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:2473@newportbeach.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T180000 DTSTAMP:20251105T191447Z URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/2025-newport-chamber-honors-citize n-of-the-year-ed-selich-business-person-of-the-year-ron-salisbury-chamber- awards/ SUMMARY:2025 Newport Chamber Honors - Citizen of the Year ED SELICH - Busin ess Person of the Year RON SALISBURY - Chamber Awards DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_te xt]\nOnline reservations are now closed. Please call 949-729-4400 for poss ible seating.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="631580" img_size=" full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]\nYou are invited to attend the 2 025 Newport Beach Chamber Honors Dinner\nAt this event\, we will recognize our Business Person of the Year\, RON SALISBURY and our Citizen of the Ye ar\, ED SELICH.\nIn addition\, the Newport Beach Chamber will honor its sp ecial awardees.\nThese awards honor the significant contributions and dedi cated efforts in leadership\, philanthropy and investment in the community of Newport Beach.\nFor reservations\, please use the link below. For spon sorship\, please contact Steve Rosansky at 949-729-4404.\n[/vc_column_text ][vc_single_image image="631770" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_si ngle_image image="631579" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column_i nner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element="yes"][vc _column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\nPRESENTING SPONSORS\n[/vc_column_t ext][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="625 315" img_size="Medium" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custo m_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="http://www.visitnewportbeach.com"][ /vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="6258 11" img_size="250" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_targe t="_blank" link="http://www.cbre.com"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc _row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\nSUPPORTING SPONSOR\n[/vc_col umn_text][vc_single_image image="625867" img_size="300x200" add_caption="y es" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link ="https://brandenhanceparking.com/"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_r ow_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text]\nCENTERPIECE SPONSO R\n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="625368" img_size="200x100" add _caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_ blank" link="https://westcoastarborists.com/"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column _inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text]\nPROGRAM SPONSORS\n[/vc_column_text][v c_single_image image="625812" img_size="400x130" add_caption="yes" alignme nt="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://w ww.orangecatholicfoundation.org/"][vc_single_image image="625813" img_size ="400x100" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_ link_target="_blank" link="https://www.rcbo.org/"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_r ow_inner][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][gravityfor m id="355" title="true" description="false" ajax="false"][/vc_column][/vc_ row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_ element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n2024 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR\n\nMar ie Case\nMARIE CASE has been a resident of Newport Beach since 1987 and f or many of the years since she arrived\, she has participated in a variety of community boards\, events and causes.\n\nHer ‘formative years’ ins tilled 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 t hrough Europe.  A brief return to the homeland in Manhattan Beach after s even months of the ‘European Tour’\, she set off for the Rocky Mountai ns.  Her affinity for the beach and the mountains would turn out to be a career path.\n\nHer career began in Aspen\, Colorado in the travel indust ry\, developing national and international programs and strategies for res ort properties\, their restaurants and recreational facilities in the Rock y Mountains\, Hawaii and Lake Tahoe.\n\nJackson Hole\, Wyoming was her nex t stop where she founded an advertising and marketing firm and developed a client list that included hotels and resort properties in Colorado and Wy oming\, activewear manufacturers\, health clubs and retail stores.\n\nPrio r to establishing Case Communications here in Newport Beach\, she worked f or an advertising agency as an Account Director and Planner.  She has man aged large multi-million-dollar budgets for multinational companies and im plements plans for clients with smaller budgets.  She continues to work w ith clients to develop their brands and grow their businesses.