Year: 2018-2019

Laura Inlow

Laura, an attorney in practice for nearly 30 years, heads up the Collinson Law’s Governmental Entity Liability Practice Group, focusing on police misconduct and civil rights cases under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as professional liability, premises and general…

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Edward O. Lear, Esq.

Ed Lear is an attorney and founder of the boutique litigation firm Century Law Group.  His legal career has spanned “big firm” litigation, state bar prosecution, and ethics/professional responsibility, business and real estate law.  Ed has tried over 200 cases, was elected…

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Rizza Gonzales, Esq.

Rizza Gonzales is a 2006 graduate of the University of Southern California where she graduated with degrees in Political Science, Sociology and English Literature and Language and earned the distinction of Renaissance Scholar. Ms. Gonzales graduated from U.C.L.A. School of…

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Mock City Council Meeting

This is our final Manhattan Beach Youth Council Workshop; we encourage parents to attend! MYC participants will engage in a City Council meeting simulation where the “mock” council issue to be discussed will surround City action regarding Cannabis cultivation, sales…

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Medicine

Have you ever contemplated the life of a doctor? What kind of doctor? Can you imagine what it would be like working with patients each day? Perhaps you’ve envisioned discovering a breakthrough medicine in a research lab? Or, working for…

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Jason Hove, M.D.

Dr. Jason Hove, a Manhattan Beach native, earned his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and completed his Family Medicine internship and residency at UCLA. He is a former Mira Costa Mustang who participated on multiple…

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Evelyn A. Curls, M.B.A., M.D.

Dr. Evelyn Curls grew up in the Los Angeles area and attended Harvard-Westlake High School before going on to receive her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California. She obtained her Doctorate in Medicine while also receiving…

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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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Emily Cooper

Emily is a passionate community builder, marketer, and operator with over five years of experience bridging the gap between corporates and startups. Prior to her time at DV, Emily led program design and execution at the top-10 ranked startup accelerator,…

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Heidi Kim

Heidi leads ventures in the energy, healthcare, and insurance spaces. Heidi began her career at Partners In Health, a global health non-profit, and at Oliver Wyman, a management consultancy. She found her love for building startups while at Kiva.org, a…

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