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Council of Advisors


Chair of the Council

Vice-Chair of the Council

Linden S. Blue
Vice Chairman, General Atomics
San Diego, CA 		Claude Benchimol Claude Benchimol
Senior Vice President, Advanced Systems,
Life Technologies
Carlsbad, CA
       
Robert P. Akins Robert P. Akins
(UCSD B.S. '74, M.S. '77, Ph.D. '83)
Chairman and CEO,
Cymer, Inc.
San Diego, CA 		Daniel L. Alspach Daniel L. Alspach
(UCSD Ph.D. '70)
San Diego, CA
       
Malin Burnham Malin Burnham
Chairman, The Burnham Companies
San Diego, CA 		Eugenio Clariond Reyes-Retana Eugenio Clariond Reyes-Retana
Chairman, Verzatec
San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico
       
Robert E. Englekirk Robert E. Englekirk
Chairman Emeritus,
Englekirk Partners Consulting Structural Engineers, Inc.
UCSD Adjunct Professor of Structural Engineering
Los Angeles , CA 		Hossein Eslambolch Hossein Eslambolchi
(UCSD B.S. '81, M.S. '83, Ph.D. '84)
Chairman & CEO,
Divvio Inc.
Menlo Park , CA
       
Peter C. Farrell Peter C. Farrell
Founder & Chairman, ResMed
Poway, CA 		Gordon E. Forward Gordon E. Forward
San Diego, CA
       
John J. Fratamico Jr. John J. Fratamico Jr.
Senior VP & General Manager of TASBU, SAIC
McLean, VA 		Bernard M. Gordon Bernard M. Gordon
Chairman,
NeuroLogica Corporation
Danvers, MA
       
Gene W. Ray Steve Hart
CTO, ViaSat Inc.		 Irwin M. Jacobs Irwin M. Jacobs
Co-Founder,
QUALCOMM, Inc.
San Diego, CA
       
Paul E. Jacobs Paul E. Jacobs
Chairman and CEO,
QUALCOMM, Inc.
San Diego, CA 		Richard Kornfeld Richard Kornfeld
(B.S. '82)
La Jolla, CA
       
David M. Lederman David M. Lederman
Managing Director, Analytical LLC
Beverly, MA 		Scott McClendon Scott McClendon
Chairman,
Overland Storage, Inc.
La Jolla, CA
       
Henry 'Hank' Nordhoff Henry "Hank" Nordhoff
Chairman
Gen-Probe
San Diego, CA 		Bahram Nour-Omid Bahram Nour-Omid
Senior Partner, Shelter Capital Partners
Los Angeles, CA
       
William A. Owens William A. Owens
Chairman & CEO, AEA Holdings ASIA, AEA Holdings
New York, NY 		Gregory M. Papadopoulos Gregory M. Papadopoulos
(UCSD B.A. '79)
Executive Vice President of Research and Development & CTO, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA
       
Ake Persson Ake Persson
San Diego, CA 		Gene W. Ray Gene W. Ray
Managing Director,
GMT Ventures
La Jolla, CA
       
Debra Reed Debra Reed
President & CEO, SDG&E/Sempra
San Diego, CA 		David Schwab David Schwab
Managing Director, Sierra Ventures
Menlo Park, CA
       
Andrew E. Senyei Andrew E. Senyei
General Partner & Managing Director, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital
La Jolla, CA 		Julie Meier Wright Julie Meier Wright
President & CEO, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
San Diego, CA