Discovery Night 2025 – Honoring Mick Farrell

Annette Bradbury, RPh, Nonprofit Board Member, Co-Chair
Nancy Hong Ph.D., Biotech Investor, Co-Chair

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2025 – 5:30PM AT JACOBS MUSIC CENTER

We cordially invite you to join the San Diego Symphony for Discovery Night, honoring Mick Farrell for his achievements in the life sciences community.  The event will take place at the Jacobs Music Center. Proceeds from this event will support the Symphony’s community and engagement programs.

Invite your colleagues and community friends to enjoy a lovely reception, a relaxed opportunity to network, and a delightful evening with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the spirit of Mardi Gras conducted by Byron Stripling.  

Discovery Night guests will have reserved seating for the performance. A pre-concert reception of cocktails, wine and hearty appetizers will be provided at The University Club. 

TIMELINE

5:30PM 
Pre-Concert Cocktail Reception 
THE UNIVERSITY CLUB

6:30PM 
Remarks in Honor of Mick Farrell
THE UNIVERSITY CLUB

7:30PM 
"When the Saints Go Marching In" Concert by San Diego Symphony
JACOBS MUSIC CENTER STAGE

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

$25,000: Positioning as a Presenting Sponsor of Discovery Night 2025 – When the Saints Go Marching In at Jacobs Music Center on April 19, 2025

• 24 tickets, includes a preconcert reception
• 12 tickets to use throughout the 25-26 Jacobs Masterworks season*
• Acknowledgement in the digital program (with logo)
• Acknowledgment in the rotational signage at the University Club during the cocktail reception (with logo)
• Inclusion in the Symphony’s Honor Roll / Logo Corral (website, digital programs and printed programs) for one year
• Sponsor recognition in the Discovery Night materials distributed at the pre-concert reception
• Sponsored social media post featuring your company on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
• 12 complimentary valet passes.

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$10,000: Recognition as a Lead Sponsor of Discovery Night 2025 – When the Saints Go Marching In at Jacobs Music Center on April 19, 2025

• 16 tickets, includes a preconcert reception
• 8 tickets to use throughout the 25-26 Jacobs Masterworks season
• Acknowledgement in the digital program (with logo)
• Acknowledgement in the rotational signage at the University Club during the cocktail reception (with logo)
• Inclusion in the Symphony’s Honor Roll / Logo Corral (website, digital programs, and printed programs) for one year
• Sponsor recognition in the Discovery Night materials distributed at the pre-concert reception
• Sponsored social media post featuring your company on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn
• 8 complimentary valet passes

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$5,000: Recognition as a Proud Sponsor of Discovery Night 2025 – When the Saints Go Marching In at Jacobs Music Center on April 19, 2025

• 8 tickets, includes a preconcert reception
• 4 tickets to use throughout the 25-26 Jacobs Masterworks season
• Acknowledgment in the rotational signage at the University Club during the cocktail reception (with logo)
• Sponsor recognition in the Discovery Night materials distributed at the pre-concert reception
• 4 complimentary valet passes

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$2,500: Positioning as a Proud Sponsor of Discovery Night 2025 – When the Saints Go Marching In at Jacobs Music Center on April 19, 2025

• 4 tickets, includes a preconcert reception
• Acknowledgement in the rotational signage at the University Club during the cocktail reception (with logo)
• Sponsor recognition in the Discovery Night materials distributed at the pre-concert reception
• 2 complimentary valet passes

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$500 Premier Ticket:

• 1 premiere ticket to Discovery Night 2025 – When the Saints Go Marching In, at Jacobs Music Center on April 19, 2025
• Ticket includes preconcert reception.

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$350 Preferred Ticket:

• 1 preferred ticket to Discovery Night 2025 – When the Saints Go Marching In, at Jacobs Music Center on April 19, 2025
• Ticket includes preconcert reception.

*Subject to availability

I CANNOT ATTEND, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR MICK FARRELL WITH A CONTRIBUTION

HONORING MICK FARRELL

Past Honorary Chairs

2024 Ivor Royston, M.D. Founding Executive Chairman, Geneditor Biologics 
2018 Irwin Jacobs, Founding Chairman and CEO Emeritus, Qualcomm 

Co-Chairs

Annette Bradbury, RPh, Nonprofit Board Member
Nancy Hong Ph.D., Biotech Investor

HOST COMMITTEE

Honoring Mick Farrell

Chairman and CEO, ResMed

Michael “Mick” Farrell was appointed ResMed’s CEO and has served as a director since March 2013. In January 2023, he was appointed chair of the board of directors.

Mick joined ResMed in 2000, serving as president of the Americas region from 2011 to 2013, senior vice president of the global sleep apnea business unit from 2007 to 2011, and various senior roles in marketing and business development.

Before joining ResMed, Mick worked in management consulting, biotechnology, chemicals and metals manufacturing at companies including Arthur D. Little, Sanofi Genzyme, DowDuPont and BHP Billiton.

Mick serves on the board of directors of ResMed (NYSE: RMD), the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) and Zimmer Biomet (NYSE: ZBH), a multibillion-dollar public company that provides implantable musculoskeletal medical devices for patients globally. He is also a member of two committees at Zimmer Biomet: Nominating and Governance as well as Compensation and Management Development. He also volunteers as a trustee for non-profit organizations: UC San Diego Foundation, Rady Children’s Hospital and Father Joe’s Villages in San Diego, California.

Mick holds a Bachelor of Engineering with first-class honors from the University of New South Wales, a Master of Science in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

For more information on becoming a sponsor or for tickets,
contact Kirby Tankersley, Special Events Manager, at ktankersley@sandiegosymphony.org or 619.615.3906.