Chair Jim Lewis, Community Leader award recipient Eric Marsh, Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster and Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe
10:45am | Some of the city’s highest ranking officials and community activists gathered at The Grand on Wednesday morning for the 28th annual Leadership Long Beach Prayer Breakfast.
From former to current Long Beach mayors, city councilmembers and congressmembers, all gathered to take a moment for silent prayer and discuss ways to make the city a better place. “How do you benefit, if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process?” asked Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe.
Long Beach Chief of Police Jim McDonnell served as the keynote speaker – “Mediocrity and complacency are the biggest killers of excellence,” he said – along with Jim Lewis of the Long Beach Rescue Mission and tax credit expert Blake Christian as emcees. Eric Marsh, pastor of hope at the Grace Brethren Church received the Community Leader award. Special thanks to photographer Star Sky for capturing these moments.
Chair Jim Lewis
Commander Joe Levy and Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell
Congressmember Laura Richardson
Dennis Lord and Jane Kelleher
Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe and Steve Kuykendall
Emcee Blake Christian
Former Long Beach Mayor Eunice Sato
City Councilmember James Johnson, Dan Pressburg, Ron Petke and Jerry Caliguri
Kathryn Courtney and Sandra Gonzalez
Keynote speaker and Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell
Supervisor Knabe
Signal Hill Councilmember Larry Forrester and Steve Chesser
Marilyn Bohl, Harbor Commissioner Mike Walter and wife Arline
Marine Safety Chief Randy Foster and Captain Mike Duree
A moment of prayer for Congressional candidate Star Parker
Long Beach First Lady Nancy Foster and Martha Flores-Gibson
Chief McDonnell and Mayor Foster