Professional
AeA, San Diego Council
AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), founded in 1943, is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry and is dedicated solely to helping their members’ top line and bottom line. The AeA works in partnership with their small, medium, and large member companies by lobbying governments at the state, federal, and international levels; providing access to capital and business opportunities; and offering select business services and networking programs.
- Richard Campbell, Board of Directors
American Arbitration Association
The American Arbitration Association was founded in 1925, following enactment of the Federal Arbitration Act, with the specific goal of helping to implement arbitration as an out-of-court solution to resolving disputes. The AAA's official mission and vision are based on three core values: integrity, conflict management, and service.
- Craig Ramseyer, Panel Member
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional association in the world. With more than 400,000 members, the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.
- Grant Puleo, Advisory Panel
American Inns of Court
American Inns of Court (AIC) are designed to improve the skills, professionalism and ethics of the bench and bar. An American Inn of Court is an amalgam of judges, lawyers, and in some cases, law professors and law students. Each Inn meets approximately once a month both to "break bread" and to hold programs and discussions on matters of ethics, skills and professionalism.
- Dawn Cauthen, Member, Executive Committee and Chair, Program Committe; Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Chapter
- Richard Heller, Master, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Chapter
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national, professional organization for all Certified Public Accountants. Its mission is to provide members with the resources, information, and leadership that enable them to provide valuable services in the highest professional manner to benefit the public as well as employers and clients.
- Jon Schimmer, Member, Foreign Trust Task Force and International Tax Technical Resource Panel
Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national trade association representing 24,000 merit shop contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers and construction-related professionals in 79 chapters across the United States. ABC represents its members in Congress and in the state legislature and provides a complete range of apprenticeship, craft training, safety and management education programs, and a variety of other services.
- David Wolds, Attorney Advisory Board
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
The mission of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers - San Diego is to promote the highest ideals of the legal profession — competence, ethics, professionalism and civility — through uniquely relevant and interesting educational programs and frequent informal interaction with other members of the bar and bench who embrace these ideals.
- Frank Tobin, Member, Board of Governors and Annual Seminar Committee
Athena
Athena is the premier organization for executive women in the San Diego life sciences, technology, healthcare and business communities. Personal and professional growth is fostered through unique educational and motivational programs that address key issues facing the high-tech, life-science and healthcare industries. Athena also provides professional and social networking opportunities that contribute to the vitality of women's roles in business and nurtures the next generation of women executives.
- Kathleen Pasulka-Brown, Member, and FEW Group Member
- Kristen Di Zinno, Member
BIOCOM
BIOCOM is the largest regional life science association in the world, representing more than 550 member companies in
- Grant Puleo, Member, Orange County Task Force
California Regional Health Information Organization (CalRHIO)
CalRHIO is a collaborative effort to incrementally build the structure and capabilities necessary for a secure statewide data exchange system that enables California’s health care providers and patients to access vital patient information at the time and place it is needed.
- Jody Root, Board of Directors
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce
The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce promotes business through member services, educational programs, cooperative partnerships and legislative advocacy that balances economic prosperity with the quality of life.
- Jeff Stoke, Board of Directors, International Trade Advisory Group
Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute (CCIM)
The CCIM Institute confers the CCIM designation and is an affiliate of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).
- Jeff Stoke, Board of Directors
City of San Diego Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency
The Agency protects the public health, safety and the environment by ensuring safe and proper solid waste management practices through the enforcement of federal, state, and local laws and regulations within the jurisdiction of the City of San Diego.
- John Lormon, Panel Member
CommNexus
CommNexus San Diego, formerly the San Diego Telecom Council, is a non-profit network of communications industry companies, defense industry companies, service providers, professional trade organizations, and local government. Their mission is to accelerate the formation, growth, and success of communications technology and service companies in the San Diego region.
- Bill Eigner, Member, Board of Directors and Secretary
- Pattric Rawlins, Steering Committee, Wireless Content and Applications SIG
Common Sense California
Common Sense California seeks to strengthen civic engagement in order to solve public problems and strengthen citizen participation in and ownership of state and local government.
- David Boatwright, Board of Directors
CONNECT
CONNECT is the globally recognized public benefits organization fostering entrepreneurship in the San Diego region by catalyzing, accelerating, and supporting the growth of the most promising technology and life sciences businesses.
- Richard Campbell, Member, Springboard Advisory Board
- Mike Kinkelaar, Member, Board of Directors
Corporate Directors Forum
Corporate Directors Forum is a nonprofit organization (501C-6) founded in 1991 to promote high standards of professionalism in corporate governance. Corporate Directors Forum provides tools to help directors excel in the boardroom.
Federal Bar Association
The Federal Bar Association has offered an unmatched array of leadership opportunities and services for more than 80 years to private and governmenta lawyers and judegs involved in federal practice.
