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W e’re big on outcomes here at the San Diego Business Journal. It’s part of our mission to share success stories with the San Diego business community.

So we are pleased to share with you on the following pages 40 success stories – profiles of our honorees from the San Diego Next Top Business Leaders Under 40 event. These short stories don’t do justice to the accom-plishments of these leaders and emerging leaders. And as big a number as 40 is, that really doesn’t capture the scope of young talent in our market.

We received more than 300 nominations for this program, the most we’ve had for an event in recent history. It was an arduous task to determine 150 finalists – the talent among that group is remarkable.

Making the top 40 is, indeed, an honor. They represent a cross section of our local economy, from life science companies, defense, digital marketing, e-commerce, professional services and tourism and hospitality.

We owe a big thank you to our judges: Sara Brown, CEO of Sara Brown Events; Lindsey Head, CFO for J Public Relations; and Lori Ann Stevens, Design Manager West Coast for Turner Engineering Group.

More than 500 people attended the Aug. 14 event at the Westin Gaslamp San Diego Quarter.

We would also like to thank the sponsors who made the event and program possible: Moss Adams and Robbins Arroyo LLP.

Jill AdamsQDOBA Mexican EatsKamal AdawiExagen DiagnosticsAndrew AdrianLendIt Inc.Diego AlarconZIP LaunchpadMartin AdlerReflexion HealthBrian AlexanderHUB International Insurance Service, Inc.Natalie ArshakianMortgage Capital Trading, Inc.Karina ArushanyanLa Jolla LogicGalen BaggsOpDecision LLCElizabeth BankerShore Solutions, Inc.Jennifer BarnesPro Back OfficeJT BarrSchmidt Design Group, Inc.Thomas BeaudetteGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.Sara BennettMarsh & McLennan AgencyDan BerkusParagon Real Estate InvestmentsAnton BurmanACI ApartmentsInnesa BurrolaBoutique RecruitingScot ChisholmClassyMatthew ColeCubic Transportation SystemsAlysse CooperICEEdward CoxDthera SciencesMarie CrivelloBank of Southern California

Anna CroweCrowe PR Crystal CulhaneFish & Richardson, PCClayton DeanCirca InteractiveBrian DerschDersch Design & EngineeringCara DessertThe San Diego LGBT Community CenterRyan EgliCBREKristin ElliottPrecision Measurement EngineeringAmanda Elsasser Hotel del CoronadoBrad EngelFlagship Cruises & EventsJohan EngmanRise & Shine Restaurant GroupMichael EspositoSnake Oil Cocktail CompanyJason EvansCaseyGerryAlice EwellSeismicJaci FeinsteinRight Hand EventsThomas FitzpatrickCura Coffee and Cura SmilesMichelle Flores-Gonzales Flores Financial Services, Inc. Chris FrasierMapp DigitalRay FreedenbergClearBalanceMichael FuscoFusco & Orsini Insurance ServicesJennifer GaffneyBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices California PropertiesRenee GalenteGalente Law, APC

Susan GarciaScatena Daniels CommunicationsValerie Garcia HongPettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin PCGreg GershmanLee & Associates, Inc.Marin GertlerGenslerAnne Elise GoetzHiggs Fletcher & MackAlyssa Gutner-DavisCleantech San DiegoFlossie HallHealthy MommaMichelle HammerPayLeaseJamie HamptonMixte CommunicationsMatt HendryGilliland Construction ManagementEric HepferHinesRyan HillHill Construction CompanyWhitney HodgesSheppard Mullin Richter & HamptonAri HoffmanMindTouchAndrew HoletsPro Kids/First Tee of San DiegoIrene May-Ling Hutchins, MDScripps Cancer CenterTimothy HutterAllen MatkinsAly JamisonJamison PRSara JensenInnovative Employee SolutionsKeith JonesAce Parking Management, Inc.Dan KaganScientist.com

Ashok KamalTech Coast AngelsLeonid KandinovRobbins Arroyo LLPSuman KanugantiAira Tech Corp.Leigh KeithPerfect Bar, LLCAlex KlingensmithLabrum Wealth ManagementShailendra KulkarniSullivan Hill Lewin Rez & EngelVictoria LakersFrank Management ConsultingCameron LammingRAR Hospitality Samuel Lance, MDFresh Start Surgical GiftsJeff LernerDMV.ORGJohn LincolnIgnite VisibilityTaryn LomasUE.coLaura MalyWonderist AgencyCarlos MartinezHaskell & White LLPKevan McLaughlinMcLaughlin LegalChannelle McNuttJONESJesus MendozaWillis Towers WatsonHao MengLyftJared MetteeSundt Construction, Inc.Joseph MorstadBalboa Commercial Real EstateHeather MoyerHNM Systems, Inc.Taylor MoyerManagedLab ServicesKevin MurphyMurphy Jones APC

Hilda Mwangi World Trade Center, San Diego Justin NahamaTroutman Sanders LLPIlo NeukamThe Collective SDJeffrey Ryan NilesConcierege Cleaning ServicesKate NowlanGRACEDBYGRITSeth O’ByrnePacific Sotheby’s International RealtySeth Odell National University SystemMatthew OdgersOdgers Law GroupMike OperaPower Digital MarketingSara PaganoBiocom InstituteJason PaguioAsian Pacific American CoalitionRenato PaivaAccess Youth AcademyAviva PaleyKitchens for GoodChristopher PearsonDirectedHaley Peterson Intesa Communications GroupLindsay PfefferI-Ortho San Diego & Targeted Skin DNAPatrick PierceOster and AssociatesEmily PippinAcademy of Our Lady of PeaceRichie PloeschAutism Spectrum TherapiesAnthony PrettoThe Kobey CorporationMariangela PrettoEntravision CommunicationsMatt PriceReliant Funding

Alicia QuinnMission EdgeRenata RamirezUniversity of San DiegoEric RamosBusiness OnlineMarjan RashediNorth County Dental Surgery Center Hope ReillySouthwest StrategiesChris RossJLLAngela RyanWare MalcombKyle SandsmarkHost Healthcare, Inc.Katie SawyerThe San Diego Women’s FoundationRachel Scatizzi ThompsonSmith & Scatizzi, LLPZachary SchlagelUC San Diego HealthTaylor SchulteDefine FinancialAmanda Schultz BrochuSan Diego Hunger CoalitionAdam SeeryHarvest Small Business FinanceDina SegalRenovate America, Inc.David ShapiroLaw Office of David P. ShapiroJosh ShapiroUC San DiegoChancelor Shay(W)right On Communications, Inc.Kiran ShelatClassics 4 KidsShivani SinghDharma ExpressPierre SleimanGo Green AgricultureBryan SmithFuscoe Engineering, Inc.

