Board of Directors
CONNECT’s Board of Directors is a virtual who’s who of San Diego. This list presents successful entrepreneurs multiple times over, internationally respected and regarded innovators, and highly sought after executives. The Board of Directors represents the best San Diego has to offer both professionally as well as philanthropically. They now through CONNECT give back to San Diego. CONNECT thanks our Board of Directors for their time and support.
CONNECT ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Research and Education Institutions
RESEARCH
- David Brenner, Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences, UCSD School of Medicine
- Art Ellis, Vice Chancellor, Research, UC San Diego
- David Hayhurst, Dean, School of Engineering, SDSU
- John Reed, President & CEO, The Sanford|Burnham Medical Research Institute
- Frieder Seible, Dean, Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego
- Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2
EDUCATION
- Sandy Ehrlich, Qualcomm Executive Director of Entrepreneurship, SDSU Entrepreneurial Management Center
- Dennis Guseman, Dean of the College of Business Administration, CSUSM
- David Pyke, Dean of the College of Business Administration, USD
- Bob Sullivan, Dean, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego
Professional and Strategic Partners
- Jeff Baglio, Partner, DLA Piper
- Jay deGroot, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
- David Down, Partner, KPMG
- Mike Hird, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop
- Tim Holl, Partner, Ernst & Young
- Shane Hunter, Partner, Townsend Townsend and Crew
- Anthony Insogna, Partner, Jones Day
- Phil Jelsma, Partner, Luce Forward
- Stath Karras, President & CEO, Cushman & Wakefield
- Michael J. Kinkelaar, Partner, Procopio Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Carl Kukkonen, Founding Partner, Mintz Levin
- Bill Malloie, Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Ken Polin, Partner, Foley & Lardner
- Trindl Reeves, Principal, Barney & Barney
- Jim Sahagian, VP, Commercial Development, Sempra Generation
- Marty Waters, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Steve Williams, Principal, SENTRE Partners
- Scott Wolfe, Partner, Latham & Watkins
Industry/Capital Providers
Industry
- Jordan Becker, Senior Vice President & CTO, SAIC
- Phil Blair, Executive Officer, Manpower
- Julia Brown, Vice Chair, UC San Diego Board of Trustees
- Luis Cruz, President, SoCal Region, Verizon Wireless
- Peter Farrell, Chairman & CEO, ResMed
- Dan Goldin, President, The Intellisis Corporation
- David Hale, Chairman, Hale BioPharma Ventures LLC
- Catherine Mackey, Senior VP, Worldwide R&D, Pfizer
- Kip Miller, Senior VP, Life Technologies
- Diego Miralles, Head & CMO PRD West Coast, Johnson & Johnson
- Tina Nova, CEO, Genoptix
- Jim Schaeffer, Executive Director, Licensing and External Research, Merck
- Bill Strauss, President & CEO, Provide Commerce
- David Webb, VP Research, Site Director, Celgene
Capital Providers
- John Dunn, Executive Vice President, New Ventures, Biogen Idec
- Carl Eibl, Managing Director, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital
- Stan Fleming, Managing Member, Forward Ventures
- Ted Roth, Managing Director, Roth Capital Partners San Diego
- Marco Thompson, Managing Director, Express Ventures
Affiliates/At Large
- Ruben Barrales, President & CEO, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Jim Waring, Chairman, CleanTECH San Diego
- Bill Carpenter, Board, Chairman’s Roundtable
- Kevin Carroll, Executive Director, TechAmerica
- Steve Flaim, Chairman, Tech Coast Angels
- Lou Kelly, Chairman, C-CAT
- Rob McCray, Wireless Life Sciences Alliance
- Julie Meier Wright, President & CEO, San Diego Regional EDC
- Rory Moore, CEO, CommNexus
- Joe Panetta, President & CEO, BIOCOM
- Duane Roth, CEO, CONNECT
- Peter Shaw, San Diego Venture Group, 2009 Board President
- Bob Slapin, Executive Director, San Diego Software Industry Council
- David Titus, Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, San Diego Regional EDC
- Bill Walton, Executive Chairman, CONNECT San Diego Sport Innovators
Honorary Lifetime Members
- Dick Atkinson, President Emeritus, University of CA
- Barbara Bry, COO, Blackbird Ventures
- Malin Burnham, Chairman, Burnham Foundation
- Jerry Caulder, Executive Chairman, Finistere
- Ray Dittamore, Retired (Ernst & Young)
- Irwin Jacobs, Chairman, Qualcomm
- Tyler Orion, Retired (CONNECT)
- Cub Parker, Retired Investment Banker
- Dan Pegg, Retired (LEAP)
- Peter Preuss, The Preuss Foundation
- Abby Silverman Weiss
- Mary Walshok, Associate Vice Chancellor, Public Programs, UCSD Extension
- Buzz Woolley, President, Girard Capital
CONNECT FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Tyler Orion, Chair, Retired (CONNECT)
- Jeff Barnett, VP, Union Bank of California
- Greg Horowitt, Co-Founder and Director, Global CONNECT
- Mike Krupp, PhD, CONNECT EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)
- Paul Laikind, PhD, VP - Business Development & CBO, The Sanford|Burnham Medical Research Institute
- Glenn Mosier, SVP - Investments, The Mosier Financial Grp, UBS Financial Services Inc.
