The Alliance Board of Directors includes distinguished community leaders and the top research universities and institutions in Southern California.
Community Leaders
Ajay Nirula
Vice President, Immunology
Lilly Research Laboratories
Lilly Biotechnology Center
Derek Aberle
Co-Founder, President & Chief Operating Officer
XCOM
Drew Murphy
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development
Edison International
Emmanuel Roman
Managing Director and CEO
PIMCO
Gene Sykes
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
Chair
Alliance for SoCal Innovation
Jamie Voris
Chief Technology Officer
The Walt Disney Company
Jody Foldesy
Partner and Managing Director
The Boston Consulting Group
Vice Chair
Alliance for SoCal Innovation
Julie Hill
Founder
The Hill Company
Vice Chair
Alliance for SoCal Innovation
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
Executive Vice President Learning Enterprise
Arizona State University
Michael Yanover
Head of Business Development
Creative Artists Agency
Rachna Khosla
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Amgen Inc.
Scott Wolfe
Partner
Latham and Watkins LLP
Steve Poizner
Technology Entrepreneur
Todd Brinton
Corporate Vice President, Advanced Technology, Chief Scientific Officer
Edwards Lifesciences
Tony Driscoll
Senior Vice President, Emerging and Production Technologies and Data Services
WarnerMedia
Research Institutions
Fred Farina
Chief Innovation and Corporate Partnerships Officer
Errol Arkilic
Chief Innovation Officer, Executive Director, UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Amir Naiberg
Associate Vice Chancellor, CEO & President
Rosibel Ochoa
Associate Vice Chancellor Technology Partnerships
Paul Roben
Associate Vice Chancellor, Innovation & Technology Commercialization
Vice Chair for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation
Sherylle Mills Englander
Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives and Operations at UCSB’s California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI)
Ishwar Puri
Vice President of Research
Chell Roberts
Dean of Engineering
Kash Gokli
Director of Entrepreneurship Initiatives, Harvey Mudd College
Advisory Council to the Board of Directors
Technology trailblazers, investment experts, and startup veterans
Andy Slavitt
Former Senior Advisor to the Biden Administration COVID Response
General Partner
Town Hall Ventures
Anna Barber
Partner
M13
Brad Feld
Partner
Foundry Group
Darren MacDonald
Chief Digital and Innovation Officer
Petco
David Whelan
Senior Vice President & Chief Scientist
Cubic Corporation
Eric Schmidt
Former Chairman
Alphabet Inc.
George T. Whitesides
Chair, Space Advisory Board
Virgin Galactic
Greg Smith
SVP, Digital Channels & Innovation
City National Bank
Hallie Kuhn
Vice President
Alexandria Venture Investments
Ivan Markman
Chief Business Officer
Yahoo
James Demetriades
CEO and Founder
Kairos Ventures
Kara Nortman
Managing Partner
Upfront Ventures
Larry Sonsini
Chairman
Wilson Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Chair
Advisory Council of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation
Michael Corbo
Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc.
Rob Freelen
Head of Venture Capital Relationship Management
Silicon Valley Bank
Scott Stanford
Co-Founder and Partner
Acme Capital
Sean Moriarty
CEO
Leaf Group