BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2212@newportbeach.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241101T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241101T180000 DTSTAMP:20241030T232652Z URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/2024-newport-chamber-honors-citize n-of-the-year-marie-case-and-business-persons-of-the-year-eagle-four-partn ers/ SUMMARY:2024 Newport Chamber Honors - Citizen of the Year MARIE CASE and Bu siness Persons of the Year EAGLE FOUR PARTNERS DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_te xt]\nOnline reservations are no longer available. Please call the Chamber at 949-729-4400 for possible seating.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image i mage="625302" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]\nYou are invited to attend the 2024 Newport Beach Chamber Honors Dinner. At this e vent\, we will be presenting two prestigious awards. We will recognize our Business Persons of the Year from Eagle Four Partners and our Citizen of the Year\, Marie Case.\nBoth awards honor the significant contributions an d dedicated efforts in leadership\, philanthropy and investment in the com munity of Newport Beach.\nFor reservations\, please use the link below. Fo r sponsorship\, please contact Steve Rosansky at 949-729-4404.\n[/vc_colum n_text][vc_single_image image="625314" img_size="full" alignment="center"] [/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][ vc_separator][vc_column_text]\nPRESENTING SPONSORS\n[/vc_column_text][vc_r ow_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="625315" img_ size="Medium" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" i mg_link_target="_blank" link="http://www.visitnewportbeach.com"][/vc_colum n_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="625811" img_s ize="250" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank " link="http://www.cbre.com"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inne r][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\nSUPPORTING SPONSOR\n[/vc_column_text] [vc_single_image image="625867" img_size="300x200" add_caption="yes" align ment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https:/ /brandenhanceparking.com/"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner] [vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text]\nCENTERPIECE SPONSOR\n[/vc_c olumn_text][vc_single_image image="625368" img_size="200x100" add_caption= "yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" li nk="https://westcoastarborists.com/"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner wi dth="1/2"][vc_column_text]\nPROGRAM SPONSORS\n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_ image image="625812" img_size="400x130" add_caption="yes" alignment="cente r" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://www.orange catholicfoundation.org/"][vc_single_image image="625813" img_size="400x100 " add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_targ et="_blank" link="https://www.rcbo.org/"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner] [vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][gravityform id="287 " title="true" description="false" ajax="false"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_r ow][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_co lumn_text]\n2024 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR\n\nMarie Case\nMARIE CASE has been a resident of Newport Beach since 1987 and for many of the years since she arrived\, she has participated in a variety of community boards\, events a nd causes.\n\nHer ‘formative years’ instilled a work and ‘give back ’ ethic that came from family and a solid education.  After college\, curiosity about the world took her from the South Bay beaches of her home in Southern California on an extended tour through Europe.  A brief retur n to the homeland in Manhattan Beach after seven months of the ‘European Tour’\, she set off for the Rocky Mountains.  Her affinity for the be ach and the mountains would turn out to be a career path.\n\nHer career be gan in Aspen\, Colorado in the travel industry\, developing national and i nternational programs and strategies for resort properties\, their restaur ants and recreational facilities in the Rocky Mountains\, Hawaii and Lake Tahoe.\n\nJackson Hole\, Wyoming was her next stop where she founded an ad vertising and marketing firm and developed a client list that included hot els and resort properties in Colorado and Wyoming\, activewear manufacture rs\, health clubs and retail stores.\n\nPrior to establishing Case Communi cations here in Newport Beach\, she worked for an advertising agency as an Account Director and Planner.  She has managed large multi-million-dolla r budgets for multinational companies and implements plans for clients wit h smaller budgets.  She continues to work with clients to develop their b rands and grow their businesses.\n\nMarie is past Chair and continues to s erve on the Board of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce.  She is a me mber of the Commodores Club and she was the first woman to serve as Skippe r of the Commodores.  She has served and contributed to many Chamber and Commodores Committees including the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade Co mmittee.  She has served on the boards of Leadership Tomorrow\, the Amer ican Advertising Federation District 15 and is past President of the Orang e County Advertising Federation.  She currently is on the Board of KOCI 1 01.5 Radio and on committees at Sherman Gardens and the Newport Beach Publ ic Library Foundation.  She still loves the beach and also spends some ti me in the mountains of Idaho.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_tex t]\n2024 BUSINESS PERSONS OF THE YEAR\n\nEagle Four Partners\n\n\nEagle Fo ur Partners is a Newport Beach\, CA-based private equity group specializin g in strategic hospitality\, golf\, lifestyle residential\, and sports ent ertainment investments. Founded in 1996\, Eagle Four has participated as t he lead equity investor in more than $3 billion of transactions including most recently the acquisition of the Pendry Newport Beach\, formerly the F ashion Island Hotel. Eagle Four's current real estate asset portfolio cons ists of other notable Newport Beach properties including VEA Newport Beach \, Balboa Bay Resort &\; Club and Newport Beach Country Club\, along wi th other independent and branded hotels and resorts in California\, Arizon a\, Nevada\, Colorado\, and Hawaii. Eagle Four's expertise includes buildi ng strategic partnerships\, being good stewards of assets\, aggressive ass et management\, and creative deal structuring all with the goal of generat ing substantial value. Eagle Four Partners takes seriously the call to sha re the fruits of their labor within the community. It is the reason they s upport local charities and regional not-for-profit groups making a profoun d difference in the lives of others. Most recently\, a $25 million contrib ution to Hoag Hospital Foundation by the Martin/Pickup families facilitate d the creation of the CareMar Recovery Center. This new addiction treatmen t facility will be unlike any other in Orange County\, offering both resid ential and outpatient services for individuals struggling with alcohol and substance use disorders.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner w idth="1/4"][vc_single_image image="625816" img_size="200x240" alignment="c enter" style="vc_box_shadow_border" title="Kevin Martin"][/vc_column_inner ][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Kevin Martin is a founding p artner with Eagle Four Partners. Kevin specializes in acquisition\, develo pment and repositioning of hospitality and golf course assets. Kevin’s f ocus is business operations and management\, including strategic business planning to enhance and maximize value. He is a lifetime member of the PGA of America and serves on numerous corporate and non-profit boards. He res ides with his family in Newport Beach and enjoys golf\, fly fishing\, skii ng and beach volleyball. Most recently\, Kevin produced and hosted the 2nd Annual Newport Beach Volleyball Invitational that brought world-class pro fessional beach volleyball to Newport Beach for the first time.[/vc_column _text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner widt h="1/4"][vc_single_image image="625818" img_size="200x240" alignment="cent er" style="vc_box_shadow_border" title="Todd Pickup"][/vc_column_inner][vc _column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Todd Pickup is a partner with Ea gle Four Partners specializing in public securities\, private corporate in vestments\, private portfolio management and hospitality assets. A seasone d investment strategist\, Todd is a graduate of the University of Southern California and currently serves on the Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County. Prior to Eagle Four\, he was an associate at several bou tique investment firms. Todd also serves as a principal in Plus Four Manag ement\, LLC supervising several private equity funds. Todd resides with hi s family in Newport Beach\, CA and enjoys golfing\, USC football\, AFC Bou rnemouth\, and the Vegas Golden Knights.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner ][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][vc_single_imag e image="625820" img_size="200x240" alignment="center" style="vc_box_shado w_border" title="Joe Moody"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4" ][vc_column_text]Joe Moody is a partner at Eagle Four and its financial of ficer overseeing all reporting and investment analytics. A private equity investor and CPA specializing in portfolio asset management and underwriti ng of complex transactions\, Joe is a graduate of the University of Southe rn California and holds a MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Prior to Eagle Four\, he was an accountant at Ernst &\; Young and then an investment banker at Security Pacific National Bank and several boutiq ue firms specializing in structuring management-led leveraged buyouts. Joe also serves as a principal in Plus Four Management\, LLC supervising seve ral private equity funds. Joe resides in Newport Beach with his wife where he is an avid golfer and USC enthusiast.