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Ann Hill

Ann L. Hill is an attorney, a consultant for nonprofit organizations and philanthropists, and a community volunteer. Her clients include the National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC), which provides conflict management strategies and communication skills trainings that transform cultures. As a native San Diegan, she has an ongoing interest in the history and progress of our region, and has served on the UC San Diego Chancellor's Advisory Board, the San Diego History Center board, the SD250 Committee, the Serra Museum Committee, and the Board of Trustees for the University of Southern California.

Barbara Fletcher Brown is currently president of the Rotary Club of La Jolla.

Someone San Diego Should Know: Barbara Fletcher Brown

June 6, 2024 at 12:48 a.m.

Music has been a continuous source of joy for San Diego attorney Barbara Fletcher Brown. While growing up in Port Chester, N.Y., she sang in her high school glee club,...

At the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast in San Diego, Calif., attendees (left to right) Beatrix Valencia, Judy Thompson, Wendy Urushima-Conn, Joyce Gattas, Wendy McKinney (standing), Roger Haines, Ann L. Hill, Patti Roscoe share a table.

In this new year, consider how to improve the world in your own individual way

January 15, 2024 at 1:11 p.m.

Hill is an attorney and a philanthropy consultant. She lives in Point Loma.This past year, it has become more evident than ever that we all take so much for granted:...

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Expectations and opportunities for women have changed greatly throughout my legal career

August 16, 2023 at 12:41 a.m.

Hill is an attorney and a philanthropy consultant. She lives in Point Loma.Timing is everything in life, and one thing leads to another. How different would my life have been...

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My dad became a top San Diego engineer during World War II. We ended up here by chance.

June 13, 2023 at 12:24 a.m.

Hill is an attorney and a philanthropy consultant. She lives in Point Loma.Not a day goes by that I don’t thank my dad for moving to San Diego.He was a...

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This local CEO says he gained key business skills from rowing on Mission Bay

March 25, 2023 at 1:26 a.m.

Hill is an emeritus member of the Community Advisory Board of The San Diego Union-Tribune, an attorney and a philanthropy consultant. She lives in Point Loma.The San Diego Crew Classic...

<br/><br/><br/><br/><b>In this Aug. 3, 2019 file photo, a bouquet of flowers sit on sand rock debris from a bluff collapse near the Grandview beach access stairway in Encinitas a day earlier. Three family died in the collapse.</b><br/><br/>

My mother made beautiful music with my dad, for her family, and for the community

May 7, 2022 at 1:01 p.m.

Hill is an attorney, a consultant for nonprofit organizations and philanthropists, and a community volunteer. She lives in Point Loma.My mother met my dad in a very cinematic way, like a...

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In 2020, our core beliefs as Americans – democracy, science, faith in each other – were questioned

December 29, 2020 at 8:32 p.m.

This was the year when the world as we knew it was suspended, when we involuntarily paused to consider all that had been taken for granted, when we were forced...

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People who refuse to wear masks are bullies. Why don’t they want to save lives?

July 10, 2020 at 3:03 a.m.

Who was that unmasked person?That person was a bully.Unlike typical bullying on the playground, these days bullying has little to do with physical superiority. Now a bully can create anxiety...

Kathryn Munoz

Someone San Diego Should Know: Kathryn Munoz

February 4, 2021 at 12:54 a.m.

Kathryn Munoz learned how to be a volunteer in San Diego from her mother, and is continuing that legacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. While watching NBC Nightly News one evening...

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Someone San Diego Should Know: Cheryl Anderson

February 4, 2021 at 12:54 a.m.

Cheryl Anderson is an epidemiologist who studies the connection between what we eat and the prevention of diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, and Parkinson’s disease. She is also a...

Ana De Almeida Amaral is someone San Diego should know. Mariacarmen Garcia photo

Someone San Diego Should Know: Ana De Almeida Amaral

February 4, 2021 at 1:00 a.m.

While growing up in Chula Vista, Ana De Almeida Amaral ed Girl Scouts, sold cookies, and enjoyed camping. Many drop out during middle school, but 18-year-old Amaral is grateful that...

Barbara "Babs" Behling, a former costume stitcher for The Old Globe, poses for a portrait on July 3, 2019 in San Diego, California. Behling now stitches purses and other items out of leftover costume fabric.

Someone San Diego Should Know: Barbara Behling

February 4, 2021 at 1:00 a.m.

Barbara “Babs” Behling cut and stitched costumes at the Old Globe Theatre for more than 30 years, and for those immersed in this “behind the scenes” world, a scrap of...