Year: 2018-2019

Michael Zislis

In 2007 Zislis opened Mucho Ultima Mexicana, which immediately became the South Bay’s premier Mexican restaurant and hottest lounge scene. Preserving the rich tradition of the Mexican dinner table with fresh, handmade ingredients, the place comes alive at night with…

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Laurel Wright

Laurel Wright has lived in Manhattan Beach since 1992 with her husband, George, where they raised their three children, all of whom graduated from Mira Costa. After 10 years in corporate and private banking at JPMorgan, Laurel changed her focus…

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Laurie James

Laurie James has been a resident in Manhattan Beach for 27 years. After graduating college with a B.S. in Business, she worked in sales before transitioning to corporate recruiting. She stayed home to raise her four daughters for twenty years and…

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Hospitality

Hospitality Industry: Selling Experiences or Products and Services? Going into an Apple Store and leaving with a new iPhone brings you many hours of future enjoyment.  But when leaving a restaurant, hotel, cruise, worldwide tour, concert or even Disneyland, the only…

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Greg Hozinsky

Greg Hozinsky is the VP of Culinary Operations for Zislis Group & Chef Partner of The Strand House in Manhattan Beach. He is known for his warm / approachable style of cooking and putting an interesting spin on familiar flavors. Recognized…

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Kevin Campbell

Kevin Campbell is Market Leader, Commercial Banking at Boston Private and is based in Los Angeles, California. In this role, he oversees Boston Private’s commercial lending efforts to privately held businesses, private banking and commercial real estate clients in Southern…

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Rob Lucenti

Rob has 30 years of public accounting experience with Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries, including leadership roles as a Senior Strategic Client Relationship partner in Los Angeles, and serving as the National Audit Markets Leader. During this time he was…

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Debra Fitzgerald Simmons

Debra Fitzgerald Simmons is the Observatory System Engineering Lead for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) responsible for directing all Systems Engineering across the program. She also served in other leadership roles on the program and was a key member…

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Krystal Puga

Krystal Puga is a Spacecraft Systems Engineer with Northrop Grumman Space Systems based in Los Angeles, CA. She is the hardware deputy manager for the 178 deployment mechanisms that will unfurl the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) once it is…

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Michael Mothner

• Michael Mothner is one of the pioneering thought leaders in the digital marketing community. • Graduated from Mira Costa High School. • In 2001, Michael founded Wpromote out of his dorm room at Dartmouth College. • The company is…

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