Board
AARON CONTORER – CHAIR
Aaron is president of the Contorer Foundation, focusing on environmental sustainability and philanthropic studies; board member of Move San Diego, dedicated to better transportation in the San Diego region; and a member of San Diego Social Venture Partners, supporting local nonprofits and developing highly effective philanthropists.
He served for eight years on the board of Northwest Environment Watch, now Sightline Institute, focusing on sprawl and sustainable economic development; and helped to build the Kirkland (Washington) Teen Union Building.
Aaron is a former executive of Microsoft Corporation, where he helped to build products including Windows, MSN, Visual Studio, and in-house engineering tools. He served on Bill Gates’s staff, and founded the Microsoft Big Gift Club for new philanthropists. He was also an inventor on several patents.
Aaron has also been an executive of three other small software companies. He holds degrees in computer science and psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
MARTIN R. BROWN
Mr. Brown is the Chief Business Officer at Elcelyx Therapeutics Inc. in San Diego. He was formerly an executive officer of Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Services. He had previously served as Senior Vice President, Operations from 2000 to 2004 and prior to that Vice President, Operations from 1998. During his tenure in various senior leadership positions, Amylin grew from 36 fulltime employees and a market cap of $25 million to over 1,100 employees and a market cap of over $4 billion with two approved and launched first-in-class products. Prior to joining Amylin, Mr. Brown was Director, Information Systems, Europe, for Eli Lilly and Company. He served in various information management positions during his more than ten years with Lilly. Prior to joining Lilly, Mr. Brown held various positions with General Signal Corporation during a fourteen year career. Mr. Brown also currently serves on the board of directors of Clinical Supplies Management, Inc. Mr. Brown received a B.S. in Commerce and Engineering and an MBA in Operations Research from Drexel University.
DIANE L. ROSENBERG - VICE CHAIR
Diane Rosenberg brings brand management, strategy and marketing expertise to leading consumer products and technology companies. During her career, Diane has developed results-driven Branding, Marketing and New Product initiatives for Procter & Gamble, Dell Computer, Open Energy Corporation, Del Monte Foods, Hunt-Wesson, Weight Watchers Frozen Foods, and Ernst & Young. She worked directly with the CEO of Procter & Gamble to create the company's first internal video communications program. Currently, Diane divides her time between strategic marketing consulting with companies and serving with nonprofit organizations.
Within the nonprofit sector, Diane serves as Chair of the Environment Working Group at The San Diego Foundation, Outreach and Education Chair of CleanTECH San Diego and Vice-Chair of Equinox Center. Other past leadership positions include: Interim Executive Director and Vice Chair of San Diego Social Venture Partners, Board Member of Second Chance, and President of the Cleveland Ballet Council. Diane is an alumnus of the University of Southern California, with a Masters in Business Administration and B.A. degree in Psychology.
TREVOR CALLAN - TREASURER
Trevor co-founded Callan Capital with his brothers, Ryan and Tim, after a highly successful career at Merrill Lynch. He was selected through a rigorous testing process to be the first advisor to represent the Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investment Group (PBIG) in San Diego, an operation dedicated to clients with substantial liquid assets in excess of $10 million.
Trevor earned a Certified Investment Manager Analyst (CIMA) designation following coursework and examination at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The CIMA attests to superior proficiency in asset allocation, investment policy, manager searches, risk management as well as a keen appreciation of ethics.
He began his career in 1992 at Shearson Lehman Brothers. In 1994, he transferred to Merrill Lynch, where ultimately he became a First Vice President and earned several service awards. Trevor is a former board member of the Chairman’s Roundtable and Treasurer of the San Diego Social Venture Partners. Trevor lives with his wife, Sandy, in La Jolla.
SCOTT GRIMES - SECRETARY
Scott Grimes is a Program Officer at the Endangered Habitats League, a nonprofit organization that promotes the conservation of wildlife habitat and open space in Southern California. From 1998 to 2004 Scott served as Director of Research and Senior Program Officer at San Diego Dialogue, a university-anchored public policy center serving the San Diego region. Scott is the author of three books, as well as several reports, book chapters and papers on policy issues related to urbanization, urban development and regionalism. His published work has addressed such issues as K-12 education reform, welfare reform, growth management and regional planning. Scott holds a Bachelors degree from UCLA and a Masters in International Public Policy from UC San Diego.
