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Birthplace? For decades the market seemed to make an adjustment Caracas, Venezuela, I left in 1980 to study engineering at every 5 years or so, yet now with inventory so low, it being the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and a sellers’ market, there seems no end. thereafter I received my Master’s in Business Administration The market cannot sustain such growth with sale prices at the National University in Sacramento. Some years later I increasing 15% or higher each year. Generally speaking, a taught summer courses on engineering at UC Davis. 5%-8% growth rate is where the market should be and when Upon graduation, what was your first job experience? you find it well above that mark, as is presently the case, there I began as a Civil Engineer with the Cuckler Anderson simply will have to be an adjustment over time. Building systems specializing in commercial buildings. Then I worked for Sacramento County in Engineering and With the internet becoming such an influential factor, it Development leading a team of 15 engineers. When I first seems that transactions occur much faster. moved to San Diego, I worked for the City of San Diego Covid may have taught us that we do not have to be present where I remained for 10 years in Construction Management, to be present. I have taken listings and sold properties with managing everything from roads, retaining walls, drainage, people across the nation and internationally without ever and full developments to libraries, fire departments, and having them in my presence. I prefer to be one-on-one, bridges. Then time came for me to begin a family, and in so face-to-face. Although Zoom has been helpful, I am looking doing, I chose to seek a more flexible schedule, thus I left the forward to the personal contact which often leads to a more engineering position with the City of San Diego. productive result. I have found my niche in being more While working on developments for the city, I often would personal with my clients, and it is still possible while staying notice Realtors on site who would be selling prospective plots distant for Covid safety. I only take a limited number of of land or homes, and it inspired me. I soon saw real estate clients each month so that I can dedicate my time to each as the perfect profession because it allowed for flexibility in person, ensuring that my client is well supported. When my schedule, and my engineering background would help they hire me, they get me, and they are not turned over to a discern the potential hazards and pitfalls of buying a certain transactional team. home or raw land. I readily understood the lay of the land, how a home might be remodeled for expansion, as well as the Which areas of Realty are you a Certified Specialist? permit process that is often severely restrictive. I also worked Actually, yes, as I personally believe there’s always room to for an attorney who specialized in eminent domain, which learn, so I attend annual real estate conferences to keep up opens a totally different set of potential challenges. with the latest marketing tools, technology and laws affecting You also have a Masters in Business Administration. the real estate market. I am certified with the Marketing Yes, and I leaned into that education while at the city having Luxury Institute that offers specialized training to better managed some 25 people with a budget of 100 million understand the more effective methods of selling high-end dollars within the Construction Management Group. Today, luxury homes and how to find the buyers for those homes. my Realty Team consists of just 5 members. I much prefer I am also a certified specialist in short sales, foreclosures, working with my clients directly and do not pass any client military relocation, and senior relocations. I think it is over to a transactional team, which is often the case with important to have the tools to assist clients across various many realtors who are handling large caseloads with multiple backgrounds and real estate needs. clientele. I want my client to know that I am not just working for them, I am working with them. I choose to spend a wealth Have you a background in support of community of time learning and understanding their goals so we can involvement? achieve those goals together. Yes, I have long been a strong believer of community “Zoraya brings a tremendous amount of market knowledge involvement. I have participated and led many groups and and experience to the business,” says Brian Arrington, CEO, organizations of a philanthropic nature. I have been a long- Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty. “She is dedicated to the time supporter of Rady Children’s Hospital and the Ronald professionalism of our industry and is an integral part of the McDonald House. The services they supply for families of Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty team and an exceptional youth make all the difference in making healthcare accessible. ambassador of the Sotheby’s International Realty brand.” I also am very involved with the T3 foundation whose mission is “Giving Time, Talent, or Treasure for Children, Military and Animals.” ■ 619.871.3850 | Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty

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MANAGING TO MANAGE AN By SHERRY PRICE Collectively, our mental health has suffered this past year and the enormous emotional toll has been egregious. It is of no surprise that given the demands that COVID has thrust upon women in particular, with schedule changes affecting their children’s schooling and their work/home balance, that women have largely driven the spike in alcohol consumption. Clearly, over-drinking is one of the quickest ways to sabotage physical, mental, and emotional health and zap one’s energy, motivation, and productivity. Most realize its affect on their system and would choose to adjust their drinking patterns to realize the benefits of a healthier lifestyle, and a revitalized energy, however, our society normalizes drinking with a focus on treatment and rehab centers at a time when drinking takes over one’s life. The better option is to nip the habit in the bud before it becomes a major factor. Preventative strategies do exist and most over-drinkers can learn to cut back successfully without total abstinence. Cognitive-based therapy can transform one’s desire and one’s relationship with alcohol with its focus on reprogramming the brain with concrete tools to successfully manage consumption. A first step to habit change is becoming aware of one’s triggers. Knowing how the brain perceives certain people, places, time of the day, and situations will uncover the emotional reasons why over-drinking is likely to occur. The strategies that follow focus on emotional management, allowing one to manage the urges properly and decondition those triggers, leading to confidence and control over consumption. Total abstinence is not required. These strategies can be learned rather quickly, and confidentially online or in private sessions, allowing one to imbibe as they selectively choose without compromising their good health. Photography by Becki Freed / legacybrandimages.com Sherry B. Price, PharmD, MBA, APh, BCPS is a certified life coach, podcaster, pharmacist, and wellness motivator. She helps women stop the overdrinking habit and create a new relationship with alcohol where they are confident and in control. Her website is www.sherryprice.com where she offers a variety of free resources including her podcast called Drink Less Lifestyle.

