Officers

Chair
Mr. Julian Parra
SVP, Region Executive
Pacific Southwest Business Banking
Bank of America

Vice Chair
Mr. Rob Douglas
President & COO
ResMed, Inc.

Vice Chair
Ms. Jennie Brooks
Sr. Vice President
Booz Allen Hamilton

Treasurer
Mr. Phil Blair
Executive Officer
Manpower

Secretary
Mr. Tom Seidler
Sr. Vice President Community & Military Affairs
San Diego Padres

Mr. Mark Cafferty
President & CEO
San Diego Regional EDC
Board and Trustees
Ms. Heather Ace
EVP, Human Resources
Qualcomm Inc
Mr. Nelson Ackerly
Sr. Vice President
Kilroy Realty Group
Mr. Jason Anderson
President & CEO
Cleantech San Diego
Dr. David Andrews
President
National University System
President pro Tempore Toni Atkins
California State Senate
Mr. Sam Attisha
Sr. Vice President/Region Manager
Cox Communications
RDML Mark Balmert
Executive Director
San Diego Military Advisory Council
Mr. Ken Barnes
CEO
Options for All, Inc.
Ms. Kimberly Becker
President & CEO
San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
Mr. Tim Bethmann
Director
Layton Construction
Mr. Robert Blair
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Viasat
Mr. Linden Blue
Vice Chairman
General Atomics
RDML Bette Bolivar
Commander, Liason
Navy Region Southwest
Ms. Betsy Brennan
President & CEO
Downtown San Diego Partnership
Mr. Dan Broderick
Regional Managing Principal
Cushman & Wakefield
Dr. Bob Brower
President
Point Loma Nazarene University
Ms. Janice Brown
Principal
Meyers Nave
Immediate Past Chair
Mr. Erik Bruvold
CEO
San Diego North EDC
Mr. Jack Burger
President
Burger Construction
Mr. Malin Burnham
Chairman
The Burnham Foundation
Mr. Peter Callstrom
President & CEO
San Diego Workforce Partnership
Dr. Constance Carroll
Board Chair
San Diego Foundation
Mr. Kevin Carroll
Executive Director
Tech San Diego
Mr. David Carver
President
General Dynamics NASSCO
Mr. David Cherashore
Executive Vice President
Evans Hotels
Ms. Julie Coker
President & CEO
San Diego Tourism Authority
Dr. Sunita Cooke
Superintendent/President
MiraCosta College
Mr. Michael Corbo
EVP & COO
Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc.
Mr. Eric Crockett
Director of Economic Development
City of Chula Vista
Ms. Tonya Cross
SVP, People and Corporate Operations
Lytx Inc
Ms. Cynthia Curiel
Sector VP, Communications
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Ms. Adela de la Torre
President
San Diego State University
Ms. Donna DeBerry
President
Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce
Ms. Jo Marie Diamond
President & CEO
East County EDC
Mr. Dennis Doucette
Partner
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Mr. Kevin Eagan
Sr. Vice President & Chief Digital Officer
Cubic Corporation
Mr. Mark Field
Vice President, Software Engineering
Insulet Corporation
Ms. Jane Finley
Sr. Vice President & Area Manager
Kaiser Permanente
Mr. Tom Fitzpatrick
Development Director
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Ms. Alison Fluery
Sr. Vice President, Business Development
Sharp HealthCare
Mr. Yehudi 'Gaf' Gaffen
CEO
GAFCON
Ms. Laura Garrett
Sr. Vice President Global HR
TaylorMade
Supervisor Kristin Gaspar
District 3
County of San Diego
Mr. Bill Geppert
Honorary
Past Chairman
San Diego Regional EDC
Mr. Alex Goode
CEO
GoSite
Ms. Cheryl Goodman
Head of Corporate Communications
Sony Electronics
Mr. David Hale
Honorary
Chairman
Hale BioPharma Ventures
Mr. Zach Hammond
General Manager
Suffolk Construction
Mr. Dan Harrington
EVP & Chief Services Officer
Teradata
Dr. James Harris
President
University of San Diego
Mr. Baron Herdelin-Doherty
President & CEO
YMCA San Diego
Mr. Carlos Higuera
President
Tijuana EDC
Mr. Hasan Ikhrata
Executive Director
SANDAG
Ms. Lisette Islas
Chief Impact Officer
MAAC
Mr. Rudy Johnson
President & CEO
Neighborhood House Association
Mr. Keith B. Jones
Managing Principal & Partner
Ace Parking
Mayor Rebecca Jones
City of San Marcos
Mr. Stath Karras
Honorary
Executive Director
Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate
Dr. Donald Kearns
President Emeritus
Rady Children's Hospital
Mr. Tim Kelley
President & CEO
Imperial Valley EDC
Ms. Sandy Kerl
General Manager
San Diego County Water Authority
Councilmember Mark Kersey
City of San Diego
Dr. Pradeep Khosla
Chancellor
UC San Diego
Mr. Joe Kight
Vice President, Mid-Corporate Banking
Union Bank
Ms. June Komar
Corporate EVP, Strategy and Administration
Scripps
Mr. Mike Krenn
CEO
Connect w/SDVG
Ms. Kathryn Lembo
President & CEO
South Bay Community Services
Ms. Shelley Lyford
President & CEO
West Health
Ms. Kathleen Lynch
Vice President, Global Government Affairs & Public Policy
Illumina Inc.
Ms. Sandra McDonough
Partner
Paul Plevin Sullivan and Connaughton LLP
Mr. Paul McNamara
Mayor
City of Escondido
Ms. Ann Moore
Commissioner
Port of San Diego
Mayor Ron Morrison
National City
Mr. Vince Mudd
Honorary
Managing Partner
Carrier Johnson + Culture
Mr. Mark Navarra
Managing Partner
Jerome's Furniture
Mr. Mike Neal
President & CEO
H.G. Fenton
Mr. Chad Nelley
Executive Vice President of Operations
ESET North America
Dr. Ellen Neufeldt
President
California State University San Marcos
Mr. Jim O'Callaghan
President and CEO
South County EDC
Mr. Joseph Panetta
President & CEO
Biocom
Mr. Tom Pellette
President
Solar Turbines Incorporated
Ms. Stacey Pennington
Principal/Founder
SLP Urban Planning
Mr. John Pope
Executive Director
NAVWAR
Mr. Alan Prohaska
Sr. Vice President, Middle Market Leader
Wells Fargo Commercial Banking
Mr. Jack Raymond
Honorary
Chairman
Raymond Companies
Ms. Trindl Reeves
Principal, Chief Sales Officer
Marsh & McLennan Insurance Agency LLC
Mr. Gregory Richardson
Lead Advisor, Principal
Dowling & Yahnke
Ms. Halé Richardson
Vice President
HomeFed Corporation
Mr. Garry Ridge
CEO & Chairman
WD-40 Company
Mr. Bob Rief
Executive Director
San Diego Sport Innovators
Mr. Clifford "Rip" Rippetoe
President & CEO
San Diego Convention Center Corp.
Mr. Manual Rodriguez
Market President, SD Commercial Banking
U.S. Bank
Mr. Aaron Ryan
Region Manager, San Diego Middle Market Banking
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Mr. Dan Ryan
Co-Chief Investment Officer and Regional Market Director, San Diego
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
Mr. Jerry Sanders
President & CEO
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Brandon Stanford
CFO
Eastridge Workforce Solutions
Mr. John Stevens
Vice President, IT
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Mr. Mark Stuart
President & CEO
San Diego Foundation
Mr. Tom Sudberry
Chairman
Sudberry Properties
Mr. Matt Thoene
Chief Executive Officer
NFINIT
Mr. David Thomas, Jr.
Vice President & General Manager
BAE Systems
Mr. Pete Townshend
Managing Partner
Townshend Venture Advisors, LLP
Mr. Thomas Turner
Vice President
CBRE Advisory & Transaction Services
Mr. Sidd Vivek
President & CEO
Junior Achievement of SD County
Mr. Jim Waring
Co-Chair
Inclusive Growth Initiative
Mr. Robert Watkins
Board Member
Cal Baja Mega Region
Mr. James Watson
President & CEO
CMTC
Mr. David Weitz
Head of Takeda CA & Global Research Externalization
Takeda California Inc.
Ms. Barbara Wight
CFO
Taylor Guitars
Mr. Stephen Williams
Partner & Managing Principal
SENTRE Partners, Inc.
Retired VADM Jim Zortman
Honorary
San Diego Regional EDC