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LEAD would like to thank our 2006 - 2007 sponsors for their ongoing support and commitment to LEAD San Diego. You help us make a difference in moving our community toward a prosperous future. Special Acknowledgements go to…

…Price Charities for their multi-year grant…
Thanks to a multi-year grant from Price Charities, LEAD continues to enjoy its offices in Mid-City. Price Charities also provided support for the 2005 – 2006 and the 2006 -2007 Leadership Action Teams working in City Heights and other traditionally under-resourced communities in San Diego County.

…Wells Fargo Bank for their ongoing generous support…
LEAD thanks Wells Fargo Bank for their ongoing and generous support. Wells Fargo sponsored The 2006 Visionary Awards last June and we look forward to partnering again on both on-going and upcoming programs and The 25th Anniversary Visionary Awards in March 2007.

…Sempra Energy for their ongoing generous support…
LEAD thanks Sempra Energy for their ongoing and generous support. Sempra sponsored The 2006 Visionary Awards last June and we look forward to partnering with them for LEAD’s 25th Anniversary Visionary Awards in March 2007.

…San Diego National Bank for their generous support…
LEAD thanks San Diego National Bank for their ongoing and generous support. SDNB sponsored The 2006 Visionary Awards last June and we look forward to partnering with them for LEAD’s 25th Anniversary Visionary Awards in March 2007.

…QUALCOMM for their ongoing generous support…
LEAD thanks QUALCOMM for their ongoing and generous support. QUALCOMM sponsored The 2006 Visionary Awards last June and we look forward to partnering again on both on-going and upcoming programs, such as the Core Curriculum and The 25th Anniversary Visionary Awards in March 2007.

…The San Diego Union-Tribune for their long standing commitment…
Once again, we thank The San Diego Union-Tribune for their long standing commitment to strengthening community leaders through their partnership with LEAD. The San Diego Union-Tribune sponsored the “Union-Tribune Emerging Leaders Grant” for the Class of 2006 & 2007, as well as serving as the “Presenting Sponsor” of the 2005 – 2006 & 2006 – 2007 Core Curriculum Series. We look forward to partnering with them on The 25th Anniversary Visionary Awards in March 2007.

…LEAD thanks its technology partner Home2Office for donating monthly computer technology support to the organization...

…Steve and Stephanie Williams for their generous support…
After receiving a very generous donation from Steve and Stephanie Williams, the LEAD Staff was able to use part of the funds for general operating expenses, as well as partially upgrading the technical capabilities of the LEAD office. This has greatly improved our abilities on many levels, including our information systems, the on-line directory and the LEAD website.

…KGTV 10-News for our continuing partnership of The Channel 10 Leadership Awards…
We thank KGTV 10-News for our ongoing partnership. LEAD welcomes the chance to work with KGTV and Sempra Energy in an effort to honor ordinary people with The 10News Leadership Award. These individuals tell important stories of how everyday citizens motivate, mentor, serve, impact and most importantly, demonstrate leadership in the region’s diverse communities.

…National University for their ongoing partnership…
LEAD thanks National University for their continued partnership. We look forward to partnering on both new and on-going programs, such as the Core Curriculum and the Community Membership Program.

…Finally, The LEAD Board of Directors and Staff would like to thank Judy Forrester…
Judy is serving as the consultant as we move into our 25th year of service. The Board wants to ensure that LEAD remains a relevant and valued resource in these changing times. Judy will be leading the evaluation and planning process that will take us into our 25th Anniversary year…

…A Special thank you to the following LEAD Graduates and friends, who made financial contributions to LEAD San Diego in an effort to upgrade our office technology:

…Judy Lawton (1994), TLC Staffing…
…Cynthia Olmstead (1991), TrustWorks Group, Inc…
…Lisa Richards (1994), Picnic People/Festivities Catering…
…Hank Zapisek (1998), Financial Network Investment Corporation…
and Jeanette Roache, The Technology Training Foundation of America…

Thank you also to the following supporters…

Thank you to our Active Members…

Thank you for the investment you’ve made in LEAD San Diego through your annual membership dues. Over the course of the last four years, we’ve been working toward ensuring your membership continues to offer opportunities and benefits. We are proud to say that there are an unprecedented number of you who have stepped up to the plate and become involved. Currently, there are over 350 active members – roughly a fourth of the graduates of our program. Membership benefits include board recruitment and placement opportunities, as well as the password-protected online directory available on our website. Searchable by both last name and class year, it also allows you to identify the specific community interests and leadership skills of your fellow LEAD graduates.

