Meet the Board Directors

Jessica Berger
Executive Director, CSUSM Foundation

Vice President of University Advancement CSUSM

Jasmin Casas, '25
Student Representative, CSUSM Foundation

Student Worker, District Attorney's Office

Kyle Casement, '11
Vice President of Finance
LENZ Therapeutics

Ching-Ming Cheng
Faculty Representative, CSUSM Foundation

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, LLC

Emilie Hersh
Chair, CSUSM Foundation

Partner/Co-Founder
Accelerate Cloud Solutions

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

Carleen Kreider
Executive in Residence
CSUSM

Simon Kuo
Vice Chair, CSUSM Foundation

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

President, CSUSM

Annie Norviel, '09
Audit Partner
Moss Adams

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

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

MajGen Anthony (Tony) Jackson
US Marine Corps, Retired

Advisory Committee Representative

Steve Wagner
Co-Founder
Stone Distributing Co. 

Emeritus Director

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. 

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

Matias Farre
Associate Vice President of Business and Financial Services
CSUSM