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Chuck Day
Hilltop High, Class of '75 President & CEO of Ronald McDonald House In November 2010, Ronald McDonald House named Hilltop High's ASB President of 1975 Charles "Chuck" Day as their new president and CEO. A veteran non-profit executive in San Diego, Day previously served as Vice President and Senior Director of Philanthropy for Rady Children's Hospital Foundation and Associate Vice President and Director of Development at Scripps Foundation for Medicine and Science. He also was founding clinic director of Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders. - Biography Compiled by Carole George - |
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Hilltop High, Class of '75 Attorney, Former Mayor of Chula Vista, CA After growing up in Chula Vista and graduating from Hilltop High in 1975, Nader went on to UC Berkeley and got his undergraduate degree in Political Science in 1979, graduating magna cum laude. Four years later in 1982, he received his law degree. He worked for the state Court of Appeals between 1982-1984 and then for the California Attorney General as a prosecutor between 1984-1991. Nader was elected to the Chula Vista City Council in a special election and then re-elected to a full term in 1987. He left the Attorney General's office when elected Mayor of Chula Vista in 1991. While in city office, he focused on environmental protection and public safety issues. Highlights of his term as mayor included the defeat of the binational airport proposal and a significant decrease in city crime. In 1994, rather than run for re-election, he ran in a special election for State Assembly, but lost by only 28 votes. He then decided to leave the political arena and focus his attention on affordable housing development, first in Ocean Beach and then as executive director of two non-profit housing corporations in Colorado. In addition, Nader served as a foreign aid volunteer in Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Central Asia for six months after the 9/11 attacks. Returning to the San Diego area in 2002, he now works for the County as a child support attorney. - Biography compiled by Nadine (Linder) Sandauer - |
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Dr. Mark Nelson
Hilltop High, Class of '75 Tubist In the world of tubas, Dr. Mark Nelson is king. He is currently a music professor, performer and conductor at Pima Community College where he has been tenured since 2000. Before that he was associate Professor Music at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, and before that at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. Altogether he has been teaching tuba at the college level for over 30 years.
Mark holds the Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California, the Licentiate Performer’s Diploma in Tuba from Trinity School of Music, London, the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, and the Master of Education degree in Administration and Planning from the University of Vermont. Mark has been a pioneer in the development of new solo literature for the tuba. He has commissioned and premiered over thirty new works and has appeared as a soloist, clinician, lecturer, and judge for many national and international music festivals in the United States, Austria, Canada, Japan, Australia, and England. His book, The Tuba as Solo Instrument: Composer Biographies, was published in 1995 by the Tuba-Euphonium Press. - Biography Compiled by Carole George - _______________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Reid Nuttall Reid has sustained a career-long record of innovation and bottom-line business improvements with strong academic and industry credentials. He holds an M.B.A. and B.S. in Economics from Brigham Young University, has been mentioned in numerous industry publications, and has served as an invited speaker at several industry conferences. He also offers global business experience having lived in multiple countries and managed international teams from around the world. Read more at his website. - Biography Compiled by Nadine Sandauer - |
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Hilltop High, Class of '75 Cardiologist Fernando is a cardiologist in Pasadena, California who specializes in cardiovascular diseases. He is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Huntington Memorial Hospital and Methodist Hospital of Southern California . His medical training includes the University of Calif. Irvine School of Medicine (1983), Residency at the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education (1983-1986) and the Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (1986–1988). He has been in practice for 31 years & been honored with awards, honors, & recognition, including Top Doctors: LA Area, Castle Connolly 2013 Top Doctors: Southern California: Castle Connolly 2012 Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification: Ctrs for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2012 - Biography Compiled by Nadine Sandauer - _____________________________________________________________________________________________ |