All in for San Diego: 2026 Prebys Leadership Awards Celebration

Celebrate the 2026 Prebys Leadership Awardees—Carmen M. Chavez, Caroline (Cara) Dessert, Renato Paiva, Brandon Steppe, and Ethan van Thillo—five leaders all in for San Diego. Read about the awardees on our .

This joyful, family-friendly gathering brings together awardees, friends, families, colleagues, and community members to honor leadership, impact, and collective care across our region.

📅 Monday, February 23
🕔 5:00–9:00 PM
📍 Soap Factory | 2995 Commercial St, San Diego, CA 92113

• 5:00 PM – Doors open
• 6:00 PM – Awards celebration, featuring brief 3-minute reflections from each awardee
• 7:00–9:00 PM – The celebration continues

The evening will include food, music, hands-on soap making, and a live communal mural painting—designed to be both meaningful and fun for all ages.

Children, youth, and members of your organization are warmly welcome. Feel free to share this invitation with your family, board, staff, and community.

We hope you’ll join us for this special night of connection and celebration.

Being a Prebys Leader means going “all in” for your community and finding the courage to commit, especially when it’s hard or risky. Through moments of triumph and trial, Prebys Leaders don’t hedge. They stay. With our “All In” concept, we are uplifting messages and visuals that remind us that change is not only possible, but happening right now because of these leaders’ commitment to belonging and collective action in San Diego.

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