About - Breakfast Speaker Series

6 Degrees also brings the community a quarterly speaker series featuring pertinent local issues with amazing panelists.  This element of 6 Degrees provides our members and community at large another opportunity to connect, network, and learn about the local market.

Below you will find our previous speakers.

Mark Fabiani - General Counsel, San Diego Chargers

Bill Walton - Executive Chairman, SDSI

Dave Alberga - CEO, Active Network

Andy Laats - Owner, Nixon

Dan Novak - VP Global Marketing, Qualcomm

Blake Miller - Chief Marketing Officer, CYMER

Jason Rose - Regional VP, Waste Management

Greg Koch - CEO, Stone Brewing Co.

Ken Mills - Owner, Wine Steals

David Cohn - Owner, Cohn Restaurant Group

Tom Voss - President, The Grand Del Mar

Matt Greene - General Manager, Hard Rock Hotel San Diego

John Gates - General Manager, Rancho Bernardo Inn

Greg Strangman - Owner, The Pearl Hotel

Joe Terzi - Owner/CEO, San Diego Connection & Visitor's Bureau

John Schafer - VP Managing Director, Grand Hyatt San Diego

Mark Neville - Associate Director, Bridgepoint Holiday Bowl

James Brennan - CEO, EnDev

Robert Rauch - President, R.A. Rauch & Associates

Robert Lankford - President, Lankford & Associates

Colton Sudberry - President, Sudberry Properties

Garth Erdossy - President, GLJ Partners

Nathan Moeder - VP, The London Group

Scot Chisholm - CEO, Stay Classy

Mitch Thrower - CEO, Bump Network

Steven Cox - CEO, TakeLessons.com

Jimmy Hendricks - Co-Founder, Deal Current

Lars Helgeson - Founder, GreenRope

Brian Malarkey - Executive Chef/Partner, Searsucker, Burlap, Gingham, Gabardine, Herringbone

Deborah Scott - Executive Chef/Partner, Indigo Grill, Island Prime, C Level, Vintanas

Arturo Kassel - Owner/Proprietor, Whisknladle Hospitality Inc.

Arsalun Tafazoli - Partner/Founder, Consortium Holdings

Matt Gordon - Owner/Executive Chef, Urban Solace, Solace and the Moonlight Lounge

Christian Henry - President of Life Sciences Business Unit, Illumina

Keith Valentine - President, NuVasive

Michael Watts - Vice President, LIFECODES and Prodesse, Gen-Probe

Mark J. Gergen - Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, Amylin

Peter Dansky - Head of Molecular & Cell Biology, Life Technologies

Mark McMillin - Owner, McMillin Homes
Jeff Graham - President, Civic San Diego
David Marino - President, Hughes Marino
Jim Spain - Managing Partner, Colliers International
Jon Carder - CEO, MOGL
Darrius Thompson - CoFounder, Open Candy
Rory Moore - President, CommNexus
Rebecca Boudreaux - President, Oberon Fuels
Liz Gasser - VP Development, Qualcomm Labs