The Board of Trustees

Officers of the Board

Sandra Timmons '81 , Chair Philanthropist and Community Leader
Pradeep K. Khosla, President Chancellor, UC San Diego
Ann Spira, Executive Vice President Vice Chancellor of Advancement, UC San Diego
Leo Spiegel '83, Immediate Past Chair Managing Partner, Spiegel Capital Management
Pelin Thorogood, Vice Chair Executive Chairman and Co-founder, Radicle Science
Phyllis Epstein, Vice Chair Philanthropist and Community Leader
Matt Newsome '91, Treasurer Strategic Advisor, Cubic Transportation Systems

2025 - 2026 Board of Trustees

Sherry Bahrambeygui '86 Former CEO, PriceSmart, Inc	Wendy Kwok '99 Principal, Sunstate Development, LLC
Sara Baxter '90 CFO, SubCom	Jeanne Lawrence Columnist, New York Social Diary
Laurie Black President and CEO, LJ Black Consulting	Yufeng (Jeff) Li CEO, Founder, and President, CorDx, Inc
Andy Chedrick Self-employed	Bosco Luján, MBA '12 Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
Grace Chui-Miller '93 CFO and Founding Partner, Correlation Ventures	Jerrilyn T. Malana '86 Chief Deputy, San Diego County District Attorney's Office
Una Davis Philanthropist and Community Leader	Gabriela Manriquez, B.S. ’89, M.P.I.A. ’97 Property Manager, Board Member
Nathan East '78 Bass Guitarist	Robert Marren '86 Managing Director (Retired), Allianz Global Investors
Melody Gonzales '02 Former Executive Director, White House Hispanic Initiative	James Moffatt '80 President, JSM Advisors
Antonio Grillo-Lopez Philanthropist and Community Leader	Shelley O'Connor '83 Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley
Taner Halıcıoğlu '96 Founder, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI)	James Ong, MD '89 Founder, President and Medical Director, Heart Rhythm Specialists of Southern California
Steve Hamerslag Co-Founder and Managing Partner, TVC Capital	Miles Palmer, MA '78, PhD '80 Founder, 8 Rivers Capital and NET Power
Martin Hartono '96 CEO and Founder, GDP Venture	Greg Papadopoulos '79 Venture Partner, New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA)
Larry Hershfield CEO, Ranch Capital	Sam Ramji '94 Co-Founder and CEO, Sailplane
Ralph Ho '94 Start Up Advisor	Tim Scott '87 President and CEO, Biocom California
Sheri Jamieson '73 Philanthropist and Community Leader	Drew Senyei Private Investor
Barry C. Johnson Engineer and Inventor	Munjal Shah '95 Co-founder and CEO, Health IQ
William Jones Managing Member, CityLink LLC	Vickie Turner Partner, Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP
Alexander Khalessi, MD Faculty Appointee - Department of Neurological Surgery	Scott Wolfe Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP
James Kralik Managing Director, Linden Street Capital Limited	Sally WongAvery '75 Principal, Chinese School of San Diego
Ken Kroner, PhD '88 CEO, Pluribus Labs LLC	Alfred Zollar '76 Advisor, SIRIS Capital Partners and SolarWinds
Wendy Kwok '99 Principal, Sunstate Development, LLC