Adam SvetEastridge Workforce SolutionsJason SvetEastridge Workforce SolutionsSarah SyedCV SciencesAvi TalAgentology, Inc.Sarah ThompsonEric Paredes Save A Life FoundationKatie TranSan Diego Regional Chamber of CommerceTravis TrautvetterCushman & WakefieldClay TreskaFamily ProudDale Turner San Diego County Credit UnionAdolfo VenturaMAACDavid VogelHecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley LLPCollin WaringCGS3Music WatsonSan Diego County Office of EducationBriana WeisingerUC San DiegoParisa WeissSeltzer Caplan McMahon VitekRhett WheelerBill Howe Plumbing, Heating & Air, Restoration & Flood Dylan WhitmanBVAccelChris WilliamsColliers InternationalNicholas WilsonDouglas Wilson CompaniesBree WongSWS Engineering, Inc.

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Congratulations to the nominees and award winners of San Diego’s NEXT Top Business Leaders Under 40.

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jill adamsVice President of Marketing

QDOBA Mexican Eats

Adams oversees marketing op-erations for the second largest fast-casual Mexican food brand in

the country with locations in 48 states and Canada, as well as at universities, airports and malls. Qdoba – translated meaning the “company” – was ac-quired in March from Jack in the Box Inc. by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Managemnet LLC. Qdoba, which got its start in 1995 and was picked up by San Diego-based Jack in the Box in 2003, sold for approximately $305 million in cash. It will remain based in San Diego and is the process of hiring

kamal adawiCFO

Exagen Diagnostics

Adawi joined Exagen Diagnostics after holding previous positions of chief financial officer, corporate

secretary and treasurer at Pathway Genomics, a genetics testing compa-ny. Throughout his career, Adawi has taken part in financing deals totaling more than $700 million from merger and acquisitions, public and private equity offerings. Prior to joining Path-way Genomics, he served as the direc-tor of financial planning and analysis at Exagen Diagnostics. Adawi is an active member of the CFO Leadership Council, National Investor Relations Institute and the SDSU Aztec Men-tor Program. He is also a committee member for the San Diego Bowl Game Association.

natalie arshakianDirector of Lock Desk OperationsMortgage Capital Trading Inc.

Arshakian was promoted to her current role with Mortgage Capital Trading, Inc. in 2016, managing

a team of 30 analysts to accommo-date monthly lock volume upward of $2 billion in residential mortgages distributed among 51 national cli-ents. She is well versed in seven types of loan origination software, as well as six product and pricing engines. Natalie first joined Mortgage Capital Trading in 2012 as a senior lock desk analyst and became lock desk supervi-sor before landing her current director role. Before Mortgage Capital Trad-ing, Natalie worked for LPL Finan-cial. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California Los Angeles and speaks two languages.

elizabeth bankerPresident, CEO

Shore Solutions

Banker guides the Chula Vista-based company that provides acquisition assistance and procurement advice

to vendors working with federal, state and local entities – from tactical gear and medical equipment to janitori-al products and food service items. She has led revenue growth from $8.7 million in 2016 to $13 million in 2017. Banker arrived in her current role in 2016 following her work at the Coronado Distribution Co., where she worked as its vice president of operations. Prior to that, she was a business development consultant for Shore Solutions and the international sales manager at Divine Imaging. She also served four years in the Navy, achieving the rank of Quartermas-ter, 2nd Class. She studied business administration at Alliant International University in Scripps Ranch.

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Kristin Elliott, 36, serves as the President and CEO of Precision Measurement Engineering, a local company on the cutting edge of ‘blue tech’ decades before the term was even coined, designing and manufacturing fresh and saltwater monitoring devices.

Elliott joined her family’s business in 2006 and has created a dynamic and dedicated team, defined the company vision and increased growth. In 2016, Elliott expanded her holdings with the launch of Aquasend LLC, to meet market demands in aquaculture.

In addition to being a superstar CEO and managing TWO robustly expanding companies, she recently welcomed her third child in August, and her family resides in Vista, CA.

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CongratulationsMattMatt Price has been named among San Diego Business Journal’sNext Top Business Leaders Under 40 for 2018!

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Matt PriceChief Sales Officer

sara bennettPrincipal / Property + Casualty Division

Marsh & McLennan Agency

Bennett specializes in structuring property and casualty insurance programs that maximize coverage

and drive down short and long term insurance costs. She has a particular focus in the area of workers’ compen-sation and partners with clients to assess, understand and mitigate their exposures, as well as to reduce their claims frequency and severity. Bennett joined the agency in 2003. In addition to her professional commitments, the University of San Diego graduate volunteers as president of the board of the San Diego Women’s Founda-tion. She also serves as vice chair of the board of the Sharp HealthCare Foundation and is a member of Mended Little Hearts of San Diego, a nonprofit that seeks to help children with congenital heart defects.

jennifer barnesCo-founder & CEOPro Back Office

Barnes co-founded Pro Back Office in 2012 and has grown the compa-ny to be among the fastest-growing

private companies in San Diego Coun-ty with 2017 revenues of $5.52 million. Pro Back offers part-time, fractional resources to companies, from human resources help to accounting. Prior to co-founding the company with her partner, Mike Ford, Barnes was senior controller at TGG Accounting and in-terim controller at the San Diego Nat-ural History Museum. Barnes sits on the board of the Better Business Bu-reau, the Business Executives Council, the San Diego Food Bank’s Leader-ship Council and Junior Achievements Young Executives Board.

