Meet the Board Directors

Jessica Berger
Executive Director, CSUSM Foundation

Vice President of University Advancement CSUSM

Jasmin Casas, '25
Student Representative, CSUSM Foundation

Kyle Casement, '11
Director of Finance
PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Kristin Crellin
Senior Vice President
SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union

Dan Epstein
Founder
ConAm Management Corporation

Tommy Friedrich
Vice President
Cresa

Ingo Hentschel, P'17, P'20
Senior Vice President & Region Manager CA
Cox Communications

Emilie Hersh
Vice Chair, CSUSM Foundation

Partner/Co-Founder
Accelerate Cloud Solutions

Nathaniel Keifer-Wheals, '09, '21
Director of Client Strategy
Optum Frontier Therapies

Carleen Kreider
Retired Community Leader

Simon Kuo
Vice President of Corporate Quality
Viasat

Barbara Mannino
Retired
CEO Emeritus, Vista Community Clinic

Damian McKinney
Principal & Managing Director
Avison Young

Lou Monville
Senior Vice President
Raincross Corporate Group

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

President, CSUSM

Annie Norviel, '09
Audit Partner
Moss Adams

Esther Phahla, CPA, CTS, MST
President & CEO
Esther N. Phahla CPA, A Professional Corporation

Raj Pillai
Faculty Representative, CSUSM Foundation

Professor, Management 
College of Business Administration, CSUSM

Brian Reyes
Senior Vice President of Higher Education
C&W Services

Jason Simmons
Vice President of Operations, Dexter Development Group and Consultants Collaborative

Taylor Sutherland 
Senior Wealth Advisor
Halbert Hargrove

Stephen Tsui
Faculty Representative, CSUSM Foundation

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

Steve Wagner
Chair, CSUSM Foundation

Co-Founder and President
Stone Brewing Co. 

Alisha Wilkins, Ph.D.
Owner, Hera Hub Temecula

Leon Wyden, Jr.
Treasurer and Secretary, CSUSM Foundation

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

MajGen Anthony (Tony) Jackson
US Marine Corps, Retired

Advisory Committee Representative

Jack Raymond
Chairman and CEO
The Raymond Companies

Emeritus Director

Andreas Rauterkus, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Dept. of Finance Chair
College of Business Administration, CSUSM 

Christian F. Tresse
Principal
Bernstein Private Wealth Management 

Larry Witt, CFA
Investment Consultant
Meketa Investment Group 

Thomas Kenaya, CPA
Audit Senior Manager
Baker Tilly

Donna Day
Secretary to the Foundation Board
University Advancement
CSUSM

Jocelyn Wyndham
Associate Vice President of Development
CSUSM