\n\nMarie is past Chair and continues to serve on the Board of the Newport Beach Chamb er of Commerce.  She is a member of the Commodores Club and she was the first woman to serve as Skipper of the Commodores.  She has served and co ntributed to many Chamber and Commodores Committees including the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade Committee.  She has served on the boards of Leadership Tomorrow\, the American Advertising Federation District 15 and is past President of the Orange County Advertising Federation.  She curre ntly is on the Board of KOCI 101.5 Radio and on committees at Sherman Gard ens and the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation.  She still loves the beach and also spends some time in the mountains of Idaho.[/vc_column_tex t][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n2024 BUSINESS PERSONS OF THE YEAR\n\nEag le Four Partners\n \n\nEagle Four Partners is a Newport Beach\, CA-based private equity group specializing in strategic hospitality\, golf\, lifest yle residential\, and sports entertainment investments. Founded in 1996\, Eagle Four has participated as the lead equity investor in more than $3 bi llion of transactions including most recently the acquisition of the Pendr y Newport Beach\, formerly the Fashion Island Hotel. Eagle Four's current real estate asset portfolio consists of other notable Newport Beach proper ties including VEA Newport Beach\, Balboa Bay Resort &\; Club and Newpo rt Beach Country Club\, along with other independent and branded hotels an d resorts in California\, Arizona\, Nevada\, Colorado\, and Hawaii. Eagle Four's expertise includes building strategic partnerships\, being good ste wards of assets\, aggressive asset management\, and creative deal structur ing all with the goal of generating substantial value. Eagle Four Partners takes seriously the call to share the fruits of their labor within the co mmunity. It is the reason they support local charities and regional not-fo r-profit groups making a profound difference in the lives of others. Most recently\, a $25 million contribution to Hoag Hospital Foundation by the M artin/Pickup families facilitated the creation of the CareMar Recovery Cen ter. This new addiction treatment facility will be unlike any other in Ora nge County\, offering both residential and outpatient services for individ uals struggling with alcohol and substance use disorders.[/vc_column_text] [vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="625816" img_size="200x240" alignment="center" style="vc_box_shadow_border" title= "Kevin Martin"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_t ext]Kevin Martin is a founding partner with Eagle Four Partners. Kevin spe cializes in acquisition\, development and repositioning of hospitality and golf course assets. Kevin’s focus 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 corpora te and non-profit boards. He resides with his family in Newport Beach and enjoys golf\, fly fishing\, skiing and beach volleyball. Most recently\, K evin produced and hosted the 2nd Annual Newport Beach Volleyball Invitatio nal that brought world-class professional beach volleyball to Newport Beac h for the first time.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc _row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="625818" im g_size="200x240" alignment="center" style="vc_box_shadow_border" title="To dd Pickup"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text] Todd Pickup is a partner with Eagle Four Partners specializing in public s ecurities\, private corporate investments\, private portfolio management a nd hospitality assets. A seasoned investment strategist\, Todd is a gradua te of the University of Southern California and currently serves on the Bo ard of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County. Prior to Eagle Four\, he was an associate at several boutique investment firms. Todd also serves a s a principal in Plus Four Management\, LLC supervising several private eq uity funds. Todd resides with his family in Newport Beach\, CA and enjoys golfing\, USC football\, AFC Bournemouth\, and the Vegas Golden Knights.[/ vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_i nner width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="625820" img_size="200x240" alignm ent="center" style="vc_box_shadow_border" title="Joe Moody"][/vc_column_in ner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Joe Moody is a partner at Eagle Four and its financial officer overseeing all reporting and investm ent analytics. A private equity investor and CPA specializing in portfolio asset management and underwriting of complex transactions\, Joe is a grad uate of the University of Southern California and holds a MBA from the UCL A Anderson School of Management. Prior to Eagle Four\, he was an accountan t at Ernst &\; Young and then an investment banker at Security Pacific National Bank and several boutique firms specializing in structuring manag ement-led leveraged buyouts. Joe also serves as a principal in Plus Four M anagement\, LLC supervising several private equity funds. Joe resides in N ewport Beach with his wife where he is an avid golfer and USC enthusiast.