Garth Hogan, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank’s executive managing director of Global Healthcare Services; Tim Andrews, senior corporate counsel at Allergan Inc.; Don Suskind, executive vice president, product manager at Pacific Investment Management Co.; and Melissa Beck, chief executive of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County, celebrate Mardi Gras in Downtown Disney
More than 350 members of Orange County’s professional community put their casino gaming skills to the test and helped raise $110,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County during the 13th Annual Mardi Gras Party Feb. 1 at Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen in Anaheim. The event benefited the organization’s youth mentorship programs.
Supporters in attendance included Auction.com Chairman Rob Friedman; Squar Milner Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer Scharrell Jackson; New American Funding President Patty Arvielo; and Walt Disney Co. Senior Manager of Corporate Alliances Larry Lenihan.
Event sponsors included Merrill Lynch, Plaza Bank, Disneyland Resort, Orange County Business Journal, Squar Milner, Cox Communications, ICU Medical Inc., CommerceWest Bank, Fidelity Investments, Kaufman Hunt and Cornerstone Relocation Group.
90 Years in the Making
David Pyott, chief executive of Allergan, delivered a speech about the role United Way plays in the local community
On Feb. 6, United Way Orange County celebrated nine decades of improving lives and strengthening the local community. The event was called “On the Road to 100, Honoring the Past and Imagining the Future.” The emcee, Orange County Register Vice President Steve Churm, presided over a who’s who of 360 community leaders and philanthropists.
The event, held at the Irvine Marriott, wove together a timeline highlighting significant national and local United Way events before unveiling FACE 2024, the vision for the future of Orange County to build a stronger community over the next decade.
Peter Ochs, chairman of Fieldstone Group, and his wife, Gail; Jerry Mattes, president of UPS West Region; and David Pyott, Allergan Inc.’s chief executive, were the event’s honorary co-chairs. Event underwriters included Seaview Investors LLC; Edwards Lifesciences Corp.; UPS; Western National Group; and Crowell & Moring LLP.
Explosive Future
Paul Folino, director at Emulex Corp.; Jim Peterson, chief executive of Microsemi Corp.
The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana celebrated the groundbreaking of its $22.5 million expansion at a Jan. 29 ceremony. The center will add 40,000 square feet of exhibit space by March 2015.
The expansion will double the size of the current facility and increase attendance capacity to more than a million guests per year. The two-story building will include an education wing aimed at honing science, technology, engineering and math skills in students and teachers. It will include a hands-on simulation of a space mission control room, a 500-seat theater, a “healthy kitchen” exhibit with live demonstrations, and a natural resources pavilion to encourage conservation and recycling.
The expansion is being funded in part by donations and financed with a loan from Farmers & Merchants Bank.
Go For It!
Christine McCauley, corporate vice president of human resources at Edwards Lifesciences and chairwoman of the Orange County Go Red For Women Luncheon; Annette Walker, executive vice president of strategic services at St. Joseph Health and next year’s luncheon chairwoman
More than 500 community leaders celebrated heart health at the Orange County Go Red For Women Luncheon on Feb. 7 at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach. The event raised $354,500 for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women campaign, designed to raise awareness of heart disease, the No. 1 killer of women in the U.S.
“Working for a company focused on heart valve innovations, I meet and hear many stories about patients … who become a part of me and remind me every single day that heart disease is their No. 1 killer,” said Christine McCauley, corporate vice president of human resources at Edwards Lifesciences.
The luncheon featured a presentation highlighting successes in the fight against heart disease, a silent auction, and a Q-and-A session about heart disease and stroke.
The luncheon was locally sponsored by presenting sponsor The Edwards Lifesciences Fund; heart of gold sponsors Datron, Specialized Marketing Services, and UC Irvine Health; silver sponsors Abbott Medical Optics and MicroVention Terumo; and bronze sponsors AMSolutions Group, Baxter Credit Union, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, St. Joseph Health and Roth Staffing Cos.
