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

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. John Reed, President & CEO, The Sanford|Burnham Medical Research Institute
5. Frieder Seible, Dean, Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego
6. 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, CSUSM
3. David Pyke, Dean of the College of Business Administration, USD
4. Bob Sullivan, Dean, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego

Professional and Strategic Partners

1. Jeff Baglio, Partner, DLA Piper
2. Jay deGroot, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
3. David Down, Partner, KPMG
4. Mike Hird, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop
5. Tim Holl, Partner, Ernst & Young
6. Shane Hunter, Partner, Townsend Townsend and Crew
7. Anthony Insogna, Partner, Jones Day
8. Phil Jelsma, Partner, Luce Forward
9. Stath Karras, President & CEO, Cushman & Wakefield
10. Michael J. Kinkelaar, Partner, Procopio Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
11. Carl Kukkonen, Founding Partner, Mintz Levin
12. Bill Malloie, Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers
13. Ken Polin, Partner, Foley & Lardner
14. Trindl Reeves, Principal, Barney & Barney
15. Jim Sahagian, VP, Commercial Development, Sempra Generation
16. Marty Waters, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
17. Steve Williams, Principal, SENTRE Partners
18. Scott Wolfe, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Industry/Capital Providers

Industry

1. Jordan Becker, Senior Vice President & CTO, SAIC
2. Phil Blair, Executive Officer, Manpower
3. Julia Brown, Vice Chair, UC San Diego Board of Trustees
4. Luis Cruz, President, SoCal Region, Verizon Wireless
5. Peter Farrell, Chairman & CEO, ResMed
6. Dan Goldin, President, The Intellisis Corporation
7. David Hale, Chairman, Hale BioPharma Ventures LLC
8. Catherine Mackey, Senior VP, Worldwide R&D, Pfizer
9. Kip Miller, Senior VP, Life Technologies
10. Diego Miralles, Head & CMO PRD West Coast, Johnson & Johnson
11. Tina Nova, CEO, Genoptix
12. Jim Schaeffer, Executive Director, Licensing and External Research, Merck
13. Bill Strauss, President & CEO, Provide Commerce
14. David Webb, VP Research, Site Director, Celgene

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. Ted Roth, Managing Director, Roth Capital Partners San Diego
5. Marco Thompson, Managing Director, Express Ventures

Affiliates/At Large

1. Ruben Barrales, President & CEO, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
2. Jim Waring, Chairman, CleanTECH San Diego
3. Bill Carpenter, Board, Chairman’s Roundtable
4. Kevin Carroll, Executive Director, TechAmerica
5. Steve Flaim, Chairman, Tech Coast Angels
6. Lou Kelly, Chairman, C-CAT
7. Rob McCray, Wireless Life Sciences Alliance
8. Julie Meier Wright, President & CEO, San Diego Regional EDC
9. Rory Moore, CEO, CommNexus
10. Joe Panetta, President & CEO, BIOCOM
11. Duane Roth, CEO, CONNECT
12. Peter Shaw, San Diego Venture Group, 2009 Board President
13. Bob Slapin, Executive Director, San Diego Software Industry Council
14. David Titus, Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, San Diego Regional EDC
15. Bill Walton, Executive Chairman, CONNECT San Diego Sport Innovators

Honorary Lifetime Members

1. Dick Atkinson, President Emeritus, University of CA
2. Barbara Bry, COO, Blackbird Ventures
3. Malin Burnham, Chairman, Burnham Foundation
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 Weiss
12. Mary Walshok, Associate Vice Chancellor, Public Programs, UCSD Extension
13. Buzz Woolley, President, Girard Capital
    

