Sara Jacobs, Chair of San Diego for Every Child: The Coalition to End Child Poverty, talks about the Coalition’s partnership with the Classroom of the Future Foundation to form the Equitable Distance Learning Taskforce. The Taskforce’s mission is to work with a wide range of organizations to take on distance learning challenges.

Andrea Luoni, CEO and Founder of RateCraft, discusses the negotiation tactics her company utilizes to significantly improve her clients’ bottom line by reducing their insurance premium costs.

Jennifer Barnes, CEO and Founder of Optima Office, Inc., chats about her company’s growth as a leader in providing outsourced accounting and human resources services for small and large business clients.

Authors Marshall and Debbie Hockett talk about their recently published book, Tripping 1975: Falling in Love One Country at a Time. The Hocketts discuss their year-long European odyssey 45 years ago in their yellow VW camper, appropriately named the “Banana.”

Agnes Barrelet, Executive Director of the Children’s Nature Retreat Foundation, chats about the Foundation’s vision to offer a rich connection between humans, animals and nature through student field trips, family events, team building activities and tours.

Jose Angel Cruz, new CEO of the Barrio Logan College Institute, discusses his top priorities to support the Institute’s mission to break the cycle of poverty by preparing underserved students to be the first in their families to go to college.

Dr. Hector Salazar, Plastic Surgeon for the La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre, is joined by Monique Ramsey, GLAMFam-bassador and Chief Creative Officer, to chat about the Centre’s innovative approach to patient education and informed consent. Dr. Salazar and Ramsey talk about the Centre’s re-opening and its community philanthropy.

Kevin Crawford, President of Kevin Crawford Consulting, uses his wide-ranging and diverse leadership background to work with current C-Suite executives to enhance their crisis management skills, as well as become “comforter-n-chiefs” during times of uncertainty, such as COVID-19.

Neville Billimoria, Senior Vice President of Membership & Marketing for Mission Federal Credit Union, talks about his company’s overwhelmingly successful fundraising campaign with the San Diego Food Bank that raised funds to provide more than 1.8 million meals for San Diegans suffering from food insecurity. Billimoria discusses the credit union’s long history of its leaders…

Dr. Corey Pahanish, Executive Director of Bayside Community Center, is joined by Adam Osorio, Associate Director of Communications, to chat about the myriad programs, services and advocacy the Center provides the culturally diverse Linda Vista community.