Featured Speaker

Mr. Gary Strong

  • Los Angeles Native
  • UC Santa Barbara, BA Business/Economics 1983
  • Ernst & Young 1983-1990, Audit Manager
  • Times Mirror/Los Angeles Times 1990-2005, Audit Director, Controller
  • Sacramento Bee 2005-2015, SVP Finance
  • American Red Cross, Gold Country Region 2015 – present, CEO
  • Married to Sonia 1996
  • Daughter Katharine – Junior at Granite Bay High School – member of Award-Winning Emerald Brigade
  • Avid Golfer
  • Board of Directors – Sacramento Region Community Foundation
  • Former Board Member – L.A. Urban League, La Habra Children’s Museum, Times Mirror Foundation,
  • KVIE Public Television, Roberts Family Development Center, News Media Financial Executives, American Leadership Forum
  • Former Member – Financial Executives International
  • Treasurer, Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity