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 - 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
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