San Diego Magazine Woman of the Year Awarded to Gail Naughton, Dean of SDSU's College of Business Administration
San Diego Magazine hosted the first Women Who Move the City event on July 12 at the Museum of Art in Balboa Park. The evening enabled women to gather and network while enjoying a cocktail reception hosted by San Diego Magazine. San Diego Magazine publisher, Maureen Sullivan’s, announcement of Gail Naughton as the Woman of the Year was the highlight of the evening.
When asked about the selection, Sullivan emphatically stated, “As the Dean of the College of Business Administration, Gail has guided San Diego State University to great accomplishments with incredible support from the biotechnology business community. I could not believe that she holds an impressive 90 U.S. and foreign patents, combined. Her endless dedication to the local community makes her a role model to us all.”
In 2000, Naughton was the first individual woman to receive the National Inventor of the Year Award by the Intellectual Property Owners Association. Her commitment to her field and education continues with her work as part of the university advisory boards at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Washington and she is a frequent lecturer at universities around the world. She devotes her time to several other nonprofit foundations among them the California Health Institute, the Ackerman Foundation and Rotary International.
Recognized for almost 60 years as one of the publishing industry’s most influential city/regional consumer titles, San Diego Magazine has an audited circulation of approximately 54,000 readers and has a significant reader-base in some of the country’s most affluent communities, including Rancho Santa Fe, La Jolla and Del Mar. The publication is recognized as the regional authority on topics such as lifestyle, business, real estate, politics and art, and provides irreverent editorial content and eagerly anticipated special theme issues, such as The Best of San Diego, San Diego’s Top Doctors and Best Restaurants. In addition to San Diego Magazine, the company publishes San Diego at Home and Travels quarterly. San Diego Magazine is one of 15 titles of CurtCo Media Labs. It was acquired by the Malibu-based publisher on June 27, 2005. More information is available at www.sandiegomagazine.com.
SDSU is the oldest and largest institution of higher education in the San Diego region. Founded in 1897, SDSU offers bachelor’s degrees in 81 areas, master’s degrees in 72 and doctorates in 16. SDSU’s nearly 33,000 students participate in academic curricula distinguished by direct faculty contact and an increasingly international emphasis that prepares them for a global future. For more information, visit www.sdsu.edu.
