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“Once a species no longer meets the ESA’s definition of threatened or endangered, the federal government steps out of the picture.”

Ramirez sued the City of Texas City over the demolition, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in his favor.

Americans do not surrender their constitutional rights when they travel. Yet, currently, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy hands U.S. border officials broad authority to conduct warrantless searches and seizures of electronic devices at ports of entry and of vehicles at checkpoints within 100 miles of the border. That policy is doing ...

Tina Snider (M.Ed) is a businesswoman and philanthropist dedicated to the preservation of Jewish culture and American values. After a series of successful startups across multiple industries, Ms. Snider devotes her full-time focus to social entrepreneurship and philanthropy. Snider currently serves as CEO of the Tina Snider Foundation, and also as President of the Gevura […]

Born in postwar London, Steve Hanleigh is the son of an Austrian Jewish refugee whose family business was seized during the 1938 Anschluss and a French mother who aided Allied airmen during World War II. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a degree in economics, Steve began his real estate career in the early […]

Michael Dearing is founder of seed-stage venture capital firm, Harrison Metal Capital, and a retired Consulting Associate Professor at Stanford University’s School of Engineering. Mr. Dearing taught some of the most popular courses in the University on entrepreneurship, startup finance, and commercializing new technology. Prior to starting Harrison Metal Capital, Mr. Dearing worked in senior […]

Loren Booth is a fifth-generation Californian, born in Pasadena. She is one of six children of Frank “Otis” Booth, Jr., who started family-owned and operated Booth Ranches in 1957, with 40 acres near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Over the decades, Booth Ranches has grown significantly, boasting more than 8,000 acres of premium […]

Kevin Dretzka is a private equity investor who has been active in oil and gas exploration, real estate development, agricultural processing technology development, and service company investments.    In recent years his recent for-profit efforts have primarily involved two firms: Kentwood Ventures (www.kentwoodventures.com) and AgVault LLC (www.agvaultllc.com).  Among other projects, Kevin Dretzka is the executive […]

Judith Praitis has been an innovative environmental lawyer, active for decades in regulatory, transactional, administrative and litigation matters.  Her career has included a spectrum of legal issues ranging from drafting laws, to developing technical and equitable legal approaches for brownfields and other site remedial actions, environmental civil and criminal enforcement, chemical emergency and regulatory management, […]

Dwight “Jim” Baum is a mechanical and aerospace engineer, decorated U.S. Air Force pilot, and longtime aviation professional. A graduate of Cornell and Stanford universities, he served as a C-141 pilot and flew special operations missions in Vietnam, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and numerous Air Medals before continuing his career with the FAA, Eastern […]