Board of Directors

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

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Rudy Vargas
Chair
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Price Philanthropies Foundation

Ocean Discovery Institute Alumnus, Class of 2008

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Heather Bentley 
Vice Chair

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Devon Gibson 
Treasurer
Audit Manager, Deloitte & Touche 

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Tara Marathe
Secretary
Nonprofit Leadership, Strategy & Communications

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

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Jasmine Davenport
Climate Justice Advocate, Scientist & Strategist

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Scott Grimes
Vice President, Endangered Habitats Conservancy

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Vanessa Sandoval
Environmental Planner, City of San Diego

Ocean Discovery Institute Alumna, Class of 2006

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Kristen Koch
Director, Southwest Fisheries Science Center

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Mathew Mitchell
Vice President, Corporate Development, Arialys Therapeutics

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Dr. Anai Novoa
Student Success and Summer Programs Coordinator, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

Ocean Discovery Institute Alumna, Class of 2007

Cabinet Members

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

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

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Scott Pearson
Director of Environmental Services, SDG&E

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

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John Johns
Retired President, Providence Marketing Corporation

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

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Ileana Ovalle
Strategy & Governance Advisor, Calit2