scot chisholmCo-founder & CEO

Classy

Chisholm has spent the past 10 years building a social enterprise technol-ogy company serving the nonprofit

community. Since 2011, fundraising on the Classy platform has doubled each year—resulting in thousands of nonprofits collectively raising over half a billion dollars. Classy also hosts an annual awards program to spot-light the innovative work nonprofits are implementing around the globe. In addition to his work with Classy, Chisholm is on three soccer-related boards of directors – Street Soccer USA, SF City Football Club and ASC San Diego. He previously served on the founding board of directors at Team Rubicon, a veteran-led disaster relief organization. Prior to co-founding Classy, Chisholm worked as a senior consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton.

matthew colePresident

Cubic Transportation Systems

Cole is an internationally experi-enced executive, having first joined Cubic at its European headquar-

ters in Surrey, England. Since then, Cole, who was born near London, has taken on roles of increasing respon-sibility in the company, which took him to Australia in early 2009 and San Diego in late 2011. In addition to leading the transportation division, he also serves as senior vice president at the corporate level. Major accomplish-ments have included the successful redirection of a critical project on the verge of major litigation amd re-se-curing a large, long-term customer that had previously been lost. His unit also secured more than $2.5 billion of business in first 10 quarters, including major contract wins in New York and Boston, both of which have options to grow to more than $1 billion.




edward coxCEO

Dthera Sciences

Cox is about to celebrate his second year as chief executive of Dthera Sciences. The publicly traded

company is involved in non-pharma-ceutical therapies that seek to lessen anxiety in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and/or dementia. Cox previ-ously served a year as CEO of Ev-eryStory, a similar therapy developer that was acquired by Dthera in 2016. He also held key leadership roles with Apricus Biosciences Inc. and Bio-Quant Inc. plus others. Cox graduated with a Master’s Degree in manage-ment from the Warrington College of Business Administration at the University of Florida

anna croweFounder & CEO

Crowe PR

In addition to her role as CEO, Crowe also is an adjunct professor of inter-national marketing at the University

of San Diego. Crowe has worked for the university since 2010. Nearly four years ago, she founded Crowe PR, capitalizing on a passion for improv-ing the bottom line for technology, health and wellness, and hospitality brands. The firm also has an office in New York. She studied accounting at Rutgers University in New Jersey and later earned her Master’s in business administration from the University of San Diego. For the past year, she has volunteered as a board member for EO San Diego, the local arm of the 10,000-plus business networking group Entrepreneurs’ Organization.

brian dersch President & CEO

Dersch Design & Engineering

Dersch is a licensed professional engineer and project leader with specialties that include microgrid,

renewable energy and energy storage, medium voltage power distribution and lighting design. As president and CEO, he is behind projects in Cali-fornia, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii and New York. Dersch’s volunteer affiliations include the ACE Mentor Program that encourages high school students to consider architecture, con-struction and engineering futures; the Surfrider Foundation, which seeks to protect our beaches; and Habitat for Humanity International.

caroline dessertCEO

The San Diego LGBT Community Center

Dessert is a veteran fighter for equality who has led the San Diego LGBT Community Center since

2016. But her presence at the center began years earlier, when she served as its public policy and community orga-nizing coordinator from 2007 to 2009. In between, she served as the executive director of Immigration Equality. Dessert also previously worked for the California Department of Justice in the Office of the Attorney General as a deputy attorney general in the public rights division, consumer law section. At San Diego’s LGBT Community Center, she leads a paid staff of more than 50 people, as well as more than 1,000 volunteers who assist the center in its various outreach activities.

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ryan egliSenior Vice President

CBRE

Egli is an experienced real estate pro-fessional, specializing in the leasing and sales of Class A and B office

and biotech/laboratory facilities. He leads the growing life science practice group for the San Diego office. Egli has been frequently honored by CBRE as a top producer in his 12 years. He previously worked as an associate with Colliers International and before that, he was a business consultant for IBM, working in the company’s sup-ply chain and operational solutions practice. Ryan studied engineering at Miami University, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

kristin elliottCEO

Precision Measurement Engineering

Elliott is not only a general manager of Precision Measurement Engi-neering Inc., she’s also CEO and

founder of Aquasend Inc. – an early stage business pursing technology and software integration for inland aquaculture farmers. It’s a nice com-plement to Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc., a leading manufac-turer of oceanographic and freshwa-ter monitoring equipment. Kristin’s father started Precision Measurement Engineering in 1982, and she has been involved in the family business since 2006. Since becoming CEO, she has tripled the company’s annual revenues with expected growth to $2.5 million this year. Elliott is a graduate of UC San Diego and has an MBA from Cal State University San Marcos.

johan engmanFounder & Owner

Rise & Shine Restaurant Group

Engman is a dishwasher-turned- restaurant owner with a slew of successful eateries that make up the

Rise & Shine Restaurant Group. He came to Southern California from his native Sweden at 16 and started wash-ing dishes in a small Italian restaurant after high school. After moving up to table busser and eventually server, Engman made the leap to owner in 2008 with the opening of Fig Tree Café in Pacific Beach. Fast-forward eight years and he owns more than a dozen restaurants from Encinitas to the East Village. In addition to three Fig Tree Cafés, Engman also owns seven Breakfast Republic locations and his newest concepts: NorPa, El Jardin, Eggies, California Taco Club and Casa Rustica.

jason evansAssociate Attorney

CaseyGerry

Evans is an associate attorney specializing in complex litigation and personal injury, including a

number of multimillion dollar civil and class-action lawsuits. Among his most memorable cases is one that involved advocating for victims of the 2011 Reno Air Show crash in which a pilot and 10 people on the ground were killed and 69 others were injured. Prior to joining CaseyGerry, Evans worked for the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, drafting requests for restraining orders on behalf of victims of domestic violence and elder abuse. He also worked as a mediator for the Better Business Bureau in Missouri. He studied philosophy and public af-fairs at Claremont McKenna College before pursuing a law degree.




