EIS Staff
Sarah Tuakli Cooper
Executive Director
Charlene Browne
Director of Development
Marisol Williams Mendoza
Accounting and Business Operations Manager
Will Spencer
Facilities Manager
Annie Petersen
Individual Giving Manager
Leah Oviedo
Development & Communications Manager
Sandra Lebrón
Director of Education
Baltazar Perez
Director of San Diego Institute of Science and Technology
Amirah Burleigh
Education Programs Manager
Ariana Walker
Lead STEM Educator
Celine Holguín
Lead STEM Educator
John Ortiz
Digital and Community Programs Coordinator
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
EIS Advisory Council
Lacy Billingsly, Tesla
Steve Bowlin, Johnson & Johnson
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