WHO WE ARE
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AN AMAZING PLACE WE CALL
You feel the magic of Coronado when you drive over the bridge. The San Diego skyline glitters nearby, the beach beckons ahead and the Grand Dame, the Hotel Del Coronado, anchors its history.
We’re a mix of residents, military staff and visitors joined together in this special place that is just 3.5 square miles, bounded by the Pacific Ocean and the San Diego Bay.
It would be hard not to love Coronado. And we do love it. City government works here. Residents are engaged. Volunteers are active. Nonprofit organizations are changing lives. The military watches over our country, while we keep an eye on ways to support military families.
We’re an engaged community, invested in making our area even better. For that reason, we created the Coronado Community Foundation.
MEET OUR FOUNDERS
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HELEN KUPKA
CEO Gelzer Systems Company, Co-Founder TLA Technology (ret)
DIANNE STREIFER LOOKABAUGH
Realtor, Keller Williams, (ret) Non-Profit Administrator
JEFF TYLER
CDR, USN (ret) Coldwell Banker Real Estate
DEBBIE STARKE
VP Donor Relations and Education, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (ret)
President Emeritus, Idyllwilld Arts Foundation, Founder; Idyllwild Arts Academy
MEET OUR ADVISORS
BILL LOWMAN
CHAIR
President Emeritus, Idyllwilld Arts Foundation, Founder; Idyllwild Arts Academy
BILL LOWMAN
DICK ARNOLD
ADVISOR
USN (ret), Commanding Officer, Science Application Intl' Corp Fleet Training Advisor
SHEILA BRAUN
ADVISOR, FINANCIAL COMMITTEE
Financial Advisor, CPA
MISSY COOK
ADVISOR
Attorney, Owner; Coast Benefits
LAURA DEITRICK
ADVISOR
Associate Director of The Non-Profit Institute, USD
MICHELLE GILMORE
ADVISOR
Executive Director, Coronado Schools Foundation
JAMES O'CONNOR
ADVISOR
President and Managing Member of Capital Advisory
CINDY SWAIN
ADVISOR
Family Therapist (ret), VP Donor Relations SD Foundation, ED American Cancer Society (SD)