CONNECT FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. Tyler Orion, Chair, Retired (CONNECT)
2. Jeff Barnett, VP, Union Bank of California
3. Greg Horowitt, Co-Founder and Director, Global CONNECT
4. Mike Krupp, PhD, CONNECT EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)
5. Paul Laikind, PhD, VP - Business Development & CBO, The Sanford|Burnham Medical Research Institute
6. Glenn Mosier, SVP - Investments, The Mosier Financial Grp, UBS Financial Services Inc.
7. Eric Otterson, CFO, VP of Business Development, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
8. Gwen Rosenberg, Sec, VP - Investor Relations & Corp Communications, Senomyx
9. Duane Roth, Pres/CEO, CEO, CONNECT
10. Helder Sebastiao, PhD, Asst. Professor of Management, University of San Diego

CONNECT Board of Trustees

1. Ruben Barrales, President & CEO, SD Regional Chamber of Commerce
2. Lisa Bicker, CEO, CleanTECH San Diego
3. Julia Brown, Forestview Advisors
4. Bill Carpenter, Chairman, Chairman's Roundtable
5. Sandy Erlich, Exec. Dir., Entrepreneurial Center, SDSU
6. Dr. Peter Farrell, Chairman, ResMed
7. Stath Karras, President and CEO, Cushman & Wakefield
8. Rob McCray, Managing Partner, TripleTree LLC
9. John "Kip" Miller, SVP, Life Technologies
10. Rory Moore, CEO, CommNexus
11. Joe Panetta, President and CEO, BIOCOM
12. Ken Polin, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
13. Ted Roth, Managing Director, Roth Capital
14. Jim Sahagian, VP, Commercial Development, Sempra Generation
15. Larry Smarr, Director, Cal IT2, UC San Diego
16. Bill Strauss, CEO, Provide Commerce
17. Marty Waters, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
18. Jeff Baglio, Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray &Cary
19. Dr. David Brenner, Vice Chancellor, Health Services at UC San Diego
20. Kevin Carroll, Executive Director, TechAmerica
21. Jay deGroot, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
22. John Dunn, Exec. VP, New Ventures, Biogen Idec
23. Mike Hird, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop
24. Lou Kelly, C-CAT
25. Michael Kinkelaar, Partner,Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
26. "Kitty" Mackey, SVP, PGRD & Director, Pfizer
27. Julie Meier Wright, President & CEO, SD Regional Economic Dev. Council
28. Duane Roth, CEO, CONNECT
29. Jim Schaeffer, Exec. Dir. Licensing and External Rsch, Merck Research Laboratories
30. Dr. Frieder Seible, Dean, Jacobs School of Engineering UC San Diego
31. Dr. Robert Sullivan, Dean, the Rady School of Management UC San Diego
32. Marco Thompson, Managing Director, Express Ventures
33. David Down, Managing Partner, KPMG LLP
34. Carl Eibl, Partner, EPVC
35. Mike Elconin, Chairman, Tech Coast Angels
36. Art Ellis, Vice Chancellor, UC San Diego
37. Stan Fleming, Managing Member, Forward Ventures
38. Dan Goldin, President, The Intellisis Corp.
39. Dennis Guseman, Dean, College of Business Admin, Cal State San Marcos
40. David Hale, Chairman, Hale BioPharma Ventures LLC
41. Dr. David Hayhurst, Dean of Eng.; Prof of Civil and Environ Eng., SDSU, dept of Engineering
42. Tina Nova, CEO, Genoptix
43. Dr. David Pyke, Dean, Business Administration, USD
44. Dr. John Reed, President and CEO, The Burnham Institute
45. Trindl Reeves, Principal, Barney & Barney LLC
46. Stephen Rockwood, EVP, SAIC
47. Bob Slapin, Executive Director, SD Software Industry Council
48. Susan Snow, Managing Director, Odyssey Capital
49. David Titus, General Partner, Windward Ventures
50. Steve Williams, Principal, Sentre Partners
51. Scott Wolfe, Partner, Latham & Watkins
52. Mark Crowell, VP for Business Dev., The Scripps Research Institute
53. Tim Holl, Partner, Ernst & Young
54. Shane Hunter, Partner, Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
55. Anthony Insogna, Partner, Jones Day
56. Peter Shaw, President, 2009, SDVG
57. David Webb, CEO, Celegene
58. Don Williams, Managing Partner, Grant Thornton