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Art Astor

Owner, chief executive, president,

radio stations KSPA AM 1510,

KFSD AM 1450, KCEO AM 1000;

owner Astor Classics

Events Center

Donald B. Ayres Jr.

Founder, Ayres Hotel Group

Alfred and James Baldwin

Principals, Otay Ranch Co.

Jerry bartow

Oil well owner, former refinery owner

Donald R. Beall

Partner, Dartbrook Partners LLC;

retired chairman, chief

executive, Rockwell

International Corp.

SCOTT BORAS

President, owner, Scott Boras Corp.

Richard John “RJ” Brandes

Founder, Belgravia Capital Corp.,

Belgravia Financial Services;

director, majority owner, Gatekeeper Systems Inc.

CARY BREN

Owner, president, California Pacific Homes Inc.

KOBE BYRANT

Los Angeles Lakers guard

ALAN CHAO

Chairman, Newport Healthcare

Advisors LLC; cofounder, Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.

JACK CROUL

Former owner, Behr Process Corp.; owner, Cannery, Seafood of the Pacific

H.K. Desai

Chairman, chief executive, QLogic Corp.

Lawrence “Larry” Dodge

Chairman, chief executive,

American Sterling Corp.

DAVID DOYLE

Cofounder, Quest Software Corp.

RANNEY DRAPER

Chairman, Spring Creek

Investors LLC

ANTHONY FANTICOLA

Retired owner, Jiffy Lube franchises. Director, Extra Space Storage Inc.

AL FRINK

Cofounder, Fabrica International, now part of Dixie Group Inc.

WILLIAM Gillespie

Philanthropist, Farmers Insurance Group heir

Jim GlidEwell

Chief executive, president, Newport Beach-based Glidewell Laboratories

Gavin Herbert

Chairman emeritus, Allergan Inc.;

chairman, co-owner of Rogers Gardens; owns La Casa Pacifica, former Nixon

summer compound in San Clemente

ROBERT “BOB” HOFF

General partner, Crosspoint Venture Partners

Anthony Hsieh

Founder, chairman, Grander Financial Inc.; owner, Crow’s Nest Yachts

LAP SHUN “JOHN” HUI

Owner, Joui International LLC; founder, eMachines Inc.

Khosro Khaloghli

Principal, Caspian Properties Inc.

JOSEPH KIANI

Founder, chairman, chief executive, Masimo Corp.

SONNY KING

Chairman, chief executive, Advantage Sales and Marketing LLC

Donald Kennedy

Chairman emeritus, First American Corp.

Dean Koontz

Suspense novelist

William Link

Cofounder, managing director, Versant Venture Management LLC

GEORGE LOPEZ

Founder, chairman, chief executive,

president, ICU Medical Inc.

HADI MAKARECHIAN,

PAUL MAKARECHIAN

Chairman, chief executive, Capital Pacific Holdings Inc., chairman, Makar Properties LLC; chief executive, Makar Properties

ANTHONY MOISO AND FAMILY

Chief executive, president, Rancho Mission Viejo LLC

Mike Moshayedi

Cofounder, STEC Inc.

James Muzzy

Cofounder, managing director, Pacific Investment Management Co.

CRAIG NICKOLOFF

Founder, Claim Jumper Restaurants LLC; chairman, Nickoloff Cos.

Milan Panic

Founder, former chief executive, ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc.; chairman, chief executive, MP Biomedicals Inc.

WILLIAM PODLICH

Retired chief executive, Pacific Investment Management Co.; philanthropist

Brian Pratt

Chairman, chief executive, president, Primoris Services Corp.

John Paul Reddam

Founder, former chief executive,

DiTech Funding Corp.; founder,

CashCall Inc.

JOHN SAUNDERS

Chairman, Core Realty Holdings LLC; owner, London Coin Galleries Inc.

Henry Segerstrom

Managing partner, C.J. Segerstrom

& Sons LLC

Pawan Seth

Drug developer, founder, Pharma Pass LLC, now part of Canada’s Biovail Corp.

KOSTI SHIRVANIAN

Owner, Waste Resources Inc.; founder, Western Waste Industries

KELLY THORNTON SMITH

Philanthropist, former wife of

Quest Software Inc.

Chairman Vinny Smith

Chad Steelberg,

Ryan Steelberg

Cofounder, chief technology officer,

Brand Affinity Technologies Inc.; cofounder, chief executive,

Brand Affinity

Peter Ueberroth

Director, honorary president, U.S. Olympic Committee; managing director, The Contrarian Group

DAVID WILSON

Owner, David Wilson Automotive Group

KENNETH WALKER

Former chief executive, Farmers

& Merchants Bank; president,

Long Beach branch

WILLIAM WANG

Founder, chief executive, Vizio Inc.

Jim Warmington Sr.

Chairman, Warmington Homes

LOUIS WELCH

President, LA Fitness International LLC

JOSEPH WELLER

Former chairman, chief executive,

Nestl & #233; USA Inc.; director,

Alcon Inc.

Mark Wetterau

Chairman, chief executive, majority

owner, Golden State Foods Corp.;

chief executive, St. Louis-based

Wetterau Associates

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