Board of Trustees

2024-2025 Board of Trustees

Kristi Jaska

Chair

Kristi Jaska

Vice President, Technology, ViaSat

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First Vice Chair

Carolina Bravo-Karimi

Managing Partner, Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP

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Secretary

Elsa Valay-Paz

Vice President, Gas Acquisition, SoCal Gas

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Treasurer

Kelly Deck

Chief Financial Officer, Inhibrx, Inc.

Ardy Arianpour

Ardy Arianpour

CEO & Co-Founder, SEQSTER

Charles Bergan

Vice President Engineering, Qualcomm

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Steve Bjorg

Cloud Product Software Leader

Randy Camp

Randy Camp

Software Engineer

Loreen Collins

Loreen Collins

President Harvard Club of San Diego

Matt Grob

Matt Grob

CTO, Globalstar

Jennifer Hershman

Director of Project Implementation, Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy

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Cindy Hesse

Project Engineer

Vanessa Jacoby

Vanessa Jacoby

CFO, Shoreline Biosciences, Inc.

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Craig Johnson

Business Group Legal Council, Caterpillar Inc.

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Kim Lim

Biotech Consultant

Ivana Mikic

Ivana Mikic

Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Vivodyne

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Jeffrey Miner

Chief Scientific Officer, Organovo Holdings, Inc.

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Kate Motonaga

Chief Financial Officer, Public Library of Science

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Arman Oruc

Partner, Goodwin

Nancy Robertson

Nancy Robertson

Software Engineer

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Pamela Salgado

Regional Partnerships Director, Lena

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Cisco Sanchez

Senior Vice President & CIO
Qualcomm

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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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Cathy Swindlehurst

CEO, NovoMedix

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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

John Driver

Immediate Past Board Chair and Honorary Trustee

John Driver

Chairman & CEO, Lynx Technology