Co-Sponsor: Rancho Santa Fe Foundation

San Diego has always been a military town, and right now many local service members have significant needs. Military personnel and their families are faced with financial, professional, and personal challenges—from access to medical care to the emotional and practical difficulties experienced by families of the deployed.

So how can we, as grantmakers, help this important community? We will explore what we--individually and collectively--can do to support active military, veterans, and their families. Our very special guests will be key current and retired military leaders, who will share information and personal insights on the urgent and compelling needs in our military community today.

Guest speakers will include:

• Rear Admiral Christine Bruzek-Kohler, Commander Navy Medicine West and Naval Medical Center San Diego

Rear Admiral Christine M. Bruzek-Kohler is a native of Camden, N.J. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Villanova University where she was commissioned as an Ensign in 1974. She also holds a Master of Education from Providence College, and a Master of Arts and Doctor of Education from George Washington University. Additionally, Bruzek-Kohler is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

In her distinguished career, Bruzek-Kohler served as Charge Nurse, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.; Staff Nurse, U.S. Naval Regional Medical Center, Naples, Italy; Ambulatory Care Coordinator, Naval Hospital Newport, R.I.; Director of Academic Support Department, Naval School of Health Sciences, Bethesda; Head of Enlisted Training Programs, Naval Health Sciences Education and Training Center; Director of Nursing/Acting Executive Officer, Naval Hospital Great Lakes, Ill.; Director of Nursing, U.S. Naval Hospital, Guam; Executive Officer, Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Fla.; Commanding Officer, Naval Hospital, Lemoore, Calif.; Assistant Deputy Chief for Medical Operations Support, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington, D.C. and most recently served as the 21st Director of the Navy Nurse Corps, Chief of Staff, and Deputy Chief, Medical Operations, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington, D.C.

She assumed the duties of Commander, Naval Medical Center San Diego and Navy Medicine West May 22, 2009 in addition to retaining her role as the 21st Director, Navy Nurse Corps.

Bruzek-Kohler’s personal decorations include the Legion of Merit (four awards), Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards), and various service awards.

• Paul Denyer, Chairman, Board of Directors, USO San Diego

Paul E. Denyer is currently co-managing member of DEP Developers, LLC. and a general partner of Magna Funds www.magnahospitality.com a hotel real estate investment fund. The Magna group of funds has acquired and or developed over $1.0B in hotel real estate over the last 10 years.

Mr. Denyer has used his considerable entrepreneurial skills to direct the growth of numerous start-up companies. In 1981, Mr. Denyer was an early management addition to the newly launched Caremark/Home Healthcare of America; Inc. which was the pioneer in developing systems to administer a variety of drugs intravenously outside of the traditional hospital. Mr. Denyer held several management positions each with increased responsibility from sales, marketing and general management. After the tremendously successful sale of Caremark/Home Healthcare of America, Inc, in 1987, Mr. Denyer co-founded both Integrated Care Systems, Inc. (ICS) and Integrated Care Centers, Inc (InTech). Both ICS and InTech were sold to Critical Care America, Inc. a division of Medical Care America, Inc., by 1992, which later merged into Columbia/HCA. In 1989, Mr. Denyer founded the Home Infusion Therapy Coalition a trade association that represented the Home Infusion Therapy Industry at the state and national levels. He served as its’ president until leaving the industry at the end of 1992.

In 1992, Mr. Denyer founded Historic Equities, Inc., which served as his entrée into the hospitality industry. Through Historic Equities, Inc. he has been involved with numerous historic themed upscale hotels operating under the Grand Heritage Hotels flag.

Mr. Denyer was a principal shareholder and director of the National Adult Baseball Association, Inc. (NABA) from 1997 until 2008 www.dugout.org. The Denver based company is a premier operator of amateur adult baseball leagues through out the United States. Today, the NABA operates in over 80 cities with about 40,000 participants.

Mr. Denyer has continued to maintain an interest in health where he has been an early stage investor in several start-up biotech companies.

