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Junior Achievement San Diego & Imperial County Board Members

To help Junior Achievement advance and grow it is critical to maintain a strong, effective, productive and committed governing board. Our board is one of our most important assets - both for strengthening our organization and ensuring our financial solvency.

Energized by our mission, vision and core values, our board members include active, dynamic leaders who are more than willing to work cooperatively and effectively on behalf of our youth. These members do much more than donate their time and money to Junior Achievement of San Diego, because their support becomes a value investment in their community.

Board Officers

Brian Cahill
Co-Chair
Exec. VP - Operations
Balfour Beatty Construction
John Collins Ed.D
Co-Chair
Superintendant
Poway Unified School District
Patrick Davidson
Senior Vice President
Bank of America
Ron Ferrari
Executive Committee
Vice President
Bernstein Global Wealth Management
Rich Kwiatkowski MBA
Director of Marketing
San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
Stephen Rosetta
Executive Committee
Executive Director
Cushman & Wakefield of San Diego, Inc.
Sandra Shippey
Attorney at Law
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP
Don Starkey
Immediate Past Chair
VP & Sr. Relationship Mgr.
Union Bank

Active Board Members

Ahmed Abbas
Principal Business Analyst
Sempra Energy
Vernon Aguirre
Executive Vice President
Popular Community Bank
Gaylin Anderson
EVP, Chief Retail Banking Officer
Pacific Trust Bank
Randy M. Ataide, J.D.
Executive Director & Prof. of Entrepreneurship
Pt. Loma Nazarene University
Ted Baker
President/Principal
Baker Electric
Robert Bingham
Angel Investor
Joye Blount
Vice President/Wealth Management Advisor
US Bank
Janice Cook Ed.D
Superintendent
Cajon Valley Union School District
Dino D'Auria
President Commercial Business Banking
Opus Bank
Rodger Dougherty
Public Affairs Leader
Kaiser Permanente
Francisco Escobedo Ed.D
Superintendent
Chula Vista Elementary School District
Kevin Foley
Vice President, Learning & People Svcs
The UPS Store
Wendy Gillespie
Pres. & COO, Frontier Trading, Inc., Starhawk Productions, and Capdevilla/Gillespie Foundation
Chris Goodman
Vice President/Finance & Accounting
Sony Electronics, Inc.
Rich Kalenka
Managing Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Michelle Kruse
AVP of Learning & Development
Bridgepoint Education
Philip Lurie
Principal
ZuzaMAM
Pat Maruca
Principal
Discovery Charter School
Wade McKnight
Managing Partner
J.H. Cohn LLP
Marie Mendoza
Attorney at Law
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Patrick Murphy
Assistant General Counsel
DexCom, Inc.
Larry Perondi
Superintendent
Oceanside Unified School District
Tracy Powell
Senior VP, Sales &
Service Manager
San Diego Division
California Bank & Trust
Elizabeth Rice
President
Innovative Employee Solutions
Mike Richardson
President
Vistage International/
Sherpa Alliance
Phillip Rudolph
Executive Vice President/ General Counsel & Secretary
Jack in the Box
Drew Schlosberg
Community & Public Relations Manager
The San Diego
Union-Tribune
Phyliss Schmedake
Chief Financial Officer
Altman Plants
Debra Schwartz
President and CEO
Mission Federal
Credit Union
Alexi Siglin
Finance Manager
Wells Fargo
Laura Slanec
Director of Education and Conservation
SeaWorld
Alan Spector
Entrepreneur
Cecil Steppe
Retired Community Leader
Kimberly Tiernan
Senior Manager
Deloitte Tax, LLP
Debbie Wagner
President/Market Manager
Clear Channel San Diego
Ron Walker
Principal
KPMG LLP
Randolph Ward Ed.D
Superintendent
San Diego County
Office of Education
Erika Werner
VP, Business Development
Red Door Interactive
Chad Whitehead
Audit Partner
Ernst & Young LLP