Year: 2021-2022

Sports Journalism and Entertainment

We are excited to bring you two returning dynamic speakers who will share their successes, challenges and pivots in Sports Journalism & Entertainment. You will learn what it takes to succeed in these areas from Tara Sorensen, Apple’s Head of…

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Kim Martin

Kim is the Associate Director of the Los Angeles Waterkeeper, her oldest and dearest client as anenvironmental lawyer, where she is helping them work towards better watershed management andthe protection of water quality in the Los Angeles region. Kim’s prior…

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Duane Dier

Duane Dier is Principal & Cofounder of Strativus Group, a people-focused aerospace leadershipcompany formed in 2021. Strativus Group works to make aerospace engineering projectssuccessful by making their people successful. Prior to founding Strativus Group, Duane’s career spanned government and commercialsatellite…

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Dr. Marianne Ryan, MD, FACS

• Dr. Marianne Ryan, MD FACS is a General Surgery Specialist in Harbor City, CA and has over 32 years of experience in the medical field. • Chief of General Surgery for 12 years.  • Board certified in General Surgery.…

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Bridget Hogan Cole, MPH

• Bridget Hogan Cole, MPH is the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for High Quality Care, a nonprofit based in Los Angeles. • Leads regional and statewide quality improvement and specialty care access programs. • More than 25…

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Rini Kundu

Based in Manhattan Beach, Rini Kundu Interiors is a full service design business working with numerous leading architects including Louis Tomarro, Laney LA and John Starr. Transitioning to interior design from a 20 year career as a fashion designer in…

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Anthony Laney

Anthony is the founding partner and visionary leader of Laney LA. Recognized as an emerging voice in the architecture community, his work has received numerous accolades, including an Honor Award from his local AIA chapter, and a Residential Architecture Merit…

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Aparna Voleti, Esq.

Aparna is a Head Deputy with the Law Office of the Los Angeles County Public Defender.  She currently manages a team of 28 Felony Trial Attorneys at the downtown branch of her office.  Before accepting this position, she worked as…

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Geoffrey Wells, Esq.

Geoffrey Wells is a partner in the firm of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP and joined the firm in 1992.  Since that time, he has been involved in over two hundred and fifty (250) multi-million dollar trials and settlements, including…

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Honorable Joseph J. Burghardt

Joseph J. Burghardt, of Manhattan Beach, was appointed to a judgeship in the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2018. He was a trial attorney at the Federal Defenders of San Diego Inc. from 1997 to 2000, and then served…

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