Ralph Keeling

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Ralph Keeling

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Expert

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Director, Scripps CO2 Program - Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Ralph Keeling is the current program director of the Scripps CO2 Program. He is also a Professor and the Principal Investigator for the Atmospheric Oxygen Research Group at SIO. Keeling’s research has focused primarily on atmospheric processes but he has recently turned also to studying oxygen in the ocean.

Delores Diaz

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Delores Diaz

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Executive Director - Regional Task Force on the Homeless

Delores Diaz, Executive Director of the Regional Task Force on the Homeless and Housing Program Analyst at the County of San Diego. Each year the Task Force sends 1000 volunteers in one night to document San Diego's homeless population and report their findings to the City and County of San Diego.

Ruth Bruland

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Ruth Bruland

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Expert

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Executive Director - St. Vincent de Paul Village

Ruth Bruland is Executive Director of St. Vincent de Paul Village www.svdpv.org/ and a Vice President of Father Joe's Villages. She began working with Father Joe's Villages in 1998, as Executive Director of Las Vegas' MASH Village. Prior to that she was the founding director of an interfaith emergency shelter for families.

Eri Kameyama

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Eri Kameyama

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Expert

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Senior Project Manager - Civic San Diego

Eri Kameyama is the Senior Project Manager at Civic San Diego, formerly Centre City Development Corporation, where she oversees and underwrites a variety of affordable housing developments in downtown San Diego, ranging from high-rise and mixed-use developments to supportive housing for the special needs population. Since Ms. Kameyama joined Civic SD in 2007, she has originated and underwritten loans over $80 million to various affordable housing and commercial projects, helping to create over 1,000 affordable housing units in downtown San Diego. Ms.

Debbie Raune

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Debbie Raune

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Expert

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Senior Vice President, Real Estate Division - San Diego Housing Commission

Debbie Ruane is responsible for Acquisitions, Rental Housing Development Loans and Grant Programs, Property Management, Asset Management, Loan Management, and Construction Services. Ruane's division was responsible for launching SDHC's innovative Finance Plan in 2009 and raising $95 million in low-interest Fannie Mae and FHA mortgages by leveraging the equity of its former public housing properties to create additional affordable rental housing in the City of San Diego-810 units as of 2012.

Susan Tinsky

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Susan Riggs Tinsky

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Expert

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Director - San Diego Housing Federation

Susan Riggs Tinsky is the Executive Director of the San Diego Housing Federation. In this capacity, her primary goal is been to promote the creation of safe, stable, and healthy housing that is affordable to lower income families and people in need. Prior to joining the Federation, she worked as an attorney with law firm Best, Best & Krieger, LLP, where her specialization was affordable housing and redevelopment law. Additionally, she worked for the San Diego Housing Commission from 2001-2004.