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Knox Attorney Services Inc.

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Time Warner Cable San Diego

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R.J. Watkins & Co. Ltd.

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Barona Band of Mission Indians

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Austin Veum Robbins Partners

Kennon Baldwin

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Rick Engineering Co.

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Shea Homes San Diego

Douglas Barnhart

Douglas E. Barnhart Inc.

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Architects BP Associates Inc.

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Bingham Construction

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BSD Builders Inc.

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Bosa Development

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J.R. Filanc Construction Company Inc.

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Brion Design Inc.

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Camp Dresser and McKee Inc.

Tom Brown

Sierra Pacific West Inc.

Scott Buckley

The PCF Group

Jack Burger

Burger Construction

Ray Carpenter

R.E. Staite Engineering Inc.

Gordon Carrier

Carrier Johnson

Michael Chapin

Geocon Inc.

Eric Cristen

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Bob Cummings

K. Hovnanian Homes

James Cummings

CTA Architects Inc.

Acie Davis

Associated Builders and Contractors

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Domusstudio Architecture

Stephen Doyle

Brookfield San Diego Holdings LLC

Bill Dumka

Black Mountain Ranch

Andy Feth

Ledcor San Diego Construction Group

Beth Fischer

Pardee Homes

James Frager

Cornerstone CMS Inc.

Scott Free

Lusardi Construction

Drew George

Drew George & Partners Inc.,

Steve Geyer

Tetra Tech Inc.

Sherman Harmer

Urban Housing Partners Inc.

David Hartman

EasyTurf

Wayne Hickey

Roel Construction

Joseph Hook

Rudolph & Sletten

Chuck Hope

Hope Engineering

Bill Howe

Bill Howe Plumbing

Reese Jarrett

Carter Reese

Michael Johnson

Carrier Johnson

Brian Jordan

Helix Electric Inc.

Dawn Kearny

Design Line Interiors

Kim Kilkenny

Otay Ranch LP

Ure Kretowicz

Cornerstone Communities

Keith Kulberg

Royal Pacific Construction

Robert Laing

Barratt American Inc.

Aldrica Lattimore

Accurate Engineering Integrated Construction Services, Inc.

James Lawrence

Ecolite Concrete

Dottie Ledesma

Generation Contracting & Emergency Services

Jay Leopold

DPR Construction

Greg Loy

K.D. Stahl Construction Group

Douglas Manchester

Manchester Financial Group

Sam Marasco

LandGrant Development

Frank Marquez

Bonita Pipeline Inc.

Michael McGee

Pardee Homes

Mark McMillin

The Corky McMillin Cos.

John Mohns

Benchmark Landscaping Cos.

R. Michael Murphy

Murphy Development

Curt Noland

HomeFed Corp.

Kirk O'Brien

Aedifice

William T Ostrem

The EastLake Co. LLC

Mick Pattinson

Barratt American Inc.

Donald Pennington

Architects BP Associates Inc.

Phil Peterson

Dynalectric San Diego.

Kurtis Pitts

Quantum Construction and Restoration Inc.

Jeffrey Powell

Powell Construction

Jamie Prevost

Prevost Construction Inc.

Carol Ray

American Subcontractors Association San Diego chapter

Gabriel Robles

Baja Resort Advisors

Gregory Rogers

Pacific Building Group

Rick Rubin

RBF Consulting

Ron Rudolph

Turner Construction

P. Randy Safino

SB&O Inc.

Joseph Sapp

3J Development LLC

Ken Sauder

Wakeland Housing and Development Corp.

Thomas Schoeman

JMA Architecture Studios

Michael Shaw

Perry & Shaw Inc.

Tom Shaw

Alpha Mechanical Service & Engineering

Gary Shekhter

Helix Electric Inc.

Neil Sherman

Industrial Metal Supply Co.

Kraig Stahl

K.D. Stahl Construction Group

David Susi

RSI Roofing

Chuck Swimmer

Charco Construction

Chikako Terada

Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects.

Paul Tryon

Building Industry Association of San Diego

Tim Umbarger

Goods & Roberts Inc.