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timothy hutterPartner

Allen Matkins

Hutter is a business and real es-tate litigator focusing primarily on contract, construction, joint

venture, entitlement, land use and landlord/tenant litigation. He joined the California-based Allen Matkins in its San Diego office in 2009, following his graduation from the University of California Los Angeles School of Law. In 2016, he was appointed to serve on the San Diego Histori-cal Resources Board, advising city officials on development projects that may affect historical resources. He has served as the board’s vice chair since March 2017. In 2013 and 2014, Tim-othy was a finalist for the San Diego Business Journal’s Emerging Genera-tion Award.

whitney hodgesSenior Associate

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Hodges is a senior associate in the San Diego offices of the global law giant, Sheppard Mullin Richter

& Hampton LLP. She works in real estate, land use and national resourc-es, and also serves on the firm’s pro bono and diversity and inclusion committees. Hodges is a registered lobbyist with the city of San Diego, the County of San Diego, and the San Diego Port Authority. A native San Diegan, Hodges graduated from Rancho Bernardo High School and the University of Southern California before entering its law school. In her spare time, she volunteers with the San Diego Humane Society, chairing its Young Professionals Committee. In that capacity, she engages millennials in animal welfare causes.

jamie hamptonCEO

Mixte Communications

Hampton worked in advertising and public relations agencies and an environmental organization before

founding her firm in 2014. Mixte oper-ates among the intersections of small business, community, environment and social justice, or as she puts it, “nice companies.” The Oregon trans-plant first entered the San Diego scene as an account supervisor for Bailey Gardiner in 2004 and later served as San Diego Coastkeeper’s marketing and communications director. She also managed to squeeze in time to be a board member on the San Diego Leadership Alliance’s communications committee. Hampton graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and public relations from the University of Oregon, where she also played women’s rugby – a sport she also has coached at the high school level.

matt hendryProject Manager

Gilliland Construction Management

Hendry has worked in San Diego’s construction industry for more than 15 years, including 10-plus

years in construction management. He has overseen a variety of proj-ects, including ground-up core and shell buildings, Class A office tenant improvements, downtown high rise unique office build outs, medical office tenant improvements and hospitality remodels. A licensed general engineer-ing and general contractor, Hendry holds a LEED AP BD+C Accredi-tation. He has worked for Gilliland Construction Management since December 2015. Prior to landing in San Diego, Matt studied construction management, construction and engi-neering at the University of Florida.




sara jensenVP of Business Development

Innovative Employee Solutions

Jensen works at one of San Diego’s largest women-owned businesses and is responsible for developing

the company’s strategic vision and sales plan. The company provides out-sourced payroll and human resource services. Jensen joined the company in 2011 and has been promoted twice. Prior to joining Innovative Employee Solutions, she worked for the Ameri-can Cancer Society. Jensen is a gradu-ate of Western Washington University.

keith jonesManaging Partner

Ace Parking Management Inc.

Jones is the third- generation managing partner of his family’s homegrown business. Ace

has more than doubled its business in the past 10 years with gross revenues growing to more than $700 million. Jones, who studied business and philosophy at New York University, has been in his current role since 2004. He has been a member of the Young Presidents Organization since 2010 and also serves in director roles at CalPrivate Bank, Sharp HealthCare and the San Diego Regional Econom-ic Development Corp.

ashok kamalExecutive Director

Tech Coast Angels-San Diego

Kamal has spent the past two years leading Tech Coast Angels, the largest angel investing group in the

country, and invested in nine startups including three in San Diego. He has helped galvanize and grow the local startup scene, especially in collabo-ration with Startup San Diego and the San Diego Venture Group and donates time mentoring young entre-preneurs and underprivileged youth. Plus he can rap – he found of The School of Rap, which he launched at the UCSD Ignite 2018 conference.

suman kanugantiCo-founder & CEOAira Tech Corp

Kanuganti has spent the past four years with Aira Tech Corp – a start-up he co-founded – but his footprint

on San Diego’s technology sector is much larger. Kanuganti arrived in San Diego in 2007, working as a product development consultant for Qual-comm. A little more than a year later, he joined Intuit as its chief technology officer, working on the ongoing devel-opment of products such as Mint, Tur-bo Tax and QuickBooks. At Aira, he is developing technology that connects blind and visually impaired people with a sighted agent to assist them with common activities. The users wear spe-cially designed glasses equipped with a camera that provide a feed from which a sighted agent can assist the user in real time, from reading a restaurant menu to filling in an application.

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channelle mcnuttPrincipal Consultant

Jones & Associates Consulting

McNutt specializes in diversity and inclusion, organizational change and leadership development. She

joined the firm after serving as the assistant director of annual fund and regional development for San Diego State University. In that role, she lead a culture change initiative that sought to reduce turnover and increase em-ployee engagement and retention. She also led a team of 25 to raise private philanthropic support for the univer-sity and developed strategies to raise philanthropic support for university partners. McNutt completed under-graduate and master’s course work at San Diego State, earning an MBA in 2017

laura malyCo-founder

Wonderist Agency

Maly co-founded Wonderist Agency in 2012, then followed that up by co-founding both Merger Labs

and Nomos Marketing earlier this year. Wonderist offers marketing man-agement services to dental practices. Merger Labs specializes in mergers and acquisitions, and Nomos works with lawyers and their unique market-ing needs. Prior to taking the entrepre-neurial leap, Laura worked for Sony Pictures Entertainment as its media manager. She studied advertising and business at Florida State University and merchandising and related mar-keting operations at the Fashion Insti-tute of Design and Merchandising.

