SAN DIEGO REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION - Key Persons

Dr. Nikia Clarke is Senior Vice President of San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC), and Executive Director of World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD), an EDC affiliate. She oversees the economic development, research, and global engagement priorities of the organization. Clarke sits on the National Investment Advisory Council, a collection of senior leaders that advises the administration on FDI policy and strategy, and is founder and former Director of OUCAN, an international network of emerging market industry leaders, policy makers and researchers. She also serves on the Board of the International Business program at San Diego State University, and the San Diego Innovation Council. She holds a BA from Loyola Marymount University, an MPhil from Cambridge University, and a PhD from Oxford University.

Dr. Pradeep Khosla

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Chancellor

Dr. Steven Jones

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CEO / JONES

Dr. Sunita Cooke - President

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Member of the Executive Committee
President
Superintendent

Eduardo Velasquez

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Director, Research & Economic Development

Evans Hotels

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Executive Vice President / Evans Hotels

H.G. Fenton - CEO, President

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CEO
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Heather Dewis

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Manager, Marketing

Janae Dumas

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Administrative Coordinator

Javier De Leon

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Manager, World Trade Center San Diego

Jennifer Henry Storm

jh@sandiegobusiness.org

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Executive Director, Foundation

Kaiser Permanente - SVP

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Area Manager
SVP

Katie Chaires

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Manager, Economic Development

Lauree Sahba - COO

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Chief Operating Officer

Lucas Coleman

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Manager, WTC Director, Export Specialty SBDC

Marsh McLennan

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CEO of the West Region

Maxine Perez

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Coordinator, Economic Development

Meyers Nave

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Member of the Executive Committee
Principal

Mr. Aaron Ryan

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Managing Director / JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Mr. Alan Prohaska

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Regional President & Head of Corporate Banking / PNC Bank

Mr. Alex Goode - CEO

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Mr. Bruce Folkmann - CFO, President

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CFO
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Mr. Carlos Jaramillo - President

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President

Mr. Chris Amble

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Market Executive / Wells Fargo

Mr. Cliff Cho

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SVP and Market Executive / Bank of America

Mr. Clifford "Rip" Rippetoe

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President & CEO / San Diego Convention Center Corp.

Mr. Colton Sudberry - CEO, President

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CEO
President

Mr. Dan Ryan

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Co - Chief Investment Officer & Regional Market Director, San Diego / Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Mr. Daniel Fitzgerald

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Regional Director

Mr. David Arida - COO

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Mr. David Cherashore

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Executive Vice President / Evans Hotels

Mr. David Thomas

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Vice President & General Manager / BAE Systems

Mr. Doug Arthur - CEO, President

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CEO
President

Mr. Eric Crockett

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Director of Economic Development

Mr. Garry Ridge

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Chairman / WD - 40 Company

Mr. Gordon Carrier

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President & Design Principle

Mr. Hasan Ikhrata

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Executive Director

Mr. Ingo Hentschel

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Senior Vice President / Cox Communications

Mr. James Sly - CEO, President

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CEO
President

Mr. James Watson

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President & CEO / CMTC

Mr. Jason Anderson - CEO, President

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CEO
President

Mr. Jason Jager

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Senior Partner & Managing Director / Boston Consulting Group

Mr. Jason Kimbrell - CEO

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Mr. Jerry Sanders

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President & CEO / San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Jim O'Callaghan - CEO, President

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CEO
President

Mr. Joe Kight

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Managing Director San Diego Corporate Banking

Mr. John Pope

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Executive Director / NAVWAR

Mr. Ken Barnes - CEO

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Mr. Kevin Carroll

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Executive Director

Mr. Kevin Pegels

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Head of Global Quality and Operations

Mr. Linden Blue

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Vice Chairman

Mr. Malin Burnham

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Chairman / Burnham Center for Community Advancement

Mr. Manual Rodriguez

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Market President, SD Commercial Banking / U.S. Bank

Mr. Mark Cafferty - CEO, President

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CEO
Member of the Executive Committee
President
President & CEO / San Diego Regional

As president and chief executive officer of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, Mark Cafferty sits at the center of a unique collaboration of business, trade, community, and education leaders who have redefined the region's economic development strategy, cementing the region as a key stakeholder in the global economy. Cafferty has spent more than 20 years designing systems to support career advancement and economic opportunity for American workers. He has served in numerous public-sector leadership positions and has been sought as a consultant on workforce development efforts throughout the country. Over the last few years, Cafferty was asked to chair San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer's Workforce and Economic Advisory Committee, and was appointed to serve on Governor Jerry Brown's International Trade and Investment Advisory Council. Cafferty has been recognized regularly by local publications like the San Diego Business Journal, SD Metro, The Daily Transcript, and U-T San Diego. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek and the Los Angeles Times. A Boston native who now considers San Diego home, he earned his bachelor's in marketing and communications from Assumption College in Worcester, Mass., and his advanced certification in Performance Measurement and Non-Profit Management from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 2007, Cafferty was selected as a Center for Social Innovation Fellow for International Non-Profit Leaders at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He resides in San Diego's Point Loma neighborhood with his amazing wife Charlene Kakimoto and their beautiful sons Kai and Quinn. Charlene is a dermatologist and former lieutenant commander with the United States Navy.