Past Speakers

Corporate Leaders Breakfast has been bringing together top business leaders for networking, learning, and inspiration since 2002. Here are the great speakers who have helped make it possible.

2020-2021 Speakers

Karen Gabler
Attorney and Co-Founder, LightGabler

2019-2020 Speakers

Alex McIntyre
Ventura City Manager
Alexander Nguyen
Oxnard City Manager
Andrew Powers
Thousand Oaks City Manager
Greg Ramirez
Agoura Hills City Manager
Joseph Collins
Executive Director, C5LA
Amy Steinfeld
Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Faber Schreck
Harold Edwards
President and CEO, Limoneira

2018-2019 Speakers

Amy Johnson
News Anchor and Reporter, KCBS/KCAL9
John Loesing
Editor, The Acorn Newspapers
Lance Orozco
News Director, KCLU Radio
Darrin Peschka
News Director and Senior Editor, Ventura County Star
Elena Brokaw
Barbara Barnard Smith Executive Director, Museum of Ventura County
Robin Gose
President and CEO, MOXI, The wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation
Luke Swetland
President and CEO, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Amanda Sabicer
Senior Vice President of Unlocking Innovation, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
Jeff Gorell
Deputy Mayor, City of Los Angeles

Prior Events

2017-2018 Speakers

James Treanor
President and Chief Executive Officer, ADRx
Frank Watanabe
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Kanan Therapeutics
Hai Yan
Co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, REMD Biotherapeutics
John Davies
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, Davies Public Affairs
Thomas Tighe
President, Chief Executive Officer, Direct Relief
Rick Stollmeyer
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, MINDBODY
Eyal Gluzman
President, Martha's Senior Gourmet
Stan Luker
Partner, Moss Adams Transaction Services

2016-2017 Speakers

Kevin Demoff
Executive Vice President of Football Operations and Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles Rams
Michael Bronner
President, Dr. Bronner's
Pamela Lopker
President and Chairman, QAD
Jeffrey Edell
Chairman and Co-founder, IndieU
Natalie Edell
Chief Executive Officer and Creator, IndieU
Shannon Hillygus
General Manager, Marriott Ventura Beach
Jane Lee Winter
President, Town & Country Travel
Warren Speiker
Managing Partner, Continuing Life retirement communities

2015-2016 Speakers

Vanessa Bechtel
President and CEO, Ventura County Community Foundation
Eduardo Cetlin
President, Amgen Foundation
Steve Hilton
Chairman, President and CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Ron Brand
Shareholder, Jackson DeMarco Tidus & Peckenpaugh
Aaron Herzberg
Marijuana Entrepreneur and Attorney, CalCann Holdings
Gordon Morrell
Executive Vice President, Yardi Systems
Anant Yardi
President and Founder, Yardi Systems
Ronald Greenwood
Chairman, Gold Coast Veterans Foundation
Jacqui Irwin
Chair, Select Committee on Cybersecurity, California State Assembly
Mike Pettit
Chief Information Officer, County of Ventura
Francis Tam
Partner, Moss Adams

2014-2015 Speakers

Theodore F. Craver, Jr.
Chairman, President and CEO, Edison International
Lynn E. Maulhardt
President of the Board of Directors, United Water Conservation District
Susan B. Mulligan
General Manager, Calleguas Municipal Water District
Robert Saperstein
Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Edgar Terry
President and CFO, Terry Farms
Ronald C. Werft
President and CEO, Cottage Health System
Thomas Vozzo
CEO, Homeboy Industries
Tor Sweeney
CEO, Dresses.com
Deborah Sweeney
CEO, MyCorporation

2013-2014 Speakers

Greg Angle
President and CEO, Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center
Matteo Dinolfo, M.D.
Medical Director, UCLA Health, Department of Medicine Community Offices
Steven Sell
President, Health Net Western Region Health Plan
Kristin Decas
CEO and Port Director, Port of Hueneme
Lynda Weinman
Cofounder and Executive Chair, Lynda.com
Cynthia M. Ruiz
Deputy Executive Director of External Relations, Port of Los Angeles
Jon Irwin
Former President, Rhapsody International

