Officers
James Lawson (Chair)
Presidio PAG, Inc.
Chanelle Hawken (Vice Chair)
Cox Communications
Sumeet Parekh (Immediate Past Chair)
HP Investors, LLC
Phil Rath (Treasurer)
Rath Miller
Bill Sauls (Chief Legal Officer)
William H. Sauls, Attorney at Law
Rana Sampson (Secretary)
Union Bank
Betsy Brennan (President & CEO)
Downtown San Diego Partnership
2020 Board of Directors
Jessica Abbo
Wells Fargo Bank
Nelson Ackerly
Kilroy Realty
Michael Akavan
MA Engineers, Inc.
Ruben Andrews
Graphic Solutions
Terry Arnett
TSA Construction, Inc.
Madeleine Baudoin
American Medical Response
Craig Benedetto
California Strategies, LLC
Whitney Benzian
California Apartment Association
Robert Betz
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Greg Bowman
LeBeau Realty & Associates
Betsy Brennan
(President & CEO)
Downtown San Diego Partnership
Casey Brown
The Casey Brown Company
Marjorie Burchett
Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson
Michael Burton
Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate
Melissa Cameron
Southwest Strategies, LLC
Jeff Cavignac
Cavignac & Associates
Jim Chatfield
JMI Realty
Nikki Clay
The Clay Company, Inc.
Steve Cushman
Cush Enterprises
Natalie Dahl
CBRE
Derek Danziger
Katz & Associates
Perry Dealy
Dealy Development, Inc.
Rodger Dougherty
Kaiser Permanente
Steve Espino
Banner Bank
Tod Firotto
TEE, LLC.
Brian Fish
Buchalter
Jeff Forrest
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Michael Friedman
LEVITZACKS
Darrel Fullbright
Gensler
Pamela Gabriel
Bank of America
Yehudi “Gaf” Gaffen
Gafcon, Inc.
Jeff Gattas
UC San Diego
Bill Geppert
Geppert Foundation
Ashley Gosal
BOSA Development
Howard Greenberg
Trilogy Real Estate Management
Wayne Guymon
Fox Sports San Diego
Alex Guyott
Hensel Phelps
Ed Hartless
SSP America
Chanelle Hawken
(Vice Chair)
Cox Communications
Derek Hulse
Cushman & Wakefield
Keith B. Jones
Ace Parking
Doug Kerner
Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP
Rob Lankford
Lankford & Associates, Inc.
John LaRaia
H.G. Fenton Company
Caryn Laveman
Grand Hyatt San Diego
James Lawson
(Chair)
Presidio PAG, Inc.
MaeLin Levine
Visual Asylum/Urban Discovery Academy
Jeff Light
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Lucas Mallory
PCL Construction Services
Sean Marcel
Syska Hennessy Group, Inc.
Mero Marmé
Dentons US LLP
Amber Mauer
The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP
Jennifer McCarthy
Suffolk
Jim McLamb
Clark Construction Group – California, LP
Mike McNerney
Lowe
Angela Merrill Yon
Boretto+Merrill Consulting, LLC
Dan Michaels
Stockdale Capital Partners, LLC
Howard Mills
Rudolph and Sletten, Inc.
Neil Mohr
Republic Services, Inc.
Monica Montano
Scripps Health
Christine Moore
AT&T
Cynthia Morgan-Reed
Vanst Law
Josh Muse
Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
Margie Newman
Intesa Communications Group, LLC
Justine Nielsen
Procopio
Sumeet Parekh
(Immediate Past Chair)
HP Investors, LLC
Sam Patella
Navarra Properties
Phil Petersen
Dynalectric San Diego
Matthew Porreca
LPA, Inc.
David Potter
JPI Compani
Diana Puetz
San Diego Padres
Nicole Ramos
Irvine Company Office Properties
Phil Rath
(Treasurer)
Rath Miller, LLC
Daniel Reeves
Juniper Strategic Advisory
Heather Riley
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Paul Robinson
Hecht, Solberg, Robinson, Goldberg & Bagley LLP
Manuel Rodriguez
U.S. Bank
Rana Sampson
(Secretary)
Union Bank
Ken Sauder
Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation
Greg Shields
Project Design Consultants
Bill Shrader
Urban Property Group
Jenner Smith
Carleton Management, Inc.
Tito Taing
reproHAUS/signHAUS
Christine Takara
EMMES Realty Service of California, LLC
Tom Tamar
City Wide Group of Companies, Inc.
Tomas Urtasun
Regional Strategies Group, Inc.
Randy Vandewater
Swinerton
Shawn VanDiver
Deloitte Services LP
Ray Varela
Carrier Johnson + CULTURE
Deacon Jim Vargas
Father Joe’s Villages
Pedro Villegas
San Diego Gas & Electric
Michele Vives
Douglas Wilson Companies
Bess Wakeman
JLL
Tim Winslow
Cushman & Wakefield
Jason Wood
Cisterra Development
Tony Young
RISE San Diego
Martine Zettle
Turner Construction
Advisory
Christina Bibler
City of San Diego
Neal Bloom
Startup San Diego
Jaymie Bradford
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
Michelle Brega
San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
Mark Cafferty
San Diego Regional EDC
James Canning
Office of County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher
Julie Coker
San Diego Tourism Authority
Joyce Gattas
Balboa Park Conservancy
Rick Gentry
San Diego Housing Commission
Martha Gilmer
San Diego Symphony
Howard Greenberg
Gaslamp Quarter Association
Cónsul General Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez
Consulado General De Mexico
James Haug
East Village Association
David Hazan
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
Haney Hong
San Diego Taxpayers Association
Dr. Cheryl James-Ward
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Eric Jones
Columbia District Representative
Elyse Lowe
City of San Diego
Mike Madigan
Community Representative
Stanley Maloy, Ph.D.
San Diego State University
Jamie Moraga
San Diego Military Advisory Council
Bob Morris
RBM & Associates
Job Nelson
Port of San Diego
Jim O’Callaghan
South County Economic Development Council
Andy Phillips
Civic San Diego
MaryAnne Pintar
Office of Congressmember Scott Peters
Clifford “Rip” Rippetoe
San Diego Convention Center
Bill Sauls
(Chief Legal Officer)
William H. Sauls, Attorney at Law
Claudine Scott
Keller Williams Realty, Inc.
Tim Shields
The Old Globe
Deanna Spehn
Office of Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins
Meg Storer
2-1-1 San Diego
Joyce Summer
Cortez Community
Jeanie Tyler
San Diego City College
Denise Vedder
San Diego County Water Authority
Emeritus Board Member
Jim Dawe
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