WINTER BREWS AND VIEWS
Brews and Views was created in November 2009 by co-owner of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Lenny Mendonca, who is director emeritus (retired senior partner) of the San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices of McKinsey & Company. For Mendonca, who grew up listening to Commonwealth Club forums on NPR, Brews and Views is an ideal way to involve the public in discussions about everything from economic development and environmental issues to social change and politics. Recently nominated for the prestigious “Visionary of the Year” award by the San Francisco Chronicle, Mendonca looks forward to producing this speakers’ series every year.
“Brews and Views provides me with a unique opportunity to help bring world-renowned speakers to the Coastside and facilitate meaningful discourse about the topics of the day,” said Mendonca.
The free, public events are formatted like a town hall, often featuring an initial conversation between the guest speaker and moderator after which the public are invited to participate in a Q&A session. Recent notable guests include San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Giants CEO Larry Baer; David Bastone, founder of Not for Sale; Mike McCurry, former press secretary for President Bill Clinton; Gina Giantz, political organizer and chair of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund; and Molly Sullivan, chief of strategy and innovation for the U.S. Department of the Navy.
WINTER 2016 BREWS AND VIEWS
Empowering Underserved Bay Area Youth through Digital Media
Thursday, January 7
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company (390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay)
6 to 8 p.m.
Brews and Views welcomes Villy Wang, founder and CEO of BAYCAT, a San Francisco non-profit that creates pathways for young people in the Bay Area’s underserved neighborhoods through education, employment and entertainment in digital media. Raised by an immigrant single mother in New York City, her desire to tell her story forged a passion for using the digital media arts to capture stories untold and to create social change. Leveraging her impressive 25-year background in education, arts programming, nonprofit business and law, Wang founded BAYCAT to create a new kind of social enterprise for impoverished youth. Following a discussion between Mendonca and Wang about empowering underserved youth and young adults through the digital media arts, there will be an opportunity for a Q&A with the audience.
Politics Today
Thursday, January 21
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company (390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay)
6 to 8 p.m.
Brews and Views welcomes award-winning reporter Carla Marinucci who recently joined the staff of Politico. Previously, she was a senior political reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, having been on staff there since 1996. She is a regular political commentator on radio and TV in the U.S., and has won more than two dozen state and national awards. Following a discussion between Mendonca and Marinucci about the current political climate and upcoming national election, they will open the floor for a Q&A with the audience.
Networking for Good
Thursday, February 4
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company (390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay)
6 to 8 p.m.
Brews and Views welcomes Rob Joyce, director of special projects for Full Circle Fund, an active network of professionals who leverage their time, talent and connections to help nonprofit organizations launch new initiatives, make a greater impact and accelerate positive change in their community. Full Circle Fund offers its members, investors and grant partners the opportunity to be part of something bigger than simply giving; their members come together to think, learn and work hand-in-hand to affect change where it matters most. Full Circle Fund launched Founders’ Pledge last year, and 26 companies have pledged a combination of equity, time and, monetary contributions to support Bay Area nonprofits that are driving change. Following a discussion between Joyce and Mendonca on Full Circle Fund, they will open the floor for a Q&A with the audience
Book Discussion: “All Our Yesterdays”
Thursday, February 18
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company (390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay)
6 to 8 p.m.
Brews and Views welcomes award-winning screenwriter, playwright, and author Erik Tarloff for a discussion about his latest novel “All Our Yesterdays,” a multi-generational story about friendships that begin at Berkeley in the late 1960s and last through the present. Tarloff is also the author of the national best-seller “Face-Time,” and “The Man Who Wrote the Book,” named one of the memorable books of the year by The New York Times. Currently a blogger at Atlantic Online, he has contributed reviews and articles to Earth, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Working Woman, Washingtonian Magazine, San Francisco Magazine, Vogue, Salon, The American Prospect, and The Financial Times. Following the discussion between Mendonca and Tarloff on “All Our Yesterdays,” there will be an opportunity for a Q&A with the audience.
Thursday, March 3
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company (390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay)
6 to 8 p.m.Brews and Views welcomes Jerry Kaplan, a well-known serial entrepreneur, technical innovator, best-selling author, and futurist to discuss his most recent book, “Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” in which he proposes innovative, free-market adjustments to our economic system and social policies to avoid an extended period of social turmoil. Kaplan has been profiled in The New York Times,The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Week, Red Herring, and Upside, and is a frequent public speaker. He also co-founded four Silicon Valley startups, two of which became publicly traded companies. His best-selling non-fiction novel “Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure” was selected by Businessweek as one of the top ten business books of the year, was optioned to Sony Pictures, and is available in Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese.
