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Council of Advisors


Chair of the Council

Vice-Chair of the Council

Gregory M. Papadopoulos Gregory M. Papadopoulos
(UCSD B.A. '79)
Executive V.P. of Research and Development,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA
Linden S. Blue
Vice Chairman,
General Atomics
San Diego, 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
Claude Benchimol Claude Benchimol
Senior Vice President, Global Research and Development and Clinical Applications,
Invitrogen Corporation
Carlsbad, 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
Chairman & CEO,
ResMed
Poway, CA
       
Gordon E. Forward Gordon E. Forward
San Diego, CA
John J. Fratamico Jr. John J. Fratamico Jr.
Senior Vice President & General Manager of ACBU,
SAIC
McLean, VA
       
Bernard M. Gordon Bernard M. Gordon
Chairman,
NeuroLogica Corporation
Danvers, MA
Gene W. Ray Steve Hart
V.P. Engineering & CTO, ViaSat Inc.
       
Irwin M. Jacobs Irwin M. Jacobs
Chairman,
QUALCOMM, Inc.
San Diego, CA
Paul E. Jacobs Paul E. Jacobs
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, President, and CEO,
Gen-Probe
San Diego, CA
       
William A. Owens William A. Owens
Chairman and CEO AEA, Holdings ASIA
AEA Holdings
New York, NY
Ake Persson Ake Persson
San Diego, CA
       
Gene W. Ray Gene W. Ray
Managing Director,
GMT Ventures
La Jolla, CA
Andrew E. Senyei Andrew E. Senyei
General Partner and Managing Director,
Enterprise Partners Venture Capital
La Jolla, CA