David Margrave

A resident of South Pasadena since 1972, Margrave attended Pasadena City College, Cal State and L.A. Trade Tech. He was a Veteran of the Vietnam War serving as a Seaman aboard a U.S. submarine. He was a licensed pilot and former Vice Commander of the South Pasadena Post 140 American Legion. David served as a South Pasadena Councilmember from 1982 to 1986 and 2003 to 2007, and has been recognized as South Pasadena Businessman of the Year and Citizen of the Year. He was instrumental in the reconstruction of South Pasadena’s Garfield Youth House after a fire destroyed it. David was the owner of Morrow & Holman Plumbing, Inc. and vice-chairman on the Natural Resources Commission. He was a volunteer referee for A.Y.S.O (American Youth Soccer Organization) and various high school teams throughout the area and was the past chairman of the 4th of July Committee. Every year his family built floats for South Pasadena’s Fourth of July Par Michael Conant is the publisher and founder of Incorgnito Publishing Press. Before entering the world of book publishing, Michael spent over twenty years in b2b publishing as a circulation, sales, and marketing executive where he managed products across several industries, with a concentration in financial markets. Prior to a publishing career, Michael pursued a love of theater as an actor, singer, director, and producer in productions at regional, summer stock, and dinner theaters. Michael introduced NY audiences to the premier of Hal Shaper's musical adaptation of Jane Eyre, which included a very young Alyssa Milano as Rochester's ward, Adelle. After moving to Pasadena, CA, Mr. Conant joined forces with a group of Mito Moms and lead their effort, as the founding president, to secure non-profit status for their newly formed, CureMito. The new organization helped to raise awareness and funding for Dr. Richard Boles' Mitochondrial Disease research at Los Angeles Chil