The Advisory Council is a volunteer board to the leadership of the College of Science and Mathematics, offering guidance to help the college best serve the region and the state; providing contacts with business, government and the community to advance the mission of CSM; and acting as an advocate on behalf of CSM and CSUSM. The Council also provides leadership in fundraising and development in support of CSM’s mission and initiatives. Members of the Council include industry professionals representing life sciences, chemistry, aerospace, electronics and information systems, as well as CSUSM faculty, alumni and parents.
The Council meets four times annually to discuss workforce trends, opportunities and initiatives. By contributing their collective knowledge, vision, experience and resources, the Council serves as ambassadors on behalf of the College, while helping CSM to establish priorities and chart its successful course for the future.
Joe Bear
Retired, Engineer
Hughes - JVC Technology Corporation
Rashmi Char
Vice President, Engineering
Qualcomm, Inc.
Rick Fierro (Ex Officio)
Associate Dean, College of Science Mathematics
California State University San Marcos
Aaron Guy
Associate Dean of Programming, Extended Learning
California State University San Marcos
Avinash Karnik
Retired, Electrical Engineer
Simon Kuo
Vice President Corporate Quality
Viasat
Kathy Lynch
Vice President, Global Government Affairs & Public Policy
Illumina
Chad Nelley
Executive Vice President of Operations
ESET
Matt Rahn
Partner, Principal Scientist
Rahn Conservation Consulting LLC
K. Brooks Reid
Professor Emeritus, Mathematics
California State University San Marcos
Paul Sangster
Co-Founder
Rip Current Brewing Company
Retired Software Engineer
Steve Schlesinger
Retired Software Engineer, Performance Analyst
David Webb
CEO, Synbal, Inc.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
Peter Woytowitz
Director of Electrical Engineering
Hunter Industries
Jocelyn Wyndham
Director of Major Gifts, University Advancement
California State University San Marcos