leigh keithCo-Founder &President

Perfect Bar, LLC

Keith is co-founder and president of Perfect Bar LLC, a brand of energy bars created by her nutritionist

father, Bud Keith. She is one of 13 sib-lings to launch the company in 2005. In her role, Leigh is responsible for steering her family’s business opera-tions. This includes sales management, product development, distribution channel management, marketing com-munications, pricing, market research and customer service. Last year, the family made the hard decision to sell a minority stake in the company to San Francisco-based private equity firm, VMG Partners. The undisclosed investment was quickly put to work, with Leigh and the rest of her family increasing the number of bars made per shift from 20,000 to more than 100,000.

victoria lakers President

Frank M&C

Lakers is responsible for building and selling a signage and graphics company that developed and exe-

cuted visual communications solutions for more than 500 clients, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Since then, she has focused her atten-tion on helping small to medium busi-nesses, social enterprises and impact investment funds create and carry out strategies pertaining to finance, capital raising, marketing and sales. Lakers also serves as CFO for Three Squared, Inc., driving its financial strategies and oversight for the company that deals in construction management. She also serves as director of Changemaker Chats, a woman-focused educational series..

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heather moyerCo-founder, President & CEO

HNM Systems Inc.

Moyer in 2011 co-founded HNM Systems Inc., a multimillion-dol-lar international company that

seeks out talent for the telecommuni-cations sector. Rather than screen po-tential employees and send companies choices, HNM vets its only employee pool and offers clients individuals or groups of people who can take on short- or long-term assignments, then return to HNM when the job is done. The business model was conceived by Moyer, who previously served as an executive officer for a technical staff-ing firm in San Diego that achieved 900 percent growth over six years. She studied business administration at San Diego State University.

sara paganoManaging Director

Biocom

Pagano uses more than a decade of nonprofit and event experiences to help inspire next generation life

science workers. Biocom is the largest advocate for California’s life science sector. Prior to joining Biocom in 2013, she worked for USO San Diego, Discover Pacific Beach and the San Diego Senior Sports Festival. She earned a bachelor’s degree in educa-tion from Westfield State College and holds a certificate in event manage-ment from University of San Diego. In her spare time, Sara enjoys chasing her toddler, playing with her furry friend Miles and getting outdoors.

taylor moyerCEO

ManagedLab Services

Moyer’s work at the helm of the women-owned Managed Labora-tory Services Inc. requires that she

marry cutting-edge technology with lab operation expertise. The goal is to provide lab support and lab operations solutions to the company’s clients. Over the years, Managed Laboratory Services has been named one of the fastest growing companies in San Diego multiple times. Taylor has been with Managed Laboratory Services since 2008. But it is not the only hat she wears. Moyer also works as presi-dent of Boots in Bio, a nonprofit that seeks to help men and women with military experience transition into civilian lives that include jobs in the biotech and pharma industries.

marjan rashediPresident, Medical & Dental Director

North County Dental Surgery Center

Rashedi has led SmileBuilders Chil-dren’s Dentistry and the North County Dental Surgery Center

since 2013 and 2016, respectively. She is also a staff member at Rady Children’s Hospital. She belongs to the American Dental Association, American Academy of Pediatric Den-tistry, California Dental Association, San Diego County Dental Society, and the California Society of Pediat-ric Dentistry. She graduated from the Boston University School of Dental Medicine, after completing her under-graduate work in molecular, cell and developmental biology at UCLA.

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zach schlagelAssistant Director of Government Affairs

UC San Diego Health

Schlagel is a longtime advocate for public health, having joined UC San Diego Health in 2007. He is

the creator of the award-winning Here initiative to expand health care access, provide workforce education and development, and promote clinical re-search for underserved South Bay and southeast San Diego communities. He also works closely to promote events and services with The LGBT Center and manages all external volunteer activities for staff throughout UC San Diego Health. Prior to joining UC San Diego Health, Zachary worked as a community representative for Congressman Bob Filner, advising the politician on health, environmental and educational issues. Zachary is studied political science and govern-ment at UC San Diego and Gross-mont College.

david shapiroOwner, Managing Partner

Law Office of David P. Shapiro

Shapiro touts himself as someone who helps good people through bad situations when they are

charged with a crime. Since opening his office in 2010, he has handled more than 1,000 state and federal cases, from misdemeanors, DUIs to felonies. He previously worked as an associate attorney at Steigerwalt and Associates. Shapiro completed his undergraduate work in legal studies at the Univer-sity of Buffalo. He earned his law degree from the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. While in law school, Shapiro worked to secure rights for prisoners in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, California Attor-neys for Criminal Justice and the Cali-fornia Public Defenders Association.

josh shapiroExecutive Director

UC San Diego

Shapiro’s work involves evaluating workforce trends and conducting regional economic studies, program

evaluations and other data-driven projects. He is one of the core eval-uators of the effectiveness of the Department of Labor’s $500 million Wired initiative, which involved 15 regions across the country. He has also worked on a number of labor market and innovation reports including a grant from the National Science Foun-dation on the role social and cultural dynamics play in regional innovation. Shapiro is trained in both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, with a specialization in survey design. He holds degrees from UC San Diego and Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to joining the UC San Diego community, he spent about a year volunteering with Americorps.

avi talCo-founder & President

Agentology Inc.