2012-2013 Speakers

Scott Mitnick
City Manager, City of Thousand Oaks
Stephen E. Heaney
Managing Director and head of Public Finance, Stone & Youngberg
Kurt Yeager
Shareholder, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Woody Rollins
Chief Talent Officer and Co-founder, Eucalyptus Systems
Barry McComb
Cultural Affairs Director, City of Thousand Oaks
Seth Merewitz
Partner, Best Best & Krieger
Bud Ovrom
Deputy Mayor for Commercial and Residential Development, City of Los Angeles
Scott Sollers
Managing Director Public Finance, Stone & Youngberg
Capt. Lawrence Vasquez
Commander, Naval Base Ventura County

2011-2012 Speakers

Jody DeVere
CEO, AskPatty.com
Beth Mansfield
Public Relations Director, CKE Restaurants
Shawn Mulchay
Founder and former CEO, Socialmash Media
David Flaks
Chief Operating Officer, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.
Angel Martinez
CEO, President and Chairman of the Board, Deckers Outdoor Corp
Michael Powers
County Executive Officer, Ventura County
Sue Chen
Founder, Nova Medical Products

2010-2011 Speakers

Bill Buratto
President and CEO, Ventura County Economic Development Association
Bill Camarillo
CEO, Agromin
Steve Gill
Co-founder, Partner, Gills Onions
John Shields
Former Chairman and CEO, Trader Joe’s
Jane Wells
Business news reporter, CNBC
Marla Vasquez
Senior Vice President and Regional President, Wells Fargo’s Community Bank
Carolyn Casavan
CEO and Senior Principle Engineer, West Coast Environmental and Engineering
Craig Perkins
President and Executive Director, The Energy Coalition
John Krist
CEO, Farm Bureau of Ventura County

2009-2010 Speakers

Janet A. Garufis
President and CEO, Montecito Bank & Trust
Lynda Nahra
President, Community West Bank
John Nerland
President and CEO, California Oaks State Bank
George S. Leis
President and CEO, Pacific Capital Bancorp
Keith Leonard
President and CEO, Kythera Biopharmaceuticals
James D. Power III
Founder and former CEO, J.D. Power and Associates
Donald E. Petersen
Former Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Ford Motor Co.
Capt. James J. McHugh
Commander, Naval Base Ventura County
Jonathan Greenblatt
Founder and President, Our Good Works

2008-2009 Speakers

David Banks
Director, Center for Asymmetric Warfare, Naval Postgraduate School
Bob Brooks
Ventura County Sheriff
Steven R. Chealander
Member, National Transportation Safety Board
Gregory D. Totten
Ventura County District Attorney
Scott Foraker
Chief operating officer, R&D, Amgen
Michael Towbes
Chairman and Owner, The Towbes Group and Montecito Bank & Trust
George H. Cogswell III
President and Publisher of the Ventura County Star

2007-2008 Speakers

Scott Simon
Radio Host, Weekend Edition Saturday
Eva Conrad
President, Moorpark College
Richard R. Rush
President, California State University Channel Islands
Howard E. Wennes
Interim President, California Lutheran University
Verena C. Kloos
President, BMW Group, DesignworksUSA
Tim Gallagher
Former President and Publisher, Ventura County Star

2006-2007 Speakers

Paul Orfalea
Founder, Kinko's, Orfalea Family Foundation
James D. Power IV
Executive Vice President, J.D. Power and Associates
Chris Denove
Vice President and Partner of J.D. Power and Associates
Michael Murray
Ventura Market President for St. John's Hospitals
Gary Wilde
President, Community Memorial Hospital
Jim Sherman
President and CEO, Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center

2005-2006 Speakers

Duke Blackwood
Executive Director, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Foundation
Ron Kripalani
President and CEO, Countrywide Capital Markets
Derek Cheung
President and CEO, Rockwell Scientific
Blaise Simqu
President and CEO, SAGE Publications

2004-2005 Speakers

Stephen C. Goodall
President and CEO, J.D. Power and Associates
Dennis Fenton
Executive Vice President, Amgen
Peter Nolan
President, Dole Worldwide Packaged Foods
Harold Edwards
President and CEO, Limoneira Company

2003-2004 Speakers

Duke Potts
Executive Vice President, Technicolor
Denny Weinberg
Executive Vice President, CDO, WellPoint

2002-2003 Speakers

Hugh Ralston
President, Ventura County Community Foundation
Thomas Glanzmann
President, Baxter BioScience

Contact

Sharon Nelson
smnelso@callutheran.edu
(805) 493-3150

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