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