Brian Utsler

Standard Pacific Homes

Chris Veum

Austin Veum Robbins Partners

Donald Whitacre

D.A. Whitacre Construction Inc.

Glenn Wilhite

Brickman Group

Michael Wilkes

Architects Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker

Douglas Wilson

Douglas Wilson Cos.

Borre Winckel

Building Industry Association of San Diego

Jean Zagrodnik

Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects, LLP

Defense

Shirley Adams

General Dynamics Information Technology

Eric Basu

Sentek Consulting

J. Robert Beyster

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)

Neal Blue

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.

Douglas Burke

DefenseWeb Technologies

Ken Dahlberg

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)

Mark Dankberg

ViaSat

Peter Hedley

Galaxie Defense Marketing Services

Tim LaFleur

Booz Allen Hamilton

James Lasswell

Indus Technology Inc.

Terry Magee

Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services

Sam Merrick

Lincoln Military Housing

Bryan Min

Epsilon Systems Solutions

Jason Minter

Epsilon Systems Solutions

John Nersesian

San Diego Military Advisory Council

Freda Ramey

FSK Technology Services Inc.

Curtis Reusser

Goodrich Aerostructures Corp.

Suzanne Sincavage

IDIQ Inc.

Jim Stanton

Marine Services Commercial Diving Co. Inc.

Steve Stroebel

General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

Garland Wright

U.S. Navy, Southwest Region

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law

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California State University San Marcos

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SDSU Alumni Association

Patricia Hsieh

Miramar College

Donald Kent

Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute

Jerry Lee

National University

Milburn Line

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

Norm Miller

University of San Diego, Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate

Rebecca Newman

University of California, San Diego

John Noyes

California Western School of Law

Lori Ryan

San Diego State University College of Business, Corporate Governance Institute

Dennis Snyder

Escondido Charter High School

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Belinda Austin

Ranch & Coast Mortgage Group

Robert W. Bauchman

Northern Trust

Joseph Benoit

Union Bank

Michael Bixler

Merrill Lynch

Gary Bleakley

Northwestern Mutual

Robert Borgman

First National Bank

Matthew Bradvica

RSM McGladrey Inc.

Rick Bregman

Bank of America

Anthony 'Tony' Calabrese

Point Loma Community Bank

Rod Calvao

San Diego County Credit Union

Joseph Campano

Merrill Lynch

Darren Caris

Caris & Company

Rich Caterina

Johnson Capital

John Chalker

LM Capital Group LLC

Nathan Christian

Wells Fargo

John Clanton

Wateridge Insurance Services

Bob Conn

Enterprise Partners Venture Capital

Tom Corbett

Driver Alliant Insurance Services

Mary Cunningham

USA Federal Credit Union

Stephen Cusato

City National Bank

Erik Daniels

U.S. Bank, SBA Division

David Down

KPMG LLP

Theresa Drew

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Carl Eibl

Enterprise Partners Venture Capital

Gary Evans

Bank of Internet USA

Robert Fox

Wedbush Morgan Securities

Ruben Garcia

Small Business Administration, San Diego Chapter

Bob Hahn

First National Bank

Michael Hahn

Pacific Coast National Bank

George Haligowski

ITLA Capital Corp.

Jim Harris

USE Credit Union

Larry Hartwig

California Community Bank

Paul Hering

Barney & Barney LLC

Robert Horsman

San Diego National Bank

Bruce Ives

Coronado First Bank

Edward Kitrosser

Moss Adams LLC

James Konrath

Accredited Home Lenders

Bud Leedom

California Equity Research

Susan Lew

1st Pacific Bank of California

Eduardo Lombardi

Centara Capital

Susan Mallory

Northern Trust

Michael Maslak

North Island Credit Union

John McGrath

First Business Bank

Norman Morales

Vineyard Bank

Curtis Moring

Curtis Moring Insurance Inc.

Tory Nixon

California Bank & Trust

Bruce Nunes

Seacoast Commerce Bank

Irene Oberbauer

San Diego County Credit Union

Bradley Orr

John Burnham Insurance

Scott Parker

Vibra Bank

Janice Kassebaum Patterson

San Diego Private Bank

Michael Perdue

First Community Bancorp

Joel Perlin

H.S. Perlin Co.