Tal co-founded Agentology in Au-gust 2013. The technology-based company offers real estate agents

tools to more efficiently reach po-tential clients based on their online searches. Earlier this year, under Avi’s leadership, Agentology raised $12 million in a financing round led by an early-stage Bay Area-based venture capital firm Defy. The company – which employs about 150 people in San Diego – last year raised a $4.5 million funding round led by Freestyle Capital, with participation from Entry Ventures Group and OurCrowd. Prior to co-founding Agentology, Tal co-founded OnSite Latin America, a digital network that caters to business and leisure travelers in Latin America. He is a 2008 graduate of the Universi-ty of Arizona.




adolfo venturaDirector of Operations

MAAC

Ventura joined MAAC more than 13 years ago. The social services agen-cy focuses on promoting self-suffi-

ciency for low- and moderate-income families through nutritional and home improvement programs and affordable housing complexes. Ventura is a 2001 graduate of University of Califor-nia at Berkeley. In 2007, he received a master’s degree in leadership and management from University of San Diego. Ventura volunteers as treasurer on the Media Arts Center San Diego’s Board of Directors, advocating for equitable and engaged communities. He also serves on the board of the San Diego City-County Reinvestment Task Force, which seeks to promote economic empowerment for all.

rhett wheeler Risk Manager

Bill Howe Plumbing

Wheeler joined the company in 2016, and as risk manager he has decreased incidents of unsafe and

distracted driving within the company and reduced fuel costs. He visits job sites at least once a month, identify-ing areas for improvement as well as serving as an encouraging voice to the 125 employees to follow all safety pro-cedures. Wheeler previously worked for 14 years with the Domino’s pizza brand, working his way from an en-try-level position to become a district manager. In his spare time, Rhett likes to play guitar and spend time with his family.

dylan whitmanCo-Chairman

BVAccel

Whitman co-founded BVAccel — as in Brand Value Accelera-tor — and in less than five years

grew the e-commerce agency to more than 100 employees, annual revenue of $10.85 million and offices across the country, in Mexico and Austra-lia based on their expertise in selling on Amazon and Shopify. Whitman is active in the local Entrepreneurs Organization chapter, donates his time to the EO Accelerator program and also is a veteran who was deployed to the Middle East for 18 months shortly after 9/11. Whitman recently stepped aside from the CEO duties after ac-quiring and integrating a competitor, Rocket Code. He has recently been part of starting two other companies — a retail consumer brand company and an ecommerce software company Retention Rocket.

bree wongVice President

SWS Engineering Inc.

Wong leads SWS Engineering’s business development, brand awareness, client and employee

relations, and marketing strategies. She joined the full service civil engi-neering, land planning, land surveying and land development company in 2007. In January, she became pres-ident of Commercial Real Estate Women San Diego, or CREW. As president, she oversees the develop-ment of business networking oppor-tunities and other programs for the organization’s membership, which has increased more than 60 percent in the past three years. She also serves on the Healthcare Educational Programs Committee for the American Institute of Architects San Diego. Bree’s phil-anthropic activities include working with the San Diego Housing Federa-tion and the March of Dimes.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

SPECIAL REPORT: LIFE SCIENCESLIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

Ranked by number of faculty members as of March 1, 2018

Rank

InstitutionAddressWebsitePhone

# of:Faculty membersEmployees (1) CompanywideemployeesArea(s) of focus

Parent companyHeadquartersYear est.Top local executive

1UC San Diego Health200 W. Arbor Drive,San Diego 92103https://health.ucsd.edu/858-657-7000

1,5942,821 8,900

All areas of health &sciences. $659 million infaculty research awards inFY 2017.

UC San DiegoLa Jolla1960 Patty Maysent

2Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health

3855 Health Sciences,La Jolla 92093http://cancer.ucsd.edu858-822-5913

4596,000 na

Oncology, cancer research,clinical care, bioinformatics,genomics, precisionmedicine, immunotherapy

UC San DiegoLa Jolla1978 Scott Lippman

3The Scripps Research Institute10550 N. Torrey Pines Road,La Jolla 92037www.scripps.edu858-784-1000

2852,000 2,500

Molecular/cellular biology,chemistry, neurosciences,

immunology, cardiovasculardisease, virologyLa Jolla1924 Peter G. Schultz

4Scripps Institution of Oceanography

9500 Gilman Drive,La Jolla 92093https://scripps.ucsd.edu858-534-3624

239834

834 Physical, chemical,biological, geological, &geophysical studies of theoceans, earth, & planets

UC San DiegoLa Jolla1903 Margaret Leinen

5Rady Children’s Hospital - San Diego Research

3020 Children's Way,San Diego 92123https://www.rchsd.org/research/858-966-5910

159240

240 Over 700 active projects in amultitude of divisions explorecures for childhood diseases

Rady Children'sHospitalSan Diego1954 Irvin A. Kaufman

6Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

10901 N. Torrey Pines Road,La Jolla 92037https://www.sbpdiscovery.org

858-646-3100

64891

891Cancer, neuroscience,infectious & inflammatory

diseases, diabetes, obesity,children’s healthLa Jolla1976 Kristiina Vuori

7Salk Institute for Biological Studies10010 N. Torrey Pines Road,La Jolla 92037www.salk.edu(858) 453-4100

59na

naAIDS, Alzheimer’s, aging,

autism, birth defects, cancer,diabetes, gene therapy, plantbiology La Jolla

1963 Roger Guillemin

8J. Craig Venter Institute4120 Capricorn Lane,La Jolla 92037www.jcvi.org858-200-1800

32104

172Human genomic medicine,infectious disease, plant,microbial & environ.genomics, synthetic biology

La Jolla2006 J. Craig Venter

9La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

9420 Athena Circle,La Jolla 92037lji.org858-752-6500

23441

441Immunology (allergies,asthma, autoimmune &infectious disease, cancer,

inflammation, vaccines)La Jolla1988 Mitchell Kronenberg

10Scripps Translational Science Institute

3344 North Torrey Pines Court,La Jolla 92037https://www.stsiweb.org/

858-554-5708

2365

88Precision medicine

The ScrippsResearch InstituteLa Jolla2007 Eric Topol

11Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine

3020 Children's Way,San Diego 92123http://www.radygenomics.org/858-576-1700

1565

65 Pediatric precision (genomic)medicine development,

implementation & education

Rady Children’sHospital -San Diego2014Stephen Kingsmore

12UC San Diego Center for Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery and Development

9500 Gilman Drive,La Jolla 92093www.cdipd.org/858-534-2230

15na

naInterdisciplinary research

team dedicated to developingcures for neglected tropicaldiseases

UC San DiegoLa Jolla2018 James McKerrow

13University of Southern California, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute

9860 Mesa Rim Road,San Diego 92121https://keck.usc.edu/atri/858-964-4644

6100

125 Promotes extensivecollaboration & data sharingwith their partners in the ADresearch field

Keck School ofMedicine of USCSorrento Mesa2015 Paul Aisen

14Pfizer La Jolla10777 Science Center Drive,

San Diego 92121www.pfizer.com(858) 622-3000

na1,000 95,000 R&D of new & innovative

medicines for the treatmentof cancer New York1984 Robert T. Abraham

15Gary and Mary West Health Institute

10350 North Torrey Pines Road,La Jolla 92037westhealth.org858-535-7000

na55

58501(c)(3) medical researchorganization dedicated to

helping seniors successfullyage in placeWest Health(2)

San Diego2006 Shelley Lyford

na Not availableSource: The companies.In case of a tie, companies are ranked by number of employees in San Diego County.

