
Meet the Board Directors
Jasmin Casas, '25
Student Representative, CSUSM Foundation
Student Worker, District Attorney's Office
Kyle Casement, '11
Senior Director of Finance
LENZ Therapeutics
Kristin Crellin
Senior Vice President
SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union
Dan Epstein
Founder
ConAm Management Corporation
Alisha (Wilkins) Franklin, Ph.D.
Owner, Hera Hub Temecula
Tommy Friedrich
Principal
Cresa
Ingo Hentschel, P'17, P'20
Market Vice President
Cox Communications, LLC
Nathaniel Keifer-Wheals, '09, '21
Director of Client Strategy
Optum Frontier Therapies
Carleen Kreider
Executive in Residence
CSUSM
Simon Kuo
Vice President of Corporate Quality
Viasat
Damian McKinney
Principal & Managing Director
Avison Young
Lou Monville
Senior Vice President
Raincross Corporate Group
Annie Norviel, '09
Audit Partner
Moss Adams
Esther Phahla, CPA, CTS, MST
President & CEO
Esther N. Phahla CPA, A Professional Corporation
Rajnandini "Raj" Pillai, Ph.D.
Faculty Representative, CSUSM Foundation
Professor of Management
College of Business Administration, CSUSM
Executive Director of the Center for Leadership Innovation and Mentorship Building
(CLIMB), CSUSM
Brian Reyes
Chief Revenue Officer
Xanitos, Inc.
Jason Simmons
Partner
Dexter Development Group DBA CCI
Waco Surf
Edenpark San Marcos
Taylor Sutherland
Senior Wealth Advisor &
Director of Portfolio Strategy
Halbert Hargrove

Stephen Tsui, Ph.D.
Faculty Representative, CSUSM Foundation
Associate Professor of Physics, College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, CSUSM
Leon Wyden, Jr.
Treasurer and Secretary, CSUSM Foundation
Vice President of Finance & Administrative Services and Chief Financial Officer
CSUSM
Emeritus / Advisory Committee Directors
Finance and Investment Committee Directors
Andreas Rauterkus, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Department of Finance Chair
College of Business Administration, CSUSM
Christian F. Tresse
Principal
Bernstein Private Wealth Management
Larry Witt, CFA
Managing Principal/Consultant
Meketa Investment Group, Inc.
Audit Committee Directors
Staff
Donna Day
Secretary to the Foundation Board
University Advancement
CSUSM
Jocelyn Wyndham
Associate Vice President of Development
CSUSM
Matias Farre
Associate Vice President of Business and Financial Services
CSUSM