- Geraldine Valdez, Executive Committee, Bankruptcy Liaison
Institute of the Americas
The Institute of the Americas has built a twenty-five year history as a promoter of informed discussion and debate about public policies in the western hemisphere. At conferences organized throughout Latin America and the United States, government officials, private sector executives and representatives of non-governmental organizations exchange views on pressing contemporary economic and social issues. Located on the campus of the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, the Institute is ideally situated to take advantage of the area's beautiful environment and its binational, bilingual opportunities. The Institute is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization run by a multinational Board of Directors.
- Patrick Martin, Active Member
- Liliana Sandoval, Active Member
International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation - San Diego Network
IWIRC is an international professional association that works to enhance the professional status and reputation of women in insolvency practice. IWIRC provides opportunities for networking, professional development, leadership and mentoring on local and international levels. Our goals are pursued through a simple but effective principle: to create an organization of international scope that offers leadership, professional advancement and public policy development opportunities.
- Geraldine Valdez, Chair
La Jolla Conservancy
The La Jolla Conservancy’s mission is to preserve, restore, and enhance coastal resources. The goal of the organization is to be a vehicle for accomplishing meaningful improvement within the public domain.
- Jon Schimmer, Pro Bono Legal Counsel
LawExchange International
LawExchange International is an independent group of law practices in key countries around the globe, providing readily accessible and informed legal advice within their countries for clients of member firms.
- Mike Kinkelaar, Member, Executive Committee
Lawyers Club of North County
The North County Chapter of Lawyers Club is a chapter of the Lawyers Club of San Diego and promotes the advancement of the status of women in the law in the northern portion of San Diego County. We welcome all lawyers who either live, practice or have interest in supporting women's issues in north county.
- Dawn Cauthen, President, Board of Directors
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
The Mission of NAIOP is to promote and enhance the sound ideas and visions of the Commercial Real Estate community of San Diego. Gathering that real estate community, in order to: network with one another; learn current market dynamics and trends; affect public policy that impacts our business; share information as to forecast property opportunities; provides its' members an unmatched resource.
- Tom Turner, Board of Directors
National Association of Stock Plan Professionals
NASPP is the leading membership association devoted to meeting the needs of stock plan professionals, with nearly 6,000 members whose responsibilities relate, directly or indirectly, to stock plan design and administration, including compensation and human resources professionals, stock plan administrators, securities and tax attorneys, accountants, compensation consultants, corporate secretaries, transfer agents, stock brokers, and software vendors.
- Matt Short, Board of Directors, San Diego Chapter
National Brownfield Association
The National Brownfield Associations (NBA), an alliance between NBA USA and NBA Canada, is an international membership organization dedicated to promoting responsible and sustainable redevelopment of brownfields on a consistent basis.
- Robert Russell, Jr., Member
National Conflict Resolution Center
The National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC) is a full service alternative dispute resolution provider operating as a private, non-profit corporation in San Diego, California. Established in 1983 as the San Diego Mediation Center, NCRC is recognized nationwide as a pioneer in expanding a traditional community mediation program into a broad based provider of ADR services, trainings, and customized programs. Services include mediation training, conflict resolution, community mediation, divorce mediation, and coaching. NCRC manages over 2,500 cases annually and serves clients from private industry, public agencies, the courts, the community and local governments.
- Tom Turner, Board of Directors
North County Bar Association
For the past 50 years, the North County Bar Association has provided members with opportunities and resources to enhance professionalism and ensure continued growth and success. The association works to advance the interest of its members and to improve the general environment for the practice of law in Northern San Diego County. They strive to have a close relationship with the bench and also with the general public.
- Mary Cataldo, Board of Directors and Bar Donor Advisory Fund
- Dawn Cauthen, Co-Chair, Probate Section
Pacific Coast Conservation Alliance
The specific purposes of the Pacific Coast Conservation Alliance, a 501 (c)(3) corporation, is to own, manage, or otherwise provide stewardship for conservation lands to preserve their natural and cultural historic values in perpetuity; to conduct scientific research and to restore native habitats in an environmentally and biologically beneficial manner, consistent with state and federal environmental laws, in order to preserve native flora and fauna and to ensure their long term survivorship; and to preserve Native American languages and the biological and ethnological histories of Native American cultures.
- Ted Griswold, Board of Directors
San Diego County Bar Association
Founded in 1899 and over 10,000 members strong, the San Diego County Bar Association is the region's oldest and largest law-related organization. The voice for San Diego's diverse legal community, the SDCBA takes seriously its mission to support and inform not only the county's lawyers, but also the public. Programs help clients find qualified lawyers, resolve disputes and educate San Diegans on their legal rights and responsibilities.
- Kendra Hall, Appellate Court Committee
- Eric Lodge, Member, Leadership Outreach Committee
- Frank Tobin, Judicial Evaluation Committee
- Jon Schimmer, Co-Chair, Taxation Section
San Diego Environmental Professionals
San Diego Environmental Professionals is a consortium of environmental scientists, engineers, regulators, and lawyers whose mission is to facilitate the protection of San Diego's environment by helping the environmental professional community reconcile environmental protection with other public and private needs and priorities.