JEREMY HAYDEN
Jeremy is Of Counsel in the Corporate practice group of the San Diego office of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo. Jeremy’s practice is focused on counseling emerging growth companies and venture capital firms on all aspects of capital raising transactions. He also has substantial experience in securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, SEC compliance, licensing arrangements, and general corporate governance matters.
Jeremy has long had an interest in environment issues and strategies for promoting sustainable growth. His senior thesis in college focused on non-governmental organizations efforts to address deforestation (focusing on the Brazilian rainforest). Jeremy is a member of Mintz Levin's Energy and Clean Tech Practice Group and works with numerous companies in the energy and cleantech space. He is also actively involved in several San Diego-based industry organizations' cleantech initiatives. Jeremy graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in Politics and earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
PHYLLIS HUCKABEE
Phyllis Huckabee is Vice President, Human Resources for Quidel Corp., a leading manufacturer of rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. Prior to moving into life sciences in early 2004, she worked in the energy industry for almost 20 years focusing on financial analysis, strategic planning, government affairs, and human resources, including a senior level position at Sempra Energy. Ms. Huckabee has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and a Masters of Business Administration, both from Texas Tech University.
BILL MALLOY
Bill Malloy oversees the private equity and real estate businesses for Malloy and Company, a privately held company that has provided capital and business expertise in these areas for more than a century. He holds board of director seats in current portfolio companies and serves their interests by advising on corporate strategy and assisting in capital procurement.
Before joining Malloy and Company, Bill served on the executive team of Oakley, a world leader in performance optics. He managed sales and marketing for key Oakley products in more than 100 countries. Prior to his tenure with Oakley, Bill gained venture capital experience at the senior associate level with Zone Ventures, a Draper Fisher Jurvetson fund. His background in business development and product management includes five years of service to Listen.com (sold to Real Networks, a $1.3 billion company) and MusicMatch (sold to Yahoo, a $38 billion company). His responsibilities focused on strategy and go-to-market plans for new product development.
Bill balances his philanthropic time between hands-on work focused around sustainability as well as serving as the trustee for the Malloy Foundation. Bill has an undergraduate degree from Clemson University and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.
Strategic Communications Advisor
LARRY DAVID MARCUS
Larry Marcus has a long and successful background in media, marketing and finance. He was the Co-Founder of River City Broadcasting, owner and operator of forty four TV and radio stations, located coast to coast. Larry served as it’s Chief Financial Officer and was instrumental in building it from scratch in 1989 and managing it through to its $1.2 billion sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group in 1996. Currently, he is Managing Partner of Marcus Investments as well as Chief Executive Officer of Peak Media Holdings, owner/operator of television stations.
Larry currently consults in the communications and media sector, and has served as Director of several media companies including KWMU, the National Public Radio station in St Louis, Radio One Inc., the Washington, DC based publicly held, African-American controlled radio group, Hero Broadcasting, the MTV3 (Hispanic) affiliate group based in Miami, has served as Chairman of the Del Mar Television Foundation and has been on the advisory board of KPBS-TV/Radio, the public stations in San Diego. Earlier in his career, Larry worked with the Washington Post Co. and Johnson and Johnson in the IT arena.
Larry is also involved in several worthy charitable organizations in San Diego, including San Diego Hospice, Pro Kids, the First Tee program. Larry received his Bachelors in Business from City College of New York as well as his MBA in computer science, and is recognized in Who’s Who in America.
Strategic Advisors
REED CALDWELL
Reed Caldwell is the founder and CEO of ServInt. Founded in 1995, ServInt is a pioneer in the dedicated server space. After surviving the dot com bust at the turn of the millennium, ServInt became a prominent provider of both Virtual Private Server (VPS) and dedicated server hosting where it continues today. ServInt is a provider of enterprise class, environmentally friendly, managed hosting services. It’s services are primarily geared towards businesses ranging from tiny start ups to large corporations. ServInt’s corporate office are located in Mclean, VA and its data centers are located in Washington, D.C., throughout Northern Virginia, and Los Angeles, California. Reed is an active venture philanthropist and a member of San Diego Social Venture Partners (SDSVP).
