New Member Profiles

Katie Do

Katie Do is Client Services Director for Blair Search Partners, an executive search and recruiting firm specializing in working with…

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Gaurav Mishra

Gaurav Mishra is a consulting Psychiatrist for Correctional Health Partners at San Diego Juvenile Hall. He is an active member…

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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…

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Kim Jones

Kim Jones, President of The Kinship Fund, brings over 35 years of experience managing start-ups and nonprofit organizations. An innovator…

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Alex Lutz

Alex Lutz is a financial advisor at EdwardJones, helping individuals and businesses with their long-term goals by developing a tailored…

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Gloria Shepherd McCoy

Gloria Shepherd McCoy was born and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina, and later graduated with a degree in Chemistry and…

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Kyle Caldwell

Captain Kyle Caldwell  enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1990 and was commissioned as a Naval Officer 2001. As a…

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Paul Swain

Paul Swain is the Administrator for Business at The Salvation Army in San Diego, where he has served for almost…

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Josh Callery-Coyne

Joshua (Josh) Callery-Coyne is the Vice President of Philanthropy for Downtown San Diego Partnership Foundation, which focuses on reducing homelessness…

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Emilio Perez

Emilio Perez is the founder of two businesses. San Diego Youth Philanthropy Council is a non profit organization whose mission…

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New Member Profiles

Rick Brooks

April 1, 2021

Investment- Wealth Management, Additional Active Rick Brooks is a Principal and the Director of Investment Management at Blankinship & Foster, LLC. He oversees their investment analytics and serves as Chairman of the firm’s Investment Committee. Rick was born in Texas and raised in Maryland. He earned a BA in Political Science from Duke University and…

Jon Ray

April 1, 2021

Painting – Residential Jon Ray is the owner of PaintGreen, a full-service painting company based here in San Diego since 2006.  As an entrepreneur and community organizer, Jon has found that happy balance between the two different worlds. Jon started a 501c3 that supports local artists.  They hold an annual 4 day and 3 night…

Justin Rajah

March 4, 2021

Analytics-Business Justin Rajah is the Demand Generation Manager at Wrike, a work management platform. He was born and raised in Santa Clara County, CA by a single mom, who taught him to love all things Disney and country music.  A first generation college grad, Justin received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 2017 from…

Alessandra Costigliola

March 4, 2021

Education-State University-Development, Additional Active Alessandra Costigliola serves as the Development Officer for the College of Sciences at SDSU.  In her role, she is responsible for qualifying prospects for the College of Sciences and soliciting gifts of $25K and higher. Born and raised in Sacramento (yes, she is a Kings fan), Alessandra moved to San Diego…

Corey Polant

February 25, 2021

Education-State University-Development Corey Polant is the Associate Directory of Development at San Diego State University. He is originally from Long Island, New York and he says if you catch him on a good day you’ll still hear parts of that accent when he speaks-even though he has spent 9 years trying to lose it. He…

Tom Turner

February 25, 2021

Real Estate Sales-Commercial, Additional Active Tom Turner is a Commercial Real Estate Broker and Vice President at CBRE. Born in North Carolina, Tom and his military family moved around quite a bit.  He finished high school in Japan then attended college at UCLA.  Without a definite career plan after college, the self-proclaimed “beach bum” ran…

Ben Alev

February 18, 2021

Real Estate-Investment Ben Alev is a real estate investor and manager for 58-Twelve, LLC.  His specialty has been working in distressed assets and low income housing, where programs are implemented to encourage compassion and community involvement.  In his extensive real estate career, Ben has bought and sold properties in over 38 states. Originally from Chicago,…

Ken Barnes

February 11, 2021

Social Service & Welfare – Options For All Ken Barnes is the President & CEO for Options For All, a 35-year-old firm that provides services to adults living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Ken is native Californian, being born in San Francisco and raised in Sacramento.  (If you see him wearing a lot of purple,…

Mike Stoliker

February 4, 2021

Consultant-Management Mike Stoliker is an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, serving as a lead financial and management consultant for a Navy Acquisition Category.  He also serves as an officer in the Army Reserve, currently serving as an Airborne Civil Affairs Team Leader with 18 parachute jumps (and counting!) Mike is a Southern California native from…

Donna DeBerry

February 4, 2021

Associations-Black Chamber of Commerce Donna DeBerry is the CEO at the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce. A graduate in Diversity from Thomas Edison State College, she is also certified in Inclusion and Diversity from Yale and Inclusive Leadership from Harvard. She has been described as a trailblazer, a pioneer, and the “Go-To-Person” in…