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Doug Phillip, President of Budget Blinds, based in Irvine, is an expert on helping entrepreneurs and first-time business owners break free of the 9-to-5 routine and establish financial freedom by starting their own franchised business. At close to 1,000 franchised locations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Budget Blinds is the world’s largest window covering franchise. It also placed #12 on the 2021 Entrepreneur Magazine “Franchise 500” – making it one of the fastest-growing franchise brands in the country. Doug discusses how to decide if starting a new business, or franchised business is the right decision, and provides tips for choosing the right opportunity, whether a franchise or not.
As the founder and President, at Omega Accounting Solutions, Jay Woods is responsible for the company’s business development and strategic planning. His passion and focus are on building long-term strategic partnerships with clients and investing in the professional development of those who serve at Omega. He has nearly 20 years of experience in financial management, business leadership, and corporate strategy.
Before starting Omega in 2007, Jay served as controller for an apparel company in the action sports industry. From 2002-2005 he served as a tax accountant for CPA firms specializing in high net worth individuals and small businesses. Jay witnessed several owners/operators with little time to focus on strategic financial planning for their business and the idea for Fractional Accounting and Omega Accounting Solutions was born.
Jay created a solution that would allow small business owners access to a full-functioning accounting department. Omega has been focused on developing and delivering technology-driven business services and solutions from its inception. In addition to accounting, Omega currently offers business intelligence (BI), integration, outstanding client service, and strategic planning for small business growth.
To relieve small businesses from the devastation of the pandemic, Jay added a tax incentives solution center as part of Omega's mission to help businesses not only survive but thrive!
Todd Hanson, Vice President, Center for Engaged Philanthropy at the Orange County Community Foundation (OCCF). A graduate in Orange County’s backyard from California State University, Fullerton, Todd remains a selfless “Titan” (CSUF’s mascot) beyond his alma mater. He provides support to some of Orange County’s most generous families, helping them achieve their philanthropic goals and inspiring effective and impactful giving. As vice president of the Center of Engaged Philanthropy at the Orange County Community Foundation, he visits more than 100 nonprofit organizations each year to stay informed on the latest programs, services, and results. In line with his years of work, Todd actively supports OCCF’s Social Innovation Fund. The Social Innovation Fund was established in 2019 in partnership with Orange County philanthropists and entrepreneurs willing to support the best new ideas and cutting-edge solutions. The fund led to the monetary support by donors of incredible programs like HIS House, which is the first home-sharing program of its kind in Orange County that brings senior homeowners and college students into shared living arrangements. It’s an opportunity to promote companionship and relieve feelings of isolation, exasperated by the Coronavirus pandemic. Todd works with OCCF donors to develop personalized giving plans, arrange agency site visits, organize presentations on community issues and provide research reports on nonprofits. For more than 20 years, he has helped supercharge the next generation of innovators willing to utilize disruptive thinking to develop and deploy effective solutions to challenging, and often systemic, issues in support of social progress.
