The Board of Directors and Advisory Council
The Board of Directors
The Alliance Board of Directors includes distinguished community leaders and representatives of the top universities and research institutions in Southern California.
Community Leaders
Alison Budelsky
Vice President, Immunology Research
Eli Lilly and Company
Ben Savage
Partner
Clocktower Ventures
Farzad Azimpour
Senior Vice President, Strategic Innovation, Advanced Technology Unit
Edwards Lifesciences
Gene Sykes
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
Chairman Emeritus, Alliance for SoCal Innovation
Greg Horowitt
Director of Innovation
UC San Diego
Co-Founder and Managing Director
T2 Venture Capital
Ivan Markman
Investor, Board Member
Jed Leidheiser
Partner
March Capital
Jody Foldesy
Partner and Managing Director
The Boston Consulting Group
Chairman of the Board, Alliance for SoCal Innovation
John Keisler
CEO & Managing Partner
Sunstone Management
Larry Sonsini
Chairman
Wilson Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Chair, Advisory Council of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation
Marc Stern
Chairman
The TCW Group, Inc
Maria Anguiano
Regent – Vice Chair
University of California
Maurizio Vecchione
Chief Innovation Officer
Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Nate Russell
Vice President, Corporate Strategy
Amgen Inc.
Renee LaBran
Board Director, Business Advisor, and Investor
Vice Chair, Alliance for SoCal Innovation
Richard Sudek
Special Advisor To The Board
Chairman Emeritus
Tech Coast Angels
Sergej Mahnovski
Managing Director, Strategy, Technology, and Innovation
Edison International
Tad Funahashi
Chief Innovation & Transformation Officer
Kaiser Permanente
Academic and Research Institutions
Fred Farina
Chief Innovation and Corporate Partnerships Officer
Errol Arkilic
Chief Innovation Officer, Executive Director, UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Vice Chair, Alliance for SoCal Innovation
Mark Wisniewski
Senior Director, Biopharmaceuticals
Rosibel Ochoa
Associate Vice Chancellor, Technology Partnerships
Paul Roben
Associate Vice Chancellor, Innovation & Technology Commercialization
Vice Chair, Alliance for SoCal Innovation
Sherylle Mills Englander
Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives and Operations at UCSB’s California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI)
Ishwar Puri
Vice President of Research
Laura Buffard
Associate Vice President of Innovation, Division of Research and Innovation
Advisory Council to the Board of Directors
Technology trailblazers, investment experts, and startup veterans who provide underwriting support in addition to actively engaging in our programs and providing invaluable input and leadership.
Andy Slavitt
General Partner
Town Hall Ventures
Brad Feld
Partner
Foundry Group
Doug Holte
CEO
EXP by Hines
Eoin O’Toole
Managing Partner
Riviera Partners
Hallie Kuhn
Senior Vice President, Science & Technology, Capital Markets
Alexandria Venture Investments
Jamie Montgomery
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
March Capital
Jamie Voris
Chief Technology Officer
The Walt Disney Company
Jim Tananbaum
Founder & CEO
Foresite Capital
John Rossant
Founder & CEO
CoMotion
Kevin Mayer
Co-CEO and Founder
Candle Media
Mostafa Khairzada
Vice President Innovation and Product Development
Pacific Dental
Rachna Khosla
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Amgen Inc.
Scott Stanford
Co-Founder and Partner
ACME Capital