Michael Perry

San Diego Trust Bank

Randy Rivera

Capital Real Estate Investments Inc.

Paul Rodeno

Security Business Bank

Ted Roth

Roth Capital Partners

Ivor Royston

Forward Ventures

Richard Russell

Dow Theory Letters Inc.

Judith Seid

Blue Summit Financial Group

Drew Senyei

Enterprise Partners Venture Capital

Valorie Seyfert

CUSO Financial Services L.P.

Rus Shreier

Finance North America

Vincent Siciliano

1st Pacific Bank of California

John Sotoodeh

Wells Fargo

Don Starkey

Wachovia

Greg Terlecky

The Principle Financial Group

Jim Wening

U.S. Bank

Ralph Whitworth

Relational Investors LLC

Rob Wilder

Wildershares LLC

Timothy Wollaeger

Sanderling Ventures

Taylor Wray

Marsh San Diego

Dan Yates

Regents Bank

Leo Zipp

Washington Mutual

Government

Merrilee Boyack

Poway City

Dick Daniels

City of Escondido

Walter F Ekard

County of San Diego (CAO)

Jesus Gandara

Sweetwater Union High School District

Jim Janney

South County Economic Development Council

Ron Morrison

National City

Robert Valderrama

Unified Port of San Diego

Mark Watton

Otay Water District

Health

Brian Austin

Healing Touch Chiropractic

Robert Bernard

Ichor Medical Systems Inc.

Michael Covert

Palomar Pomerado Health

Leslie Cross

DJO Inc.

Albert Deisseroth

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Marcia Faller

AMN Healthcare Inc.

Peter Farrell

ResMed Inc.

Philip Forgione

San Diego Medical Services Enterprise

Kathleen Jones

San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Pallative Medicine

Harris Koenig

Alvarado Hospital

Craig Misrach

Freedom Meditech

Michael Murphy

Sharp Healthcare

Mike Murphy

American Medical Response

Rhonda Rhyne

CardioDynamics

Adam Shevel

The Knot Stop

Mark Talamini

UCSD Medical Center, Department of Surgery

Chris Van Gorder

Scripps Health

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Raymond Ashley

Maritime Museum of San Diego

James W. Brennan

EnDev Enterprises LLC

Andrew Fichthorn

SeaWorld San Diego

David Glanzer

Comic Con International

John Hawkins

Cloud 9 Shuttle

Greg Koch

Stone Brewing Co.

Jeff Moorad

San Diego Padres

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San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau

Lisa Richards

Picnic People

Jennifer Sbranti

Hostess with the Mostess

Don Telford

San Diego Theaters

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Sophie Akins

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Craig Andrews

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Tony Baechler

Baechler Investigative Services

Robert J. Bell

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Roy Bell

Ross, Dixon & Bell

John Benassi

Heller Ehrman LLP

Janice Brown

Janice Brown Law Group

Madeline Cahill

Sullivan Hill Lewin Rez & Engel

Dan Chambers

Biotechnology Law Group

Ed Chapin

Chapin Wheeler

Michael Conger

Law Office of Michael A. Conger

C. Michael Cowett

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Ted Cranston

DLA Piper

Nancy Dix

DLA Piper

David Doyle

Morrison & Foerster

William Eigner

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Dave Ferguson

Lounsbery, Ferguson, Altona, & Peak LLP

Stephen Ferruolo

Goodwin Procter

John Gartman

Fish & Richardson PC

James Gilpin

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Sue Hodges

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Charles Hoge

Kirby, Noonan, Lance & Hoge, LLP

Jim Holtz

Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz

Mary Howell

Epsten, Grinnell & Howell

Ned Isrealsen

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

Jay Jeffcoat

DLA Piper

Stephen Knox

Knox Attorney Services Inc.

