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.
Ivonne de la Torre
Senior Research Associate
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Rick Fierro
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
Senior Director, Global Government Affairs Public Policy
Illumina
Greg McKee
Chief Executive Officer
CONNECT
Chad Nelley
Executive Vice President of Operations
ESET
Joe Panetta
President Chief Executive Officer
BIOCOM
Matt Rahn
Partner, Principal Scientist
Rahn Conservation Consulting LLC
K. Brooks Reid
Professor Emeritus, Mathematics
California State University San Marcos
Ed Russell
Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Operations
Quidel
Paul Sangster
Co-Founder
Rip Current Brewing Company
Steve Schlesinger
Retired Software Engineer, Performance Analyst
David Webb
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