- Eric Otterson, CFO, VP of Business Development, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
- Gwen Rosenberg, Sec, VP - Investor Relations & Corp Communications, Senomyx
- Duane Roth, Pres/CEO, CEO, CONNECT
- Helder Sebastiao, PhD, Asst. Professor of Management, University of San Diego
CONNECT Board of Trustees
- Ruben Barrales, President & CEO, SD Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Lisa Bicker, CEO, CleanTECH San Diego
- Julia Brown, Forestview Advisors
- Bill Carpenter, Chairman, Chairman's Roundtable
- Sandy Erlich, Exec. Dir., Entrepreneurial Center, SDSU
- Dr. Peter Farrell, Chairman, ResMed
- Stath Karras, President and CEO, Cushman & Wakefield
- Rob McCray, Managing Partner, TripleTree LLC
- John "Kip" Miller, SVP, Life Technologies
- Rory Moore, CEO, CommNexus
- Joe Panetta, President and CEO, BIOCOM
- Ken Polin, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
- Ted Roth, Managing Director, Roth Capital
- Jim Sahagian, VP, Commercial Development, Sempra Generation
- Larry Smarr, Director, Cal IT2, UC San Diego
- Bill Strauss, CEO, Provide Commerce
- Marty Waters, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Jeff Baglio, Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray &Cary
- Dr. David Brenner, Vice Chancellor, Health Services at UC San Diego
- Kevin Carroll, Executive Director, TechAmerica
- Jay deGroot, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
- John Dunn, Exec. VP, New Ventures, Biogen Idec
- Mike Hird, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop
- Lou Kelly, C-CAT
- Michael Kinkelaar, Partner,Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- "Kitty" Mackey, SVP, PGRD & Director, Pfizer
- Julie Meier Wright, President & CEO, SD Regional Economic Dev. Council
- Duane Roth, CEO, CONNECT
- Jim Schaeffer, Exec. Dir. Licensing and External Rsch, Merck Research Laboratories
- Dr. Frieder Seible, Dean, Jacobs School of Engineering UC San Diego
- Dr. Robert Sullivan, Dean, the Rady School of Management UC San Diego
- Marco Thompson, Managing Director, Express Ventures
- David Down, Managing Partner, KPMG LLP
- Carl Eibl, Partner, EPVC
- Mike Elconin, Chairman, Tech Coast Angels
- Art Ellis, Vice Chancellor, UC San Diego
- Stan Fleming, Managing Member, Forward Ventures
- Dan Goldin, President, The Intellisis Corp.
- Dennis Guseman, Dean, College of Business Admin, Cal State San Marcos
- David Hale, Chairman, Hale BioPharma Ventures LLC
- Dr. David Hayhurst, Dean of Eng.; Prof of Civil and Environ Eng., SDSU, dept of Engineering
- Tina Nova, CEO, Genoptix
- Dr. David Pyke, Dean, Business Administration, USD
- Dr. John Reed, President and CEO, The Burnham Institute
- Trindl Reeves, Principal, Barney & Barney LLC
- Stephen Rockwood, EVP, SAIC
- Bob Slapin, Executive Director, SD Software Industry Council
- Susan Snow, Managing Director, Odyssey Capital
- David Titus, General Partner, Windward Ventures
- Steve Williams, Principal, Sentre Partners
- Scott Wolfe, Partner, Latham & Watkins
- Mark Crowell, VP for Business Dev., The Scripps Research Institute
- Tim Holl, Partner, Ernst & Young
- Shane Hunter, Partner, Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
- Anthony Insogna, Partner, Jones Day
- Peter Shaw, President, 2009, SDVG
- David Webb, CEO, Celegene
- Don Williams, Managing Partner, Grant Thornton
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