Duke Sobek is VP of Facilities/Risk Management for the Neighborhood House Association (NHA) which is one of the largest multi-purpose human service organizations in San Diego County, focusing on health, youth, child development, seniors, mental health and nutrition. He oversees NHA’s Employee Wellness Program and Nutritional Services Program which serves nutritional meals to 6000 people a day (1,000,000 a year) to low income children and seniors throughout San Diego County. In 2016 he was recognized by California Head Start as the SafetyAmbassador of the Year for the implementation of an exemplary safety program at NHA. Sobek has served on various civic boards including March of Dimes, Project Employment Opportunity, Ronald McDonald House, and Accessible San Diego.

He was the past president of The San Diego Hotel and Motel Association and has served on the San Diego Convention Center Corporation Board of Directors for twelve years, serving on two Super Bowl Executive Committees. He was the recipient of the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau 2004 Partnership of the Year Award and in 1996 was recognized by the San Diego Hotel and Motel Association as Hotelier of the Year. Sobek resides in San Diego and is married to Carol, retired Head Counselor for San Diego Unified School District. They have two adult children, Randy (MBA working in parking service management) and Allison Roach (Riverside County Deputy District Attorney), the mother of his two grandchildren, ages 7 and 9.