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KIM JULIN GUYADER
Kim Guyader is the founding partner of J Public Relations and is an award-winning
public relations and marketing communications specialist. A recognized and respected
expert in the luxury travel and lifestyle industries, Guyader specializes in
building solid client relationships, creative campaigns and in scoring top media
placements. She founded J Public Relations at 29 and J Public Relations New York
in 2010 at age 37. Under her leadership, J Public Relations has grown into a bicoastal,
seven-figure full public relations agency. She has successfully launched marquee
hospitality and lifestyle bands including Stingaree, Searsucker, W Hotels,
Starwood Luxury Collection Properties, Hard Rock Hotels & Resorts and Sprinkles
Cupcakes. J Public Relations has been ranked as one of the fastest growing
public relations agencies in the country. As a mother to two young daughters,
Guyader is involved in school activities, fundraising, and volunteering within the
classroom during the school year..
RHIANNON JONES
Rhiannon Jones is the proactive strategies director of the Ballot Initiative Center in
Washington, D.C., the progressive community’s only research and capacity-building
organization focused solely on the ballot measure process, where she is responsible
for identifying, cultivating and supporting state and national efforts to move
the progessive agenda forward through the citizens’ initiative process and catalyzing
a national proactive ballot measure strategy. Prior to joining BISC, Jones spent
10 years with the Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest running
its legislative, advocacy and electoral campaigns. She began her career organizing
on campus for V-Day: Until the Violence Stops Campaign and Planned
Parenthood at the University of California, San Diego. Rhiannon has lived in San
Diego since fourth grade and although she travels frequently, lives in Normal
Heights with her 4-year-old son and rescue dog. Her creative thinking and dedication
earned her the Eva Cook Award in 2007, Planned Parenthood of the Pacific
Southwest’s highest staff honor.
REBECCA S. KANTER
Rebecca Kanter is an assistant U.S. Attorney in San Diego, a criminal prosecutor and
an active community volunteer for causes ranging from the environment to the arts.
While at the Department of Justice, she has successfully prosecuted hundreds of
cases ranging from Internet crimes against children to tax evasion. As part of the
Major Frauds and Special Prosecutions Unit in the Criminal Division, her legal
practice focuses on while collar criminal enforcement. Her most recent accomplishment
was the conviction of two defendants after a jury trial in a mortgage
fraud prosecution. Prior to joining the DOJ, she was an associate at the global law
firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP and a law clerk for the United States District Court
for the Central District of California. She is involved with the Allegro Society and
the La Jolla Music Society. Kanter is a member of the board of WILDCOAST, a
bi-national NGO dedicated to conserving biologically significant marine ecosystems
and wildlife. She is a volunteer with San Diego Coastkeeper, a nonprofit organization
that aims to protect and restore fishable, swimmable and drinkable waters
in San Diego County. She is a graduate of the University of California Irvine.
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