Guest: Eastlake girls' soccer coach Mark Coziahr

Mark Balmert, Executive Director of the San Diego Military Advisory Council

Dr. Al La Spada, Director of the Duke University Center for Neurodegeneration and Neurotherapeutics, talks about the growing epidemic of age-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. La Spada discusses the therapies the Center is developing for therapies and emerging research that will allow people to get tested and find out if they will develop a disease in the future.

Lisa Kobzi, Media Relations Chair for the Pancreatic Action Network (PanCAN), is joined by Russell Gold, a pancreatic cancer survivor and Dr. Helen Torley, CEO of Halozyme, a San Diego biotech company focused on bringing a targeted treatment to pancreatic cancer. Kobzi chats about PanCAN’s recent PurpleStride San Diego Walk to End Pancreatic Cancer and Gold describes his experience as five-year pancreatic cancer survivor.

Cheryl Hibbeln, Executive Director, Office of School Innovation and Integrated Youth Services, San Diego Unified School District and Keith Kostrzewski, Head of Enterprise Sales, LEGO Education

National Philanthropy Day
Wendy Urushima-Conn, Chair, Honorary Committee; President & CEO, Asian Business Association and Lisa Ritchie, President, Association of Fundraising Professionals; Vice President, Netzel Grigsby Associates

Paul Ingegneri, Vice President of Sales

John Preston, Founder and President

Chris Nance, Chief Communications Officer

Ty Takayanagi, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development