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Honorary Gala Chairs Bill and Dorian Sailer welcomed the community to The Legal Aid Society of San Diego’sCentennial Gala. The event brought together 500 guests including supporters, lawyers, judges, volunteers and friends celebrating 100 years of promoting access to justice in San Diego County.
LASSD specializes in housing issues, consumer protection, foreclosure prevention, access to healthcare, income maintenance, nutritional security, disability benefits, immigration, family law, taxes, special education law and more. The organization also offers free legal clinics at county courthouses and libraries.
Among those in attendance were Tiffany Dowling, Mark Rackers, Lindsay Mertens, Patrice Jenkins, Ruth Kaplan, Todd Gloria, who joined in honoring LASSD’s century-long commitment to justice and community service.
Gallery of Legal Aid Society of San Diego’s Centennial Gala
Bee and Jim Mitter MillerBett McDade and Steve LemishBill and Dorian SailerBrenda and Mike BattinCarmen Quintana and Tony ValladolidCharles Bell Jr and Lakeya CherryClaire and Bel MaudsleyEng Ly and Erik RottermanEthan and Farah ShakooriGregory Knoll and Mayor Todd GloriaHenry Nieberg and Michele MeldenJanine and Wilson Schooley with George BrewsterJason Sanders and Roxana KendrickJoanna and Dave FoxJon Cieslak and Valerie TorresJudith Yates Susan Bower and George ScolariKim and David DanielsenLegal Aid Society 1Legal Aid SocietyLutfi Kharuf and James CekolaMarilin Levitan and Ruth KaplanMartha Klak and Antonio Page KhanMayor Todd Gloria Diego Caperon and Leanna WoelfelMike and Lindsay MertensMolly and Mark RackersMonica Fletes and Caroline JonesNaima and Jamal Sawyer Dymski with Mary Lou DymskiPatrice Jenkins and Beth WhittekerPeter Lococo and Sergio ValenzuelaRJ Nicks and Salvador TapiaRuthleen Uy Lorena Slomanson and Melissa Patterson
Esteban Villanueva was born in Washington D.C. and raised in La Jolla. He attended both Francis Parker and The Bishop’s School locally before going to Dartmouth College where he received his B.S. in Biology and Pepperdine School of Law where he received his J.D. focusing Entertainment Law. He worked in the Latin music industry where his projects went on to win 14 Grammy Awards for artists including Ricky Martin and Carlos Santana. After starting GB Magazine with Danitza Villanueva in 2007, he has gone on to win awards and recognition from the community for his support of helping raise millions of dollars for non-profit organizations. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the San Diego Air & Space Museum and resides in East County in San Diego where he and his wife Danitza run DAESVI Publishing, home to GB Magazine, among several other publications.
