Board of Trustees

2025-2026 Board of Trustees

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Chair

Carolina Bravo-Karimi

Managing Partner, Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP

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First Vice Chair

Kim Lim

Biotech Consultant

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Secretary

Cathy Swindlehurst

CEO, NovoMedix

Ardy Arianpour

Ardy Arianpour

CEO & Co-Founder, SEQSTER

Charles Bergan

Vice President Engineering, Qualcomm

Randy Camp

Randy Camp

Software Engineer

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Mark Clapper

Orthopedic Surgeon, Partner Emeritus
Kaiser Permanente

Loreen Collins

Loreen Collins

President Harvard Club of San Diego

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Julie Cowan Novak

Adjunct Professor of Nursing
University of San Diego

Matt Grob

Matt Grob

CTO, Globalstar

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George Guerra

President, GCG Consulting Resources Group

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Kevin Harkenrider

Senior Vice President
Viasat

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Ashley Hayslip

Market President,
Enterprise Bank and Trust

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Cindy Hesse

Project Engineer

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Matthew Hillman

Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management Director, Alternative Investments Director, Morgan Stanley

Vanessa Jacoby

Vanessa Jacoby

CFO, Shoreline Biosciences, Inc.

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Craig Johnson

Business Group Legal Council, Caterpillar Inc.

Ivana Mikic

Ivana Mikic

Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Vivodyne

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Ali Mohammadian

Director of EHS, Facilities and Security GenMark Diagnostics

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Kate Motonaga

Chief Financial Officer, Public Library of Science

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Arman Oruc

Partner, Goodwin

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Chance Powell

Vice President of Quality, Neurocrine Biosciences

Nancy Robertson

Nancy Robertson

Software Engineer

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Pamela Salgado

Senior Director of Early Childhood Education Programs, TOOTRiS

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Cisco Sanchez

Advisor, XOPS

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Elizabeth Simmons

Executive Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs, University of California San Diego

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Sid Submarony

Managing Director, Boxer Capital, LLC

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Susan Topham

Vice Chancellor of Educational Services
San Diego Community College District

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Santosh Vetticaden

Co-founder, Member Board of Directors, Visgenx, IncVisgenx, Inc

Kristi Jaska

Immediate Past Board Chair and Honorary Trustee

Kristi Jaska

Vice President Emeritus, ViaSat