Hannah started racing at 9 years old. She was always seeking the biggest challenge should could find and went all-in on every endeavor she pursued. Standing at a running race, she pointed at a booth advertising triathlon and announced, “I want to do that.” With the unwavering support of a family that had never pursued racing sports before, she soon found herself on a triathlon start line. Standing in a sea of racers, almost double her height, she never felt small when she competed. Her big aspirations made up for her young age and small stature. Her appearance as a young athlete may have been unassuming, but she never questioned herself because she was taught that you can conquer any challenge with determination and persistence. Before the age of 18 she won the XTERRA Amateur World Championship in triathlon two times, and by 20 she had turned her focus entirely to the mountain bike. She has worked up the ranks starting as the two-time California NICA high school state champion and she finished off her college career with 5 Collegiate Cycling Individual National Championship titles. She graduated from Lindenwood University with two health science degrees. One is in Athletic Training and another is in Exercise Science. She is also a USA Cycling Certified Coach and Board-Certified Athletic Trainer. Hannah believes that hard work, resolve, and resilience is the hallmarks of success. She thrives on not only racing the competition but constantly bettering herself. She is still always seeking the biggest challenge that she can find, but now that challenge is wearing a USA Cycling Jersey and on a World Stage. Follow Hannah on her #RideToTokyo - @hannah_finchamp
Joseph Travers is the author of “Introduction to Private Investigation, Essential Knowledge and Procedures for the Private Investigator”, Charles Thomas Publishing 1995, 2nd Edition 2005, 3rd Edition 2015, “The ORIGINAL Private Investigator’s Handbook & Almanac, CIA Investigation Academy Publishing 2010, 2nd Edition 2014, 3rd Edition 2016, and has just finished “Investigation of Missing & Exploited Children: The Gateway to Child Sex Trafficking”2017. An Honorably Discharged Veteran from the United States Navy, Mr. Travers has a total of six years of experience in Law Enforcement, specifically in Criminal Investigations and Police Training and Supervision. He possesses professional certificates from the California State Peace Officer Standards and Training; Basic, Intermediate, Advanced Officer Training, Hostage Negotiations, and Field Training Officer Certificates. In addition, Mr. Travers has experience in Loss Prevention and Private and Personnel Security, having served as the former Manager of Security, Southern California, for McDonnell Douglas Corporation. Mr. Travers is a California State Licensed Investigator (www.PeoplesDetective.com), since 1984, and his investigative work has been chronicled in People magazine, various cable networks, and on television stations such as CBS, NBC, ABC, KTTV, KCOP, KHJ, KTLA, San Diego 10, HBO VICE, and the TV movie and series Renegade. His work has also been recognized in the front-page headlines of newspapers around the country, including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Sacramento Bee, The Riverside Press-Enterprise, The Los Angeles Daily News, The Inland Empire Daily Bulletin, The Orange County Register, OC Weekly, and the San Diego Union-Tribune, Risen Magazine, The Atlantic Magazine, and Dove TV.
https://www.savedinamerica.org/
Jon Tanklage, President, Marukan USA, is a long-time cycling, and mountain-biking competitor and coach, who has won both national and California state championships. Over the years, he has combined a love for fitness with a passion for helping others experience a healthier, more fulfilling life. In keeping with that, Jon kicked off the year with a new Marukan Apple Cider Vinegar product line and renewed personal excitement as the world turns its attention to Japan and the delayed Tokyo Olympics, where the planet’s most elite cross-country mountain bikers will once again assemble. He will be watching with renewed interest as athletes he has helped train may well compete at the global level – and because Marukan has a 371-year legacy brewing vinegar in Japan.
https://www.marukan-usa.com/our-products/apple-cider-vinegar/
Kelly Galindo is an American actress, director, and producer. Her work has spanned decades in television, theater, and film. She is currently in post-production for her first directorial feature documentary 26 Seconds, which is based on the horrific sex trade. The documentary is driven by her passion for giving a voice to the victimized children. For the past four years, she has produced and directed 26 Seconds; her mission of exposing these atrocities has taken her around the world. Kelly highlights the nonprofit organizations that have actively stepped forward to do something about it. In addition, Kelly balances her directing and acting careers while passing her craft onto future generations of students as a professor at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts of Chapman University. She has also taught at UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television and at Orange County School of the Arts. Kelly is also a proud lifetime member of the Actors Studio.
http://www.26secondsdoc.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfdK4RCPTFQDBC_W-60eKFA https://rumble.com/c/c-593883 https://fundmyfilm.org/documentary-films/26-seconds-feature-documentary/
Mike Netter
Coalition Founding Member Mike is a veteran of distribution, sales, and marketing. He has served in senior executive roles at Corporate Express and Staples, both multinational office products firms. He is now applying his business expertise to state politics to create a powerful team of volunteers and allied organizations to further the cause of conservatism in the state of California.
Using the power of social media, Mike is helping to spearhead the recall effort for Gavin Newsom. Mike is also using his speaking skills to spread awareness to many groups throughout the State. He was educated at San Diego State University in Business and Computer Science.
https://recallgavin2020.com/
Major Williams for Governor of California in 2022 Republican Candidate Major Williams is a born leader with an entrepreneurial spirit and history that tells the story of the American dream time and time again. For the past 10 years, Major has been politically active, engaging in community outreach and speaking at town halls. As Governor, Major intends to restore the essence of what California truly is and address policy that will make life in California the best it can be for all citizens. https://majorforgovernor.com/
Rebecca D. Costa is an American sociobiologist and futurist. She is the preeminent global expert on the subject of “fast adaptation” and recipient of the prestigious Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Award. Her career spans four decades of working with founders, key executives, and venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. Costa’s first book, The Watchman’s Rattle: A Radical New Theory of Collapse, was an international bestseller. Her follow‐on book, titled On the Verge was introduced in 2017 to critical acclaim, shooting to the top of Amazon’s #1 New Business Releases. Costa’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, SF Chronicle, The Guardian, and other leading publications. https://www.rebeccacosta.com/
Rebecca D. Costa is an American sociobiologist and futurist. She is the preeminent global expert on the subject of "fast adaptation" and recipient of the prestigious Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Award. Her career spans four decades of working with founders, executives, and leading venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. Costa's work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, The Guardian, and other leading publications. She presently serves on the Advisory Committee for the Lifeboat Foundation along with futurist Ray Kurzweil and Nobel Laureates Daniel Kahneman, Eric S. Maskin, Richard J. Roberts, and Wole Soyinka.
Costa was the founder and CEO of one of the largest technology marketing firms in California, where she developed an extensive track record of launching game-changing technologies. Her clients included industry innovators such as Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, Oracle, Siebel Systems, General Electric, 3M, and others. She has been at the forefront of technological and scientific innovation, assisting venture capitalists and large corporations to identify, fund, and launch disruptive new trends.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y1_-rU3EZ-o
John Vuong, President, Local SEO Search, shares his family's journey of war and violence and their immigration to Canada to experience a rebirth of hope and opportunity.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/LxYX2bgpevs
Get a Grip. The first time he cut open a patient's skull, neurosurgeon Mark McLaughlin found himself confronting a powerful force that his fellow brain surgeons agreed was best never spoken of. Fear. But Dr. McLaughlin knew that if he couldn't find a way to cope with this formidable foe, all he had striven for as a physician would be lost. So, with a scientist's analytical precision and a philosopher's worldview, McLaughlin derived and formalized a method by which he could act rationally and confidently under the operating room's lights and in all of the complex relationships in his life, especially under fear's profound influence. With inspiration and guidance from intellectual titans like Rene Descartes, Charles Darwin, William James, Carl Jung, and contemporary thinkers like Nate Zinsser, Jordan Peterson, Iain McGilchrist, and J.K. Rowling, McLaughlin lays out his twenty-year intellectual adventure story. The payoff of his odyssey is as life-changing as it is thrilling. COGNITIVE DOMINANCE: Enhanced situational awareness that facilitates rapid and accurate decision-making under stressful conditions with limited decision-making time.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/VE_qltfpyVQ
Charles Bosecker has been Professionally Matchmaking for over the last 10 years. Charles has a wealth of knowledge in the sport of boxing and has been honored to match several World Title Fights of current and former World Champions. Charles has matched fights for almost every promoter in the sport of boxing including Top Rank, GoldenBoy, Mayweather, Al Haymon, Eddie Hearns, GGG Promotions as well as 360 Promotions. Charles has studied Martial Arts for over 20 years and holds a Black Belt in Taekwondo, is a Brown Belt in Hapkido and a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Gracie Barra. To reach Charles for a potential fight please email him at cbboxing82@gmail.com.
Rich Ferrari shares a key principle built on over 40 years of business and life successes...the power of objectivity and the challenge we all have in being objective about our own performance.
How Zen emphasizes rigorous self-restraint, meditation-practice, insight into the nature of mind and nature of things, and the personal expression of this insight in daily life, especially for the benefit of others.
Rich Ferrari is an experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the venture capital and private equity industry. 30 plus years as CEO of two public companies and CO-Founder of another six companies, 4 of which have been acquired, one launching product. He has raised over a billion dollars in capital and directly participated in two billion in mergers and acquisitions. Skilled in Building Teams that Execute, Skilled CEO, and Leader with expertise in Identifying the Strategies for Success, Experienced in Venture Capital, Angel Investing, and Raising Capital.
Where Have All the Good Men Gone? The Dating Reality for Women Seeking The One. The podcast reviews an article on men in the age of equality and the impact on relationships.
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/04/ill-tell-you-where-all-the-good-men-have-gone/
Elad Levy, MD is the Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at University at Buffalo. He has pioneered life-saving stroke treatment to save lives and improve outcomes. As Chairman of one of the premiere neuro programs in the world, he leads the effort to research, innovate, and transform the treatment of strokes and neurovascular disease.
The Vine is a fast and gritty thriller that takes place in Akron, Ohio. Northeast Ohio is currently the epicenter of the opioid crisis.
According to the Harvard Business Review, 98% of all employees have been bullied in their careers.
James Littlejohn, Executive Director, leads a team to inspire the youths of tomorrow by exposing them to culture, technology, public speaking, and leadership opportunities.
Noted Entrepreneur, Lawyer, and University Dean Offers 8 Steps to Turn Existing Knowledge Into Income, Ellie Shefi, JD, Esq. creates a playbook for launching a business using free resources. The goal is to help those affected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joe Heanue, Ph.D., President & CEO of Triple Ring Technologies shares a very unique business model that provides capital, expertise, and project management to early-stage med-tech, bio-tech, and deep-tech companies.
How manipulation tactics in media, politics and your personal life sows seeds of doubt and steals your confidence.
Phil Gattone, CEO at Neurish, describes his inspirational journey in managing his epilepsy to founding a company designed to create community and support for people with epilepsy.
Michael Faught, a Managing Partner of Technology Capital Partners, shares a unique model that seeks to acquire undifferentiated operating companies in fragmented markets whose revenue and cash flow can be rapidly increased due to the strategic differentiation resulting from the investment of a subject technology.
Bindi Gudhka, Pediatric Therapy Network, discusses the unintended positive impact on specific nonprofits and medical providers forced to look at new ways to treat patients because of shelter-in-place rules.
Berke Brown, Mindset Coach, discusses 6 strategies to develop resilience with life throws its best punches.
Wendy Nickerson, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, health coach and faculty member in the School of Behavioral Sciences at California Southern University. An expert in treating anxiety and trauma in a crisis and negative work environments, she combines traditional mental health care with integrative approaches that treat the whole patient.
Scott Johnson, President, Device Alliance, shares his vision to supercharge the O.C. medical device ecosystem.
Berke Brown, Mindset Coach, offers advice on how purpose can provide direction, confidence, and heightened self-esteem as we go through challenging circumstances.
Johanna Bruner, MS, RN, FNP, formerly Director of Cardiology Services at UCLA, and currently Department Chair of the School of Nursing at California Southern University corrects common COVID-19 Health Myths.
Glenn Roquemore, Ph.D., is President of California Southern University, and a 28 year veteran of higher education shares his thoughts on the future of online education.
Luis Vasquez, Associate Director, Venture Capital Collaboration at UCI Beall Applied Innovation shares insights and tips on connecting capital to ideas and startups.
Zach Selch, an international sales expert, shares his views on how Covid-19 will re-shape international business.
Ladi Saka is an Instagram powerhouse with over 200,000 followers. A connector, influencer, and epic entrepreneur, Ladi is redefining the business of artist-driven merchandise, music publishing and recently opened the LA Buffet.
Peter Schineller, Managing Director at BioQuest, shares insights from a leading recruiting firm.
Record 103,415,000 not in labor force. 20.5 M jobs vanish in April. Unemployment rate 14.7% Berke Brown is a mindset coach.
Angelo Ponzi, a fractional Chief Marketing Officer shares his brand insights, strategies, and marketing recipes for success to drive your brand.
Dr. Chill, a.k.a Chill OG shares the nature of reality, existence, and who we really are beyond the physical existence.
Richard Sudek, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of UCI Beall Applied Innovation. UCI Beall Applied Innovation brings campus-based inventions and entrepreneurship together with Orange County's vibrant business community to support job creation and economic growth.
Berké shares roadmaps for success to manage the home/life balance, managing employees in the field, and keeping a superior mindset.
Brateil Aghasi - With more than 15 years in sales and management, Aghasi brings her business sense to the nonprofit community and serves as Executive Director for WISEPlace. In her first year with WISEPlace, Brateil mainstreamed program operations and increased the number of WISEPlace clients served by 182%. WISEPlace transforms the lives of more than 300 women each year, by providing safe, affordable transitional and emergency shelter, healthy meals, financial-empowerment curriculum, and employment assistance, to help women move from homelessness and hopelessness to a path of personal self-reliance. Case managers and counselors provide personalized wraparound services to help each woman overcome hardships that led to unemployment and homelessness. Since its inception in 1929 as the South County YWCA, WISEPlace has been committed to providing care and concern to women, children and families. During its history, WISEPlace has transformed the lives of more than 7,800 women. For more information, visit www.wiseplace.org.
Dedan Brozino is the Chief Development Officer of the Rose Bowl Stadium with leadership of its 501c3 Legacy Foundation. As a member of the venue’s executive leadership team, he bringing sports administration experience with a heavy background in fundraising, resource acquisition, sales, and marketing to the position. Mr. Brozino is primarily responsible for developing a strategic long-range fundraising plan for the stadium and the surrounding Central Arroyo through increasing philanthropic resources and financial support through the Legacy Foundation.
Mr. Fully is a musician, producer, and writer of hip-hop. His mission is to create music that connects, inspires and transports us to moments in time.
Chanelle Hawken is Vice President of Government and Public Affairs for Cox Communications in California. She provides leadership and strategic direction to the local, state and federal government affairs, community affairs, and communications departments for Cox’s California markets, which include San Diego, Orange County, Palos Verdes, and Santa Barbara.
Kelly Galindo is an American actress, director and producer. Her work has spanned decades in television, theater and film. She is currently in post-production for the “26 Seconds” a feature documentary that is based on a horrific cause that has driven her passion in giving a voice to children who are victims of the sex trade. For the past three years, she has produced and directed 26 Seconds which has taken her around the world to experience and expose these horrors happening globally. Kelly highlights the non-profit organizations that have actively stepped forward to do something about it. In addition, Kelly balances her directing and acting career while passing on her craft onto future generations of students as a professor at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Chapman University. She also taught at UCLA, School of Theater, Film, and Television & Orange County School of the Arts. Kelly is also a proud lifetime member of the Actors Studio.
Berke is a leader in organizational and personal behavior change. Pulling from his awarded UC Berkeley research on internal motivation & behavior modification, and his years of experience as an organizational change consultant, executive performance coach, and lifestyle designer, he continues to create compelling programs and workshops that empower businesses and individuals to live from the inside out.
Robert Santana, the magnetic CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast, is disrupting an old-school model of what an after-school Club can offer its students. Robert and his team believe greatness exists in every child, and through the power of mentorship, they can impact a child’s trajectory with skills, memories, and inspiration that will last a lifetime.
John Powers is at the center of the revolution in gene sequencing as the CEO of SimpleSeq. SimpleSeq simplifies the genomic sequencing of DNA.
Detective Julissa Trapp is a detective with the Anaheim Police Department gaining national prominence for solving a serial murder case in Orange County, Ca.
Martin Majano is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for his family, friends, cigars, music art, fashion and motorcycles. He has started The Dead Legends T-Shirts, paying homage to fallen icons and recently started a YouTube channel, American Ride. He is the style contributor for the local OC magazine, Nobleman and is the brand ambassador for John Varvatos at South Coast Plaza.
Bill Bakho is Founder & President of B|B Lifestyle. Entrepreneur, dreamer, visionary, a passionate gentleman who is putting a mark on the Skin Care World one person at a time, that cares for people and animals.
As Vice President Cox Business for the Orange Coast market, encompassing Orange County, Palos Verdes, and Santa Barbara, Jodi Duva is responsible for leading a world-class team delivering customized communications solutions to local business communities.
Topaz Peretz is a British Film Director, focusing her life on telling stories through different mediums, and collectively expressing it through the lens. She grew up in three different places: Hong Kong, Bali, but mostly in North London; traveling as a child, and acquiring a spectrum of cultures - mixing it with her own Israeli & Indonesian background.
Annette Walker, President, City of Hope Orange County shares her journey, passion for cancer research and impact she would like to make in Orange County community bringing hope to those with cancer.
The Los Angeles Chargers has developed the first of its kind, premium and most connected membership to L.A. An unprecedented package of top-tier partners designed to grow your business and benefit your life. LUX gives you insider access to the Chargers family, that will blow you and your clients, away.
Ken Taylor was part of the 1985 Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears. He works with athletes to share the psychological and physiological secrets of world-class speed.
DesMaDre Tequila was founded by Marcos J. Higareda and launched in January of 2016. Keeping the family spirit alive, Marcos is joined by Rosendo Ramirez Gamino, and Rosendo Ramirez Falcon, father & son team. Together, the three men focus on offering fine, handcrafted, 100% de agave Tequilas for consumers who demand quality as well as affordability.
Gwen Finestone, MFT, Ph.D., CT, is a marriage and family therapist. She began her career in trauma forty years ago as a co-founder of a rape crisis center. She specializes in grief, loss, trauma, and dissociative disorders.
Human trafficking is the fastest-growing business of organized crime and the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world.
Judy is President of Redeeming Love Ministries as well as Executive Director for Open Gate International, a global non-profit that reaches out to survivors of human trafficking and other vulnerable populations assisting in their reintegration to society by providing training and employment.
What caused Judy Lamborn to be transformed from a drug-abusing prostitute to a loving wife and a responsible mother of two? Judy’s account of God’s unconditional love and saving grace reminds us all that there is hope for everyone.
Lucy Dunn is President and CEO of Orange County Business Council, where she leads a dynamic organization of business members, working with academia and government, to ensure the county’s economic prosperity and high quality of life.
Hector V. Barreto is Chairman The Latino Coalition (TLC), one of the largest and most effective Latino advocacy groups in the nation. TLC’s stature in the business community and the political community has grown steadily since Barreto took the helm of the organization in 2006.
Robin Toft is Chairman & CEO of the Toft Group, an author, inspirational speaker, busy executive, and active non-for-profit volunteer. A results-driven leader and change agent, Robin’s passionate about building game-changing management teams, diversity and recruiting women and minorities into top roles in the life sciences.
You’ve heard his masterful, soulful voice for years as lead vocalist for the legendary rock band Santana. A dream come true for Andy Vargas, Mexican-American vocalist, from Watsonville, CA who is also now rapidly emerging as a new solo artist.
Intrigued by stories of his great grandfather’s bootlegging adventures, Brian Christenson has always had a passion for whiskey. Throughout his decade of experience in marketing, branding, and advertising he moonlighted in making beer and wine. Over the years he also extensively studied wine and spirit making, which eventually led to him taking the leap from advertising to opening the Blinking Owl, Orange County’s very first distillery since prohibition. As the creative visionary with a knack for launching and marketing new products, Brian spearheads the Blinking Owl Distillery as the CEO.
Hope Mueller is an author, inspirational speaker, busy executive, and active non-for-profit volunteer. A results-driven leader and change agent, Hope’s passionate about career development, youth STEM promotion, and local community service, among others. With her early years marked by the experiences on a hippie commune, Hope’s unique childhood shaped her approach and interaction with the world, with a gift of creating order out of chaos and turning vision into reality. She lives with her husband in northern Illinois and actively parents her four daughters through the phases of their lives.
About The Book:
A gripping memoir is written in intense past moments, reflective chapters, and flash-forwards, Hopey chronicles the story of a courageous girl in a '70s Southern Indiana commune, complete with flowers for dinner, a ball of acid in the freezer, and orgies on the living room floor. An exhilarating read and captivating celebration of the human spirit!
Megan Klink, CEO of Susan G. Komen® Orange County, is committed to leading the organization in supporting breast cancer research, accessible screening, support services and grant funding for the local Orange County community.
Dave Des Rochers became a professional NFL football player for the Seattle Seahawks right out of college. A 12th round pick out of San Diego St. in the 1987 NFL Draft, Dave played offensive tackle for 2 years in Seattle. He then played football in Canada as part of the world league before becoming an actor in TV shows, movies and commercials. He has spent 20 years in wealth management.
Dr. Sandie Morgan, Director, Global Center for Woman & Justice at Vanguard University is recognized globally for her expertise in combating human trafficking and working to end violence against women. She serves on Foreign Affairs Chair Congressman Ed Royce’s Anti Human Trafficking Advisory Committee. She also serves the Orange County CSEC (Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children) Steering Committee partnering with Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice. She has launched a certified 4 class, 12-unit program in Human Trafficking designed for people out there in the field.
Deidre Pujols is first and foremost a woman of faith, wife of famed baseball player Albert Pujols, and mother of five. She and her husband founded the Pujols Family Foundation, which seeks to help those living with Down syndrome here at home and to improve the lives of the impoverished in the Dominican Republic. She also created Open Gate International, which provides vulnerable individuals with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to obtain meaningful employment, while empowering them to develop a happy, healthy life. In 2017, Deidre and her husband Albert, founded Strike Out Slavery, an initiative that aims to spread awareness about modern-day slavery and help an international network of nonprofit organizations rally against it.
Lori Rowe is a visionary entrepreneur with a successful history working in multiple industries. Taking her skill sets to the restaurant business, she has been the President & CEO of Little Onion since 2011, orchestrating tremendous growth and success for the company her dad founded. One of the quotes her dad instilled in Lori is “Never, ever give up.”
Rufus Bloomfield shares the journey that took him from combat tours as a Marine to a corporate chef and the challenging transition to civilian life as he struggled with PTSD.
Annette Walker is the visionary health care leader tapped to build City of Hope, Orange County, a 21st-century approach to treating and curing cancer and other serious illness.
Valerie Sheppard is a catastrophic stroke survivor, inspirational keynote speaker, multi-award-winning, #1 international best-selling author, university lecturer, certified Laughter Yoga instructor and CEO of the Heartly Center for Mindfulness and Self-Mastery™!
Dr. Betty Uribe is the author of the International Best-Selling book #Values: The Secret to Top-Level Performance in Business & Life. Endorsed by The Vatican as a book every reader in the world must read, her book #Values was named Top 60 Best Business Leadership Books in Inc. Magazine.
Travis Smith is the President of DeviceAlliance, an Orange County, CA-based non-profit professionals association providing career development, educational events and business networking for medical device professionals.
Justin Michael Drury traveled all across the world as an electronic music artist and DJ while working as a music producer with award-winning Grammy talent and mega-pop stars Bruno Mars, DJ Kaskade and Rock bands such as Saint Motel.
Bill Carpou, CEO of OCTANe, the leading connector of medical and technology companies in Orange County, CA. Prior to joining OCTANe as CEO, Mr. Carpou was the Managing Partner for The Grey Group which he founded, focusing on revenue growth and operational improvement for early-stage companies.
Bill Carpou, CEO of OCTANe, the leading connector of medical and technology companies in Orange County, CA. Prior to joining OCTANe as CEO, Mr. Carpou was the Managing Partner for The Grey Group which he founded, focusing on revenue growth and operational improvement for early-stage companies.
Suzanne Richards, is a leading Healthcare Executive & CEO in Orange County, CA. She has led a major Orange County hospital system and is the CEO of SMR Healthcare Management. She was named Businesswoman of the Year in 2017 by the Orange County Business Journal.
Hazim Ansari, is a leading Intellectual Patent (I.P.) Attorney in Orange County, CA. He is the CEO of Novel IP, a premiere I.P. firm providing a full range of patent services.
Bruce Feuchter, a Shareholder in the Newport Beach office of Stradling, where he has practiced since 1981. He specializes in corporate securities, corporate and general finance transactions and has represented investors, publicly held and privately held companies at various stages of their existence.
Join us for a one-on-one conversation with Eli Kammerman, VP, Business Development & Investor Relations, Masimo Corp.