To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of

the list, omissions and typographical errors sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions to the Research Department at the San Diego

Business Journal. 858-634-4635. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in part without prior written permission from the editor. Some

companies have declined to participate or did not return a survey by press time. It is not the intent of this list to endorse the participants or to imply a

company's size or numerical rank indicates its quality.

(1) Employees include faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, research support and administrative staff, facilities technicians, etc.

(2) The West Health Institute is part of the West Health family of nonprofit organizations, which also includes the West Health Policy Center in

Washington D.C. and the Gary and Mary West Foundation in Solana Beach.

LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

Ranked by number of faculty members as of March 1, 2018

Rank

InstitutionAddressWebsitePhone

# of:Faculty membersEmployees (1) CompanywideemployeesArea(s) of focus

Parent companyHeadquartersYear est.Top local executive

1UC San Diego Health200 W. Arbor Drive,San Diego 92103https://health.ucsd.edu/858-657-7000

1,5942,821 8,900

All areas of health &sciences. $659 million infaculty research awards inFY 2017.

UC San DiegoLa Jolla1960 Patty Maysent

2Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health

3855 Health Sciences,La Jolla 92093http://cancer.ucsd.edu858-822-5913

4596,000 na

Oncology, cancer research,clinical care, bioinformatics,genomics, precisionmedicine, immunotherapy

UC San DiegoLa Jolla1978 Scott Lippman

3The Scripps Research Institute10550 N. Torrey Pines Road,La Jolla 92037www.scripps.edu858-784-1000

2852,000 2,500

Molecular/cellular biology,chemistry, neurosciences,

immunology, cardiovasculardisease, virologyLa Jolla1924 Peter G. Schultz

4Scripps Institution of Oceanography

9500 Gilman Drive,La Jolla 92093https://scripps.ucsd.edu858-534-3624

239834

834 Physical, chemical,biological, geological, &geophysical studies of theoceans, earth, & planets

UC San DiegoLa Jolla1903 Margaret Leinen

5Rady Children’s Hospital - San Diego Research

3020 Children's Way,San Diego 92123https://www.rchsd.org/research/858-966-5910

159240

240 Over 700 active projects in amultitude of divisions explorecures for childhood diseases

Rady Children'sHospitalSan Diego1954 Irvin A. Kaufman

6Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

10901 N. Torrey Pines Road,La Jolla 92037https://www.sbpdiscovery.org

858-646-3100

64891

891Cancer, neuroscience,infectious & inflammatory

diseases, diabetes, obesity,children’s healthLa Jolla1976 Kristiina Vuori

7Salk Institute for Biological Studies10010 N. Torrey Pines Road,La Jolla 92037www.salk.edu(858) 453-4100

59na

naAIDS, Alzheimer’s, aging,

autism, birth defects, cancer,diabetes, gene therapy, plantbiology La Jolla

1963 Roger Guillemin

8J. Craig Venter Institute4120 Capricorn Lane,La Jolla 92037www.jcvi.org858-200-1800

32104

172Human genomic medicine,infectious disease, plant,microbial & environ.genomics, synthetic biology

La Jolla2006 J. Craig Venter

9La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

9420 Athena Circle,La Jolla 92037lji.org858-752-6500

23441

441Immunology (allergies,asthma, autoimmune &infectious disease, cancer,

inflammation, vaccines)La Jolla1988 Mitchell Kronenberg

10Scripps Translational Science Institute

3344 North Torrey Pines Court,La Jolla 92037https://www.stsiweb.org/

858-554-5708

2365

88Precision medicine

The ScrippsResearch InstituteLa Jolla2007 Eric Topol

11Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine

3020 Children's Way,San Diego 92123http://www.radygenomics.org/858-576-1700

1565

65 Pediatric precision (genomic)medicine development,

implementation & education

Rady Children’sHospital -San Diego2014Stephen Kingsmore

12UC San Diego Center for Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery and Development

9500 Gilman Drive,La Jolla 92093www.cdipd.org/858-534-2230

15na

naInterdisciplinary research

team dedicated to developingcures for neglected tropicaldiseases

UC San DiegoLa Jolla2018 James McKerrow

13University of Southern California, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute

9860 Mesa Rim Road,San Diego 92121https://keck.usc.edu/atri/858-964-4644

6100

125 Promotes extensivecollaboration & data sharingwith their partners in the ADresearch field

Keck School ofMedicine of USCSorrento Mesa2015 Paul Aisen

14Pfizer La Jolla10777 Science Center Drive,

San Diego 92121www.pfizer.com(858) 622-3000

na1,000 95,000 R&D of new & innovative

medicines for the treatmentof cancer New York1984 Robert T. Abraham

15Gary and Mary West Health Institute

10350 North Torrey Pines Road,La Jolla 92037westhealth.org858-535-7000

na55

58501(c)(3) medical researchorganization dedicated to

helping seniors successfullyage in placeWest Health(2)

San Diego2006 Shelley Lyford

na Not availableSource: The companies.In case of a tie, companies are ranked by number of employees in San Diego County.

To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of

the list, omissions and typographical errors sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions to the Research Department at the San Diego

Business Journal. 858-634-4635. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in part without prior written permission from the editor. Some

companies have declined to participate or did not return a survey by press time. It is not the intent of this list to endorse the participants or to imply a

company's size or numerical rank indicates its quality.

