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| N. CHRISTIAN ANDERSON III | September 29, 2005 | The Pacific Club, Newport Beach |
| Publisher & CEO, Orange County Register The Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of The Orange County Register, which celebrates its 100th Anniversary this year, Chris Anderson also serves as President of the Freedom Metro Information Division of Freedom Communications, Inc., leading an executive team charged with charting the future of Freedom Communication’s largest newspaper and information properties. |
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| DAVID E.I. PYOTT | October 6, 2005 | The Center Club, Costa Mesa |
| Chairman, President & CEO, Allergan Inc. With more than 20 years of international experience in nutrition and health care, David Pyott joined Allergan, Inc. as President and CEO in 1998. Having led the technology-driven, global health care company through a strategic refocus on specialty pharmaceuticals and a restructuring of the company’s worldwide operations, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Allergan, Inc. in 2001. |
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| HON. JAMES ROGAN | October 20, 2005 | The Pacific Club, Newport Beach |
| Former U.S. Congressman, Judge, & Under Secretary of Commerce; Attorney, Venable LLP Author of “Rough Edges: My Unlikely Road from Welfare to Washington,” Jim Rogan served two terms in the U.S. Congress, serving on both the Commerce and Judiciary Committees. He was selected by the House of Representatives to be one of the managers in the historic impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. With prior experience as a Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney and as Majority Leader of the California State Assembly, Rogan was selected in 2001 by President George W. Bush as Under Secretary of Commerce serving as chief advisor to the President on all matters of intellectual property. |
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| LUCETTA “LUCY” DUNN | October 27, 2005 | The Center Club, Costa Mesa |
| Director, California Department of Housing and Community Development With responsibilities including oversight for administering the state’s housing finance, rehabilitation, and community development programs, as well as oversight of the state’s housing planning and code-setting processes, and regulation of manufactured housing and mobile home parks, Lucy Dunn was appointed in 2004 by Governor Schwarzenegger to serve as Director of the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Dunn’s diverse leadership skills and outstanding background in the building and development industry earned her the title of California State Legislature “Woman of the Year” in recognition of her civic involvement, influence and participation in public policy and planning task forces. |
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| DR. JUDY ROSENER | November 3, 2005 | The University Club, UCI, Irvine |
| Professor, The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine Considered an expert in the field of workplace gender issues, Judy Rosener is a much sought-after speaker and author, currently working on a book about the implications for decision-making in the workplace as a result of sex-based brain, hormonal and socialization differences. After many years of volunteer work and developing and teaching courses at UCI after raising her children, Judy earned her doctorate at the age of 50 and is a full-time professor at UCI’s Graduate School of Management, teaching courses in business and government, cultural diversity, privatization, and the social & political implications of Information Technology |
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| RUEBEN MARTINEZ | November 10, 2005 | The Pacific Club, Newport Beach |
| Barber, Founder & Owner, Libreria Martinez Books & Art Galleries Named by Inc. Magazine as one of America’s “Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs,” and rewarded by the MacArthur Foundation with one of their $500,000 fellowships called “genius grants,” Rueben Martinez is admired for simultaneously building a business and nurturing Latino culture. A barber from Santa Ana, Martinez turned his barbershop into a neighborhood bookstore, and subsequently co-founded the Latino Book Festival, and has become one of the largest commercial sellers of Spanish-language books in the country. |
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California State University, Fullerton Chapman University/Argyros School of Business & Economics