Dana Ben Kaplan
Over 25 years ago, in 1992, I joined the first Krav Maga class to be held in San Diego. It was held at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, and we’re still there to this day. I was a relatively new Firefighter at the time, and had previously boxed when living in Los Angeles, but there was not a lot of boxing going on in San Diego at that time (unlike today; I eventually became, and still am, an Official with USA Boxing). Read more>>
Austin Palmer
I was first introduced to the car industry or “clear bra” in 2012, in between my last two years of college, by my now partner Evan Rowe. After I finished up college at ACU, I decided to begin learning the basics of clear bra installation as a “back up plan”. After 6 months of learning the basics in Sacramento, me and my wife decided to move to San Diego so I could work for Evan. Read more>>
Carolyn Short
My husband, Jay, and I have four amazing kids between the two of us, ages 20 to 29, and one grandchild Zoe, who is 2. I met Jay when I became the first outside sales rep for a local biotech company that sold research reagents and related equipment to bench scientists cloning genes (and manipulating DNA). Read more>>
Randy “R Dub!” Williams
I was just 16 when I created Sunday Night Slow Jams radio program in the summer of 1994, debuting on a small, AM radio station in Tucson, Arizona. Born in Chicago and growing up in L.A. and Orlando, Florida, I spent my time staying up late at night listening to various “Slow Jams” type radio shows around the country. Read more>>
David Brewer
I think I owe my start in business to a bit of luck and a lot of desire. Growing up in northern California and being raised by a family of government workers didn’t really lend itself to learning much about business. My big break came when a very successful uncle offered to mentor me and help me start my own manufactured home dealership. Read more>>
Vince Hall
Being around food distribution is like coming full circle for me because my dad spent over 25 years in the California rice business. From our small town in western Fresno County we often enjoyed cantaloupes and other produce that weren’t shipped to market because they were the wrong size, not perfectly shaped, or just not quite the right color. Read more>>
Steven Lui
Leading Big Frog Custom T-shirts in San Diego Clairemont has given me the opportunity to feed my passion of delivering value and supporting the community. Prior to owning Big Frog Custom T-Shirts in San Diego Clairemont, I graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a BS in Electrical Engineering. Read more>>
Emily Hu
85°C Bakery Cafe was founded with the philosophy of 5-star quality at affordable prices. In 2003, the founder of 85°C Bakery Cafe, Mr. Cheng-Hsueh Wu visited a cafe in a 5-star hotel. While enjoying gourmet pastries and drinks, he realized that the prices were set way too high for people to enjoy on a whim. Read more>>
Ilanit Shalev
It was a little more than a decade ago in Portland, OR, where I had my first exposure to an introductory class on kiln forming glass. Since then I had the privilege to study glass art with world known, talented artists. For years I have been developing my craft and continuing to immerse myself in the world of art. Read more>>
Adrienne Stewart, Elana Roumell
Hi! We are Dr. Elana Roumell and Dr. Adrienne Stewart. It has been our dream to build a medical center where we help our patients achieve solutions…. Real. Sustainable. Results. We met each other in naturopathic medical school and were study buddies throughout school and board exams. Read more>>
Shamini Jain
I’ve been fascinated with healing and human potential since childhood. I was born in an East Indian Jain household and learned Jain spiritual teachings and practices at an early age. I also grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, where all my friends were Baptist Christian. I learned early in life that nearly all cultures recognize the value of spirituality in fostering well-being. Read more>>
Maresa Friedman
Title are interesting. Depending on the day, time, or place- I can be mom, wife, or business owner. My background was in operations. I have always been the person to bring calm out of chaos. It served me well working in startups, turnaround, and organizations that needed to scale. Read more>>
Debora Renna
I am Italian and I came to USA on vacation in 1995. I didn’t know any English , I start looking for job because I wanted to stay a little longer and learn English. I change different jobs from restaurants to selling jewelry in hair salon. Read more>>
Yoni Breziner
After a lot of experience in different sales and marketing roles, I got my salespersons license in 2005. After years of growth and focus I got my broker’s license in 2015. We handle mostly residential sales but do commercial real estate transactions as well. Read more>>
Brittney Graeber
I began my journey with Benefit Cosmetics in the Mill Valley California Boutique in 2012. I started as a beauty artist and before I knew it was running the show. I became the Boutique Proprietor in a short six months and couldn’t believe I had found my dream job. Read more>>
Edward Little
I’ve always been interested in science – not just the how, but also the why things work the way they do. When I came out to California in 1990 to get my PhD, I only regreted that I ended up in Los Angeles instead of San Diego. I remedied that mistake when I graduated and came down to San Diego to work as a post-doctoral researcher at the Scripps Research Institute. Read more>>
Marcy Rogers
My career in the field of medicine started in 1972 when I met one of the pioneers of craniofacial surgery, Dr. Milton Edgerton, Chirman of the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Although lacking experience in a medical field Dr. Edgerton hired me as he liked my “energy.” Read more>>
Maeve Rochford
“Cooking is my soul’s desire, Eating is my heart’s calling” Chef Maeve. Born an only child in Cincinnati, Ohio to an Irish-born mother and third generation German Father, Maeve life was destined to be greatly influenced by food! She attended an all-girls high school, St. Ursula Academy, and rowed her way into college being named by Sports Illustrated Athletes to Watch. Read more>>
Gilda Adler
Photography has been a large part of my life ever since I was a child, in Romania. My grandfather was an amazing photographer and he got me my first camera. He also taught me a lot about photography, art and the beauty of life around us. His darkroom was a tiny room where magic happened. Read more>>