[ /vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_ inner width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="625821" img_size="200x240" align ment="center" style="vc_box_shadow_3d" title="Rick Weiner"][/vc_column_inn er][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Rick Weiner is a partner w ith Eagle Four Partners and serves as its general counsel focusing on acqu isitions\, dispositions\, development financing\, asset management\, risk management\, legal matters\, and investor relations. Rick also structures joint ventures with equity partners\, collaborates on investment strategy and contributes to the group’s acquisition and portfolio management. He is a practicing attorney licensed in both California and Nevada specializ ing in tax\, advanced estate planning\, and complex corporate and real est ate transactions. Rick graduated from Arizona State University Law School and received his BA from UCLA. He is also licensed in California as a CPA and real estate broker. He is the president of The Law Offices of Rick S. Weiner P.C. advising notable high 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="Kory Kramer"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inn er width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Kory Kramer is a Partner with Newport Beach based Eagle Four Partners. Kory specializes in hospitality and other real estate investment activities including acquisition and disposition of hot el properties\, development and construction\, financing\, asset managemen t\, strategy and investor relations. He has led over $3 billion of real es tate asset transactions including most recently the acquisition of the for mer Fashion Island Hotel recently repositioned as Pendry Newport Beach and the Newport Beach Marriott recently repositioned as VEA Newport Beach whi le also obtaining entitlements for the now under development Ritz-Carlton Residences Newport Beach. Kory is a graduate of the University of Notre Da me Law School and received both his BA and MA degrees from Boston College. Kory served as a former Planning Commissioner for the City of Newport Bea ch and enjoys his family\, the beach and boating\, politics\, AFC Bournemo uth soccer\, charities and traveling.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/ vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_co lumn][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nPast Newport Beach Citi zens of the Year\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n1949\nRobert “Bob” Murphy\n1950\nHarry Welch\n1951\nRobert Callis\n1952 Myford Irvine\n1953\nO.W. “Dick” Rich ards\n1954\nDora O. Hill\n1955\nJoseph 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. Palmer\n1963\nDr. Basil H. Peterson\n1964\nRo bert Reed\n1965\nIsabel Pease\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column wid th="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n1966\nTheodore Robins\n1967\nJohn Murdy\n1968\n Judge Robert Gardner  |  Walter Longmoor\n1969\nA. Vincent Jorgenson\n19 70\nFred Schope\n1971\nJohn Macnab  |  Doreen Marshall\n1972\nJohn Lawso n\n1973\nPhil Tozer\n1974\nGeorge Hoag\n1975\nRichard “Dick” Stevens\n 1976\nRay Watson\n1977\nArvo Haapa\n1978\nRobert Wynn\n1979\nT. Duncan Ste wart\n1980\nRobert Shelton\n1981\nWilliam P. Ficker  |  Bill Banning\n19 82\nHarry Babbitt\n1983\nJ. Peter Barrett\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][v c_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n1984\nWilliam D. Lusk\n1985\nCharle y Hester\n1986\nJackie Heather\n1987\nBob McCurdy\n1988\nHans Prager\n1989 \nBill Hamilton\n1990\nPaul Salata\n1991/92\nJim Dale\n1992/93\nArt Gronsk y\n1993/94\nBob Robins\n1994/95\nMichael Stephens\n1995/96\nLucille Kuehn\ n1997\nRush N. Hill\, II\n1998\nMarian Bergeson\n1999\nClarence “Bus” Turner\n2000\nThomas C. Edwards\n2001\nDayna Pettit\n2002 Bill Grundy\n[/v c_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_column_text]\n2003\nS cott Paulsen\n2004\nWilliam Ring\n2005\nSeymour Beek\n2006\nDennis O’Nei l\n2007\nEvelyn Hart\n2008\nLula Halfacre\n2009\nNorm Loats\, E.d.D\n2010\ nRalph Rodheim\n2011/12\nTom Johnson\n2013\nJean Watt\n2014\nJack and Nanc y Skinner\n2015\nPaul Watkins\n2016\nJohn and Elizabeth Stahr\n2017\nHomer Bludau\n2018\nDebbie Snavely\n2019\nNancy Gardner\n2020\nJoe Stapleton\n2 021\nWalt Howald\n2022\nDavid Beek\n2023\nLaird Hayes\n2024\nMarie Case\n[ /vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc _column][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newportbeach.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2021/10/Honors-Headeronly.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:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR