Dr. Tony Hunter, American Cancer Society Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Renato Dulbecco Chair
Tony Hunter, PhD, is a Salk scientist and American Cancer Society Professor. Dr. Hunter made the seminal discovery, more than four decades ago, that the addition and subtraction of phosphate molecules to proteins on tyrosine, one of the 20 amino acids, allows cells to control when key proteins are on standby and when they are…
Read MoreJustin Rajah
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…
Read MoreAlessandra Costigliola
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…
Read MoreVirtual Camp Enterprise Kickoff
This year Camp Enterprise will be virtual and will welcome 50 high school juniors who will be participating in our 45th annual three-day program. This life-changing experience is one of our signature service projects and a staple of San Diego Rotary since 1976. The students will be online with us to watch our kickoff program…
Read MoreCorey Polant
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…
Read MoreTom Turner
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…
Read MoreErik Greupner, CEO – San Diego Padres
We are privileged to have scheduled new Padres CEO Erik Greupner to showcase the new and upcoming highlights for the 2021 season. He will discuss all of the exciting news related to the Padres and the 2021 roster. Greupner was promoted to his current post of chief executive officer in February 2021. He oversees the…
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day: Choose to Challenge
Monday, March 8 is International Women’s Day. The day was first recognized in 1911. And this year’s campaign theme is: Choose to Challenge. How will you help forge a gender equal world? Join us as we celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness against bias and discuss action for equality with two guest speakers: Dr. Hei-ock (pronounced…
Read MoreBen Alev
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,…
Read MoreKen Barnes
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,…
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