Mike Krenn

DLA Piper

Charles La Bella

La Bella & McNamara LLP

Carol Lam

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

Patti Lane

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Harvey Levine

Levine Steinberg Miller & Huver

Charles LiMandri

Law Office of Charles S. LiMandri

Frederick Muto

Cooley Godward LLP

David Noonan

Kirby, Noonan, Lance & Hoge, LLP

John Phillips

Fish & Richardson PC

Katie Pothier

San Diego Padres

Greg Pyke

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Cameron Rains

DLA Piper

Eddie Rodriguez

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC

Andy Serwin

Foley & Lardner

Keith Solar

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Eric Swenson

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Stephen Swinton

Latham & Watkins

Amur Thakur

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Raymond Wagenknecht

Biotech Beach Law Group PC

Larry Watanabe

Watanabe & Nason

Claudette Wilson

Wilson, Petty, Kosmo & Turner

Scott Wolfe

Latham & Watkins

Real Estate

Robert Anselmo

McMillin Commercial

Todd Anson

Cisterra Partners

Belinda Austin

Ranch & Coast Mortgage Group

Steve Avoyer

Flocke & Avoyer

Joe A. Balla

Lee & Associates

Marten Barry

NAI San Diego

Matt Battiata

Battiata Real Estate Group

Arthur Bleier

Voit Commercial

Joe Bonin

ECP Commercial

Lena Brion

Brion Design Inc.

Malin Burnham

Burnham Cos.

David Cabot

San Diego Association of Realtors

James Chatfield

JMI Realty

Bill Chiles

CB Richard Ellis

Craige Citron

Century 21 Award-Superstars

Tracy Charles Clark

Voit Commercial

Brian Cooper

Burnham Real Estate

Malcolm Davies

Sand and Sea Equity Group, LLC

Dave Davis

D.F. Davis Real Estate Inc.

Jay Diskin

Commercial Realtors Association - San Diego

Linda Dunfee

Voit Commercial

Tom Fat

Frank Fat Properties

Bill Fleck

Jones Lang LaSalle

Curtis Gabhart

Apartment Consultants Inc. (ACI)

Barry Garson

J&M Keystone Inc.

Kirt Gilliland

Irving Hughes

Mark Gleiberman

MG Properties

Maureen Gray

KBM Building Services

John Gross

Colliers International - San Diego

Isabel Hall

McMillin Realty

Dennis Hearst

Cushman & Wakefield

Rick Hoffman

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (SD, Temecula, Desert)

William Hoffman

Trigild Inc.

Jason Hughes

Irving Hughes

Jerry Jacquet

Meissner Jacquet Investment Management Services

Rudolph Johnson

Neighborhood Housing Association

Stath Karras

Burnham Real Estate

Gary Katz

Westcore Properties

James Konrath

Accredited Home Lenders

Patricia Kramer

Kramer Martin Real Estate

John Kratzer

JMI Realty

Kraig Kristofferson

CB Richard Ellis

Lynn LaChapelle

Jones Lang LaSalle

Tom Lewis

Realty Income Corp.

Doug Lozier

CB Richard Ellis

Fred Maas

Black Mountain Ranch

Ray Magnussen

Building Owners and Managers Association

Douglas Manchester

Manchester Financial Group

Patricia L Martin

Kramer Martin Real Estate

Mark McMillin

The Corky McMillin Cos.

John Minervini

Cushman & Wakefield

John Moores

JMI Realty

Jill Morrow

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Andrew Nelson

Willis Allen Real Estate

Colleen Nemeth

Spectrum Property

Greg Noonan

Prudential California Realtors

William T Ostrem

The EastLake Co. LLC

Patrick Park

Prudential Dunn Realtors

Tony Pauker

Urban Land Institute San Diego/Tijuana

Robert Prendergast

Jones Lang LaSalle

Ernest Rady

American Assets Inc.

Mark Read

CB Richard Ellis

Mark Reidy

Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate

Randy Rivera

Capital Real Estate Investments Inc.

David Romero

Century 21 Award-Superstars

Russ Sande

CresaPartners

Alan Scott

Coldwell Banker Commercial Almar Real Estate Group

Steve Scott

Kilroy Realty Corp.

Kevin Seney

Bug! Realty USA, Inc.

