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 In
the December, 2003 issue of San Diego
Metropolitan, an article discussing the
"up and comers" of 2004 featured
Regina
Petty, Partner with Wilson, Petty,
Kosmo & Turner. An excerpt of
the article appears below:
Dozens of
leaders who will make news in and out of the
public eye
By Timothy
J. McClain
If the assessments of professionals,
analysts, venture capitalists and companies
themselves are correct, San Diego’s
business community is looking to have an upbeat
2004. While they won’t “party
like it’s 1999,” growth in revenue
and employee head count seems imminent.
For more than a month,
San Diego Metropolitan quizzed industry movers,
shakers, investors and observers about who
would be making news. We took names and numbers
and narrowed the list. Those we do feature
in the inaugural “Metro Movers To Watch
In ’04” range from old guard,
like coverboy Malin Burnham whose philanthropic
tale begins on Page 40, to new guard companies,
virtual kids and association and civic leaders...
Regina Petty
is a big-time businesses attorney, specializing
in product and employment liability. But in
2004 truck pulls, motorcycle races and rodeos
will be on her mind as she chairs the Qualcomm
Stadium Advisory Board charged with filling
dates left blank by the Padres departure to
Petco Park. Truck pulls? “The truck
pulls we have been able to book in the past
often sold out,” notes the Wilson Petty
Kosmo & Turner partner. The damage they
cause the field formerly limited the times
they could be booked. Also on Petty’s
plate is the possible review of a new Chargers’
contract, which Mayor Murphy has promised
to let the stadium board analyze. The mayor,
she expects, will listen to the board’s
advice. “After having done a new sports
facility in town with the Padres, all of us
are a lot smarter about these kinds of things,”
she says
For more on this article
and others in the December 2003 issue, please
visit San Diego Metropolitan's website at
www.sandiegometro.com.
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