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The Board of Trustees


Officers of the Board

Leo Spiegel '83, Chair
Managing Partner, Spiegel Capital Management

Pradeep K. Khosla, President
Chancellor, UC San Diego

Ann Spira, Executive Vice President
Vice Chancellor of Advancement, UC San Diego

Jeff Silberman, Immediate Past Chair
President, Chief Executive Officer, Carleton Management

Sandra Timmons '81, Chair-Elect
Philanthropist and Community Leader

 Pelin Thorogood, Vice Chair
Executive Chairman and Co-founder, Radicle Science

Phyllis Epstein, Vice Chair
Philanthropist and Community Leader

Matt Newsome '91, Treasurer


2024 - 2025 Board of Trustees

Laurie Black
President and CEO, LJ Black Consulting

Yufeng (Jeff) Li
CEO, Founder, and President, CorDx, Inc

Deborah Bronston-Culp '80
Founding Partner, Samothrace

Jeanne Lawrence
Columnist, New York Social Diary

Grace Chui-Miller '93
CFO and Founding Partner, Correlation Ventures

Bosco Luján, MBA '12
Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Una Davis
Philanthropist and Community Leader

Jerrilyn T. Malana '86
Chief Deputy, San Diego County District Attorney's Office

Nathan East '78
Bass Guitarist

Gabriela Manriquez, B.S. ’89, M.P.I.A. ’97
Property Manager, Board Member

Bobbie Gilbert
President, Jon & Bobbie Gilbert Family Foundation

Robert Marren '86
Managing Director (Retired), Allianz Global Investors

Melody Gonzales '02
Executive Director, White House Hispanic Initiative

James Moffatt '80
President, JSM Advisors

Antonio Grillo-Lopez
Philanthropist and Community Leader

Morgan Dene Oliver
CEO, OliverMcMillan and OliverInterests

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

Greg Papadopoulos '79
Venture Partner, New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA)

Martin Hartono '96
CEO and Founder, GDP Venture

Rafael Pastor
Member of various corporate and not-for-profit Boards

Larry Hershfield
CEO, Ranch Capital

Harry Rady
CEO and Senior Portfolio Manager,
Rady Asset Management

Ralph Ho '94
Start Up Advisor

Sam Ramji '94
Co-Founder and CEO, Sailplane

Gary Jacobs '79
Founder and Managing Director,
Jacobs Investment Company LLC

Samara Reck-Peterson
Faculty Appointee - Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine 

Sheri Jamieson '73
Philanthropist and Community Leader

Lynn Schenk
Attorney, Office of Lynn Schenk

Barry C. Johnson
Engineer and Inventor

Munjal Shah '95
Co-founder and CEO, Health IQ

William Jones
Managing Member, CityLink LLC

Stephen Strachan
Retired

James Kralik
Managing Director, Linden Street Capital Limited

Vickie Turner
Partner, Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP

Ken Kroner, PhD '88
CEO, Pluribus Labs LLC

Scott Wolfe
Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP

Wendy Kwok '99
Principal, Sunstate Development, LLC

Sally WongAvery '75
Principal, Chinese School of San Diego

Alfred Zollar '76
Advisor, SIRIS Capital Partners and SolarWinds