Business & Technology Leadership Dinner Awardees
From left to right: Sheila Cluff, Jane Rush, President Rush, Ventura Mayor Mike Tracy, Chancellor WhiteCI recognized three outstanding business, technology and community leaders and awarded five student scholarships at its 9th Annual Business & Technology Partnership (B&TP) Leadership Dinner held on April 18 at the Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach. Housed in the Martin V. Smith School of Business & Economics, the B&TP is a collaborative effort between CI and community leaders, business and technology executives and professionals. The Partnership works to foster the collaboration of technology and related service-based companies with CI and promote technological excellence among CI students, faculty and staff for the benefit of the region’s economy.
Awardees include: Business and Community Leader of the Year: Ann Deal, Founder and CEO of Fashion Forms.
Technologist of the Year: Steven Gill, Partner of Gills Onions.
Faculty Leader of the Year: Dr. Cynthia Wyels, Professor of Mathematics.
Student recipients of $6,000 scholarships were Eric Varela, Computer Science, Jenna Fordis, Nursing; Christy Diggins-Richey, Nursing; Ashley Tegley, Nursing; and Charles Hillman, Applied Physics.
The event’s title sponsor was Union Bank. Other sponsors included: Airborne Technologies, Inc., Aera Energy, LLC, Davey/Wesely, Bill and Elise Kearney, Ruby Oertle, Pacific Coast Business Times, and Sheeler Moving and Storage, Inc.