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Turner Construction

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SB&O Inc.

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Wakeland Housing and Development Corp.

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Perry & Shaw Inc.

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Alpha Mechanical Service & Engineering

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K.D. Stahl Construction Group

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RSI Roofing

Chuck Swimmer

Charco Construction

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Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects.

Paul Tryon

Building Industry Association of San Diego

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Goods & Roberts Inc.

Brian Utsler

Standard Pacific Homes

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Austin Veum Robbins Partners

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Douglas Wilson Cos.

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DLA Piper

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U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of California

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Law Office of Charles S. LiMandri

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Latham & Watkins

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Flocke & Avoyer

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NAI San Diego

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CB Urban Development

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ECP Commercial

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Brion Design Inc.

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Burnham Cos.

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San Diego Association of Realtors

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Burnham Real Estate

Malcolm Davies

Sand and Sea Equity Group, LLC

Bill Dumka

Black Mountain Ranch

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Frank Fat Properties

Barry Garson

J&M Keystone Inc.

Kirt Gilliland

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Colliers International - San Diego

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Meissner Jacquet Investment Management Services

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Realty Income Corp.

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Capital Real Estate Investments Inc.

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3J Development LLC

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Kilroy Realty Corp.

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Bug! Realty USA, Inc.

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SeQual Technologies Inc.

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Burnham Institute for Medical Research

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Websense Inc.

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Invitrogen Corp.

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Document Sciences Corp.

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Technical Logistics Corporation

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Goodrich Aerostructures Corp.

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Senomyx

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Since 1886, The Daily Transcript has seen and reported on many significant changes to San Diego’s economic landscape, many of which stem from the remarkable ideas and contributions of individuals. We pay tribute to these prominent newsmakers — San Diego’s movers and shakers — with a special salute to the Top Influentials.

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Don Adair

Swinerton Builders

Kent Aden

Otay Ranch Co.

Robert Akins

Cymer Inc.

Cathy Anderson

San Diego Film Commission

Craig Andrews

Heller Ehrman LLP

Robert Anselmo

McMillin Commercial

Todd Anson

Cisterra Partners

Mike Asaro

Architects Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker

Raymond Ashley

Maritime Museum of San Diego

Belinda Austin

Ranch & Coast Mortgage Group

Doug Austin

Austin Veum Robbins Partners

Steve Avoyer

Flocke & Avoyer

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Bjorn Backlund

MadCap Software Inc.

Tony Baechler

Baechler Investigative Services

Richard Balanson

Maxwell Technologies Inc.

Kennon Baldwin

Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects

Roger Ball

Rick Engineering Co.

Joe A Balla

Lee & Associates

Paul Barnes

Shea Homes San Diego

Douglas Barnhart

Douglas E. Barnhart Inc.

Ruben Barrales

San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

Marten Barry

NAI San Diego

Roger Basinger

Architects BP Associates Inc.

C. Neil Beer

JMAR Technologies Inc.

Robert J Bell

Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Roy Bell

Ross, Dixon & Bell

John Benassi

Heller Ehrman LLP

Craig Benedetto

Benedetto Communications, Inc.

Joseph Benoit

Union Bank

James Benson

Benson Space Co.

Jack Berkman

BERKMAN

Robert Bernard

Ichor Medical Systems Inc.

J. Robert Beyster

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)

Jim Bixby

SeQual Technologies Inc.

Michael Bixler

Merrill Lynch

Charles Black

CB Urban Development

Gary Bleakley

Northwestern Mutual

Arthur Bleier

Voit Commercial

Kim Blickenstaff

Biosite Inc.

Neal Blue

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.

Joe Bonin

ECP Commercial

Robert Borgman

First National Bank

Nat Bosa

Bosa Development

Thella Bowens

San Diego County Regional Airport Authority

Merrilee Boyack

Poway City

Michael Boyle

J.R. Filanc Construction Company Inc.

Jonathan Bradhurst

Westfield

Matthew Bradvica

RSM McGladrey Inc.

James Brailean

Nextwave Wireless Inc., Nextwave Mobile Products

Eric Brandt

Avanir Pharmaceuticals

James W Brennan

EnDev Enterprises LLC

Lena Brion

Brion Design Inc.

Gene Brokaw

Premier Pipeline Construction

Janice Brown

Janice Brown Law Group

Paul Brown

Camp Dresser and McKee Inc.

Tom Brown

Sierra Pacific West Inc.

Sandy Brue

Sandicast

Scott Buckley

The PCF Group

Jack Burger

Burger Construction

Malin Burnham

Burnham Cos.

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David Cabot

San Diego Association of Realtors

Anthony 'Tony' Calabrese

Point Loma Community Bank

Rod Calvao

San Diego County Credit Union

Allan Camaisa

Anakam Inc.

Joseph Campano

Merrill Lynch

Jon Carder

Mojo Pages

Darren Caris

Caris & Company

Vicky Carlson

Office Pavillion

Ray Carpenter

R.E. Staite Engineering Inc.

Gordon Carrier

Carrier Johnson

Rich Caterina

Johnson Capital

John Chalker

LM Capital Group LLC

Dan Chambers

Biotechnology Law Group

Michael Chang

Optimer Pharmaceuticals

Ed Chapin

Chapin Wheeler

Michael Chapin

Geocon Inc.