PETER COHEN
Peter Cohen is a seasoned senior executive who has delivered revenue and profit growth in a diverse set of industries – including transportation, wholesale distribution, durable goods and renewable energy. He has built multiple, high-performing teams from the ground up, on both the product and service side. He thrives at the intersection of Sales and Marketing, having led the Sales Strategy practices at both public and private Fortune 500 companies.
Peter’s public policy and sustainability focus dates back more than 15 years to his work in Washington DC , where he co-authored the first fully-comprehensive economic analysis of the Superfund program (the nation’s toxic waste cleanup law). He is currently the Sales & Marketing leader at Energy Eye, Inc., whose solutions drive down hotel energy consumption via HVAC and temperature controls.
Peter also is an active member of the San Diego community, contributing to multiple non-profit organizations including Social Venture Partners (where he chairs the Marketing Resource Team) and CleanVenture, a business incubator for clean tech startup companies. He has an MBA from the Olin School at Washington University, and lives in Carmel Valley with his wife and baby daughter.
JARED CRISCUOLO
Jared Criscuolo is an entrepreneur evaluating ways to utilize business as a means to accomplish environmental objectives. Previously, he worked as a financial advisor with UBS and Morgan Stanley and taught History and French at Waterville Valley Academy in New Hampshire.
Jared’s passion for the environment is an outgrowth of his hobbies, including skiing, surfing, and sailing. He spends a significant amount of time volunteering with the Surfrider Foundation’s San Diego Chapter. As a member of their Executive Committee, he chairs Surfrider’s Water Campaign, Know Your H20. The focus of this committee is to educate Surfrider’s members and the general public on the state of water sources, and the ways that local communities, businesses, agencies and governments can work together to improve the efficiency and sustainability of our water supply.
Jared graduated from Saint Lawrence University in Canton, NY with a bachelor’s degree in Government, and minors in History and French.
MALCOLM DAVIES
Malcolm Davies is Principal & Founder of CANVAZ a private Real Estate Investment firm located in Del Mar. He is also Principal of Opes San Diego, a Real Estate Finance & Investment Management firm. Malcolm is a graduate of the University of Arizona’s Regional Development and Urban Planning department. He is an active member of the La Jolla Rotary, Del Mar/ Solana Beach Lions Club, and the PEERS Network. Malcolm is a member of the La Jolla Presbyterian Church and currently lives in La Jolla with his wife Angela and son Kingston
PAUL EICHEN
Paul Eichen is Chairman of the Orca Fund, an environmentally-focused fund housed at the San Diego Foundation. Created in 2001, the Orca Fund's mission is to increase the capacity of environmental stewardship in San Diego. Mr. Eichen's has an entrepreneurial background having founded divergent start-ups Proxima Corporation and the Rokenbok Toy Company. Proxima was a pioneer in the emerging market for data projection, and Mr. Eichen served as Proxima's President and Director from 1982-1995, during which time Proxima became a public company. Mr. Eichen started the Rokenbok Toy Company in 1995 to create a "legacy quality" toy system focused on creativity, imagination and learning, and continues to serve as Rokenbok's Chairman. Paul Eichen grew up in Solana Beach and attended Occidental College, where he studied Mathematics; he holds a certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from the University of San Diego; and is currently enrolled in the USD's Nonprofit Management and Leadership masters program.
KATHERINE KENNEDY
Founder and President of Relocation Coordinates, Inc. a world-class company with 25 years experience handling annually 1500 domestic and international relocations for corporations of all sizes. This unique relocation service combines highly personalized communications with leading edge technology. This combination is the basis for successful coordination of all aspects of relocation.
In addition to serving as a strategic advisor to Equinox Center, Katherine is on the Board of Directors of several community organizations, including the: Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, La Jolla Music Society, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and San Diego Social Venture Partners. She is a member of San Diego Rotary Club and a graduate of LEAD San Diego. Katherine is a 2007 San Diego State University Monty Award Winner, Alumni of the Year, College of Fine Arts. Katherine has been married for 39 years to Robert Horsman, CEO of San Diego National Bank.
