Susanna Peredo Swap – Nonprofit Executive
SUSANNA PEREDO SWAP has over twenty-five years of experience as an arts administrator, actor, jazz vocalist, arts advocate, and public relations specialist. While working for the San Diego International Airport Art Program she curated…
Dr. Julie Cowan Novak – Mimi, Clinician, Child Developmentalist, Professor, Grant Writer, Researcher, Philanthropist
Photo by Gilda Adler Raised in Illinois, Dr. Julie Cowan Novak earned her first two degrees at the University of Iowa. She was the first USD Hahn School of Nursing Doctoral Program graduate in 1989,…
Dayna Hoff – Autism Tree
Dayna Hoff has transformed the autism community in San Diego, Bay Area and beyond as the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Autism Tree. Dayna founded a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization called Autism Tree with her…
Christina Grady – San Diego Gymnastics
Born and raised in San Diego, I have lived throughout the county from Pine Valley to Point Loma and many places in between. I attended Grossmont and Granite Hills High Schools and graduated from…


