Founders Team

George Mullen (Principal of StudioRevolution.com) — native San Diegan

Brian Caster (CEO of A-1 Self Storage) — native San Diegan

Bill Walton (NBA legend and Hall-of-Famer) — native San Diegan

Jon Lutack (Substance Abuse Counselor) — 60 year San Diegan

Richard Bailey (Mayor of Coronado) — native San Diegan

Rick Sweeney (retired business owner) — native San Diegan

Ester Araujo (concerned citizen) — near-native San Diegan

Tom Sudberry (Chairman of Sudberry Properties) — 56 year San Diegan

Jack McGrory (CEO of La Jolla MJ Management LLC and City Manager for City of San Diego, 1991 – 1997) — 49 year San Diegan

Larry Turner (2024 San Diego Mayoral Candidate + San Diego Police Officer + Lt. Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, retired) – native Californian

Laura Lothian (Vice Mayor + Councilmember, City of La Mesa, 2021 – Present) — 25 year San Diegan

Robert Brewer (U.S. Attorney for Southern District of California, retired) — 44 year San Diegan

Kevin Faulconer (Mayor, City of San Diego, 2014 – 2020) – 38 year San Diegan

David Lundin (President of Love Balboa Park, Inc.) — 67 year San Diegan

San Diego Police Officers Association (SDPOA) — Established in 1953

Robert Rauch (local hotel owner) — 34 year San Diegan

Colonel Patrick J. Gough (U.S. Marine Corps, retired + CEO of Poseidon Consulting) — 42 year San Diegan

California Restaurant Association — San Diego Chapter

Ric & Michele Davy (CEO of Davy Architecture) — 44 year San Diegans

Jim Desmond (Supervisor of San Diego County District 5) — 40 year San Diegan

Rebecca Jones (Mayor of San Marcos) — native San Diegan

Joel Anderson (Supervisor of San Diego County District 2) — 45 year San Diegan

East Village Doer’s — Downtown San Diego

Steve Cohen (Mass Media Executive) — 20 year San Diegan

Dee Snow Lang (Real Estate Development) — 47 year San Diegan

Terrence R. Caster (Founder of The Caster Group) — 55 year San Diegan

Lisa Damiani (President of Damiani Law Group) — 38 year San Diegan

Casey Gwinn (San Diego City Attorney, 1996-2004) — 37 year San Diegan

Ryan Keim (Deputy Mayor of City of Oceanside) — native San Diegan

David Ferguson (Goldman Ferguson Partners LLC, retired) — 48 year San Diegan

Joan Wojcik (Former President of East Village Residents Group, EVRG) — 28 year San Diegan

Mike Furby (President of Marathon Construction Corp + Lakeside Land Company) — native San Diegan

Jeff Bradley (Sudberry Properties) — 56 year San Diegan

Mary Pappas (Owner of Athens Market Taverna) — 62 year San Diegan

Phil Monroe (Captain, U.S. Navy, retired and Coronado City Councilperson, 2000 – 2008) — 35 year San Diegan

Cathy Kenton (Business & Property Owner, CPG member) — 54 year San Diegan

Bill Protzmann (Founder of Music Care, Inc.) — 13 year San Diegan

Susan Lankford (Founder of Humane Exposures) — 39 year San Diegan

Eric Nemoseck (Founder of SD CAN DO, representing 36 downtown HOA’s) — 20 year San Diegan

Phil Jelsma (Partner at CGS3 plus Adjunct Professor at USD School of Law) — 37 year San Diegan

Ted Hillock (Land Broker) — 51 year San Diegan

Cindy & Martin Blair (Owners of Kansas City Barbecue / Top Gun Bar) — 40 year San Diegans

Donald Daley Jr. (President of California Commercial Asphalt, LLC) — native San Diegan (4th generation)

Wayne Strickland (Captain of Coronado Fire Dept, retired) — 60 year San Diegan

Steve Andrade (Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of A.O. Reed & Co.) — native San Diegan

Buck Bennett (small business operator) — 45 year San Diegan

Robert Semmer (retired attorney) — 40 year San Diegan

Ben Wood (Managing Director, C3 Risk and Insurance) — native San Diegan

Jonathan Benet (C3 Risk and Insurance) — native San Diegan

Flori & Sam Williams (Business Owners) — native / near native San Diegans

Rudy Ramirez (Chula Vista city councilman emeritus) — native San Diegan

Tom Verburgt (retired tech entrepreneur / real estate investor) — 10 year San Diegan

Lynn & Peter Hamilton (real estate broker / retired business owner) — 43 year San Diegans

Mike Lewis (retired business owner) — 30 year San Diegan

Peter Shenas (Principal of Ariston Services Group, LLC) — native San Diegan

Bob Link (Community Group Executive) — 25 year San Diegan

Scott Aurich (Broker Associate of Pacific / Sotheby’s International Realty) — 36 year San Diegan

Bill Bidermann (President of BK Associates) — 17 year San Diegan

Pauline Lim-Endresen (Business Owner) — 21 year San Diegan

Chuck Abdelnour (San Diego City Clerk Emeritus, 1977 – 2005) — 68 year San Diegan

Dan Quirk (Del Mar City Council Member) — 14 year San Diegan