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Longtime Leucadia 101 Program Manager to Retire

She will pursue volunteer opportunities, she stated in a release.

The Leucadia 101 Main Street Association’s longtime program manager will soon retire, the organization announced Monday:

Paula Kirpalani began as Program Manager in July of 2004, and is now looking forward to pursuing other interests. 

“I can’t say that I will be fully retired," Paula says, “as you never know when something interesting may find you.  But I will certainly will lead a slower pace of life now, spend more time with family and increase my volunteer activities.”

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Paula has a background in fundraising, membership management, public relations and marketing and held the position of Development and Marketing director for San Diego Botanic Gardens, from 1998 until 2002. 

Prior to joining San Diego Botanic Gardens, she worked for PepsiCo Food Systems, a division of PepsiCo, in Market Services, from 1989 to 1997.  Paula, who earned her degree in Communications/Public Relations from California State University, Fullerton, first moved to San Diego County with her husband in 1974.  After living in Orange County for a few years, she and her husband returned to San Diego County and they have been Leucadia resident since 1998.

A replacement has not yet been named. 

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