BETSY BRENNAN KINSLEY
Betsy Kinsley is Chief of Staff to San Diego State University President Stephen L. Weber. In that role, Betsy provides executive level support for the President and is responsible for the management and activity of the Office of the President. San Diego State has faculty, staff and students committed to sustainability and Betsy is enjoying the nexus between higher education and serving the local community. Previously, Betsy served as Chief of Staff to the City of San Diego’s first City Council President, Scott Peters. During the five years spent at the City of San Diego, Betsy worked with local communities to promote resource efficiency, the use of renewable resources and sustainable practices, housing, transportation, land use planning and economic development. Betsy had previously worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, where her interest in utility and natural resource policy was first developed.
Betsy is also a graduate of LEAD San Diego, a member of the San Diego County Bar Association, and an active supporter of the Guardian Scholars Foster Children program at San Diego State. Betsy received a bachelor of arts in international politics and diplomacy from the University of Richmond in Virginia and she also earned her law degree from University of San Diego. She is a California bar certified attorney. Betsy lives in the Carmel Valley community of San Diego with her husband and son.
ELLEN M. KIRK
Ellen Kirk is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of domestic and international experience ranging from start-up companies to established multinational corporations spanning a diversity of industries including wireless operations and technology, broadband, investment banking, and oil refining. Ellen currently is the President of AMI Consulting, providing broadband wireless technology strategy and implementation assistance. Previously, she served as Vice President – Marketing for Tropos Networks, the market leader in metro-scale wireless mesh networking, Vice President – Business Development for Qualcomm’s chip division, and EVP for Talaris Corporation (now Reardon Commerce). Earlier, Ellen was Vice President – Marketing, Regulatory and Strategic Planning and a crucial member of the executive team that led SnapTrack, Inc. from high-technology start-up to its $1 billion acquisition by Qualcomm. Prior to SnapTrack, Ellen held a number of mergers and acquisitions roles for AirTouch Communications and on Wall St., and began her career as a Chevron refinery process engineer.
Ellen is an accomplished public speaker who holds B.A. and Master of Chemical Engineering degrees from Rice University and an MBA with Distinction from Harvard. In addition to serving as a strategic advisor to Equinox Center, Ellen is actively involved with numerous philanthropic organizations including the Pan-Mass Challenge, San Diego Social Venture Partners, Cazadero Performing Arts Camp and the AMD Advisory Council of the Shiley Eye Clinic at UCSD.
DAVID LYNN
David Lynn has a diverse background in information technology, finance, and philanthropy. His IT background includes extensive work with data analysis and web-based database applications in a variety of industries, including financial, distribution, and education. He has also served as a financial analyst and portfolio manager, predominantly for charitable funds. Lynn is currently the president of Ayamba with various consulting engagements in the business and non-profit IT space, and a product focus in the restaurant industry.
Lynn’s primary philanthropic commitments include the Board and Communications chair of San Diego Social Venture Partners, investing in local non-profits and philanthropists; serving on the Balboa Park Trust Committee at the San Diego Foundation, managing the largest endowment preserving Balboa Park; co-founder of NPDog, supporting improvement efforts at Nate’s Point Dog Park; and serving on the Development Committee at Voice of San Diego. Lynn is a San Diego native with a Bachelors in Mathematics from Whitman College.
GINA ROGERS
Gina Rogers is a consultant and research economist. The core of her career was spent at Data Resources, Inc (DRI), an econometric consulting firm now reformed as Global Insight, where she developed long-range forecasting models and worked with client organizations on industry analysis and strategic planning. Gina’s projects in the environmental arena have included evaluation of the economic impacts of proposed legislative reforms related to mining on federal lands for the National Wildlife Federation, analysis and expert testimony on the impact of federal pollution control legislation and energy policies, and an early study on the economic impacts of returnable-bottle legislation.
Most recently, Gina has been working as a healthcare consultant, focusing on health care quality and patient safety. She was the founding executive director of a Massachusetts non-profit promoting statewide quality improvement initiatives, and has participated in the design and evaluation of collaborative projects to reduce medical errors and eliminate healthcare disparities. Gina also worked at Applied Technology, a venture capital firm, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. She has served on the Board of a local land trust in Massachusetts and volunteered with an inner city community health center and an ESL mentoring program and is an active volunteer with San Diego Coastkeeper. She is a graduate of Cornell University.
OLAF WALTER, PhD.
