SPEAKERS

First elected to the Vista Irrigation District Board of Directors in 2012 and elected to the Vista City Council in 2013, Franklin was appointed by his colleagues to serve as Deputy Mayor in 2017, 2019, & 2022. Franklin is the fourth directly elected Mayor of the City of Vista.

Zeke Corley has run his insurance agency in San Diego since 2003, partnering with the family business that was founded in 1977. In 2020, he began the Same Business Different Day podcast that focuses on telling the life stories of successful business owners, with the goal of inspiring others to get into business themselves. Zeke Corley currently serves as the 2023-2024 Board Chair at the Vista Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. Doyle's primary focus is to create the conditions for transforming a traditional educational organization into a scalable, sustainable personal learning environment. The Personal Learning Challenge project won the Golden Bell Award from the California School Boards Association. Vista Unified was recently awarded the California Department of Education 2022 Pivotal Practice Award for demonstrating innovative practices in response to the global pandemic.

Michael Bronner is President of Dr. Bronner’s, the top-selling natural brand of soap in North America and producer of other organic body care and food products. He is a grandson of company founder, Emanuel Bronner, and a fifth-generation soap maker.