New Member Profiles

Anne Myers

Anne Myers is the Associate Director of Philanthropy and Major Gifts for The Old Globe theatre where she has worked…

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Estha Trouw Madeira

Estha was born in Victoria, South Africa, and immigrated to the US with her family when she was nine years…

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Ally Keegan

Ally was born and raised in New York, before heading to Philadelphia and graduating from Villanova University. She eventually left…

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Bob Lehman

Bob Lehman is Executive Director of the San Diego Museum Council. He is Vice Chair of the San Diego County…

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Sean Meer

Sean Meer is the owner of Cleantech, where eco-friendly meets commercial cleaning excellence across San Diego & Riverside Counties. With…

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Daisy Gonzales

Daisy Gonzales, Ph.D., is a student-centered leader whose life-long commitment to social justice, equity and inclusion is guided by the…

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Ben Schuster

Benjamin “Ben” Schuster is a Partner for Comfort Capital where he leads Capital Formation and Investor Relations. Prior to joining…

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Monte Jones

Monte Jones serves as President and CEO of the Logan Heights Community Development Corporation, a position he has held since…

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Tobias Haglund

Tobias Haglund is currently the Director of Development and Area Developer for Young Life San Diego. He started his ministry…

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Cathy Lloyd

Cathy Lloyd is Senior Vice President of Sales at iHeartMedia, a leading global media and entertainment company specializing in radio,…

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New Member Profiles

Terry Kraft

July 18, 2024

Terry Kraft, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret) is President and CEO of the USS Midway Museum. He is responsible for all operations and revenue aboard the number one ship museum in the world where he has served since March of 2023. Prior to this position, Terry served as VP, Leasing and Services for General Atomics…

Andrea Brito-Bokosky

July 11, 2024

Andrea Brito-Bokosky is a retired registered nurse and childbirth educator. She was born and raised in Point Loma, and started her community service with her mom who signed her up as a Candy Striper at Mercy Hospital. Her mother, Mary Brito, was very involved with community service and, by example, Andrea has followed in her…

Richard Perlman

June 20, 2024

Richard Perlman is a retired hand surgeon whose private practice primarily involved reconstructive surgery for problems with the hand and wrist. He was in practice here in San Diego from 1971 until his retirement in 2020. Richard was born in Brooklyn, NY and graduated first from Princeton University before pursuing his medical degrees from Columbia…

Tami Foy

June 20, 2024

Dr. Tami Foy is the CEO and Executive Director of San Diego College of Continuing Education Foundation. Tami is originally from Shaker Heights, a suburb of  Cleveland, OH, where she spent her formative years before moving to San Diego and attending Mira Mesa High School. She then continued to pursue higher degrees from National University,…

Jon Schwartz

June 13, 2024

Jon Schwartz is the Senior Manager of Accounting for Shield AI, a defense contractor and software development and drone manufacturing organization whose mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems by creating AI pilots powering military assets such as aircraft, drones, ships, satellites and submarines.  Jon is CPA with thirty-one years of…

Latanya West

June 2, 2024

Latanya West was born in San Diego and grew up in Los Angeles. After graduating from UC Berkley, she worked first in the entertainment industry as a tele coordinator for the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and in corporate media relations at NBC Studios. She also taught school for 13 years in the Pasadena Unified…

Emily Schnetz-Murphy

May 16, 2024

Emily Schnetz-Murphy is a rare disease specialist for BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, a company whose focus is to discover and commercialize new small molecules to treat patients with rare diseases. As a field based Rare Disease Specialist, her role is to educate healthcare providers on appropriate treatment of patients with Hereditary Angioedema, a potentially life threatening swelling…

Laura O’Sullivan

May 9, 2024

Laura O’Sullivan is the Director of Philanthropy and Donor Engagement at San Diego Youth Services. She came to San Diego Youth Services in 2023 after previously serving on their board of directors from 2012-2018. Laura has been working in the San Diego philanthropy sector for more than 20 years. She began her career at Qualcomm…

Maya Madsen

May 2, 2024

Maya Madsen is the founder and CEO of Maya’s Cookies, America’s #1 Black-Owned Gourmet Vegan Cookie Company. As a vegan with a sweet tooth she had not been able to find perfectly delicious, soft-baked gourmet vegan cookies, so she spent years crafting award-winning and crowd pleasing recipes. She started her gourmet cookie business in 2015 by…

David Ostrander

May 2, 2024

David Ostrander is a retired cardiologist who practiced medicine at Sharp Rees Stealy Medical Group for the majority of his career. He was born in Detroit, MI, attended Yale University as an undergraduate, NYU for medical school, and then did his residency at the University of Chicago before starting his fellowship at U.C.S.D. He and…