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.

 

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

RESEARCH

  1. David Brenner, Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences, UCSD School of Medicine
  2. Art Ellis, Vice Chancellor, Research, UC San Diego
  3. David Hayhurst, Dean, School of Engineering, SDSU
  4. Paul Kedrosky, Senior Fellow, Kauffman Foundation
  5. Polly Murphy, Senior Vice President, Business & Scientific Services, The Scripps Research Institute
  6. John Reed, President & CEO, The Burnham Institute for Medical Research
  7. Frieder Seible, Dean, Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego
  8. Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2

EDUCATION

  1. Sandy Ehrlich, QUALCOMM Executive Director of Entrepreneurship, SDSU Entrepreneurial Management Center
  2. Dennis Guseman, Dean of the College of Business Administration, CSU San Marcos
  3. Bob Sullivan, Dean, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego

PROFESSIONAL AND STRATEGIC PARTNERS

  1. Craig Andrews, Shareholder, Heller Ehrman
  2. Jeff Baglio, Partner, DLA Piper
  3. Steve Davis, Vice President, Communications & Community Partnerships, Sempra Energy
  4. Jay deGroot, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
  5. Karen Dow, Partner, Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
  6. David Down, Partner, KPMG
  7. Mike Hird, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop
  8. Stath Karras, President & CEO, Burnham Real Estate
  9. Michael J. Kinkelaar, Partner, Procopio Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
  10. Fred Muto, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
  11. Ken Polin, Partner, Foley & Lardner
  12. Marty Waters, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  13. Steve Williams, Principal, SENTRE Partners
  14. Brian Wing, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
  15. Scott Wolfe, Partner, Latham & Watkins
  16. Taylor Wray, Managing Director, Marsh Risk and Insurance Services

INDUSTRY/CAPITAL PROVIDERS

INDUSTRY

  1. Julia Brown, Executive Officer, Amylin Pharmaceuticals
  2. Peter Farrell, Chairman & CEO, ResMed
  3. Steve Francis, Executive Chairman, AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.
  4. Dan Goldin, President, The Intellisis Corporation
  5. David Hale, Chairman, Hale BioPharma Ventures LLC
  6. Catherine Mackey, Senior Vice President, Worldwide R&D, Pfizer
  7. Kip Miller, Senior Vice President, Invitrogen
  8. Tina Nova, CEO, Genoptix
  9. Stephen Rockwood, Executive Vice President, SAIC
  10. Jim Schaeffer, Executive Director, Licensing and External Research, Merck
  11. Susan Snow, CFO, MAXIM Systems
  12. Bill Strauss, President & CEO, Provide Commerce

CAPITAL PROVIDERS

  1. John Dunn, Executive Vice President, New Ventures, Biogen Idec
  2. Carl Eibl, Managing Director, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital
  3. Stan Fleming, Managing Member, Forward Ventures
  4. Robert McCray, Managing Partner, TripleTree
  5. Ted Roth, Managing Director, Roth Capital Partners San Diego
  6. Marco Thompson, Managing Director, Express Ventures
  7. David Titus, General Partner, Windward Ventures

AFFILIATES/AT LARGE

  1. Ruben Barrales, President & CEO, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
  2. Bill Carpenter, Board, Chairman’s Roundtable
  3. Kevin Carroll, Executive Director, AeA
  4. Steve Dahms, President & CEO, Alfred Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering
  5. Mike Elconin, Chairman, Tech Coast Angels
  6. Lou Kelly, Chairman, CCAT
  7. Vicki Marion, President & CEO, Viadux
  8. Julie Meier Wright, President & CEO, San Diego Regional EDC
  9. Rory Moore, CEO, CommNexus
  10. Joe Panetta, President & CEO, BIOCOM
  11. Trindl Reeves, President, San Diego Venture Group (2007)
  12. Duane Roth, CEO, CONNECT
  13. Bob Slapin, Executive Director, San Diego Software Industry Council

HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERS

  1. Dick Atkinson, President Emeritus, University of CA
  2. Barbara Bry, COO, Blackbird Ventures
  3. Malin Burnham, Chairman, Burnham Companies
  4. Jerry Caulder, Executive Chairman, Finistere
  5. Ray Dittamore, Retired (Ernst & Young)
  6. Irwin Jacobs, Chairman, QUALCOMM
  7. Tyler Orion, Retired (CONNECT)
  8. Cub Parker, Retired Investment Banker
  9. Dan Pegg, Retired (LEAP)
  10. Peter Preuss, The Preuss Foundation
  11. Abby Silverman, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
  12. Mary Walshok, Associate Vice Chancellor, Public Programs, UC San Diego Extension
  13. Buzz Woolley, President, Girard Capital