Past Speakers

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

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

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