North Coast Rep Spotlight Gala STREAMING Kicking Off Our 40th Season JUNE 9 – JULY 4 SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2021 Directed by David Ellenstein FAIRMONT GRAND DEL MAR Here in America, she is known simply as Dr. Ruth. Her background includes living in five countries, marrying Honorary Chairs San Diego’s Champion for three times and identifying under four names. In Richard & Svetlana Dreyfus the Arts Jay & Julie Sarno a striking solo performance, six-time Tony and Emmy nominee Tovah Feldshuh (Broadway’s Golda’s Balcony), For information: Denise Young (TV’s ”Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” & “The Walking Dead”), [email protected] or (858) 481-2155 x210 deftly inhabits the warm, wise, witty persona of the beloved media figure. Reserve your tickets now for this breezy, thoroughly engaging evening of theatre, even as it explores some of the darkest chapters of the past century. NORTH COAST REP filmed plays online tickets (858) 481-1055 | northcoastrep.org

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Sprung from the abyss passionately of South Central, Los Angeles, contributes toward improving the Accidental Activist health of our planet and its populace. Ruth Westreich by rutherfod green | photography by gilda adler Californian at birth? was uneducated, raised in rural Arkansas going to break the cycle that my family Yes, I am. Born in the heart of South and she made her living at mending had lived through for many generations. Central, Los Angeles. clothing. Not known at the time was that I was going to do it through education Siblings? she had a hole in her heart, and weighed and I was going to do it because failing I am the one and only. next to nothing. She worked at the wasn’t an option. I began working the Had you a career path in mind as a cleaners nearby and I truly was a latchkey day after high school, saving part of the youngster? child. I started drawing as a 5-year old, earnings for college tuition. One year Not at all. If you come from South which I did each and every day on a later I began night classes. Whatever Central, you don’t know that there is such lined pad, drawing the same design over energy that does exist in this world, it a thing as a career path. and over again as I awaited my mother’s has been very kind to me. There were You are quoted as saying ‘when there was return from work. Over time, I began many good reasons why I should have no beauty in my life’. shading and coloring the drawings, fallen through the cracks and stayed in I did say that. My father was gone by the which gradually led to better designs and South Central. The people that I worked time I was age 5 and I was raised by a colorful art. I literally have been painting for knew my situation and offered to pay very physically sick mother. My mother all of my life. for my schooling, with the one proviso What led you out of South Central? that I pay it forward. I was so excited and Everyone living in South Central has it of course agreed to doing just that and as their main goal. I just knew that I was I have tried in earnest over the years to honor my word.

From South Central to San Diego? modified and soaked with a toxic lifestyle, and took their medications, yet Well, ironically, understanding that my substance and think that you are going still did not seem healthy and began to goal was to get far away from South to be healthy. One’s lifestyle is the critical deal with chronic disease. It is reported Central, I married a physician whose component to a healthy immune system. that 65% of children under the age of practice was in Montebello, which is not When I began The Westreich Foundation 10 are living with one chronic disease very far away. As hard as I had worked some 25 years ago, we tried to introduce that early in life. There has to be an to get myself West of the interchange, integrative medicine (alternative intervening cause and after all these I found myself East again in the city medicine alongside solidly orthodox years of observation and study, I have of Downey, albeit under much better methods of diagnosis and treatment) into come to the conclusion that all of these conditions. Ultimately, my husband and medical school curriculum. Over time, I environmental toxins that we are exposed I divorced, and with my daughter still shifted my focus to functional medicine, to each and every day are the root source in school, I wanted her to have a better which goes beyond diagnosis and and must be eradicated for us to be truly education than was being offered locally. treatment to determine the root cause of healthy. In short, a friend who lived in San Diego the illness and address it. For those with Arguably, organic crops are the suggested I move here where certain serious illnesses, I have come to believe healthiest, yet most farmers find it cost schools provide good schooling. I moved that palliative care, the goal of which is prohibitive and organic foods simply cost to Carmel Valley, and my daughter did to improve quality of life for both the more. very well here at school in San Diego, patient and their family while facing the Not necessarily so. The system simply and went on to USC, married and has a challenges they must endure makes best is not geared to support that method family. sense. I do believe that western medicine of farming. We have ventured into San Diego is unique in so many different and its many advances serves a purpose industrial farming, with the spraying of ways, and I truly love it here, yet I within the framework of medical care, huge amounts of toxics, which has and straddle this world with my art and albeit as a choice and an important will have a disastrous effect on the health activism. I live in a national and global component of the overall picture. of our nation. There are small farmers kind of society, and although I have done My work really took a turn when I knew that make up the bulk of our farms. a lot of my work here in San Diego that of these people who chose the right I just visited a project in Detroit where I am very proud of, I am better known foods, exercised, maintained a healthy there is a revitalization program going on in far off places. The people that I work with are all over the globe. It involves cleaning up the environment, dealing with environmental toxicity, and I strongly believe that you cannot have personal health without planetary health. We seriously need to regenerate the soils, the rivers, forests, and oceans back to where Mother Nature intended. As a strong advocate for a healthy lifestyle, is proper nutrition the conduit to a healthy body and mind? Absolutely essential, with an important caveat. The quality of the nutrition must be assured. You cannot ingest a food that has been genetically

