Meet the Board Directors

Jessica Berger
Executive Director, CSUSM Foundation

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Vice President of University Advancement CSUSM

Kyle Casement, '11
Vice President of Finance
LENZ Therapeutics

Ching-Ming Cheng
Faculty Representative,
CSUSM Foundation

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Professor of Music, College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral & Social Sciences, CSUSM

 

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, Inc.

Emilie Hersh
Chair, CSUSM Foundation

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Partner/Co-Founder
Accelerate Cloud Solutions, Inc.

Nathaniel Keifer, '09, '21
Vice President of Business Development
LeMed Specialty Pharmacy

Carleen Kreider
Executive in Residence
CSUSM

Simon Kuo
Vice Chair, CSUSM Foundation

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Vice President of Corporate Quality
Viasat

Damian McKinney
Principal & Managing Director
Avison Young

Lou Monville
Senior Vice President
Raincross Corporate Group

Ellen J. Neufeldt, Ed.D.
President, CSUSM Foundation

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President, CSUSM

Annie Norviel, '09
Audit Partner
Moss Adams, LLP

Itsarely Palma Castillo, '26
Student Representative,
CSUSM Foundation

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Marketing and Communication Student Assistant, CSUSM University Communications

Julian Parra
National Head of Commercial Banking, Western Alliance Bank

Justin Perron, Ph.D.
Faculty Representative,
CSUSM Foundation

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Associate Professor of Physics, College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, CSUSM

Esther Phahla, CPA, CTS, MST
President & CEO
Esther N. Phahla CPA, APC

Karina Ramirez Gonzalez, '25
Student Representative,
CSUSM Foundation

Jason Simmons
Partner
Dexter Development Group DBA CCI
Waco Surf
Edenpark San Marcos

Taylor Sutherland 
Senior Wealth Advisor &
Director of Portfolio Strategy
Halbert Hargrove

Leon Wyden, Jr.
Treasurer and Secretary,
 CSUSM Foundation

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Vice President of Finance & Administrative Services and Chief Financial Officer,
CSUSM

MajGen Anthony (Tony) Jackson
US Marine Corps, Retired

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Advisory Committee Representative

Steve Wagner
Co-Founder
Stone Distributing Co. 

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Emeritus Director

 

 

Jeremy Addis-Mills
President
Digital Impact &

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Advocacy Committee

Thomas Kenaya, CPA
Audit Senior Manager
Baker Tilly 

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Audit Committee

Dongnyoung Kim, Ph.D
Faculty Representative,
CSUSM Foundation

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Finance & Investment Committee

Associate Professor of Finance, College of Business Administration, CSUSM

Carol Lazier

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Campaign Committee

Christian F. Tresse
Principal
Bernstein Private Wealth Management 

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Finance & Investment Committee

Larry Witt, CFA
Managing Principal/Consultant
Meketa Investment Group, Inc. 

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Finance & Investment Committee

Tyanna Tran '28
CSUSM Student, Computer Science

 

 

 

Donna Day
Director of Board & Campaign Operations
University Advancement
CSUSM

Jocelyn Wyndham '04, MBA '16
Associate Vice President of Development
University Advancement
CSUSM

Matias Farre
Associate Vice President of Business and Financial Services
CSUSM