Council of Advisors

Chair

Ann Lee-Karlon, Ph.D. 
(​M.S.​ '93, ​Ph.D.​​ '96)
Chief Operating Officer
Altos Labs
San Francisco, CA

Vice-Chair

Jeff Carter
(B.A. '86)
VP & Chief Information Security Officer
Amazon.com
Seattle, WA

Amir Abolfathi 
(B.S. ‘86)
President & CEO
Tusker Medical, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA​

Franklin Antonio
(B.A. '74)
Chief Scientist
Qualcomm, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Joseph (Joe) Beery
Chief Executive Officer
Luna DNA
San Diego, CA

Angel R. Bours Zaragoza
President & CEO
Sonora Agropecuaria SA de CV
Mexico

Mary Bui-Pham, Ph.D.
(M.S. ’88, Ph.D. ’92)
Chief of Staff, PMO
Indeed.com
San Jose, CA

Robert W. Conn, Ph.D.
Partner, Conn Enterprise Consulting (CEC)
President and CEO, Retired. The Kavli Foundation
Walter J. Zable Distinguished Professor and Dean, Emeritus
Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA

Martha G. Dennis, Ph.D.
Principal
Gordian Knot
La Jolla, CA

Peter C. Farrell, Ph.D.
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Founder & Chairman
ResMed
San Diego, CA

John J. Fratamico Jr., Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer Emeritus
Leidos
San Diego, CA

Matt Grob
Chief Technical Officer
XCOM Labs
San Diego, CA

Taner Halicioglu
(B.S. ‘96)
Lecturer, Angel Investor, Advisor
San Diego, CA

Dan Harrington
Executive Vice President & Chief Services Officer
Teradata
San Diego, CA

Arlene J. Harris
CEO
Dyna LLC
Del Mar, CA

Steve Hart 
(M.A. ‘80)
Chair, UC San Diego Foundation Board
Co-Founder & CTO
Viasat, Inc.
Carlsbad, CA

Waguih Ishak, Ph.D.
Division VP, Science & Technology Director
Corning West Technology Center,
Corning Incorporated,
Palto Alto, CA

Honorary Chairman

Irwin M. Jacobs, Sc.D.
Founding Chairman & CEO Emeritus
QUALCOMM, Inc.
Member, National Academy of Engineering
San Diego, CA

Sanjay K. Jha, Ph.D.
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Partner
Eclipse Ventures
Palo Alto, CA

Rick Kornfeld
(B.S. ‘82)
President and CEO
Kitu Systems
San Diego, CA

Anantha Krishnan, Sc. D.
Senior Vice President for Energy
General Atomics
San Diego, CA

Gioia Messinger
(B.S. ‘84)
Founder & CEO
LinkedObjects, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Steve Mollenkopf
Chief Executive Officer
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Anton Monk, Ph.D.
(B.S. '89, Ph.D. '94)
Vice President
Viasat, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Paul Muret 
(B.S. '92)
Vice President​, ​Product
Google AI and Health
Mountain View, CA

Omkaram (Om) Nalamasu
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
Applied Materials, Inc.
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Santa Clara, CA

Bahram Nour-Omid, Ph.D.
Chairman and
Managing Partner
Scopus Ventures
Los Angeles, CA

Gary W. Pace, Ph.D.
Entrepreneur
Director
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc and Cardiff Oncology and Antisense Therapeutics
La Jolla, CA

Gregory M. Papadopoulos
(B.A. ‘79)
Venture Partner
New Enterprise Associates
Menlo Park, CA

Tom Pieronek
Vice President, Basic Research
Northrop Grumman
Redondo Beach, CA

Steve Poizner
Founder
Alliance for Southern California Innovation
La Jolla, CA

Richard F. Rashid, Ph.D.
Corporate Vice President Emeritus
Microsoft Corporation
Founder
Microsoft Research
Prescott, AZ

Oliver Ratzesberger
Chairperson
OpenCorporates Ltd.

Ronald Reedy, Ph.D.
(M.S. ‘81, Ph.D. ‘83)
Co-Founder & CTO Emeritus
Peregrine Semiconductor
San Diego, CA

Venkata (Murthy) M. Renduchintala, Ph.D.
Santa Clara, CA

David Schwab 
(B.A. ‘79)
Founder & Managing Director
Vertical Ventures
San Francisco, CA

Sachio Semmoto, Ph.D.
Executive Chairman and Representative Director
Renova, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan

Munjal Shah
Co-Founder and CEO
Health IQ
Mountain View, CA

John Sos
President, Materials and Structural Analysis Division
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Carlsbad, CA

Mallik Tatipamula, Ph.D.
CTO
Ericsson Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley, CA

James H. Thompson
Executive Vice President, Engineering
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Susan Tousi
Senior Vice President of Product Development
Illumina, Inc.
Member, National Academy of Engineering
San Diego, CA

Military Liaison Member

Delores Washburn
Chief Engineer
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacifica (NIWC PAC)
San Diego, CA

Julie Meier Wright
Retired President & CEO (retired)
San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
San Diego, CA