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New Local Foundations, Incoming Board, Grants Announced at
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Media Contacts:
Sara Wilensky |
July 11 , 2007 – New local charitable foundations have formed in Escondido, Carlsbad, the Ranch Communities and Oceanside, joining the Rancho Bernardo Community Foundation as affiliates of The San Diego Foundation. These successes were celebrated at The San Diego Foundation’s 32nd Annual Meeting at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. The Foundation also welcomed David Bejarano, John Cambon, Ted Chan, M.D. and Judith Harris to its Board of Governors. The San Diego Foundation has been focusing efforts on reaching out region-wide via an initiative called Endow Your Communities. The Endow Your Community effort grew out of the Endow San Diego movement to inform and inspire San Diegans regarding the benefits of endowment. Providing charitable funds both for immediate grantmaking and for generations to come, the Endow Your Community initiative engages charitably-inclined individuals, families and organizations in making the community around them a better place to live and give. “We are so proud of the success of Endow Your Community,” states Bob Kelly, president of The Foundation. “The interest and involvement across the region proves that San Diego needed something like this out in their communities. As this initiative continues, we hope to get more communities involved, ensuring that our region will continue to be great.” Among communities that have already joined Endow Your Community are Carlsbad, Escondido, Oceanside, Rancho Bernardo, San Diego and the Ranch Communities. The Escondido Charitable Foundation, formed in November 2006, has been a great success with over 105 members contributing $637,000 in pledges and contributions over the next five years. The Escondido Charitable Foundation also recently released its first grantmaking guidelines, making $86,000 available to Escondido in their first year and over $105,000 in their endowment fund. The annual meeting highlighted the 2006 fiscal year in which The San Diego Foundation granted out $54 million to nonprofits and organizations across the San Diego region and opened a record 145 new funds. New to the board is David Bejarano who served as Chief of Police for the City of San Diego from 1999 – 2003 and the San Diego Police Department since 1979. He implemented the Neighborhood Policing Restructuring Project and established a Bi-national Task Force. He was formally recognized at Federal and local levels for his efforts in reducing border violence and forging international law enforcement partnerships. His community board service includes Casa Familiar, The Children's Initiative and the Family Literacy Foundation. The second board inductee, John Cambon has over 25 years experience in management and financing of early stage companies, corporate finance and investment management. Since 2000, Cambon has been an active partner in Commercial Bridge Capital, LLC. He was CEO and director of Genetic BioSystems, Inc., and Digivision, Inc., and was president and director of AMBIS, Inc. He is former president of the UCSD Alumni Association, is a trustee of the UCSD Foundation Board, and is Chairman of the Investment Committee. He currently serves on the board of directors of eStudySite, Inc. and MediaGear, Inc. Cambon holds both a BA and a PhD in Economics from the University of California, San Diego. Third is Ted Chan, M.D. Chan is currently Medical Director of the Emergency Departments at both UCSD-Hillcrest Medical Center and the Thornton Hospital in La Jolla. Chan worked in Washington, DC in the Office of the Assistant Surgeon General, and in the capitol at the California State Senate. He is active in health policy initiatives in San Diego. During the After-the-Fire effort, Chan chaired the San Diego Regional Disaster Fund. He serves as Medical Director for the Metropolitan Medical Strike Team for San Diego County. Chan is editor of the Cardiology section of the Journal of Emergency Medicine; and has authored and edited three textbooks. He completed both medical school and an internship in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Finally, The Foundation welcomes Judith Harris who served as chairwoman of the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture for three years, and was on the commission for eight years. She has chaired fundraising capital campaigns for the Scripps Memorial Cardiac Clinic and KPBS, as well as serving on the boards of the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, Scripps Foundation, La Jolla Playhouse and the Center for Community Solutions. For the City of San Diego Animal Welfare Complex, Harris co-chaired the capital campaign as well as completing the endowment campaign. Mayor Susan Golding declared October 2, 2000 “Judith Harris Day” for her activism and volunteer efforts. About The San Diego Foundation About Endow San Diego
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