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Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 1:53 PM
Yolanda
Walther-Meade is an active philanthropist and community
catalyst in
both the Tijuana and San Diego communities. She sits on
the board
of the University of San Diego (USD) since 1989, is board
member at
the International Community Foundation, since 1996, and
member of
the Board of Governors of The University Club, since 2001.
She is
on the Advisory Board of The Mainly Mozart Festival since
1994 and
the Center for US-Mexican Studies at UCSD since 1997. She
is a trustee
at the Children’s Hospital of San Diego, since June 2004.
Yolanda
is also Vice President and Founder of the Fundación
Internacional
de la Comunidad, AC since 2000, the first community
foundation in
Baja California, a board member of the Club de Niños y
Niñas,
AC. (First Boys and Girls Club being built in Latin
America- Tijuana)
since 2003, Vice President of Special Events and member of
ARCS (Achievement,
Rewards for College Scientists) since 1992 , San Diego
Natural History
Museum since 2006 and is a Lady of the Order of The Holy
Sepulcher
of Jerusalem since 1990. In the past,she was President and
Founder
of the Ladies of Charity, San Diego Chapter (1983) (now
the Ladies
Guild for St. Vincent de Paul Village), as well as
National Vice President
in the US., she has served on the Boards of the Mercy
Hospital Foundation
(1988-1994), The Burnham Institute (1996-2002), Francis
Parker School
Mother’s Club (1987-89), L.E.A.D San Diego, (Leadership,
Education,
Awareness, Development) (1993-1995). The Reuben H. Fleet
Science Center
(1997-2003) and on the Advisory Board of the San Diego
Opera (1990-1993).
The first Binational
organizational
meeting in Tijuana for the Planning for Prosperity Fund
(sponsored by The
Dialogue-Union Tribune) was held in her Tijuana home. In 1988,
she chaired
the first fundraiser at the Cultural Center to benefit Mother
Teresa’s
Home in Tijuana;, and co-organized Esperanza’s Foundation 1989
first
fundraiser in Tijuana, honoring her late husband Jorge;
Yolanda also started
the yearly seminar for LEAD in Tijuana in 1992.
Because of her extensive civic involvement, Ms.
Walther-Meade’s efforts
have been recognized by numerous organizations, including
being named 1989
Women of Dedication by the Salvation Army Auxiliary, 1992
Women in Leadership
and 1995 Women in Volunteerism by Country Friends. She was
named 1994 Sustainer
of the Year by the Junior League of San Diego. I In 2004,
received the Outstanding
Development Volunteer Award on National Philantropy Day given
by (AFP) Association
of Fundraising Professionals, the Community Leadership Award
from Project
Concern International and the San Diego/Tijuana Citizen of the
Year, given
for the first time by the San Diego Regional Chamber of
Commerce, Mexico
Business Center . Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire was honored with her family, as the
Yolanda Walther-Meade
2006 Legacy by the American Heart Association and is going to
receive the
Living Legacy Award by the Women International Center, in May
2006.
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