Mr. Walter was educated as a chemical engineer in Germany and earned his PhD in Public Health Engineering from Portsmouth Polytechnic in the U.K. Currently, he serves as the COO of GreenCore Capital, LLC and GreenCore Business Services, LLC. He has 21+ years of global experience, mainly at The Dow Chemical Company, where he was responsible for a wide variety of business operations, most recently as Senior Technology Leader of Manufacturing and Engineering for Dow’s Industrial Biotechnology Business. Since late 2005, Mr. Walter has utilized his expertise consulting for entrepreneurial enterprises, developing business strategies and their implementation. His expertise spans fermentation technologies; whole plant derived bio-production, water and wastewater treatment technologies, chemical manufacturing, process development, business and competitive analysis, and sophisticated economic modeling. Mr. Walter serves as a Business & Scientific Advisor for three companies based in San Diego County: iDiverse, Assure Controls, and Ambient Control Systems. In addition, he serves as the Merger & Acquisition Associate for A.D.R. Associates, a company in Murietta, California, specialized in market research, strategic positioning, planning and communication. He is also a member of the ‘Science & Technology’ committee of the CleanTECH trade organization in San Diego which is associated with UCSD’s CONNECT and Springboard programs.
Expert Advisory Panel
SCOTT ANDERS, Director of the Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC), University of San Diego.
Mr. Anders joined EPIC in October 2005 as its inaugural director and developed both its academic and research programs. Mr. Anders’ work at EPIC has focused on regulatory and policy issues related to developing efficient and low-carbon energy sources. Recent projects include the first-ever greenhouse gas inventory for San Diego County, policy research for a comparison of the San Diego region with regions with emerging clean technology industry clusters, and a feasibility study of implementing smart grid strategies and technologies in the San Diego region.
Prior to joining EPIC, Mr. Anders was director for policy and planning at the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) in San Diego, and a policy researcher for the Washington D.C. think tank Center for a Sustainable Economy, now part of Redefining Progress, where he researched market-based mechanisms as a policy tool for the energy sector.
Mr. Anders also has been involved in San Diego regional energy planning for the last 10 years and has authored or co-authored a number of papers and reports related to energy policy. He holds a B.A. in international politics from Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA) and an M.A. in public policy, with a concentration in environmental policy, from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy.
JIM STONE, Vice President of Public Programs, San Diego Natural History Museum
Jim Stone is the Museum’s Vice President of Public Programs, serving as the senior executive responsible for Museum exhibitions, education programs, volunteers, marketing and website. Jim has had a career-long focus on science education and environmental literacy. During the past several years he has spearheaded the Museum’s efforts to highlight the impacts of climate change around the world as well as here in San Diego by organizing a highly successful series of lectures, programs, public forums and internet web casts. Previously serving as the Museum’s Director of Education, he brings experienced leadership to the position.
Stone served as Vice President of Programs and Director of Exhibitions at Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Connecticut. He has led numerous ecotourism expeditions to diverse locations, including Ecuador, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, Sea of Cortés, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. He has a special interest in marine mammals and environmental stewardship. He holds a B.S. in Biology from Southern Connecticut State University, a Rhode Island Teaching Certificate for Secondary Level Biological Sciences, and is currently studying nonprofit leadership and management at the University of San Diego’s School of Leadership and Education Sciences.
MARK THIEMENS, Dean, Division of Physical Sciences, University of California San Diego
Dr. Thiemens was named the first Dean of the new Division of Physical Sciences in 2000. Composed of the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mathematics, and physics, the Division of Physical Sciences was created to foster collaboration among researchers from different disciplines in frontier areas of science that demand an interdisciplinary approach.
Thiemens, research encompasses a wide range of disciplines and he also directs UCSD's environmental science efforts in the interdisciplinary Center for Environmental Research and Training. As a scientist, he is best known for his discovery of the "mass-independent isotope effect," which has improved scientific understanding in areas as diverse as climate change, the origin of the solar system, chemical physics, acid rain, and the accumulation of greenhouse gases. The discovery led to his selection for the 1998 Ernest O. Lawrence Medal, the most prestigious award given to scientists by the U.S. Department of Energy. Thiemens was also elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2006, one of the highest honors bestowed on U.S. scientists and engineers.
The recipient of a doctoral degree in chemical oceanography from Florida State University, Thiemens arrived at UCSD in 1980, after a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies at the University of Chicago.