Year: 2016-2017

Joe Takai

In Manhattan Beach Joe and oversees all activities and personnel in the DV Center As a Partner and Managing Director Joe directs the Firm’s work in the Energy Sector and is responsible for building and launching ventures in the energy…

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Amy Lo, Ph.D.

Amy Lo is the Observatory Alignment Thread Lead on the James Webb Space Telescope program and is part of the JWST System Engineering organization. In this role, she leads the JWST alignments team to oversee all aspects of observatory alignment.…

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Andy Cohen

Andy is one of two Gensler Co-CEOs whose collaborative leadership is fundamental to setting the company apart as a leading design firm. For his innovative leadership, Andy, along with Co-CEO Diane Hoskins, ranks on Business Insider’s elite “Creators” list, a who’s who of the…

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Wendy Coate

Wendy Coate is a California native and has been a Manhattan Beach resident since 1992. Along with her husband Chuck they raised two children who started K-12 at Pacific Elementary and graduated from Mira Costa High School. The eldest is…

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Portia Cohen

Portia Cohen, Esq. is a former Mayor and Councilmember for the City of Manhattan Beach. She currently works for UCLA Health as a Strategic Liaison for Affiliations & Partnerships under the Chief of Strategy.  She previously was Corporate Counsel for…

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Joyce Fahey

Joyce Fahey has been a Manhattan Beach resident for more than 30 years.  Joyce served as a City Council member and Mayor for 8 years as well as a School Board Trustee. Joyce was a federal prosecutor at the U.S.…

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Bill Hory

Bill Hory has been a Manhattan Beach resident for 23 years, where he lives with his three middle school-aged children. Bill works in the B2B space with primary responsibility for business development in Africa, China, Europe, and South America. Bill…

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Phil Wah

Phil Wah is president of Give Back Make a Difference (GBMD), an organization focused on leadership and career development.  Having a passion to help others succeed, he founded GBMD after a successful engineering career at The Boeing Company. While there,…

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Ellen Chao

Ellen Chao has been a resident of Manhattan Beach since 2001 and has been part of Manhattan Beach Youth Council since 2015. Prior to starting her family, she worked as a high technology lender assisting venture-backed startup companies. Ellen has…

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Paki Wolfe

Paki Wolfe has lived in Manhattan Beach for 32 years and raised two sons who attended MBUSD. Often referred to as an uber volunteer she led multiple groundbreaking programs, and served as PTA President for two years at Grand View…

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