George PerezIn light of Sonoma County's current hospital struggles, hearing how Mr. Perez brings his Catholic values to the very challenging health care industry is most timely.
Since 1977, The Tamayo family has been producing traditional flour tortillas
in Sonoma County. Over the years additional products have been added
and now the second generation of Tamayos—Willie, Carlos and Mike—have
cultivated the business by creating products that appeal to contemporary
consumers' ever-changing eating habits. But always, they remain grounded
in their Mexican heritage.
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Bill Traverso is the third-generation owner of Traverso's Gourmet Food and Wine, where he is also the wine buyer. In addition to managing this legendary Santa Rosa tradition, he is:
In addition, he travels annually to Italy in association
with food and wine tours and is a partner in The Octagon
Group, which offers strategic planning, marketing, and image
building.
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Tom is a 1971 graduate of Cardinal Newman. A former student at St. Rose Elementary and a Santa Clara University graduate (1975), Tom has spent 49 years in the Catholic school system. In his 31st year of teaching (18 years at Cardinal Newman and 12 years at Justin-Siena High School in Napa), he returns home to teach and coach once again at his alma mater. Tom has taught all of the social sciences and many of the math and sciences in his 31 years of teaching.
NOTE: This breakfast will be held at the Cardinal
Newman Retreat Center, 24-A Ursuline Road. Best approach: North on
Old Redwood Highway, turn right at the light at Sr. Marlene Drive (near
the press box at the Cardinal Newman athletic field) and left into
the large parking lot between the retreat center and the Newman gym.
Please RSVP. Our catering arrangements will make it difficult to accommodate
walk-ins.
Julie Carver is the newly appointed principal of Ursuline High School. She brings to Ursuline a background rich in education as a student, teacher and administrator. She holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Communication from Pepperdine University, as well as a Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Indiana. Ms. Carver is also an alumna of Ursuline, class of 1988, and founding member of the school’s debate team.
We were honored to have Bishop Walsh speak to us again this year. He discussed the state of the diocese and his recent trip to Viet Nam.
Henry Trione is a community leader and one of Sonoma County’s most positive influences. Some of his contributions, past and present, include: Chairman – California State Parks Foundation, Director – California State Chamber of Commerce, President – Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce, President – United Way of the North Bay, President – Mortgage Bankers Association of Northern California.
Henry currently lends his experience, as chairmen, to the Executive Committee at Empire College and School of Law, he is the Chairman of Burbank Music Education Council and the Director of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation in Washington D.C.
He will give his story as a leading local Catholic businessman working with all five of our bishops—and with the San Francisco Archbishop before that! Come and hear about what he has witnessed during his long, successful and faith-filled business life, and how the Church has changed for the good during that time.
For more about Henry, read his profile in the Press Democrat's article "50 Who Shaped Our Century."
In March of this year, Honora and Kevin were part of an 18-day study tour of China.The focus of the 14-person tour was the current state of the Catholic Church specifically, and Christianity in general in China.
Honora, a native of Rochester, Minnesota, is a graduate of the University
of Minnesota with a MSW degree (Social Work) from Catholic University
of America. She works in home health care in Sonoma County with St.
Joseph Health System. Kevin is a native of San Francisco and has a
B.A. from the University of San Francisco and a MA from American University.He
is a retired financial advisor from AIG VALIC.They are members of Resurrection
parish and 34-year residents of Santa Rosa.They are the parents of
Michael, Kathleen and Betsy and the grandparents of grandsons Liam
and Kieran.
For those people looking for more information on this topic, they provided several Web site links:
Mike's talk emanates from the June 2005 pastoral statement from the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops.
Mike has an undergraduate degree from University of Notre Dame, Indiana and an MBA from Washington University, St. Louis. He spent a number of years in corporate executive positions before turning to education. Prior to joining Cardinal Newman, he was Dean, Reeves School of Business and Economics, Methodist University.
