Staff & Board of Directors

Debra Roy (President)
Staff Engineer, General Atomics
Pamela Thompson, Ed.D. (Vice President)
Principal, Nye Elementary School
Lisa Walters-Hoffert (Treasurer)
Retired CFO Daré Bioscience; Board member Flux Power Holdings and Kiora Pharmaceuticals
Andrei Lucas (Secretary)
Dean, Automotive, Skilled and Technical Trades, San Diego Community College District
Gabriel P. Chong
Director of Enterprise Services, San Diego Gas & Electric
Peggy Curtis
Retired, Park Dental Arts
Merrilyn Datta
VP of Bioprocessing Group, Thermofisher
Patricia Tomlin
Community Volunteer

Sidiqa Hooker
Motivational Speaker and Content Creator, Soulspiration LLC
Alicia Johal, M.Ed
Associate Dean of Upper School Academics, San Diego Jewish Academy
Sudarshan Keshava
Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm
Mary Taylor, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Center for Educational Partnerships, Outreach and Success, Division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity, San Diego State University
Alberto Vasquez
Associate Director of STEM Engagement & Institutional Relations
UCSD Early Academic Outreach Program
Joseph Vasquez
Retired Associate Vice President, Business Enterprises, San Diego State University
Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, Ph.D.
San Diego Unified School District Board of Education