Gentry Wealth Winter 2012 : Page 6
CONTENTS Inside this issue ... PAGE 10 Note from Editorial Director: Stefanie Lingle Beasley A Salute to Business Big and Small 30 PAGE 16 ASSETS Au courant timepieces, clothing, accessories, and more 16 PAGE 22 NETWORKING Parties, events, and fundraisers 46 22 PAGE 42 ENJOYING: SIX CYLINDERS, NO WAITING! Automotive Editor Brian Douglas takes BMW’s K 1600 GTL out for a spin and falls in love. PAGE 26 PEOPLE: THE ECONOMIC COLLISION The Silicon Valley Chapter of Financial Executives International put together a recent conference posing the thematic question: Economic Worlds Colliding? Washington D.C. vs. Enterprise Growth USA. The central focus of the event was to ask whether the controversial Dodd-Frank Act is helping or hurting business today. To answer those questions they invited the co-author of the legislation Senator Christo-pher Dodd to participate in a lively discus-sion with former 5-time U.S. Congressman Tom Campbell. The event was moderated by former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. PAGE 44 ENJOYING: DUE SOUTH OF SANTIAGO Jennifer Massoni Pardini checks into a casita at Relais & Châteaux Lapostolle Residence and discovers the perfect blend of luxurious accommodation, award-winning wine, and views extending from every step. 26 PAGE 50 GIVING: SCOUT’S HONOR The Peninsula’s Robert Beresford Williams and Carol Mayer Marshall have individu-ally devoted their lives to community service. This May they will be recognized together as the 2012 Distinguished Citizens of the Year by Pacific Skyline Council, Boy Scouts of America. Shannon Sullivan catches up with them to discuss their passion for leadership, volunteering, and Stanford football. PAGE 30 PEOPLE: THE DEAL MAKER With her trademark understated style, extreme professionalism, and uncanny attention to detail, Mary Gullixson has earned the well deserved reputation as not only one of Silicon Valley’s most important power brokers, but one of the world’s top selling residential real estate professionals. PAGE 46 ENJOYING: A ROLLS-ROYCE FOR DRIVERS Brian Douglas discovers that Rolls Royce’s new Ghost has all of the luxury but none of the pretense you might expect. 6 GENTRY WEALTH | WINTER 2012 | www.gentrymagazine.com
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