Mr. Denyer is a graduate of San Diego State University and holds a B.S. in Biology and Marketing minor. Mr. Denyer currently serves as the Chairman of the Board for the USO Council of San Diego and through the Navy League of San Diego he is Co-Chairman of the Commissioning of the USS Making Island to be held in Coronado, California on October 24, 2009. . He serves on the Dean’s Council for the School of Arts and Letters and is a frequent guest lecturer at SDSU’s, School of Hospitality. In addition, he holds the rank of Commander, as an Honorary Sheriff for the County of San Diego.

• Steve Dinauer, Colonel, Marines CO, Security Battalion,Asst Chief of Staff for Security and Emergency Services

Colonel Dinauer is a career infantry and light armored reconnaissance officer who has led and commanded at the platoon, company, and battalion levels. His combat tours are Operations Desert Shield/Storm and the Iraq Campaign.

Tours in the supporting establishment include Marine Barracks, Washington, DC, the Marine Security Guard Battalion (now known as the Marine Embassy Security Group), the Joint Staff’s J-34 Antiterrorism/Force Protection Directorate, and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities.

Colonel Dinauer is currently the Commanding Officer, Security Battalion and the Assistant Chief of Staff for Security and Emergency Services, Camp Pendleton, California. Here he oversees the police department, fire and emergency services department, the correctional facility, and the occupational safety office.

Colonel Dinauer received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his master’s degree from the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

• Captain Joe Stuyvesant, CNRSW, US Navy

Captain Stuyvesant was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. After graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of New Mexico, he received his commission from Aviation Officer Candidate School in April 1981. He has also earned a Masters of Business Administration with a Finance concentration from the University of San Diego in 1991.

Captain Stuyvesant’s initial sea assignment was with the “Easyriders” of HSL-37 at NAS Barbers Point Hawaii. While at HSL-37 he made two deployments to the Western Pacific aboard USS FRANCIS HAMMOND (FF-1067) and USS OLDENDORF (DD-972). His next sea assignment in 1989 was on the staff of COMMANDER CRUISER DESTROYER GROUP THREE as ASST OPS where he deployed aboard ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) and NIMITZ (CVN-68) deploying to the Arabian Gulf in support of OPERATION DESERT STORM. He was subsequently assigned as Officer in Charge of an HSL-43 SH-60B LAMPS MKIII detachment deployed to the Arabian Gulf aboard USS BUNKER HILL (CG-52). In 1998 he served as Air Boss on both USS ESSEX (LHD-2) and USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA-3) deploying to the Arabian Gulf and participating in a historic hull swap in Sasebo, Japan. Following this tour, Captain Stuyvesant reported to the CONSTELLATION Battle Group and the Staff of COMMANDER CRUISER DESTROYER GROUP ONE, where he served as the Information Warfare Commander (IWC) and as the Operations Officer (N3) while deployed to the Arabian Gulf and Western Pacific. His final sea assignment in 2002 was as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Readiness and Training (J7) on the staff of COMMANDER THIRD FLEET.

His assignments ashore include duty as Flag Aide to Commander Naval Logistics Command Pearl Harbor Hawaii, Fleet Replacement Squadron Instructor Pilot flying the SH-60B Seahawk at HSL-41, Senior Operations Officer in the National Military Command Center and as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director of Operations, Current Operations (J33) on the Joint Staff. Captain Stuyvesant assumed Command of the VT-28 “Rangers” in Corpus Christi Texas in 1997. Additional command tours include Commanding Officer Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily 2004-2007 and Commander Al Asad Air Base Command Group, Iraq in 2007.

Captain Stuyvesant’s personal awards include (3) Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, (4) Meritorious Service Medals, and various other personal achievement, service awards and ribbons.

Please join us for this important joint program with SDG and the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation (RSFF). For information on the Armed Forces Interest Group (AFIG) of RSFF – please check out

http://www.rsffoundation.org/donors/afig.html