AFP San Diego
Chapter Meeting,
Luncheon Presentation & Workshop
Friday, December 4, 2009
Doubletree Hotel Mission Valley

Sponsored by The San Diego Foundation

Ask the Philanthropist - Conrad T. Prebys
Moderators:
Mary Braunwarth, Scripps Health & Mark Stuart, San Diego Zoo

We polled our members, and this is the opportunity to hear their questions answered by one of San Diego’s most generous philanthropists and the 2009 AFP-San Diego National Philanthropy Day Outstanding Philanthropist Honoree.

The luncheon program will feature Mr. Prebys in a lively discussion with Mark Stuart, Chief Development Officer at the San Diego Zoo and Mary Braunwarth, Executive Director of Scripps Mercy Hospital Foundation.

About Mr. Prebys:

Whether he was selling pizzas to college students in his early days or later, building homes for San Diegans as the president of Progress Construction and Management Company, Conrad Prebys has always tackled each new challenge with enthusiasm and a plan for success. Now, he has turned his talents to philanthropy and has, quite simply, transformed this region for the better.

Earlier this year, he contributed a landmark $10 million to Burnham Institute for Medical Research to support one of the world’s largest public drug discovery efforts. The Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics – the former Burnham Center for Chemical Genomics – will greatly accelerate the process of bringing new treatments to the public faster than ever before, bringing hope and health to tens of thousands of people today and for generations to come.

His other pivotal contributions include $16.5 million – in personal gifts and gifts that his challenge grants leveraged – in a single year to the San Diego Zoological Society.  This support included $5 million for a challenge grant for the zoo’s new Elephant Odyssey exhibit, which motivated thousands of donors to help the zoo reach its $45 million goal in less than one year, and $1.15 million to renovate the Polar Bear Plunge exhibit.  In 2006, his $10 million gift to Scripps Mercy Hospital was the largest gift in the hospital’s 118-year history. That leadership gift will help expand and modernize the hospital’s emergency and trauma facilities that serve the needs of more than 1 million San Diegans. His challenge to match all gifts up to $500,000 to the hospital’s 2008 Mercy Ball inspired so many others, and resulted in more than $1 million being raised to support vital critical care services.

He has left a lasting mark as well at the University of California, San Diego, where his gifts include $6 million for the new state-of-the-art music center, fittingly named the Conrad Prebys Music Center. A second gift of $3 million established the Conrad Prebys Music Endowment to maintain and replace musical instruments and equipment and to fund graduate fellowships. Other organizations and institutions that have benefitted from his support and vision for a better community include the San Diego Opera, the NTC Foundation, and Boys and Girls Club of East County.

And the work continues in so many exciting ways: The Old Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center is now wrapping up construction in Balboa Park and scheduled to be completed in December for the Globe’s 75th Anniversary Season.

Philanthropy, says Conrad Prebys, is actually quite simple: “I’ve been so blessed in my life, that I felt it was just time to give something back. And doing this, for children, education, for medical research, for animals, for the arts, it’s just something that I love. I get so much joy from doing this. I don’t consider myself a noble person. This is for my community. This makes me happy.”

Conrad Prebys came to San Diego to create one of the area’s most successful real estate ventures – and is now building a legacy of generosity that makes him uniquely suited to be named the AFP Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year. 

Workshop
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Back by Popular Demand
Planning and Implementing an Integrated Online Strategy
Angela Hill, Incitrio

Back by popular demand!  Angela Hill, President and Creative Director of INCITRIO, will present on social media  -- what it is and how to use it to enhance your online marketing campaign.  Angela was the AFP luncheon speaker in August and many people asked that she return for a more in-depth discussion about social media.

About the Presenter:

Angela Hill is the President and Creative Director of Incitrio, a boutique graphic design and branding agency. Incitrio specializes in brand strategy and brand implementation via design for print, design for web, and fully integrated marketing campaigns.

Since 1992, Ms. Hill has worked in the graphic design, branding and marketing industry within in-house agencies, advertising, marketing, and design firms in St. Louis, San Francisco, and San Diego.  In 2008, she received the YWCA’s TWIN Award. The Tribute to Women of Influence (TWIN) Awards Program honors not only women who demonstrate excellence and top leadership within their companies, but also the companies that employ these women.

Ms. Hill has experience creating and implementing brand strategy for organizations located throughout the world. Prior to starting her current firm, Ms. Hill’s national clients included: Hallmark, Williams Sonoma, Mars Candy, Energizer, Ford, Intel, Pepsi, Foster Farms, Sega, Merrill Lynch, Visa, and PG&E.

Ms. Hill currently provides brand analysis, strategy and implementation to such corporations as: 3ECompany, The American Council on Exercise, Barney&Barney, Capstone, California Center for Sustainable Energy, Claritas (a division of Nielsen), Open Energy, Marsh, Nanogen, and the Veterinary Specialty Hospital.

Sponsored by The San Diego Foundation