EIS Staff
Jim Stone
Executive Director
Charlene Browne
Development Director
Vanesa Dominguez
High School Science & Technology Program Manager
Sandra Lebrón
Education Director
Andrea Franco
Lead STEM Educator
Marisol Williams
Accounting and Business Operations Manager
Robyn Carlson
Program Coordinator
Ariana Walker
Lead STEM Educator
Leah Oviedo
Development Associate
Will Spencer
Facilities Manager
Board of Directors
Debra Roy (President)
Staff Engineer, General Atomics
Pamela Thompson, Ed.D. (Vice President)
Principal, Nye Elementary School
Lisa Walters-Hoffert (Treasurer)
Chief Financial Officer, Daré BioScience
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
Head of Business Operations, Illumina
Sudarshan Keshava
Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm
Carlos M. Nunez, MD
Chief Medical Officer, ResMed
Mary Taylor, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Center for Educational Partnerships, Outreach and Success, Division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity, San Diego State University
Patricia Tomlin
Community Volunteer
Joseph Vasquez
Retired Associate Vice President, Business Enterprises, San Diego State University
Alberto Vasquez
Associate Director of STEM Engagement & Institutional Relations
UCSD Early Academic Outreach Program
Sharon Whitehurst-Payne, Ph.D.
San Diego Unified School District Board of Education
EIS Advisory Council
Lacy Billingsly, Tesla
Steve Bowlin, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Karlene Chavis, CBS 8 News San Diego
Valerie Jacobs, Valerie Jacobs Consulting
Tom Karlo, CEO Emeritus of KPBS
Kash Karmand, DLA Piper
Alex Moreno, Sheppard Mullin
Pamela Gray Payton, The San Diego Foundation
H. Puentes, SD Squared
Alfredo Ruvalcaba, Qualcomm
Randy Vongsavth, Sony Corporation
Lee Wills, ASML