Karmin Noar, Executive Director of the Biocom Institute, chats about the Institute’s mission, high school internship program and Military Fellowship.

Shelly McTighe-Rippengale, Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer for the YMCA of San Diego County, is joined by Courtney Cordero, the Y’s Association Director of the Annual Campaign, to talk about the organization’s mission, services and programs. McTighe-Rippengale and Cordero discuss the YMCA’s goal to double its impact...

Charles Parisi, Co-Founder of Songs for Shelter with his daughter Ava, talks about the organization’s re-launch with a concert on March 11 at the Lafayette Hotel. The concert’s goal is to raise awareness and financial resources to help reduce teen homelessness in the county.

Joshua Swider, CEO and Co-Founder of InfiniteCAL, chats about his company’s mission to provide the cannabis industry with accurate and timely analytical services in the burgeoning cannabis arena. Swider discusses InfitniteCAL’s partnership with Platinum Vape and Mankind Dispensary to conduct a buy-back program that replaces dangerous illicit vape cartridges...

Wes Burke, President of Emerald Scientific, discusses the organization’s 6th Annual Emerald Conference, that will be held at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort on February 27-29. The conference features the nation’s leading cannabis science researchers.

Stacy Weaver, Executive Director of the American Heart Association, San Diego Division, and Dr. Tarane Sondoozi, GM of VEBA Resource Center Programming, chat about events surrounding American Heart Month in February – such as the “Go Red for Women Luncheon” on February 28 — and in subsequent months. Sondoozi...

Jessica York, Vice President of the San Diego Museum Council Board of Directors and Deputy Director and Chief Advancement Officer of the Mingei International Museum, is joined by her Board member colleagues Laurie Egan-Hedley of the Barona Cultural Center and Museum, and Cris Scorza, of the Museum of Contemporary...

Dr. Emily Young, Executive Director of the University of San Diego Nonprofit Institute, discusses her organization’s mission to provide education, training and research to build leaders and strengthen the capacity of nonprofits in our region.

Dr. Al La Spada, one of the nation’s leading neurodegenerative disease researchers and a Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology at Duke University’s School of Medicine, talks about the growing epidemic of age-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Dr. La Spada discusses work...