graduate…
Gavin Pyle serves as a Business Insurance Advisor for Marsh McLennan, formerly Barney & Barney, based here in San Diego. Gavin says he’s fortunate to collaborate daily with some of the most inspiring leaders across diverse sectors, including K-12 education, groundbreaking technology, local and national real estate, transformative life sciences, biotech, and many others. In…
Steven Kempa is a Project Leader and Business Developer at Mc Furhman & Associates. MCFA is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business specializing in program management, construction management, and owner’s representation for public and private clients nationwide. MCFA’s West Coast expansion is being led by Steven, who is establishing a regional presence based in San Diego….
Robert (Bob) Bushman is a retired dermatologist. Born and raised in a small town in West Virginia, Bob left for college in Ohio, then Medical school at USC where he also spent his residency. He married, had three daughters and moved to Eugene, OR to raise his family. He is proud to say that all…
Christina Connett Brophy has built a decades-long career as a museum executive with extensive curatorial experience and demonstrated success in developing significant strategic partnerships, major capital projects, fundraising, innovative programming, and institutional vision. She currently serves as President and CEO of Maritime Museum of San Diego. She’s a past Senior Vice President at Mystic Seaport…
Elexis “Lex” Gillette is a blind Paralympic athlete from Raleigh, North Carolina who competes for the United States in T11 and F11 events. Gillette won silver medals in the men’s long jump at five consecutive Summer Paralympics (2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio, and 2020 Tokyo). He also competed in triple jump and…
Jonathan is the Executive Director of Rise Up Industries, an organization whose mission is to minimize gang involvement by providing integrated gang prevention, intervention, and and post-detention reentry programs for those who are coming out of incarceration. Their 18-month Reentry Program is in its seventh year of operation, providing services including employment, job-training, case management,…
Anjuli was born and raised in Overland Park, KS. Here parents emigrated from New Delhi, India in the 1970’s, and their determination and success in creating a new life in a strange country has greatly inspired Anjuli all along the way. She graduated from University of Kansas with her BA in Biology. Instead of spending…
Paul Marcus obtained his BA and MA from Boston University and RPI, respectively, and originally hails from Portland, Maine. Just prior to arriving in San Diego from Boston in 2018, he manufactured patio furniture in Malaysia, Indonesia and India, importing and distributing from Sacramento direct to consumer. His brand was Brookbend Outdoor Furniture which he…
Nancy Rohland-Heinrich graduated from St. Cloud State University with a BA in Sociology and Social Work, from National University with a Masters in Business, and both UCSD and California State University San Marcos with a Doctor of Education Leadership. She has worked for National University System for 45 years. In Nancy’s current role as EVP…