wherein they cleared areas of dilapidated philanthropist, I was selective in where programs. At first, some questioned the houses and now have some 1,800 plots of the dollars were contributed, and as value of a nutrition program for those organically grown farmland supported such I became somewhat of an activist near death. The simple answer is that by the city and local community. The promoting the causes that I believed nutrition at any stage of life will add residents of nearby neighborhoods come would do the most good for individuals strength to the body and their life will over to tend the crops and it has proven and for our planet. A good friend once be improved. It turns out that it is a very to be highly successful. asked why I kept the three separate powerful resource in palliative care and Was there any one occurrence that and not combine them as one, which hospice. caused you concern about western was great advice and the artist/activist/ Some years ago, you began to bring medicine? philanthropist in me have become one. people of various professions together It wasn’t necessarily any one occurrence When did you begin to create within your home in what you describe that caused concern. The question is are meaningful works of art for sale? as Salons for a collaboration of ideas? we a healthy society, and I think not. I There came a time when I simpy had It was a model that I sort of fell into. know for a fact that the average person to support myself, and my art was the First of all, I could do it as I lived in a over 65 suffers from 3 chronic conditions, conduit whereby I could develop a source home that could accommodate large be it diabetes, cardiac, or osteoporosis of income. I used to sell my art, both groups, yet Covid put a crimp on all of issues. How does that happen? I decided in glass and large water media artwork, it. I am not certain that we can return to long ago that for myself and my children, working with an agent who promoted my the normalcy that encouraged people to a proper diet was the key to good health. pieces. Fortunately we did very well and closely unite. We had visitors of various In all fairness, we do need western it allowed me to broaden my horizon. professions that came from across the medicine, it is the best in the world for nation and some internationally. It immediate and acute kind of care, but “Wherever one may stand proved highly successful and opened unless absolutely necessary, less invasive in the hourglass of time, the the door to long term relationships with measures should be the first option. simple truth is that proper some very interesting and committed I have what I describe as a Therapeutic nutrition at whatever stage professionals. Order of Healing, which encompasses in life will add strength to the You began a Foundation to inspire every single system of medicine, and body and one’s life will be collaboration. Has it met with success? importantly starts at the bottom. Nature I feel so. I did it slowly and methodically, will, if possible, eliminate the cause. improved.” and the impact it has had in a variety I firmly believe that in our society, of forums has shown positive results. when seeking care, we start at the top, Have you strong feelings about how art I fund basically for groups and whereas we should begin at the bottom can assist those in need of care? collaboratives where I think it will have and choose a natural healing as a first Absolutely. I have funded and worked the most impact, usually connected with option. If the illness persists, only with the National Organization for Arts environmental studies, seeking to find then do we climb the ladder to a more & Health, which I find a very important the root cause for what is affecting our intrusive kind of care. I also believe that aspect of palliative care. Research has health, and similar research. There are nutrition and palliative care run up and shown that on average, we cannot focus a great many people doing discovery down the entire spectrum. We need on two things at the same time. If the research that are not receiving grants or pharmaceuticals, but we should not start patient is focusing on art, clearly it being funded, and should I find interest there. lessens the pain. I have funded an Art in their work, I do step in and provide You describe yourself as an ‘Accidental Cart program at UCSD Hillcrest where funds. Activist’. the long term patients actually begin You have stated that we are all in this Do you really think that I would choose paintings of their own. At Cal State San together, yet the country seems well this path? I have always been an artist, Marcos, Darlene Shilley and I funded 3 divided, and collaboration on most issues and I did promise to pay it forward so separate programs for the practitioners resoundingly moot. I have always been a philanthropist to in palliative and hospice care. Aroma I think back to our founding fathers who whatever degree I could. Once I was therapy, Art of Healing, and Nutrition. would be rolling over in their graves positioned where I could do more as a All 3 have become the most popular

could they see what has happened to the great democracy that they created for us, which simply is not in practice today. Politicians that used to vigorously showcase their ideas and proposals during the day, would gather in the evening and share camaraderie. Those days have passed. Opposing sides are now chastised if seen together on friendly turf. I do believe it requires a grass roots effort for any meaningful change. Your book cover and photography is beyond eye-catching and its content so moving. Each year, Jan Phillips and I pick a they are above and superior to nature recent years through funding those I region, trying to find places that have and are using this planet as a resource to feel are doing the most good and often not been photographed so much, which support their goals, and the results are unrecognized as such. When I first came usually requires an off road vehicle tragically dramatic. to San Diego, there was little information and often a good deal of map reading. Have you seen improvement toward an to be found about what non-profits She and I have visited 12 regions of environmentally sound planet? even existed within the community. the country, 12 years together. Our There has been a lot of improvement. I approached the Universtiy of San first book is titled Finding Ourselves Awareness helps create improvement. I Diego and we came together to form a on Sacred Ground, and we now find try to create awareness and collaboration curriculum under the heading of the ourselves working on another nature and the improvement will come. Non-Profit Institute with a Doctoral, photo/essay/commentary on how nature Over this past year, during the Covid Masters, and Certificate programs. It has looks so pristine, yet shocking what lies pandemic, with countries worldwide become the darling of USD, graduating beneath. Every state, every region has in lockdown, many improvements in more Masters students than all other environmental degradation that is adding our environment became apparent. The programs. I have been on its Board to the toxicity our planet is suffering quality of the air we breathe, water purity, through 3 Presidents of the University from. Being with Jan in nature and seeing a cleaner ocean. It doesn’t take long for and just signed on for another term. all its splendor has helped mold the way I Mother Nature to regenerate at this stage Cal State San Marcos is another, both feel about Mother Nature and our planet, of the journey. It can and must be done of which have very good people doing still believing that we can’t have personal with an informed and conscientious very good work. I cannot nor will I health without planetary health. populace. slow down until we find ourselves on a I am the artist, desktop publisher and Of the many programs that you have path protecting this wonderful planet, book designer on all books, and all supported, is there one dear to your heart? so in need, and so precious to each and projects Jan and I do together. Jan is the I have long been a supporter of non- everyone one globally. poet. We collaborate on the content. We profits as a volunteer and more so in always put our friendship first when we thewestreichfoundation.org start a project, and make a commitment that if we run into a disagreement, our friendship comes first, and we have yet to deviate from that commitment. You seem to be energized and gain resilience most from nature? Absolutely. It is so clear to me that I am a part of nature, part of that giant ecosystem. I think that many feel that

PROMOTIONAL Women Owned & Career Professionals Sandra Den Uijil Certified Public Accountant President Tea3 Foundation A CPA and an MBA in Global Management mark a part of Sandra’s background in the professional world. A background that she is proud of and which has served her well as she worked for Private, Public and Government Related Companies. She now is the Co-Owner together with her husband Henny of a Marketing Company that specializes in Direct Response Television with great success. Sandra is mother to her only son Edgar age 33 and a step mom to 3 incredible boys. Chris 33, Corey 32 and Kellan 28. Sandra and Edgar came to the US when she married her husband Henny 26 years ago. Though she loves working on her Company and being a mom she truly enjoys Volunteer work. After years helping raise funds for Rady Children’s Hospital, Sandra decided together with several friends to create a foundation that is “Project Based”. This is how The Rancho Santa Fe Tea3 Foundation was born. The objective is to help Organizations dedicated to help Children, Military and Animals with some of the projects they have. As acting President of Tea3 Foundation, Sandra states that the Foundation believes that everyone has Time, Talent or Treasure to give to those in need. She encourages participation in their efforts to provide assistance to those within our community in need of help. Tea3 Foundation will be having their first event of the year, “Summer of Love” this coming June 5th in a private residence with invitations in the making and soon to be sent. With her “Can Do” attitude and an ever-present positive outlook on life, Sandra feels blessed being able to provide on-going support in helping make a difference within the community that she loves so dearly. Tea3foundation.org Photography by Gilda Adler

PROMOTIONAL Women Owned & Career Professionals Kristi Pieper Executive Director Property Management Firm A native Californian, and raised in the heart of La Jolla, Kristi graduated USC with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration and a minor in Business. Having overseen operations for the family company for a number of years, she began her own property management firm, which in the coming years successfully grew the number of properties under her guidance. A avid supporter of non-profits and their on-going efforts in helping communities provide assistance for the underserved, Kristi states, where I continue to find my courage and compassion is through the gift of giving to others; a passion that has always been within my heart and soul, and shall remain so in years on end. During these trying times of the pandemic, Kristi reveals that she has explored new options to enlighten her spirit and find the physical and mental strength to continue on with a determined purpose. One such option was Cryotherapy, started as a once a week treat for herself, it fast became a daily ritual where she firmly believes that with this treatment, one’s body is physically reborn. Another outlet of newness is a daily workout - strength training or a spin class, which has been physically challenging, yet with such positive results and such improvement within her that even her emotional outlook has become brighter, together with a sense of calmness. Kristi confirms that with these newfound options of vitality it has empowered her desire of contributing to others to the best of her ability. On the horizon is Co-Chairing ‘Rendezvous in the Zoo’ for the 2021, 2022 seasons, actively participating on Zoom calls for Patrons of the Prado, seeking support for their may wondrous deeds in support of our community, Meals on Wheels, the Thursday Club and the Social Service League, all of which, along with so many other worthy organizations mightily serve in the best interest of our community. Most of all, she treasures the love of family and friends and will build on this new foundation of gratitude. Photography by Gilda Adler

PROMOTIONAL Women Owned & Career Professionals Angie Barbera Director of Business Operations Intersect Management, LLC is a project management and commercial real estate consulting firm based in Sorrento Mesa, San Diego with projects across the United States, on-going in Los Angeles, Texas, Boston, and the Bay Area. Angie, with her husband Mike Barbera, who heads all project management within the company, enjoy every moment within their Veteran owned family business. Understanding their customers’ needs and helping to fulfill that goal has been a key element to a successful business. At Intersect, they provide real estate management services and solutions to support client expansions, relocations and renovations. Most companies don’t have in-house project management with their level of expertise. Their experience in the San Diego life science and project management community is unmatched. Even though Intersect Management specializes in highly technical projects like life sciences and mission critical sites, they also offer services to a number of industries that include healthcare, corporate office, hospitality, and higher education. Relationships are key to Intersect’s success, which attributes to the fact that they have multiple projects with 90% of their clientele. Attention to detail, proactive risk mitigation, and a professional approach are what make them extremely effective and good at what they do. Angie is a huge part of that success. Given that within the construction industry, women comprise only 10% of the workforce, Angie as Director of Business takes pride in the fact that she oversees day-to-day operations of a company consisting of 57% women. One main goal has been to create equal opportunity for everyone, where workers can excel in their individual strengths. She focuses on building a culture that creates an environment where one wants to work hard, while leaving their ego at the door to become truly engaged, enjoying both the work and those within the workplace. Angie’s primary goal in helping lead the company has been to maintain that small business passion and integrity in every employee, while tapping into their strengths to help contribute in different ways to the very success of the business. Actively involved in various local and nationwide non-profits, Angie has dedicated time both as a volunteer and Board member. intersectmanagement.com Photography by Gilda Adler

PROMOTIONAL Women Owned & Career Professionals Jan Phillips Photographer - Writer - Artist - Activist Jan Phillips’ trajectory has taken her into and out of a Catholic convent, across the U.S. on a Honda motorcycle, and around the world on a one-woman peace pilgrimage. Born in northern New York, she is a photographer, writer and speaker who connects the dots between creativity, spirituality and social action. Phillips became a social activist in her twenties, standing up against the homophobia she’d experienced all her life. Her activism soon branched out from LGBTQ issues to the proliferation of nuclear weapons, which thereafter led her on a global peace tour as a peace- seeking photojournalist. She traveled through 22 countries with a slideshow on the American peace movement, initiating conversations about our personal roles as culture-makers. The culmination of this trip led to the publication of her first book, Making Peace: One Woman’s Journey Around the World. Jan has had ten books published, ranging from photography to poetry to thought leadership, creativity and spiritual intelligence. In the Fall of 2021, Jan will be publishing her memoir. Phillips co-founded Syracuse Cultural Workers, publishers of artwork for social justice and global consciousness. She later went on the road, interviewing people across America about the intersection of their faith and social values. In 2004, after facilitating a Visionary Leadership Retreat in Nigeria, Jan visited a tribal community in Izukeh that was in need of a residence for their teacher. Upon return to San Diego, she founded Livingkindness, a small foundation of grassroots philanthropists, and raised funds for a solar- powered learning center with apartments for two teachers and a computer hub in between. Livingkindness provides scholarships to black women artists addressing racism in the United States. Jan also has a youtube channel, audio programs and three CDs of original music. She teaches on zoom and sends out a weekly bulletin. JanPhillips.com Photography by Gilda Adler

PROMOTIONAL Women Owned & Career Professionals Dr. Julie Cowan Novak Integrating Access, Advocacy and Equity through Philanthropy “My desire to help others has been a life-long passion/core value central to my evolution as clinician, educator, advocate, entrepreneur, elected official, wife/mother/”Mimi”. Selection by the late Joan Kroc as Peace Educator/Citizen Ambassador to Russia and Estonia, together with my 12-year-old son Andrew, was life changing. My twin sons Chris and Nick, and husband Robert also share our family’s passion for philanthropy.” After developing 12 clinics for vulnerable populations in three states plus global projects in Cape Town and Xochimilco, Dr. Novak was recruited back to San Diego to replicate her nurse-led clinic model, designing/ developing the Sharp Mary Birch Hospital Nemeth NICU Follow-up Clinic, serving as executive director, hiring a clinic team, and Co-Chairing the “Growing Together Campaign”, securing over $10 million in grants/gifts. Julie is PNP/Director, Innovations in Care NHA/Head Start, providing developmental assessments, health screenings, parent-coaching and staff education. She is recognized for increasing access to quality healthcare including: the USD Hughes Career Achievement Award, University of Colorado Ford NP Educational Leadership Award, STT International Nursing Honorary Outstanding Educator, Henry K. Silver Memorial Award, AANP Sharp “Cutting Edge” Award, Doc Hollywood Award for improving child/family health in rural communities, and three primary healthcare endowed professorships. She developed a San Diego Foundation fund supporting scholarships and Balboa Park. Philanthropic roles include: JLSD Board; Benchley-Weinberger PTA President; Jamul School Foundation President; SD History Center Maker’s Dinner Co-Chair, Tile Project, Board of Trustees; Friends of Balboa Park Celebration Co-Chair; SD Zoo Kids TV partnership with IOWA Stead Children’s Hospital; and Salvation Army Woman of Dedication. Julie is President-elect of Patrons of the Prado and “Midnight in Paris” Masterpiece Chair, to be held under the stars at the Historic Spreckels Organ Pavilion, 10/9/2021, supporting ten Balboa Park beneficiaries. Photography by Gilda Adler

What is Collaborative Divorce? When most people think about divorce, they With Mission Statement in hand, the parties then meet imagine an angry couple battling to the proverbial with the heart of Collaborative Divorce: the Financial death. Movies like the classic War of the Roses or more Neutral. Again, these highly qualified professionals are recent Divorce Story spring to mind: a crazed Kathleen also trained in the collaborative process. Working with Turner chain sawing through furniture or Adam Driver the parties, the Financial Neutral gathers information punching a hole in the wall. It doesn’t have to be that way. about the parties’ assets, obligations, separate and Rather than jumping straight into scorched earth community property, earnings and costs of living. litigation, couples can pursue Collaborative Divorce. Once all financial information has been processed and This alternate resolution process offers a far more explained to the parties, the Financial Neutral creates humane approach to untangling the many ties that bind different scenarios so the parties can determine which a married couple. Viewing divorce as a problem to be model works best for the family going forward. solved rather than a war to be won, the Collaborative At a series of meetings with the entire Team--attorneys, process represents a profound paradigm shift from the Coaches, and Financial Neutral—the parties reach an traditional divorce pursued in family court. agreement which is reduced to In a Collaborative Divorce, each party (Husband and writing and filed with the Wife) has an attorney, but that’s where the similarities Court. If child custody to a classic divorce end. Each party also has a Coach, proves to be a sticking a specially trained mental health professional to help point, the parties can them navigate the choppy emotional waters that are add a Child Specialist an inevitable part of divorce. In fact, the parties’ first to represent the meeting is usually with their coaches, not their attorneys. children’s interest. After meeting individually, the coaches and parties Divorce is then schedule a four-way meeting where they develop never easy. But a Mission Statement: the goals they intend to achieve Collaborative through the divorce. Imagine still being friends with your Divorce can ease former spouse, being able to sit together and support the transition to your children at sports events, graduations, weddings. your new life. Leslie Ryland, CFLS, is an attorney with the Schaffer Family Law Group, a full-service divorce, mediation, and family law firm known for effective legal representation and compassionate client service. For more information, please visit www.schafferfamilylaw.com. photography by meg nobriga

Care To Be Rescued? By Catriona Rutherford Julie McLaughlin, founder of CanineJulz is a firm believer that your canine friend sharing your household will return every bit of love that you care to give, and will be there for you during the good times and each and every challenging moment. As a Certified Dog Trainer with over 10 years continuous experience training dogs and their owners, she holds membership with the International Association of Canine Professionals, the American Kennel Club Good Citizen Evaluator, and with her dog Amstel has joined Therapy Dogs International. Born out of an aspiration to help dogs and their families communicate effortlessly and positively, CanineJulz takes a purely holistic approach to dog training, using positive reinforcement as a proven method toward success. Julie believes dogs should be assessed as a whole being and not just from their behavior. She takes into account the dog’s history, including any known trauma, the dog’s temperament and attitude, current behaviors and any known triggers, which guides her while teaching the dog and its owner at their own pace. Without a timeline for communication, the teaching method is to help dog owners understand intuitively and somatically what the dog is expressing, working toward the ultimate goal of better communication between dog and owner. Believing that every dog is a treasure, and having trained countless service dogs, therapy dogs, rescue dogs in rehabilitation, dogs of all sizes and breeds, Julie’s passion is working with local animal rescues to rehabilitate and help them regain confidence. Knowing the positive affect a loving dog can have on those struggling with a medical hardship, CanineJulz began a program titled Bella’s Gift. Julie provides a free training retreat through CanineJulz for a rescue dog assigned to a medically challenged individual, which has proven highly successful. At times while not in training with dogs and their owners, you will find her at anyone of several rescues volunteering her time in support. There can be no better friend than one found at your local animal rescue. Caninejulz.com Photography by Gilda Adler



Ira B. Liss, as Band director, And Having Received Encouragement From The words of the great Stan Kenton, since 1979 has helped keep alive the traditions of the big band jazz orchestra. by rick melody | photography by shaina house You formed an 18-piece jazz band at what age? I was 24 at the time. It was in 1979. I had graduated college True that your career began at Patrick Henry High School? and was working at a music store in Escondido handling the That is true. educational accounts with many of the local schools. The What does a drum major/saxophonist do upon graduation? initial idea was to supplement the summer program at the Graduated high school in 1972 and entered San Diego State. schools by forming a jazz band. It was an unofficial gathering I chose to major in cultural geography intending to broaden of interested students who came from several schools and was my musical horizons and held a music minor, playing baritone supported by a number of the local school band leaders, who saxophone in the school jazz program as well as with several also allowed us to practice in their band rooms. groups. What venues were open to you at the start? What led you to jazz? We began as a youth band the first several years and as we My first exposure to big bands was as a freshman in high became better known, older musicians came forward and school. I heard an album by Don Ellis titled Autumn. As soon asked to join, which I welcomed and funneled them in to as I listened to that album, I was hooked. While my classmates play beside the students, all the while becoming more of a were listening to the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and The Who, I was listening to Count Bassie, Duke Ellington, and Don Ellis. Was there family influence that led you to music and particularly jazz? I was the first member of the family to delve deeply into music. It actually began in grammar school when I joined the music program. The music teacher decided for me that I was to play saxophone and there it began. I truly enjoyed it and I give credit to two of my band leaders for the encouragement they gave me. They truly lit the fire under me early on.

community band. They were great mentors to the younger with Japan being the second largest audience. We have also players and it proved highly successful. At its inception, we been invited to Taiwan for their annual Jazz Festival in would play in the parks, at shopping centers and other such October. venues throughout the summers. Once it became more of a How has your music evolved over the years? community band with older musicians, we began playing in I take more musical excursions these days. While we are restaurants and nightclubs with the full size band. fortunate enough to have such a great tradition with the historically talented people that came before us, and as we Is there a magical number of musicians for an orchestra? continue to honor that tradition, it is my vision to move things A big band or jazz orchestra is composed of 5 on saxophone, forward in a creative sense. We might take a swing tune and 4 trombones, 4 trumpets, a piano, bass, drums and at times a do it as a funk tune or a jazz rock tune. On our latest album, vocalist. Mazel Tov Kocktail, we actually feature the bass player, who seldom gets featured while in a big band. Nathan East, one of Isn’t jazz mostly played as a combo or quartet? our guest artists, is highlighted playing Bass, The Final Frontier. A band is like a quartet expanded; consider it a large ensemble. He has been on some 4,000 albums and has played for all the It most often comes down to the size of the venue, the great entertainers. It so happened that we were both at high acoustics, and the theme for the performance school at the same time, albeit cross town rivals. Most often with or without vocal accompaniment? Will this creativity cross over into different genres? I have always believed that the human voice is as much an It will and we are beginning work on a new album that will instrument as any other. In fact, the human voice was the very bring in different players from various genres into the big first instrument, ever. Through time and innovation came the band. Music is music, and I feel that a collaborative effort musical instruments. A singer adds a great deal of variety and bringing in talent from classical, rock & roll, jazz, etc., can showmanship to any performance. It’s just another color added produce something quite extraordinary. to the palette of what jazz is all about. Janet Hammer is our Surely a passionate avocation; what is your real job? lead vocalist who has been with us for 25 years, and her talent Realtor for the past 17 years, and property management 37 has added great dimension to each performance. years before that. Where does the roadmap lead? You have met, and or played with some of the greatest over More recording projects, doing more concerts, galas, and the years. One ever-lasting memory? private events locally, and performing at some of the great jazz The most famous individual who had a major influence on my festivals globally with Taiwan as the first stepping stone. thoughts of being a band leader was Stan Kenton. He would hold clinics each year and I attended one in the early 70’s. I bigbandjazzmachine.com | janethammer.com met a lot of great musicians at the clinic and it so happened that I caught him alone while on a lunch break and had a conversation with him. I remember his words to this day when he said ~ “Your attitude and enthusiasm is impressive. It’s going take guys like you when guys like me are no longer here to carry on the tradition.” He was my hero and those words rekindled the fire and six years later I formed the band. At 6’ 7 inches, would players feel intimidated by the band director? Especially if they get my ire. I can tell when someone is off key or when things aren’t right. Not often and never fatal. During a performance, you just continue on, understanding that all of it should have been ironed out during rehearsals. Deal with it later off stage and again at the next rehearsal. That’s where you put the time in to insure a great performance. Fast forward 40 years, how many records or albums? Six CD’s and we plan more, one of which will be highlighting many of Janet Hammer’s top selections. We are now recognized globally and I am amazed at where our music is being played,

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Because Your Business Matters by timothy moonstone photography by becca batista Steve Coopersmith, a former U.S. Army JAG Officer, has spent the last 21 years handling business and corporate litigation matters, including corporate litigation, executive-level employment, trade secret, and financial fraud matters. He also handles fine art disputes, and select matters of public significance, including land-use and planning issues. His years of service as a Judge Advocate within the U.S. Army honed his abilities to effectively handle all challenges presented during negotiation or within the courtroom. A San Diegan since he left the Army in early 2000, Steve met with us in his downtown office.

Which part of the nation did you first call home? At what age did you enter the Army? After law school, I I grew up in suburban New York City and went to entered the Army with a direct Commission and served for college at the University of Pennsylvania in Philly, three years at Fort Lewis (now known as Joint Base Lewis and then attended law school at the University of California, McChord) near Seattle as a Judge Advocate. I entered the Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. Army as a First Lieutenant and was promoted to the rank of Have you siblings within the family? I have a brother and Captain shortly thereafter. While in law school, I had worked sister, both in the Seattle area. My brother is a rather high- for a U.S. Attorney’s Office and one of the Assistant U.S. profile white-collar defense attorney, and my sister is the Attorneys, a former Marine Judge Advocate Judge, became a Executive Director of a small, but outstanding museum. mentor. It was his encouragement that led me into military Had you a legal career in mind at a younger age? Actually, I service. did. My Dad was a financial planner and worked with many What brought you to San Diego? My Dad had retired here attorneys, and thought – even from when I was at a very while I was in college, and my visits here showed me that San young age - I’d make a fine lawyer. As my grandmother would Diego is very unique – a combination of sophistication and say, I had the ‘gift of gab’ and loved debating, so the fit proved geniality. My wife and I moved down here after military comfortable. As an undergraduate, I chose a political science service, and now after all these years, San Diego is home. major (which my Dad joked would be fine if I wanted to open What led you to specialize in corporate disputes? In early a political science store), but the analysis and thought process 2000, I joined a boutique firm here in San Diego that focused was an easy fit for the law. My brother became a lawyer before on business litigation. I found this area of the law to be me, so I also saw his progression. But more importantly, the fascinating, and it suited me well. Business litigation requires history and the honor of the career stirred a passion within both writing and oral advocacy skills, and the crafting of a me, and it has proven to be the right choice. I particularly brief or an argument is something that I very much enjoy. enjoy the complexities and challenges of business litigation After working for a few fine law firms, I began my own – complex facts and law, sophisticated clients, and always practice about 13 years ago. learning different businesses.

Understanding the real conflict agreement must be revisited on occasion over time, since the or legal issues is critical law might have changed, others enter into the business or for whatever reason the dynamic has changed. What does it take to make a good business litigator? At trial, the stakes are higher, In order to represent a client well, you need to be able to and a trial-tested lawyer is paramount identify the real conflict or legal issues, and then determine how to resolve it. You need to determine the client’s ability Do the majority of your cases settle pre-trial? to engage in litigation, and whether to fight or to attempt Most do, and that is the way the system is designed. When to resolve it, and if so, when that resolution would be most you are going to have a jury determine the outcomes of two ripe. Disputes come to light organically, from purchases of complex and conflicted factual presentations, including where goods or service, to the sale or purchase of a full or partial some on the jury may never have dealt with the intricacies of interest in a company, to financial fraud, or to disputes arising forming or running a major business entity, there certainly is a from executive compensation or conduct. Some are internal bit of a gamble and a good deal of risk involved for the parties. disputes within a company, and some are external business But a trial-tested lawyer is important, because when the need disputes. Depending on the situation, there can be real arises to try the case in court, the skill-set is different, and the animosity involved, for example when a business dissolves, or stakes are far higher. where a sale or purchase of a business goes awry. You also handle fine art disputes. What led you into the A good business litigator needs to be able to get at the world of art? heart of the dispute, and the smartest, most effective way Growing up in the New York City area, I visited so many of the to advance the client’s interests. The list of possible disputes great museums with my Mom. Even in my youth, and really can be endless, but each case is unique – each set of facts, or without even thinking about it, I began to recognize artists personalities involved, is different. I do analogize the process and important works. Over the years, my wife and I have of handling a business case to the movements in a chess game. frequently visited museums and we have begun to collect art. I One has to fully understand and foresee the consequence of began to represent galleries and collectors who had questions their movements to achieve ultimate success. about the provenance of the painting, or about business issues arising from their work or collections. The growing field of art How preventative is a well-written contractual agreement law fascinated me, and I attended an intensive art law program between the parties? at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art. I also sit as a member of the A well-drafted contract is truly essential. One of the top Board of Trustees for the San Diego Museum of Art, and am reasons why people end up in business disputes is because thrilled to be a part of that wonderful institution. they did not define the nature of the business relationship and When the caseload allows, what are your favorite pastimes? the specific terms and scope of the agreement or partnership Ocean swimming - sans wetsuit. I swim two or three times a in a thoughtful way. Often when business partners want to week in the winter and as much as possible in the summer, do business together, they see the relationship through rose- usually in the La Jolla Cove, although I have done open water colored glasses, and choose not to spend the money and time swims throughout the world. I love living in La Jolla and we to draft tailored agreements. I have seen multi-million dollar are active with our membership at the La Jolla Beach and disputes where the business agreement was a form obtained Tennis Club. We also look forward to continuing our world from the Internet, without the advice of counsel. travels after the pandemic. Community service is also so Some parties come to find that they did not even know or important to me - I am an active member of San Diego Rotary understand what they had agreed to in the written terms of Club 33. I find Rotary to be a wonderful organization that the agreement. But business agreements also rely on good faith of the parties – the saying goes that a well-written does such good, not only here locally, but also internationally. ■ agreement is one that you can tuck away in a drawer knowing that you have defined all of those terms and you fully P 619 238 7360 | stevecoopersmithlaw.com understand what the relationship to the business is between all parties, and then you follow the spirit of the agreement as it adapts to changed circumstances. Having said that, any

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