JPro San Diego is back with another Luminary Breakfast! Start your morning with special access to San Diego’s inspirational, dynamic, and entrepreneurial lay leaders. Pull back the curtain as we explore these leaders’ trajectory as both cherished professionals and volunteers of our Jewish organizations with opportunities for Q&A.
Join us for our spring breakfast with Elaine and Laura Galinson, in conversation with Federation’s President and CEO, Heidi Gantwerk, as they share the impactful story of their family’s philanthropic journey. With four generations of giving in San Diego, the Galinsons have built a legacy of community engagement and social responsibility. Elaine and Laura will explore how philanthropy can be approached through an intergenerational lens, offering unique insights on sustaining and evolving charitable work over time. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from two prominent leaders who continue to shape the future of giving in our city.
Elaine Galinson is a philanthropist and community leader. She is the Chair of the San Diego Jewish Women’s Foundation. She also serves on The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee National Board, the San Diego Jewish Community Foundation Board’s Executive Committee, and the District Attorney’s Women’s Advisory Council. Elaine received her bachelor’s degree in social sciences from the University of Minnesota. She was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1997, and serves on the Chancellor’s Executive Advisory Cabinet for the Campaign for UC San Diego.
Laura Galinson is the Founder and President of the Galinson Family Foundation, the Price-Galinson Collaborative Fund, the Alternative Families Fund, as well as the Laura Jo Galinson Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. Laura focuses her charitable work on her passions for education, youth, mental health, the arts, Africa, Israel and San Diego. Among her many contributions to the community, Laura currently provides leadership to the Museum of Photographic Arts (Education Chair and Acquisitions and Development committees); Jewish Women’s Foundation (Board Member), Support the Enlisted Project (Advisory Board and Development Committee), Psych Armor (Mental Health Advisor), and Hillel San Diego (Board Member and Capital Campaign Chair).
Highlights of each breakfast:
- Engaging Speaker: Hear from a distinguished leader who will share insights and stories in their area of expertise.
- Networking Opportunities: Grow your relationships with colleagues, expand your network, and explore potential collaborations.
- Delicious Breakfast: Fuel your day with a gourmet spread, including a variety of kosher options.
- Inspiring Atmosphere: Surround yourself with motivated individuals in a welcoming and vibrant environment.
The Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center at UCSD
9009 La Jolla Scenic Dr N, La Jolla, CA 92037
If ticketing costs prohibit your attendance, please contact Paige (paige@thehivesd.org) for scholarship opportunities.
Stacie and Jeff Cook understand commitment. They live it.
Black, Jewish and Queer. These three identities weave the fabric of who I am, but it took a long time to believe that they could exist together.
Lee and Toni Leichtag established the Leichtag Foundation in 1991 following the sale of their business. Lee and Toni were lifelong entrepreneurs with a passion for innovation and for supporting talent. They believed that only with big risk comes big reward. Both born to families in poverty, Toni to a single mother, they strongly believed in helping those most in need and most vulnerable in our community. While they supported many causes, their strongest support was for young children and the elderly, two demographics who particularly lack voice in our society.
Lifelong Baltimoreans, Rabbi George and Alison Wielechowski and their sons, 11-year-old Lennon and 9-year-old Gideon, are more than pursuing the good life in Southern California. Having moved to San Diego more than three years ago, they are fulfilling a lifelong dream.
You would think that as the executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride, Fernando Zweifach López Jr., who uses the pronoun they, has done all the coming out they possibly can. A queer, non-binary individual who has worked for many years on civil rights issues, López also speaks openly and often about their father’s family, Mexican-American migrant workers who tilled the fields of rural California.