New Member Profiles
Janis McKay
Janis McKay is the Dean of the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts at San Diego State University. Previously,…
Gavin Pyle
Gavin Pyle serves as a Business Insurance Advisor for Marsh McLennan, formerly Barney & Barney, based here in San Diego….
Steven Kempa
Steven Kempa is a Project Leader and Business Developer at Mc Furhman & Associates. MCFA is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small…
Robert Bushman
Robert (Bob) Bushman is a retired dermatologist. Born and raised in a small town in West Virginia, Bob left for…
Christina Connett Brophy
Christina Connett Brophy has built a decades-long career as a museum executive with extensive curatorial experience and demonstrated success in…
Lex Gillette
Elexis “Lex” Gillette is a blind Paralympic athlete from Raleigh, North Carolina who competes for the United States in T11…
Jonathan Yackley
Association-Rise Up Industries
Jonathan is the Executive Director of Rise Up Industries, an organization whose mission is to minimize gang involvement by providing…
Anjuli Dayal
Anjuli was born and raised in Overland Park, KS. Here parents emigrated from New Delhi, India in the 1970’s, and…
Paul Marcus
Paul Marcus obtained his BA and MA from Boston University and RPI, respectively, and originally hails from Portland, Maine. Just…
Nancy Rohland-Heinrich
Nancy Rohland-Heinrich graduated from St. Cloud State University with a BA in Sociology and Social Work, from National University with…
New Member Profiles
Erin Kaufman is the Executive Director of Miracle Babies, a mission-driven organization devoted to empowering families with newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Through a range of comprehensive services, including critical resources, transportation assistance, and emotional support, Miracle Babies ensures that families can remain close to their infants, fostering a vital connection that…
Mark Laurno is the Marketing and Communications Director of Mainly Mozart. After graduating from SDSU he worked on political and arts campaigns as Founder and Director of Laturno Marketing, a full-service digital marketing firm with a specialized focus on delivering video advertising services. Mark grew up with a strong connection to Rotary as his mother,…
John Lewis recently retired from UBS Wealth Finance Services in Sacramento, CA where he worked for 35 years. His wife Debbie, originally from San Diego, decided they needed to move back after spending their careers living in Northern California. They share two grown daughters Serena and Abbie. John has spent his life in service, starting…
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 Pretoria, 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….