Board of Directors

Carlo Cecchetto, Board Chair
Newscaster, KFMB-TV 8

Tasneem Vakharia, Vice Chair
President, First Class Concessions, Inc

Derrick Walsh, Treasurer
SVP, Chief Financial Officer
Axos Bank

Kay Faulconer Boger, Secretary
Chancellor’s Liaison
San Diego Community College District

Jennifer Jett, Member at Large
VP, Operations Support
SDGE

Katrina DeLeon, MD
Division Head, Geriatric Medicine
Scripps Clinic

Jason Emerick
Senior Manager, New Business Development
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Douglas Galasko, MD
Professor, Neurosciences, UCSD School of Medicine
Director, UCSD Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC)

Heather Hernandez, CPA
Director
CBIZ MHM, LLC

Randi Kolender-Hock
Philanthropist

Marc Lieberman
CEO
Nuance Medical, LLC

Paul Loska
CEO, GIS Surveyors
Principal, Icon USA, Inc.

Kimberly Mendoza
Aetna International, A CVS Company

Parina Parikh
Associate VP of Workforce and Regional Economies
Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Tammy Rooke
Philanthropist

Lt. Nathan Rowley
San Diego County Sheriff

Robert Sandrew
Chief Growth Officer
Integrated Partners

Inez Thomas
Retired Educator

Community Advisory Council (CAC)

Pat Brown
Weather Anchor, Retired
ABC 10 News

Dr. Abraham Chyung
MD-PhD, Neurology

Scott Drury
President/CEO
SDG&E

Bill Gore
San Diego County Sheriff, Retired

Susan Guerra
Chief Operating Officer
Chesnut Properties

Lisa Heikoff, MD
Physician in Charge
So. California Kaiser Permanente
Medical Group Continuing Care Services

Michael Jackson, PhD
Sr. Vice President, Drug Discovery & Development
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Bari Kardon
Retired, VP of Real Estate & Assistant General Counsel
Leidos (Formerly SAIC)

Leslie Kilpatrick
Branch Manager, Retired
Willis Allen Real Estate

Vince Kingsley
Senior Vice President/Regional Manager
Torrey Pines Bank

Herb Liberman
Business Consultant
TOL Associates

Claudia Mazanec
Qualcomm Executive, Retired

Clare McGowan, PhD
Research Scientist

Jill Mendlen
President & CEO
Lightbridge Hospice

William Mobley, MD, PhD
Chair
UCSD Neurosciences Department

Barbara Mulligan
Community Leader

Ann Owens
Senior Vice President, Retired
Qualcomm

Dara Schwartz, PsyD
Lead Clinical Psychologist
Sharp Mesa Vista Senior Outpatient Program

Dan Sewell, MD
UCSD Health System

Judy Wenker
Retired, Attorney