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 talks about the connection between mental health and heart diseases.

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 Art, San Diego, to talk about the 31s Annual San Diego Museum Month. York, Egan-Hedley and Scorza discuss happenings at their respective museums.

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 that is being conducted to develop therapies and treatments for these types of diseases.

Kim Bauman, Founder of One Love Movement, discusses her organization’s mission to bring people and organizations together to advance social justice.

Bauman is joined by Mimi Lee of San Diego Refugee Tutoring and Stephen Moore, Chief Program Officer of Voices for Children, to discuss services offered by each of their nonprofits.

Deacon Jim Vargas, President & CEO of Father Joe’s Villages (FJV), chats about its Turning the Key initiative to build 2,000 units of affordable housing dedicated to people overcoming homelessness. In January, FJV broke ground on Benson Place and Saint Teresa of Calcutta Village, that will contain 82 and 407 units of housing respectively.

Michelle Malin, Vice President of Development for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego, and Ashley Schumacher, the organization’s Marketing & Communications Manager, talk about the successful $10 million comprehensive campaign to purchase 11 buses and 2 passenger vans to support the Boys & Girls Clubs’ transportation program. Malin and Schumacher discuss February’s “Little Jumps Month” that raises funds to support the organization’s year-round Healthy Lifestyle program.

Gary Weitzman, President and CEO of the San Diego Humane Society, talks about the Society’s explosive growth in recent years and the opening of a new, state-of-the-art Behavior Center at its San Diego Campus.

Yonatan Farber, Executive Director and Chief Instructor of Caliber 3 USA, chats about the elite self-defense and security training his company provides to local law enforcement agencies, companies, houses of worship and individual. Caliber 3 was established in Israel and recently opened a training center in San Marcos.