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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