Kalani Creutzburg, Nate Schoemer, Tony Gallardo
Cammies & Canines’ story began in 2015 after our Founder, Marine veteran, Major Kalani Creutzburg, returned from deployment and found himself homeless while having to work through personal issues from his deployments, struggling with a divorce, and coping with the death of the grandparents who raised him. Read more>>
Clifford “Rip” Rippetoe
Thank you for the opportunity to share my story with you. I’m the President & CEO of the San Diego Convention Center. I’ve been very fortunate in this industry. I started my career in performing arts as a stagehand, designer, director and a technical director. Read more>>
Cody Barbo
Cody Barbo is an entrepreneur and two-time founder from San Diego, CA. Cody currently serves as Founder of Trust & Will, a simple, modern and secure way to set up your trust and will online. He also served as CEO at his last company, Industry, a ‘LinkedIn’ for the service and hospitality industry, he took the company from idea to millions of dollars raised to build out their platform, team, and more. Read more>>
Dennis Quaglia, Severn Crow, Mikel Ross
We (Dennis, Severn and Mikel) were friends and dog lovers/owners ten years ago when we wanted to start a business with dogs. Upon researching we realized there was nothing out there with what we had in mind… cage free daycare AND boarding, outside space on turf, splash pond/waterfall, clean smelling lobby, cameras for customers to watch the action and acceptance of all breeds. Read more>>
Francois Patanchon
I moved from France to California in 2000 to run an industrial company that manufactures heavy high-tech machinery for the aviation industry. I bought the company out of bankruptcy and under his leadership, the business grew dramatically, opened a new facility near Mexico City and an office in China. Read more>>
Marissa Stendardo, Caitlin Mordente
Marissa and Caitlin met at culinary school, The Art Institute of San Diego, while they were both pursuing their Associate’s Degrees in baking and pastry. After and during school they both worked in the greater San Diego area at local restaurants and bakeries. In 2016 Marissa got Caitlin a job at Tartine where she had been working for over a year prior to Catlin’s employment. Read more>>
Dominic Vasquez
Originally from Denver Colorado, i started tattooing in 2002. i have always had an interest in art and have drawn and painted as far back as i can remember. i was an only child so i liked to just sit in my room and try to draw the things that interested me. Read more>>
Mark Huber
There are a lot of amazing people who made my personal story and the story of Bootlegger possible. I personally was just leaving my enlistment in the Navy and wanted to own and operate a Restaurant/Bar. My network of friends at the time was very entrenched in the San Diego Hospitality scene. Read more>>
Omid Sabet
I came to San Diego in 1999 to attend UCSD. After 3 years of a sub par social life my friends and I decided to started a promotional company and create events that we knew other students would want to attend. The demand was beyond our expectations and this small project slowly turned into a legitimate business w/ lots of income. Read more>>
Scott
We opened in September of 2013 inside the brand new Central Library in East Village. We are a partnership between the San Diego Public Library Foundation and the Friends of the Library. All proceeds benefit the San Diego Public Library system. Read more>>
Brad Kraten
Curadero is a soulful, coastal Mexican kitchen that celebrates the bold flavors found throughout the streets of Mexico. Situated inside the chic Hotel Palomar, the multi-level eatery is a great escape for locals and travelers. The restaurant serves really good Mexican food, and boasts its own ceviche bar in the back of the restaurant, an impressive selection of agave spirits, and an upstairs late night taco window. Read more>>
Todd Roberts
It surprises a lot of people when I tell them I was born and raised in San Diego. I grew up sailing in the Coronado Yacht Club youth sailing program and was an avid water polo player for Crawford High School. Read more>>
Kelsie Jepsen
When the recession impacted Shira’s career in 2009, the mergers and acquisitions consultant resisted the temptation to get depressed. Instead she decided to reinvent herself. “Do what you love and the money will follow.” Read more>>
Scott Breshears, Kelin Jones
After a combined total of 28 years in the eatery biz, owners Scott Breshears and Kelin Jones have garnered every skill of kitchen management and creative cookery. In an interesting twist of fate, Jones started his career with Breshears at the helm in a small pizza shop in Mission Valley in 2004. Read more>>
Ayaka Ito, Masaki Yamauchi
Established in 2016 in downtown San Diego’s East Village, BESHOCK Ramen & Sake Bar is a new concept Ramen restaurant that offers both authentic Japanese and global cuisines and gives them a twist of San Diego flavor to bring “Glocalization” to San Diego. Read more>>
Fred White
Finishing up playing college offensive line roughly 10 years ago left me physically and somewhat mentally broken and that brokenness put me on a pursuit to recovery my health. Along this path I was consistently listing to the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and he constantly talked about floating and how much it has helped his mental and physical. Read more>>
Juan Pablo Franco
The Franco • Moragrega Contemporary Art Gallery is the newest addition to the trendy 9th Art District of San Diego, and the first fine art gallery in the area. The stylishly minimalist gallery exhibits emerging, mid-career and established local and international artists creating contemporary works on paper, paintings and fine art photography. Read more>>
David Wellis
The San Diego Blood Bank was established in 1950 through the support of the San Diego County Medical Society. In the early 50’s annual donations averaged 27,000 pints. By 1996, donations reached 86,000 pints annually and we were among the first blood banks in the nation to formalize a designated donor program, which allows patients to select their own donors. Read more>>
Dan Wilson
Mai Tai started in 2013 with a single yacht. We quickly made a name for ourselves as the most fun you can have on a yacht in San Diego!! We know how to have a good time and celebrate any occasion. In the summer months we give great tours of San Diego Bay and often set anchor and swim in the warm water near Coronado. Read more>>
Krystle Wurster
One of my favorite quotes is by E.B. White. He said, “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” I identify with E.B.’s sentiment. As a kid growing up just outside of New York City I never imagined I’d end up putting down roots as far away from the city as you can get in the U.S. Read more>>
Gigi Terzian
I graduated in May 2017 with a Master’s in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. In addition to a B.S. in Nutrition and a background in Graphic/Interior/Architectural Design. I was recently awarded the California Library Association (CLA) Technology New Leader Award for 2017. Read more>>
Rob Niday
A majority of our Club members are Clemson Alumni while others are just big fans of Clemson University. I became President of the Clemson Club in 2013. Since becoming President, our Club has done two local community events (assisted Father Joe’s organization with a dinner service and last year we raised $500 for the Ronald McDonald House during our viewing party of the Clemson vs Florida State football game). Read more>>
Justin Brooks
20 years ago I heard about a woman on death row who was sentenced to death on a plea bargain in Chicago. That made no sense to me so I went to go see her. She told me her lawyer had told her pleading was the best thing to do and that she was innocent. At the time I was teaching law school in Michigan. Read more>>
Kary Radestock
I was working in a printing plant in Vista, California, in February 2015, when within the span of just a few weeks, five people walked into our facility asking if we could produce packaging for a vape cartridge. Mind you, no one ever just walks into a printing facility, let alone five people wanting the same service. Read more>>