With his wife, Sheila, and children, Rayane and Kerger, the Truesdell family has 70 years of primary, secondary, and post-secondary Catholic education. With this strong family experience and as President of Cardinal Newman High school, he is well-qualified to speak on this topic!
Cindy Cunningham spent 14 years as Fire Captain at San Quentin State Prison. A unique working environment, it helped shape, and test, her values as she faced many crises. Cindy is currently a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker.
Mr Lowney, formerly a Jesuit, was named a Managing Director of J.P. Morgan & Co. while still in his thirties and held senior positions in New York, Tokyo, Singapore and London. He served on Morgan's Asia-Pacific, European and Investment Banking Management Committees, accumulating a wealth of multinational experience at a company regularly ranked one of "America's Most Admired Companies" by Fortune magazine.
Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Lowney was a Jesuit seminarian for seven years. During that time, he taught and studied at Jesuit institutions in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Fordham University, where he also received his M.A. and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He is holder of honorary Doctoral degrees from Marymount Manhattan University and from the University of Great Falls. Lowney serves on the Board of Directors of Nativity Middle School and on the Board of Regents of St. Peter's College.
In his book, Heroic Leadership, Chris talks about four qualities that he sees as essential to Jesuit leadership style; self-awareness, ingenuity, love and heroism. The Jesuits are in fact a 450-year-old company that grappled successfully with the same challenges that companies face today. Chris will share with us his perspective on how the application of these four principles will help us to live our Christian values in today’s workplace. While these principles clearly set the foundation for successful corporate leadership, when applied to individuals they help define personal leadership. “The very last thing the Jesuits would have considered themselves to be was leadership pundits,” Lowney says, “Instead of talking about leadership, they lived it.”
He was a featured speaker at the 2006 conference of the National Catholic Business & Professional Clubs and has a very powerful message that not only are Catholic values and business compatible, Catholic values can enhance your business. We encourage you to attend this very special event.
James Keegan attended Californai State University and earned his B.S. in Finance. He is co-founder of Keegan & Coppin, the largest commercial real estate company in the North Bay.
His list of business and community affiliations is long and varied and includes The Redwood Food Bank, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, United Way, Boy Scouts of America, Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce and Roseland University Prep, among others.
Al Maggini will share some highlights of his varied and successful life— from flying 35 missions over Germany with the Army Air Corp in WWII to over 60 years in the securities business. He has served on the Board and been President of the Hanna Boys Center. Since 1975, he has been associated with Memorial Hospital as President of the Board of Directors and a member of the finance committee. He has also served on the Board of Trustees of the Santa Rosa Junior College for 33 years.
Al still works full time for Merrill Lynch as First Vice President of Investments. With so much experience, Al will have much to share about bringing Catholic values to the workplace.
For November, we have the pleasure of having two speakers—the husband and wife team of Mike and Leila O'Callaghan. They have been selling residential real estate in Sonoma County since 1982 and have been the top producing agents in the office for the past 11 years. Mike is also a retired San Francisco fireman.
Mike and Leila will share the ethical challenges they have faced in their real estate business and how their values have guided them.
According to Dr Schultz, health care has never been better in the United States. Medical professionals can do more than ever to prolong useful and functional life. The future will see many breakthroughs that will have an even greater impact. The expectations of what medicine can, and will, do for us have never been higher.
Yet, while many enjoy the benefits of this wonderful technology, 40 million Americans remain uninsured. Medical expenses have become the single most important cause of personal bankruptcies. Unfortunately, the cost trends in health care are rapidly aggravating this situation. Thousands more join the ranks of the uninsured annually.
If these trends continue, or even accelerate, the number of uninsured will increase rapidly. It is quite possible that the number of uninsured in the US could increase to 100 million in five years. How will we, as a society, respond to this crisis? Who will lead the dialogue around this problem? Will we arrive at a solution that embodies Christian principles? These are the difficult questions we will have to answer in dealing with the impending crisis in health care.