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inne r][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][vc_single_ima ge image="625821" img_size="200x240" alignment="center" style="vc_box_shad ow_3d" title="Rick Weiner"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"] [vc_column_text]Rick Weiner is a partner with Eagle Four Partners and serv es as its general counsel focusing on acquisitions\, dispositions\, develo pment financing\, asset management\, risk management\, legal matters\, and investor relations. Rick also structures joint ventures with equity part ners\, collaborates on investment strategy and contributes to the group’ s acquisition and portfolio management. He is a practicing attorney licens ed in both California and Nevada specializing in tax\, advanced estate pla nning\, and complex corporate and real estate transactions. Rick graduated from Arizona State University Law School and received his BA from UCLA. H e is also licensed in California as a CPA and real estate broker. He is th e president of The Law Offices of Rick S. Weiner P.C. advising notable hig h net-worth clients.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_ row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="625822" img _size="200x240" alignment="center" style="vc_box_shadow_border" title="Kor y Kramer"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text]K ory Kramer is a Partner with Newport Beach based Eagle Four Partners. Kory specializes in hospitality and other real estate investment activities in cluding acquisition and disposition of hotel properties\, development and construction\, financing\, asset management\, strategy and investor relati ons. He has led over $3 billion of real estate asset transactions includin g most recently the acquisition of the former Fashion Island Hotel recentl y repositioned as Pendry Newport Beach and the Newport Beach Marriott rece ntly repositioned as VEA Newport Beach while also obtaining entitlements f or the now under development Ritz-Carlton Residences Newport Beach. Kory i s a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School and received both his BA and MA degrees from Boston College. Kory served as a former Plannin g Commissioner for the City of Newport Beach and enjoys his family\, the b each and boating\, politics\, AFC Bournemouth soccer\, charities and trave ling.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_ro w][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column ][vc_column_text]\nPast Newport Beach Citizens of the Year\n[/vc_column_te xt][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n1 949\nRobert “Bob” Murphy\n1950\nHarry Welch\n1951\nRobert Callis\n1952 Myford Irvine\n1953\nO.W. “Dick” Richards\n1954\nDora O. Hill\n1955\n Joseph A. Beek\n1956\nEdward Milum\, M.D.\n1957\nJ.L. “Les” Steffensen | James “Jim” Edwards\n1958\nWilliam “Bill” Spurgeon\n1959\nDavid Nielsen\, M.D.\n1960\nGerald Lynch\n1961\nCarroll Beek\n1962\nPaul A. Pal mer\n1963\nDr. Basil H. Peterson\n1964\nRobert Reed\n1965\nIsabel Pease\n[ /vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n1966\ nTheodore Robins\n1967\nJohn Murdy\n1968\nJudge Robert Gardner  |  Walte r Longmoor\n1969\nA. Vincent Jorgenson\n1970\nFred Schope\n1971\nJohn Macn ab  |  Doreen Marshall\n1972\nJohn Lawson\n1973\nPhil Tozer\n1974\nGeorg e Hoag\n1975\nRichard “Dick” Stevens\n1976\nRay Watson\n1977\nArvo Haa pa\n1978\nRobert Wynn\n1979\nT. Duncan Stewart\n1980\nRobert Shelton\n1981 \nWilliam P. Ficker  |  Bill Banning\n1982\nHarry Babbitt\n1983\nJ. Pete r Barrett\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_ text]\n1984\nWilliam D. Lusk\n1985\nCharley Hester\n1986\nJackie Heather\n 1987\nBob McCurdy\n1988\nHans Prager\n1989\nBill Hamilton\n1990\nPaul Sala ta\n1991/92\nJim Dale\n1992/93\nArt Gronsky\n1993/94\nBob Robins\n1994/95\ nMichael Stephens\n1995/96\nLucille Kuehn\n1997\nRush N. Hill\, II\n1998\n Marian Bergeson\n1999\nClarence “Bus” Turner\n2000\nThomas C. Edwards\ n2001\nDayna Pettit\n2002 Bill Grundy\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_co lumn width="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n2003\nScott Paulsen\n2004\nWilliam Ring \n2005\nSeymour Beek\n2006\nDennis O’Neil\n2007\nEvelyn Hart\n2008\nLula Halfacre\n2009\nNorm Loats\, E.d.D\n2010\nRalph Rodheim\n2011/12\nTom Joh nson\n2013\nJean Watt\n2014\nJack and Nancy Skinner\n2015\nPaul Watkins\n2 016\nJohn and Elizabeth Stahr\n2017\nHomer Bludau\n2018\nDebbie Snavely\n2 019\nNancy Gardner\n2020\nJoe Stapleton\n2021\nWalt Howald\n2022\nDavid Be ek\n2023\nLaird Hayes\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_c olumn][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newportbeach.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2024/10/600x600.jpg CATEGORIES:Chamber Events,Featured LOCATION:Balboa Bay Resort\, 1221 W. Coast Highway\, Newport Beach\, CA\, 9 2663\, United States GEO:33.615623;-117.914996 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1221 W. Coast Highway\, New port Beach\, CA\, 92663\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Balboa Bay Resort:geo:33.615623,-117.914996 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR