2019 GALA SPONSORS
PROTECTOR OF FREEDOM:
The Step Family Foundation
DEFENDERS OF LIBERTY:
Issa Family Foundation
Becky Moores
78th STARS & STRIPES GALA | SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2019
Frankie Moreno
and his 10-Piece Band straight from Las Vegas
GUARDIANS OF INDEPENDENCE:
John & Sarah Cox
Dr. Seuss Foundation
Arlene & Richard Esgate
George & Hélène Gould
Una Davis & Jack McGrory
Singer, showman, songwriter, musician…Frankie
Moreno is all of these things and more. As a child
prodigy on the piano and a gifted multi-instrumentalist,
Frankie was first introduced to American audiences at
the age of 10 with his debut on CBS’s “Star Search”.
Since then, named “Las Vegas Headliner of the Year”
three times, Frankie has been wowing audiences from
coast to coast performing his own brand of
piano-pounding Rock n’ Roll.
Joe Everson
Singer & Abstract Realist Artist
Charles & Randi Wax Foundation
Pat & Bob Whalen
Artist/vocalist Joe Everson will wow us with his
original artwork he will create while singing the
National Anthem with the opportunity to bid on
his final masterpiece during the live auction.
78TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION:
Carol Clark/JC Foundation
Nichelle Medina & Lisa Remillard
MCs for the Evening
Nichelle Medina and Lisa Remillard of Blonde
Raven Strategies help businesses bring their
brand to life with compelling and engaging
video.
Ruth Westreich
FRIENDS Of LIBERTY:
Ahern Agribusiness, Inc.
Bahia Resort Hotel
Dr. Arthur Blain & Mrs. Melanie Cruz Blain
Don Breitenberg* & Jeanne Jones
Gensler/Turner Construction
Grosvenor Family Foundation
Clinton Walters & Vince Heald
Sam & Reena Horowitz
Gene W. James & Emmanuelle Hugentobler James, MD, PhD
John & Flossie L'Estrange and Wright L'Estrange & Ergastolo
Tom McCormick
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Virginia Napierskie
NDIA San Diego
Dr. Jim & Vangie Regan
Patti Roscoe
Mike Ryan & Penny Robbins
Tom & Cookie Sudberry
UCSD
USS Midway Museum
J. Craig Venter Institute
Leo & Emma Zuckerman
*in loving memory
**as of March 13, 2019
Chaplain Judy Malana, CAPT, USN
Invocation & Prayer for the Evening
The daughter of a Navy Sailor, Captain Judy
Malana, grew up in Chula Vista, California and
is an active duty Navy Chaplain. She has
served in ashore, afloat, and forward deployed
units with the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard
for the past 21 years. She is currently based in
Washington, DC and serves as the Religious
Program Director for Naval District Washington. Chaplain Malana recently served
as the Military Ceremonial Chaplain for the State Funeral of President George H.
W. Bush. An ordained minister with the General Council of the Assemblies of
God, she is an alumna of the U.S. Naval War College, Marine Corps University, the
National Graduate School, Bethel Theological Seminary, and the University of
California, Los Angeles. She is currently a PhD candidate at Salve Regina
University where her area of research is technology, warfare, and humanity.