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of health care in the United States. In 2002, Weber received that year's $10,000 award of
Before attending seminary at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Rev. Leigh-Taylor had
been a hospital public relations director; editor of the monthly state health department magazine,
California’s Health; editor of weekly and monthly publications of the University of California’s
language radiology magazine Diagnostic Imaging America Latina. She is currently portal editor
for the industry-leading developer community DevX.com.
Weber Morales is more widely known as a Latin jazz singer/songwriter. "With her flamboyantly
Kila Springs associate Erec-Michael Weber is an editor and sportswriter. A former college wide
receiver and lacross midfielder, he has covered high school football for the Auburn Journal, Placer
Herald and Lincoln News Messenger. He has also contributed to the COR Healthcare Resources'
publication Patient Care Staffing Report.
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Kila Springs Group principal David Ollier Weber brings to assignments an extensive background in
journalism, public relations and life. He has been a copyboy for the New York Times; a Navy
destroyer officer in the Far East; a daily newspaper reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area; a PR
representative in charge of writing and production of award-winning print materials for a major West
Coast seaport; editor of a monthly feature magazine for employees of the nation's then largest public
energy utility; and a free-lance magazine journalist specializing in the organization and delivery
Kila Springs Group associate Christine H. Leigh-Taylor writes on religion and spirituality,
organizational dynamics, business and science. Rev. Leigh-Taylor is an Episcopal priest and
rector of St. Clement’s Episcopal Church in Rancho Cordova, California.
Kila Springs Group associate Alexa Weber Morales writes on health, technology and music.
A former editor-in-chief of the award-winning computer industry trade and consumer magazine
Software Development, Weber Morales has also edited the Spanish- and Portuguese-
in Washington, DC. More than 120 of his articles are cited in PubMed, the online database of the National Institute of
Medicine/National Institutes of Health. Recent articles can be read online here, here and here.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; manager of the University of California, Berkeley Astronomy Department
(where she was in charge of construction of a major radio-telescope facility); and after assignments at the University of
California, San Francisco, and the UC Office of the President in Oakland (where she managed a $100 million budget),
served as Associate Dean of the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.
multilingual repertoire," writes Andrew Gilbert in the San Jose Mercury, "she has carved out a niche on the Bay Area
music scene where Latin jazz rhythms meet a singer-songwriter sensibility. Her passion for exploration suffuses her
music, and whether interpreting tunes in French, Spanish, Portuguese or English, Weber Morales communicates a
song's emotional essence with an ardent, throaty alto that soars effortlessly into a crystalline soprano register."
Weber Morales's most recent album isVagabundeo/Wanderings, on the Patois Records label. Her debut CD, Jazzmérica,
won high praise as did her performance as vocalist on Grammy-nominated trombonist/producer Wayne Wallace's
newest album, The Reckless Search for Beauty!
Weber Morales maintains a website and an eclectic blog, ThinkSong, where she describes the contortions necessary to
blend a musical career and the mothering of two young children.
excellence for health care reporting in trade publications from the National Institute of Health Care Management,