- Robert Russell, Jr., Member, Steering Committee
San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum
The San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum's mission is to educate entrepreneurs in an informative and entertaining environment in front of a diverse audience of San Diego business leaders and technologists, as well as capital and service providers.
- Richard Campbell, President
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce is committed to providing broad-based economic value for its members and the international region. It is one of the most influential forces in local government and regional economic development. With more than 3,000 members, the Chamber of Commerce is actively involved in public policy and providing valuable resources to its members.
- Bill Eigner, Board of Directors
- John Lormon, Member, General Plan Amendment Working Group and Regional Infrastructure & Special Projects Committee
San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
The San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) strives to attract and retain companies in the San Diego region. The EDC works directly with these companies to assist in their relocation and expansion.
- Jim Perkins, Board of Directors
San Diego Software Industry Council
The San Diego Software Industry Council exists to foster and support the entrepreneurial spirit within the software and IT industry in San Diego, by providing an organized forum for the exchange of ideas, sharing of resources, and promotion of industry goals.
- Mike Kinkelaar, Executive Committee, Software Investment Conference
San Diego Superior Court
- Steve Untiedt, Judge Pro Tem, Small Claims Division
San Diego Venture Group
The San Diego Venture Group is a non-profit business organization whose mission is to provide an informal atmosphere that fosters ideas on how to form, fund and build new ventures. Comprised of professionals with bright ideas to share, and the skills to implement those ideas, they have over 800 affiliated members and an average monthly meeting attendance of 325 people. SDVG is helping San Diego become a significant entrepreneurial and venture center.
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program
The San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program provides equal access to the justice system by serving as a bridge between indigent and other disadvantaged people in San Diego County and the volunteer lawyers and others who are willing to donate their time and resources.
- Jeff Isaacs, Board of Directors and Treasurer
- Kathleen Pasulka-Brown, Member, Special Education Panel
- Mike Kinkelaar, Executive Committee, Software Investment Conference
San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy
The Conservancy works as a catalyst for the establishment of a permanent open space corridor in the San Dieguito River Valley, which will maintain the natural and rural character of the valley, preserve and enhance natural and historical resources, locate and establish recreational activities appropriately, and provide a river-long system of trails to connect recreational and educational opportunities.
- Eric Lodge, Advisory Board
San Dieguito River Watershed Stewardship Initiative Group
The San Dieguito River Watershed Planning Guidance Group or Watershed Stewardship Initiative Group (WSIG) was formed in January 2004 and includes representatives from the community groups, governmental jurisdictions, agriculture, environmentalists, and water agencies.
- Ted Griswold, Technical Advisory Committee
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research, graduate training, and public service in the world. Research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography encompasses physical, chemical, biological, geological, and geophysical studies of the oceans.
- John Lormon, Director's Cabinet and Climate Initiative, Task Force Leader
- Sarah Rosen, Community Advisory Committee, Birch Aquarium
Selva Negra
- Patrick Martin, Pro Bono Work
- Liliana Sandoval, Pro Bono Legal Counsel
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club has been instrumental in preserving wilderness, wildlife and nature's most splendid wild places for over 100 years — Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, the Florida Everglades and the Sequoia National Monument to name just a few — helping protect over 150 million acres of wilderness and wildlife habitat. They are America's most effective advocate for the environment and help protect the environment locally and globally.
- Alan Talbott, Life Member
Sierra Club of San Diego
Sierra Club members living in San Diego and Imperial Counties, California, are automatically enrolled in the San Diego Chapter, which currently numbers over 15,000.
- Jake Reinbolt, Canyon Cleanup Volunteer
Southern California Compliance Group
The Southern California Compliance Group provides a meeting place for San Diego, Orange and Riverside County compliance professionals to discuss common concerns, offering an open forum for candid discussions with industry personnel and members.
- John Cleary, Member
State Bar of California
Created by the state legislature in 1927, the State Bar is a public corporation within the judicial branch of government, serving as an arm of the California Supreme Court. All State Bar members are officers of the court. Membership in the State Bar of California affords attorneys the right and privilege of practicing law in this state. The bar's integrated network of functions and services — many of them mandated by law — protects the public and assists attorneys in meeting their professional obligations.
- Enrique Hernandez-Pulido, International Committee, Taxation Section, Immediate Past Chair
- Patrick Martin, Executive Committee, Taxation Section
- Pattric Rawlins, Patent Committee, International Committee, Taxation Section
- Lizbeth Rivera, Co-Chair, San Diego Chapter of Young Tax Lawyers
- Jon Schimmer, Chair, International Committee of the Taxation Section
- Sandy Shippey, Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Committee, Business Law Section
- Eric Swenson, Executive Committee, Taxation Section
Surfrider Foundation
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education. Founded in 1984, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 80 chapters worldwide.
- Jake Reinbolt, Beach Cleanup Volunteer
- Tom Turner, Board of Directors
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