Bill Shrader

Burnham Real Estate

John Stenberg

Intero Real Estate Services

Hans Strom

Strom Commercial Real Estate

Tom Sudberry

Sudberry Properties

Tim Sullivan

Sullivan Group Real Estate Advisors

Stuart Tanz

United Income Properties

Chris Townson

RE/MAX Associates

Brett Ward

Baja Residential

Doug Wilson

Douglas Wilson Cos.

Don Zech

CDC Commercial

James Zimsky

Colliers International - San Diego

Technology

Robert Akins

Cymer Inc.

Bjorn Backlund

MadCap Software Inc.

Richard Balanson

Maxwell Technologies Inc.

C. Neil Beer

JMAR Technologies Inc.

James Benson

Benson Space Co.

J. Robert Beyster

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)

Jim Bixby

SeQual Technologies Inc.

Neal Blue

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.

James Brailean

Nextwave Wireless Inc., Nextwave Mobile Products

Douglas Burke

DefenseWeb Technologies

Allan Camaisa

Anakam Inc.

Jon Carder

Mojo Pages

Fernando Corona

Leap Wireless

Larry Coval

Cox Communications Inc. Business Services

Mark Dankberg

ViaSat

Bruce Evanrud

EWA Software

Jeff Fisher

Cox Communications Inc.

Stan Gafner

Funkwerk Americas Inc.

Jordan Greenhall

DivX Inc.

Gene Hodges

Websense Inc.

Edward Hughes

Powermetal Technologies, Inc.

Doug Hutcheson

Leap Wireless

Paul Jacobs

Qualcomm Inc.

Kendell Lang

SensorWave

Rodney Lanthorne

Kyocera America Inc.

James Lasswell

Indus Technology Inc.

Craig Litchin

Intellectual Technology Inc.

James MacIntyre

WebSideStory

Jack McGannon

Document Sciences Corp.

Anthony Olivier

MadCap Software Inc.

Joseph Ram

Infosonics Corp.

Ellie Ramos

Technical Logistics Corporation

Curtis Reusser

Goodrich Aerostructures Corp.

Duane Roth

Connect

Dmitry Shapiro

Veoh Networks Inc.

John Thornton

Mitek Systems Inc.

Hal Tilbury

Bluepoint Solutions

Jerome Toliver

RMJ Technologies

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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.

San Diego 120 Top Influentials

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 numerous contributions of single individuals. These individuals have impacted our lives, our communities, our economy. Now, we pay tribute to these prominent newsmakers – San Diego’s movers and shakers – with a special salute to the 120 Top Influentials.

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Larry Abrams

GMI Integrated Facility Solutions

Don Adair

Swinerton Builders

Shirley Adams

General Dynamics Information Technology

Kent Aden

Otay Ranch Co.

Robert Akins

Cymer Inc.

Sophie Akins

Best Best & Krieger LLP

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

Brian Austin

Healing Touch Chiropractic

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

Andrew Barile

Fairbanks Consulting Group

Laura Barish

Bernardo Technical Services, Inc.

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.

Eric Basu

Sentek Consulting

Matt Battiata

Battiata Real Estate Group

Robert W. Bauchman

Northern Trust

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)

Lisa Bicker

CleanTECH San Diego

Jeff Bingham

Bingham Construction

Jim Bixby

SeQual Technologies Inc.

Michael Bixler

Merrill Lynch

Charles Black

CB Urban Development

Jeff Blair

BSD Builders Inc.

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

Rick Bregman

Bank of America

James W. Brennan

EnDev Enterprises LLC

Steve Brinigar

URS Corporation, General Engineering Division

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

Douglas Burke

DefenseWeb Technologies

Malin Burnham

Burnham Cos.

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David Cabot

San Diego Association of Realtors

Madeline Cahill

Sullivan Hill Lewin Rez & Engel

Anthony 'Tony' Calabrese

Point Loma Community Bank

Rod Calvao

San Diego County Credit Union

Allan Camaisa

Anakam Inc.

Joseph Campano

Merrill Lynch

Mark Canavarro

Cubicles Office Environments

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

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