The Alliance Board of Directors includes distinguished community leaders and the top research universities and institutions in Southern California.
Community Leaders
Ajay Nirula
Senior Vice President, Immunology
Site Head, Lilly Biotechnology Center San Diego
Lilly Research Laboratories
Ben Savage
Partner
Clocktower Ventures
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
Farzad Azimpour
Senior Vice President, Strategic Innovation, Advanced Technology Unit
Edwards Lifesciences
Gene Sykes
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
Chair
Alliance for SoCal Innovation
Ivan Markman
Chief Business Officer
Yahoo
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
John Rossant
Founder and CEO
CoMotion
Julie Hill
Founder
The Hill Company
Vice Chair
Alliance for SoCal Innovation
Julie Miller-Phipps
President
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
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
Rachna Khosla
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Amgen Inc.
Renee LaBran
Board Member
Idealab
Richard Sudek
Special Advisor To The Board
Chairman Emeritus
Tech Coast Angels
Scott Wolfe
Partner
Latham and Watkins LLP
Steve Poizner
Technology Entrepreneur
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
Hala Madanat
Vice President of Research and Innovation
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
Ashley Van Zeeland
Vice President, Head of Illumina Open Innovation
Illumina, Inc.
Brad Feld
Partner
Foundry Group
Darren MacDonald
Chief Digital and Innovation Officer
Petco
David Whelan
Senior Vice President & Chief Scientist
Cubic Corporation
Doug Holte
CEO
EXP by Hines
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
Jim Tananbaum
Founder & CEO
Foresite Capital
Kevin Mayer
Co-CEO and Founder
Candle Media
Michael Corbo
President and CEO
Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc.
Scott Stanford
Co-Founder and Partner
ACME Capital
Sean Moriarty
CEO
Leaf Group
Steven Pacelli
Executive Vice President and Managing Director
Dexcom Ventures