Office of Philanthropy Staff
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Robin P. Israel, MPA
Vice President of Philanthropy
760-632-0081, ext. 1126
risrael@seacrestvillage.org
Robin P. Israel has enjoyed a 20 year progressive career with Seacrest Village Retirement Communities and is the Vice President of Philanthropy. Ms. Israel helped to create and oversees the Seacrest Foundation. Robin supervises and coordinates annual, capital and planned giving activities and was most recently responsible for the completion of a 23 million dollar capital/endowment campaign.
Robin has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. She has been a featured presenter on marketing, public relations and philanthropy and has published several articles. Ms. Israel is a founding member of Generations Management Group, LLC, a for profit management company that offers support services to healthcare facilities throughout the country.
Robin lives in Carlsbad, California with her husband, Ron, who is an English Professor, and their two children.
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Kate Buda
Director of Annual Giving
760-632-0081, ext. 1268
kbuda@seacrestvillage.org
Kate Buda joined the Seacrest Village Retirement Communities as Director of Annual Giving in June 2009. She is responsible for the creation and execution of Annual Giving through the Appeal for the Resident Assistance Fund, Tributes, The 211 Club, Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother, and all programs where funds are directed to charitable care.
Previously, as Assistant Executive Director of the South Coast Medical Center Foundation in Laguna Beach CA, Kate was responsible for Foundation operations, fund development, donor recognition, community outreach and special events. Prior to beginning her career in philanthropy, she enjoyed a fourteen year career in technology and twelve year career in banking.
Kate grew up on the east coast in the Maryland and Washington, D.C. areas and attended the University of Maryland. Her daughter, grand-daughter and son all reside in Garden Grove, CA. She and her husband Ken, who is retired, and an avid golfer, live on the fourteenth hole in Oceanside, California.
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Melanie Hoff
Associate Director of Philanthropy
760-632-0081, ext. 1267
mhoff@seacrestvillage.org
Melanie Hoff joined Seacrest Village Retirement Communities in 2008 as the Associate Director of Philanthropy. Her greatest task is to manage all aspects of the capital campaign including the daily responsibilities of donor communications. Among many other responsibilities, Melanie oversees the organization’s Giving Circles program, which is designed to help donors make a meaningful contribution once a year that encompasses the many things they support during the year.
Joining the team in 2008 was like returning home for Melanie who actually first joined the organization in 1988 and was instrumental in the opening of the Encinitas campus. After many years and many wonderful experiences within the organization, including running Jewish Home Care Services, Inc. and opening The Leichtag Family Assisted Living Residence as the Program Manager, Melanie transitioned from the Senior Housing industry into Rehabilitation Therapy.
Currently living in Encinitas, Melanie is thrilled to be back at Seacrest and is eagerly managing the capital campaign and awaiting watching another building come to fruition.
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Alyssa Hooper
Special Events Coordinator
760-632-0081, ext. 1266
ahooper@seacrestvillage.org
Originally from Los Angeles, Alyssa Hooper moved to San Diego to join the Seacrest Village Retirement Communities as Special Events Coordinator in September 2009. She is responsible for coordinating and executing the annual fundraising events, including the Annual Gala and Golf & Tennis Tournament.
In her seven years in event coordination, Alyssa has managed sporting events for the UCLA Athletic Department, donor and alumni cultivation events for UCLA External Affairs, and most recently, as the Event Manager at the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program, fundraising events such as luncheons, galas, wine dinners, epicurean celebrations and golf and tennis tournaments.
Alyssa attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where she obtained her bachelor’s in Psychology. She currently lives in Carmel Valley.
The Leichtag Family Foundation Campus Seacrest Village At Encinitas
Ellen & Ingram Chdorow Synagogue
Esther & Bud Fischer Aquatics Center
The Melvin Garb Foundation President's Chair
Joseph & Dorothy Goldberg Healthcare Center
Lee & Frank Goldberg Residence Court
The Merrill & Robert Haimsohn Alzheimer’s Program
The Haimsohn Family Holiday Program
Irwin & Joan Jacobs Cultural Program
Irwin & Joan Jacobs Transportation Program
The Katzin Residence
Leichtag Family Assisted Living Residence
Bernard & Dorris Lipinsky Administration Building
Lipinsky Family Foundation Nursing Program
The Ottenstein Vitality Center
The Simon Pavillion
Seacrest Village At Rancho Bernardo
Nellie Cohn Residence
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