Meet the Leaders Past Speakers | Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Spring 2026


Speaker	Date and Speaker Info
	January 24, 2026 Joe Stockunas President, SEMI Americas
	March 7, 2026 Mallory Howard Founder & CEO of Viaflore

Fall 2025

September 6, 2025

Brenna Stillwell Marketing Director at Best Buy Health

October 4, 2025

Rob Cohen Area Senior Vice President at Gallagher

November 8, 2025

AJ van de Ven CEO of Calsense

Spring 2025


Speaker	Date and Speaker Info
	January 25, 2025 Al Abdallah President and CEO at Urban League of San Diego County
	March 8, 2025 Rob Tavakoli CEO of SportRx
	April 12, 2025 Laura Garrett SVP, Global Human Resources at TaylorMade Golf Company

Fall 2024


Speaker	Date and Speaker Info
	September 7, 2024 Mallory Howard Director of Workplace Services Business Operations \| Viasat
	October 5, 2024 Rory Moore Co-Founder and CEO of EvoNexus
	November 9, 2024 Jeff Lindeman Chief People, Culture & Capability Officer \| WD-40 Company

Spring 2024

April 20, 2024

Michael Mellano
CEO at Mellano & Company

March 9, 2024

Sunnie House
Independent Board Director & Business Strategist

January 27, 2024

Emilie Hersh
Founder at Unbuttoned Innovation, Inc. & Co-Founder at Accelerate Cloud Solutions

Fall 2023

December 2, 2023

Ingo Hentschel
San Diego Market VP, Cox Communication

October 7, 2023

Krishna Kabra
CEO of the San Diego Children's Discovery Museum

Brent Wakefield

September 9, 2023

Brent Wakefield
President & CEO of Meals on Wheels, San Diego

Spring 2023

January 28, 2023

Jimmy Thai
CSUSM MBA Alum (2020)
Founder, Build a School Foundation

Xiomara Arroyo

March 11, 2023

Xiomara Arroyo
CoBA Alum (2008)
VP, Market Manager, PNC

April 22, 2023

Mark James
Founder, Hire Consulting Services

Fall 2022

September 10, 2022

SVP & CIO

Erica Hausheer

Teradata

October 8, 2022

Don Ferrera

Retired Executive

November 12, 2022

Founder and Chief Advyzzor

Misti Caine

Spring 2022

Jan 29, 2022

CEO

Rick Rungaitis

San Marcos Chamber of Commerce

Fall 2021

President, COOSeptember 11, 2021

Chris Timol

PuzzleHR

October 9, 2021

Sidd Vivek
President, CEO
Junior Achievement of San Diego

November 13, 2021

Carleen Kreider
Principal & Chief Collaborator
Every Brain in the Game

Spring 2021

January 30, 2021

Alessandra Lezama
Chief Executive Officer
TOOTRiS

March 13, 2021

Shawn Duffy
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Viasat

April 24, 2021

Claude Jones
Senior Director Software Engineering
Walmart Global Tech

Fall 2020

October 10

Erica Hausheer
Senior Vice President, CIO & Global Procurement
3D Systems Corporation

October 31

Rebecca Lewis
President/SHRM Foundation Director
Southern California Wine Country SHRM

Spring 2019

January 26

Tom Dale
Managing Partner
Aligned Growth Partners, LLC

February 16

Larry Kesslin
Chief Connector
Corporate Alliance San Diego

March 9

Charlie Martin
High Performance Coach
Think Change

March 23

Catherine Mattice Zundell
Consultant, Trainer, Coach, Keynote Speaker
Civility Partners

April 13

Trevor Blair
Principal & Founder
Blair Search Partners LLC

April 27

Randall Clark
Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
San Diego Gas and Electric

Fall 2018

September 8

Mark James
Founder & President
Hire Consulting Services

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September 22

Stacy Littrell & Sarah Garcia
Executive Vice President of Business Development & Finance
Taylor Trim & Supply , Inc.

October 6

Charles Chamberlayne
Principal
ChamberlaynePR

October 27

Jim Floros
President & CEO
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

November 17

Tom Karlo
General Manager
KPBS

December 1

Vicki Dallas
Founder & Shareholder
Dallas Innovation Law

Speaker biographies, when available, are linked to their names above.

Spring 2018

January 27

David Bennett
Sr. Vice President / Chief Marketing Officer
Tri-City Medical Center

February 17

Donald Chick
CEO
New Synergist Consulting

March 10

Craig Carter
Chief of Police
Escondido Police Department

March 31

Elisabeth Cullington
Partner
Hoyle Cohen

April 14

David Berry
Founder and President

Rule 13 Learning LLC

April 28

Sara Napoli
President and CEO
San Diego Police Foundation

Fall 2017

September 9

Debra Rosen
President & CEO
North San Diego Business Chamber

September 23

Peter Ronchetti
General Manager
Legoland California Resort

October 7

Christy Wilson
Executive Director
Rancho Santa Fe Foundation

October 28

Olin Hyde
Founder & CEO

LeadCrunch

November 18

Kristin Elliott
CEO
Precision Measurement Engineering

December 2

Art Barter
CEO & Cultural Architect, Datron World Communication
CEO & President, Service Leadership Institute

Spring 2017

January 28

Kevin Crawford
City Manager
City of Carlsbad

February 18

Julie Wright
President
(W)right on Communications

March 11

Tim Stripe
Co-President and Co-Owner
Grand Pacific Resorts

April 1

Doug Lombardi
Vice President of Marketing
Valve

April 15

Janet Beronio
Former Regional President & General Manager
Harrah's Resort Southern California

April 29

Peter McLaughlin
Principal Consultant
McLaughlin Enterprises

Fall 2016

September 10

David Bennett
Sr. Vice President / Chief Marketing Officer
Tri-City Medical Center

September 24

Jim Ponder
President & CEO
Turnkey Strategic Relations, LLC

October 15

Soma Bhadra
CEO
PROTEUS Consulting

October 29

Don Dohanyos
President
Club Demonstration Services

November 12

John Kellogg
Senior Vice President
Saxco International

December 3

Lori Holt Pfeiler
President & CEO
San Diego Habitat for Humanity

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