Advisory Committee
Government
- Canadian Consulate – Mario Diez, Trade Commissioner
- City of San Diego – Russ Gibbon, Business Development Manager
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Hank Glauser, Principal Investigator, Global Security
- Navy Marine Mammal Program – Cynthia Smith, President
- Port of San Diego – Jerine Rosato, Sr. Manager, Strategy & Business Development
- San Diego County Office of Education - Dave Dressler, ROP Technology Manager
- San Diego Lifeguards – Rick Wurts, Lifeguard Chief
- Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service - Dr. Cisco Werner, Director
- SPAWAR SC Pacific – Eric Hendricks, Division Head
- U.S. Commercial Service – Julia Rauner, Senior International Trade Specialist
- U.S. Navy Region Southwest - Chris Haley, External Affairs
- U.S. Navy – Third Fleet - Tracy Conroy, Science Advisor
- U.S. Navy – Capt. Charlie MacVean (ret.)
Education & Research
- CICESE - Dr. Federico Graef, Director General
- Maritime Museum of San Diego - Dr. Ray Ashley, President
- National University - Dr. John Cicero, Dean of the School of Engineering
- San Diego Community College District - Lorraine Colins,
- San Diego Science Alliance - Nancy Taylor, Executive Director
- San Diego State University – College of Science - Dr. Stan Maloy, Dean
- San Diego State University – Troops to Engineers - Dr. Patricia Reily
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Hans de Salas-del Valle, Business Development Analyst
- Waitt Institute - Dr. Dominique Rissolo, Executive Director
Industry
- Assure Controls - Bryan Bjorndal, CEO
- Esri - Eric Westreich, Defense C2 Industry Manager
- Hydranautics – Brett Andrews, President & COO
- SeaBotix – Rick Timm, General Manager
- Wells Fargo – Brian Chambers, VP/Sr. Relationship Manager
Industry Sector Working Groups (SWG)
- SWG – Desalination & Clean Water Technology – Kent Turner, Consultant
- SWG – Seafood Technology – Don Kent, President, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
Nonprofits & Economic Development
- East County Economic Development Council – Jo-Marie Diamond, President
- Marine Technology Society - Brock Rosenthal, Ocean Innovations
- San Diego Crew Classic – Ann Hill, Chief Advancement Officer
- San Diego North Economic Development Council - Carl Morgan, CEO
- San Diego Port Tenants Association – Greg Boeh, Global Capital Holdings
- San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. - Matt Sanford, Manager
- San Diego Workforce Partnership - Peter Callstrom, CEO
- South County Economic Development Council - Cindy Gompper-Graves, CEO
