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
Program Leadership, Development, and Governance. Writer.

Devon Gibson
Treasurer
Audit Manager, Deloitte & Touche

Tara Marathe
Secretary
Nonprofit Leadership, Strategy & Communications

David Boyer
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Neurocrine Biosciences

Barbra Calantas
Biological Resources and Land Management Practice Leader, Founder of the Environmental Professional Diversity Collective

Jasmine Davenport
Climate Justice Advocate, Scientist & Strategist

Vanessa Sardella
Environmental Planner, City of San Diego
Ocean Discovery Institute Alumna, Class of 2006

Mathew Mitchell
Biotech Executive

Dr. Anai Novoa
Student Success and Summer Programs Coordinator, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Ocean Discovery Institute Alumna, Class of 2007

Rico Solano
Scientist and Entrepreneur
Ocean Discovery Institute Alumnus, Class of 2007

Kimberly Thomas
Director of Human Services, City of Newport News
Cabinet Members

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

Tres Conrique
Clinical Professor, University of Grenoble IAE Graduate School of Business and Knauss School of Business, University of San Diego

Scott Pearson
Director of Environmental Services, SDG&E

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

John Johns
Retired President, Providence Marketing Corporation

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

Ileana Ovalle
Strategy & Governance Advisor, Calit2

Scott Grimes
Vice President, Endangered Habitats Conservancy
