Board of Directors

Proud recipients of University of San Diego’s Kaleidoscope Award for Exceptional Governance.

Rudy Vargas
Chair
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Price Philanthropies Foundation

Ocean Discovery Institute Alumnus, Class of 2008

Heather Bentley
Vice Chair
Executive Director, Franchise Team Lead-Epilepsy, Neurocrine Biosciences

Devon Gibson
Treasurer
Audit Manager, Deloitte & Touche

Tara Marathe
Secretary
Chief of Staff, Climate Imperative Foundation

Barbra Calantas
Vice President, Biological Resources Director, Environmental Science Associates, Founder of the Environmental Professional Diversity Collective

Jasmine Davenport
Climate Justice Advocate, Scientist & Strategist

Scott Grimes
Vice President, Endangered Habitats Conservancy

John Johns
Retired President, Providence Marketing Corporation

Kristen Koch
Director, Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Jessica Mier
Director, Senior Congressional District Leadership Learning and Development

Mathew Mitchell
Vice President, Corporate Development, Arialys Therapeutics

Anai Novoa
Ph.D. Candidate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

Ocean Discovery Institute Alumna, Class of 2007

Vanessa Sandoval
Environmental Planner, City of San Diego

Ocean Discovery Institute Alumna, Class of 2006

Cabinet Members

Sean Caddell
Significant Property Specialist, Coast Sotheby’s International Realty

Tres Conrique
Faculty, University of San Diego, School of Business.

Kurt Gering
Executive Vice President of Human Resources, National Funding

Theodore J. Griswold
Partner, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP

Dan McClellan
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.) & International Consultant

Dr. Noelle Norton
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of San Diego

Ileana Ovalle
Strategy & Governance Advisor, Calit2

Scott Pearson
Director of Environmental Services, SDG&E

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