(1) Employees include faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, research support and administrative staff, facilities technicians, etc.

(2) The West Health Institute is part of the West Health family of nonprofit organizations, which also includes the West Health Policy Center in

Washington D.C. and the Gary and Mary West Foundation in Solana Beach.

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n By MARIEL CONCEPCION

Six years ago, while having dinner

at one of the 18 hotels he either owns

and/or manages, Robert Rauch,

founder and CEO of RAR Hospital-

ity, saved the life of one of his guests.

“It was pure coincidence that I

happened to be there having din-

ner, and a guest was drowning,” re-

called Rauch, who founded the ho-

tel management company in 1990.

“Someone yelled for help, I called

911, I gave the 16-year-old mouth-

to-mouth while his mother looked

on, and I resuscitated the boy.”

Earlier this year, that grateful young

man got married at the same hotel

— Homewood Suites in Del Mar.

That wasn’t the first or the last time

that Rauch was involved in a crisis

management situation at one of his

properties, seven of which he owns

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August 27 - September 2, 2018 • $3.00

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Walmart page 46

Power of Towers Shapes

Downtown Rental Scene

PROPERTY: High-Rise Projects

Make Sense in Expensive Market

n By RAY HUARD

Take a look around downtown San Diego and

new apartment towers — previously a rare sight —

are sprouting up like never before.

Prior to 2003, there was only one market rate

apartment tower of more than 100 apartments in

the entire county, according to CBRE.

That one was AVA Cortez Hill, a 299-unit com-

plex at 1399 Ninth Ave., built in 1973.

Since 2003, nine apartment towers have been

built — all but one in downtown San Diego,

WalmartLabs to Add

To Tech Momentum

TECH: Local Expansion Seen

As Catalyst for Inflow of Talent

n By SARAH de CRESCENZO

San Diego Venture Group, founded more than

30 years ago, this year held its first-ever event in

North County.

Organizers were nervous the region remained

too sleepy to attract a crowd, but hundreds turned

out to mingle at Make, a Carlsbad office complex

developed in 2015 with tech tenants in mind.

Now the world’s largest retailer, Walmart, is

looking to raise its profile in the local tech scene

by moving about 70 people who work for

Staying Connected

Towers page 40

RAR page 41

Altegris’ Merger Opens Access to Alternative Investing

Artivest page 47

FINANCE: Artivest’s Platform

Gives Investors Needed Tool

n By SARAH de CRESCENZO

those carts.

That’s the story Artivest founder and CEO

James Waldinger likes to tell to illustrate the

volume of subscription documents — the doc-

umentation that spells out the particulars of an

investment agreement — that can be associated

with the sale of securities in an investment fund.

For big private equity firms and hedge funds,

the required communication alone makes offer-

ing shares to individual investors an unattractive

proposition.

But as interest in alternative investment strat-

egies — those that involve investments outside

Picture a shopping cart full of reams of

documents. Now picture a FedEx plane full of

Technology: Navy Had

Role in Nixing Qualcomm-

Broadcom Deal10Events: Winners of

SDBJ’s Next Top Business

Leaders Under 4019SDBJ THE LISTS

Research Institutions .. 15

CROs / CMOs ............. 16

Photo by Jamie Scott Lytle

Robert Rauch, founder of RAR Hospitality, says he spends 50 percent of his work time visiting hotels he owns and/or manages,

including the Lafayette Hotel in North Park.

TOURISM: Hotel Group Views Customers as Partners, Creating a Lasting Loyalty

James Waldinger,

Artivest founder and CEO

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More than 500 people gath-ered Aug. 14 at the Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter to celebrate the San Diego Busi-ness Journal’s San Diego Next Top Business Leaders Under 40 event. Forty of the region’s leaders and emerging leaders were honored from a cross section of local industries. The sponsors were Moss Adams LLP and Robbins Arroyo LLC.

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Communications, and Michael LaMoureaux of Pro Back Office LLC4. Courtney Knaak, Rhett Wheeler and Sharon Wheeler of Bill Howe

Plumbing, Heating & Air5. Joy Timple of Moss Adams LLP6. Victoria Lakers of Frank Management Consulting, Ilo Neukam of The

Collective SD, Rachel Scatizzi Thompson of Smith & Scatizzi LLP, and Lindsay Pfeffer of I-Ortho San Diego

7. Abbe Guddal of Hylete Inc. and Brady Chevigny and Katharine Nowlan of Gracedbygrit Inc.

8. Debbie Fite of Moss Adams LLP9. Heidi Curiel of DPR Construction, Danielle Rae Cricchio of Garnet Lash

Enterprises, Bill Bartshe of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California, and Rick Bushree of the San Diego Business Journal

10. Brian Dersch of Dersch Design & Engineering Inc. and Nels Jensen of the San Diego Business Journal

11. Kay Coleman and Zachary Schlagel of UC San Diego Health12. Keith Ramirez and Leigh Keith of Perfect Bar LLC

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14. Cara Dessert and Ian Johnson of The San Diego LGBT Community Center

15. Rick Bushree, Melissa Scofield and Jim Barker of the San Diego Business Journal

16. Adriana Flor, Claire French, Channelle McNutt and Alvin Jones of Jones

17. Scot and Carrie Chisholm of Classy18. Laura Maly of Wonderist Agency19. Leo Kandinov of Robbins Arroyo LLP and Keith Fenton of the San

Diego Business Journal20. Jerry Sanders of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce,

Barb Chodos of the San Diego Business Journal, Ryan Strausbaugh and Carisa Wisniewski of Moss Adams LLP and Armon Mills and Melissa Scofield of the San Diego Business Journal

21. Matt Hendry of Gilliland Construction Management22. Rachel Christensen of the University of San Diego Center for Peace

and Commerce, Briana Weisinger of UC San Diego and Diego Alacron of ZIP Launchpad at San Diego State University

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