Meet the Board Directors

Sarah Aragon, '21
Student
CSUSM

Jessica Berger
Executive Director, CSUSM Foundation

Vice President of University Advancement CSUSM

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

Sam Clarke
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management 
College of Business Administration, CSUSM

Dan Epstein
Founder
ConAm Management Corporation

Tommy Friedrich
Vice President
Cresa

Emilie Hersh
Vice Chair, CSUSM Foundation

Partner/Co-Founder
Accelerate Cloud Solutions

Julie Jameson P'25
Faculty Representative, CSUSM Foundation 
CSUSM

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

Lou Monville
Senior Vice President
Raincross Corporate Group

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

President, CSUSM

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

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

Taylor Sutherland 
Senior Wealth Advisor
Halbert Hargrove

Steve Wagner
Chair, CSUSM Foundation

Co-Founder and President
Stone Brewing Co. 

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 Director

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