Global Glimpse at Education
Thursday, March 17
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company (390 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay)
6 to 8 p.m.
Brews and Views welcomes Eliza Pesuit, CEO of Global Glimpse, a movement of hundreds of passionate, determined problem-solvers collaborating across borders to bring life-changing education abroad to high school students from all socioeconomic backgrounds. The organization is committed to building a new generation of diverse young leaders who are equipped and inspired to tackle the social, political, and economic challenges of their generation. Pesuit joined Global Glimpse as a program coordinator in Nicaragua in 2008 where she worked for a year prior to coming on as the first full time staff in the U.S. in 2009. She utilizes her extensive international and youth development experience to drive the organization’s growth strategy, lead fundraising initiatives, and ensure program quality. Under her leadership, Global Glimpse has grown more than sevenfold over the past six years. Following the discussion about the intersection of international education, community action, and youth development, Mendonca and Pesuit will open the floor for a Q&A with the audience.
ABOUT LENNY MENDONCA
Lenny Mendonca is a director emeritus (retired senior partner) from the Washington D.C. and San Francisco offices of McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm. He is a senior fellow at the Presidio Institute.
Lenny founded McKinsey’s U.S. state and local public sector practice. For many years Lenny led the Firm’s knowledge development efforts overseeing the McKinsey Global Institute and the Firm’s communications, which includes the McKinsey Quarterly. He served for a decade on the McKinsey Shareholder Council (its board of directors). Over the course of his career he helped dozens of government, corporate, and nonprofit clients solve their most difficult management challenges.
Lenny is the Chair of Children Now, co-Chair of California Forward, and founder and Chair of Fusecorps. He is the Chair Emeritus of the Bay Area Council and the Economic Institute of the Bay Area, and was vice-chair of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. He serves on the boards of New America, Western Governors University, The Committee for Economic Development, Common Cause, the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium, The Campaign for Business & Educational Excellence, The Educational Results Partnership, The College Access Foundation and the 50 Fund. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Board of Trustees for Junior Statesmen of America and the Advisory Boards of QB3 and The Public Policy Institute of California.
He received his MBA and certificate in public management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He holds an AB, magna cum laude, in economics from Harvard College.
Lenny lives on the Half Moon Bay coast, south of San Francisco, with his wife, Christine. They raised their two daughters, Allie and Rebecca, there and are the founders and owners of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company and the Mavericks Beer Company.
ABOUT THE HALF MOON BAY BREWING COMPANY
Selected by Coastal Living magazine as one of America’s Best Coastal Breweries, Men’s Fitness as one of America’s Top Ten Craft Breweries and Travel + Leisure magazine as one of America’s Best Beach Bars, the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company is situated on picturesque Pillar Point Harbor overlooking the Marina in Half Moon Bay. The Brewing Company expertly pairs a family-friendly, come-as-you-are atmosphere with a winning combination of fresh, sustainable seafood, craft beers, live music and an expansive, dog-friendly patio area with blazing fire pits to keep patrons warm on the waterfront. The Brewing Company is a casual coastal venue that has become an institution in the Half Moon Bay area for locals and visitors alike since opening in 2000. With its warm, wood-toned interior, expansive windows to the ocean, and walls dotted with surf memorabilia, the 6,000-square-foot restaurant and bar is reminiscent of a typical California surf shack. Behind the restaurant lie the 1,200 square-foot Mavericks Beer Garden and on-site brewery, where hand-crafted, award-winning Beers & Ales are piped directly to the bar. The Amber Ale won a bronze medal in the 2012 World Beer Cup, and the Ocho Barril Saison won Best in Show for session beers and the gold medal in the Wood/Smoke Ale category at the California State Fair in June 2013.
The Half Moon Bay Brewing Company is located at 390 Capistrano Road in Half Moon Bay, Calif. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to close; Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to close. To book a reservation, please call 650-728- BREW (2739) or visit Dinnerwire.com. Additional information may be found at www.hmbbrewingco.com.
The Half Moon Bay Brewing Company also manages the neighboring Mavericks Event Center which overlooks the picturesque Pillar Point Harbor and is the ideal setting for weddings, celebrations, retreats and corporate events. Named for the famed surf break just up the beach, the Mavericks Event Center sits on a large oceanfront bluff, with an indoor ballroom that can accommodate up to 150 guests, plus a spacious outdoor deck and harbor view garden. For more information please visit www.maverickseventcenter.com.
Evita Broughton
Ellipses Public Relations, Inc.
evita@ellipsespr.com
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