If your membership is NOT current, please log onto our website at leadsandiego.com.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding membership, please email Wendy Welling – LEAD’s Director, Membership & Community Relations at wendywelling@leadsandiego.com.

Interested in a sponsorship? We encourage you to consider sponsoring the Annual Member Celebration, taking place on November 29th, or The 2007 Visionary Awards – 25th Anniversary Celebration, taking place in late March of 2007.

Edward Abeyta (2004) | Registrar, Manager of Student Services | University of California, San Diego Extension
Nancy Acevedo (1992)
Kate Adams (1985) | Previews Property Specialist | Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Ann Addo (2001w) | Chief of Staff-Resource Management & Planning | University of California, San Diego
Amy Elizabeth Allemann (2006) | Sr. Associate Attorney | Quade & Associate, A PLC
Wenda Alvarez (1986) | President and CEO | San Diego Police Foundation
Kevin Ammon (2000f) | Netzel Associates, Inc.
Jack Anderson (1987) | Deputy City Manager | City of Escondido
Janie Anderson (1988) | Fundraising Consultant | Janie Anderson Consulting Services
Sandra Arkin (1988) | Strategic Planning Consultant | Strategic Planning Consultant
Scott Arnold (1998) | Director of Business Operations | Intuit, Inc.
Michael Asaro (2000f) | Principal | Architects Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker
Jan Bast (1992) | Interior Design Program Director | Design Institute of San Diego
Jennifer Bates-Navarra (2001f) | Director of Development & Marketing | The Arc of San Diego
Tuari Bigknife (2006) | Associate Attorney | Grant & Zeko, APC
Kelly Bingham (2000f)
Karen Bishop (1990)
Melissa Blackburn-Joniaux (2000f) | Attorney | Mulvaney, Kahan & Barry
John Blair (2004) | Litigation Attorney | San Diego Superior Court
R. Bruce Braciszewski (1984) | Executive Director, Classroom of the Future Foundation | San Diego County Office of Education
Jo Ann Bray (2005) | Vice President of Sales | Office Pavillon San Diego
Elizabeth Brennan Kinsley (2006) | Chief of Staff | Office of Councilman Scott Peters, Council District One
Corrine Brindley (2003) | Director of Community and Government Relations | SeaWorld
Daniel Broderick (2005) | Associate | Secured Capital Corp
Kathryn Busch (2006) | Senior Vice President, Retail Banking | Silvergate Bank
Stephanie Casenza (1994) | Executive Director, Campaign Communications, University Development and Donor Relations | San Diego State University
Laurie Catron (1997) | Attorney at Law
Brandy Christian (2002) | Strategic Management Services | Port of San Diego
Kay Christian Pierce (1997) | President | Interim Partners
Mary Colacicco (1985)
Dennis Cole (1996)
Barbara Cook (1992) | President | Cook Associates
Sharon Corrigan (2006) | Marketing/Development Director | Goodwill Industries of SD County
Elizabeth Corrow (2005) | Finance Manager | The San Diego Foundation
Jerry Coughlan (1988) | Partner | Coughlan, Semmer & Lipman
Kimberly Cresencia (1999) | Senior Account Executive | San Diego Gas & Electric Company
Christopher Crockett (2002) | SVP, Branch Banking Group Manager | San Diego National Bank
Lorna Curtis (2004) | Business Strategy & Finance Leader | Kaiser Permanente
Stacey Curtis (2004) | Environmental Engineer and Member of the Center for Commercialization of Adv. Technology (CCAT) SSC San Diego team | SPAWAR Systems Center (SSC) San Diego
Donna Damson (1985) | Director, Government Relations | Zoological Society of San Diego
Susan Davey (1998)
Paul Davis (2003) | Marketing and Sales | Web Technologies
Daryl Day (1986)
Janet Delaney (1991) | Director, Community Relations | San Diego City Schools
Amy Denhart (2003) | Director of Public Affairs | Planned Parenthood of San Diego & Riverside Counties
Edward DeRoche (1984) | Professor, School of Education | University of San Diego
Scott Diggs (2006) | Office Broker:Downtown San Diego | Grubb & Ellis/BRE Commercial
Darlene Dornan (2006) | Director of Legal Services | San Diego Superior Court
Rex Downing (2000f) | Realtor | Rex Downing, Realtor
Linda Drabek (1998)
Heather Dugdale (2005) | Executive Director | San Diego Teen Court, Inc.
Charles Dulaney (1994) | Director of Volunteer Services | Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus
Christina Dyer (1999)
Douglas Elliot (1999)
Doris Ellsworth (1985)
Anne Fege (2005) | Research Associate | San Diego Natural History Museum

Shara Fisler (2003) | Executive Director | Aquatic Adventures
William Fitzsimmons (1997) | Vice President of Accounting and Finacial Planning | Cox Communications of San Diego
Denny Fluter (1997) | Sales and Marketing Director | Pacific Regent La Jolla
Lois Fong-Sakai (1995)
James Forcier (2000f) | Director | University of California, San Diego Extended Studies and Public Programs
Karen Foreman (1997)
Kimberly Freeman (2003) | Director of Community Relations | Sempra Energy Utilities
Orrin Gabsch (2000w)
Kurt Gering (2006) | Director, MSEL | University of San Diego
Patty Giddings (1985)
Michelle Glenn (2003)
Diane Glow (1987)
Nancy Goodrich (1988) | Assistant Chief of Police | San Diego Police Department
Lisa Gordon (2004) | Community Relations Representative | San Diego County Water Authority
Karen Goyette (1986) | Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations | Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Kristy Gregg (1996) | Vice President, Marketing | San Diego National Bank
Jacqueline Greulich (2002) | Vice President, Human Resources | Burnham Real Estate Services
Jonathan Grissom (2004) | Attorney At Law | Higgs Fletcher & Mack, LLP
Jeffrey Grissom (2006) | Assistant Director | County of San Diego, Department of General Services
David Grundies (2000f)
Richard Gustafson (1998) | President | CityMark Development
Mark Haarer (2004) | Sempra Energy | Director, Legislative and Governmental Analysis & Coordination
Ann Haddad (2005)
Gregory Haddow (1998) | Dmanager, Plans & Strategic Initiatives | Sempra Energy, SDG&E
Peggy Hanley (2001w) | Co-Executive Director | Centre for Organizational Effectiveness
Janet Hanpeter (1997) | Marketing On Purpose!
Pamela Hardy (2006) | Communications Director | Office of Council President Scott Peters
Gillian Hemingway Asch (2000f) | Senior Administrative Analyst | University of California, San Diego, Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor
Carmen Herrera (2006) | Corporate Compliance | Sempra Energy
Ann Hill (1986) | Ann Hill, Attorney at Law
Lucreatria Holloway (2000w) | Environmental Engineer | Naval Facilities Engineering Command, SW Division
Linda Holt (2006) | Director of Resources Management | Girl Scouts, San Diego Imperial C
Mary Hoover (19x)
Lori House (2005) | Vice President - Finance | Price Entities.com
Jacqueline Ibrahim (2004) | International Consultant
Pamela Isaacson (2001f) | Cash Management Services/Business Development | San Diego National Bank
John Jarvis (2004) | Principal, Senior Vice President | Irving Hughes
David Jay (2005) | Associate Director of Development | Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
Carol Jensen (2002)
Gail Jensen-Bigknife (1988)
Sam Jeppson (2004) | Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer | San Diego National Bank
Elizabeth Jones (1993) | Pediatric Nutritionist | Hostpital Infantil de las Californias, Mexico
Ellen Kaye-Gehrke (2001w)
Denise Keller (2004) | Sales Associate | Prudential California Realty
Peggy Kidd (2000f)
Janet Klauber (1991)
Deirdre Kleske (1993) | Program Lead | California Project Lean
Steven Klosterman (1997) | President | Klosterman Capital Corporation
John Kontopuls (2004) | President and CEO | Elite Show Services, Inc.
Margaret Kuhn (1998) | Vice President | S.C. Kuhn & Associates, Inc.
Janette Lampe (1995) | Director of Corporate Events | Kaiser Permanente San Diego, Public Affairs (Orcutt Administration)
Patricia Lane (2000w)

Karenlee Robinson (1985)
Donna Marie Robinson (19X) | Vice President, Commercial Lending | San Diego National Bank
Andrew Rodrigues (1992) | Partner | Architects Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker
Audrey Rohde (1991)
Richard Rohde (1985)
Karen Rohrbaugh (2000f) | Licenced Acupuncturist | Vitality Acupuncture
Erika Rooks Wilgenburg (2006) | Communications Manager | San Diego Housing Commission
James Roth (2000f) | Attorney | The Roth Law Firm
John Rush (1997)
Georgia Sadler (1987) | Clinical Professor of Surgery and Associate Director, Outreach, Moores UCSD Cancer Center | University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Cancer Center
William Sauls (1991) | Owner | William H. Sauls, Attorney at Law
Louis Scanlon (1985)
Pamela Scanlon (2002) | A.R.J.I.S., Executive Director | City of San Diego, Police Department
Frank Scarpaci (2006) | Consultant | Project Designworks
Felicia Shaw (2002) | Program Manager | City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
Romona Smith (2004) | Director, Learning Center/Client Services | The Ken Blanchard Companies
Peter Solecki (1997) | General Counsel | Prudential California Realty
Trudy Sopp (2000w) | Co-Executive Director | The Centre for Organization Effectiveness
Laura Spiegel (2002) | Chief Executive Officer | First 5 Commission of San Diego
Karny Stefan (2005) | Associate Vice President of Development | San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care-San Diego Hospice Foundation
Marsi Steirer (2005) | Deputy Director, Water Department | The City of San Diego
Arthur Stillwell (1991) | Project Director | The Salvation Army, Ray & Joan Kroc Community Center
Eva Stimson (1999) | President | EMS Marketing Consulting, Inc.
Micki Stockalper (1989) | President & Chief Creative Officer | Stock/Alper & Associates
Nancy Stoke (1984) | Senior Loan Consultant | Washington Mutual Bank
Dennis Stryker (1997) | General Counsel | Rick Engineering Company
Susan Ten Eyck Malory (1999) | Region President | Northern Trust Bank
Leslie Thorp (2006) | Senior VP & General Manager
Lee Hecht Harrison
Derek Turbide (2006) | Account Manager, San Diego | Clean Energy
Peri Lynn Turnbull (2004)| Director, Fund Development & Communications | American Red Cross, San Diego/Imperial Counties
Jan Tuttleman (2001f)
Wendy Urushima-Simmons (1998) | Community Affairs and Media Marketing Manager | KGTV -10 NEWS
Joel Valenzuela (2001w) | Manager Trade and Business Development | San Diego Unified Port District
Vargas (2006) | Legislative Relations Specialist | San Diego State University
Yolanda Walther-Meade (1991)
Linda Ward (1996) | Director, Pediatric Administration | University of California, San Diego, Pediatrics
James Whalen (1988) | President| J. Whalen Associates
Rod Whitson (2004) | COO | The Townsend Agency
Michael Wilkes (1990) | Chief Executive Officer | Architects Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker
Katherine Willette (2000w)
Katherine Willey (2005) | Senior Vice President, Regional Manager | First Pacific Bank of California
Carol Williams (2003) | Director, Workplace Campaigns and Marketing | United Way of San Diego County
Caroleen Williams (1992) | Director, Government Relations | General Electric Infrastructure, Security, Magnetics Center of Excellence/Quantum Magnetics
Michael Wintringer (1998) | Attorney | Solomon, Grindle, Silverman & Spinella, A Professional Corporation
Joy Wolf (1998) | Director, Education | SeaWorld
Jane Wolgemuth (2003) | Vice President | Union Bank of California
Brian Wood (2006) | Realtor | Prudential California Realty
Alfred Woodson (2005) | Senior Vice President Credit Administration | San Diego National Bank
Patricia Wright (1999)
Sarah Young (1994) | Founder | SuccessnoTherapy
Steven Blair (1999)
Gail Dimitroff (1993) | Director | Gail Dimitroff & Associates
Maryam Far (2004) | Executive Director | Cancer Coping Center
Alvin Kalmanson (1987) | "Of Counsel” | The McMillan Law Firm
Roxanne Lauridsen (2006)
Jeanne Schmelzer (1992) | Senior Vice President | Netzel Associates, Inc.
W. Ward Thompson (1994)