New Member Profiles
Natasha Bliss
Natasha Bliss serves as Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Partnerships within San Diego State University’s Division of Research…
Meredith Munger
Meredith Munger is a loan officer at CrossCountry Mortgage with a focus on helping families to buy, build, renovate and…
Lisa Nokes
Lisa Nokes is the Executive Diretor of Peninsula Community Senior Center. While Lisa’s long career in Mortgage Banking and Financial…
Sarah Maisonneuve
Associations-Earth Discovery Institute
Sarah Maisonneuve, Executive Director of Earth Discovery Institute, has two decades of experience developing and managing conservation and education programs,…
Katie Do
Katie Do is Client Services Director for Blair Search Partners, an executive search and recruiting firm specializing in working with…
Gaurav Mishra
Gaurav Mishra is a consulting Psychiatrist for Correctional Health Partners at San Diego Juvenile Hall. He is an active member…
Fred Manak
Fred Manak’s employment experience encompasses 40 years in Pharma/Biotech across 8 companies, both large and small, including start-up companies. His…
Kim Jones
Kim Jones, President of The Kinship Fund, brings over 35 years of experience managing start-ups and nonprofit organizations. An innovator…
Alex Lutz
Alex Lutz is a financial advisor at EdwardJones, helping individuals and businesses with their long-term goals by developing a tailored…
Gloria Shepherd McCoy
Gloria Shepherd McCoy was born and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina, and later graduated with a degree in Chemistry and…
New Member Profiles
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…
Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Appaswamy “Vino” Pajanor’s family traditions led him toward a professional career as an attorney, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. He practiced law in India for five years before moving to the United States to continue his professional and personal development. For his first six years,…
Charles started his career in the semiconductor industry, working for Applied Materials in Santa Clara. He and a co-worker at Applied Materials started a company in 1989, and he spent the rest of his career as a serial entrepreneur. He started seven companies, four of which he sold successfully. Those four were Baylis Automation (semiconductor…