Our Trustees
Trustees
The Honorable Dick Ackerman
Attorney at Law | State Senator (Ret.)
Ackerman Consulting
Duraid S. Antone*
Vice President of Sales – North America CathWorks
Philip K. Anthony, Ph.D.
Managing Partner, The CoreGroup
Pamina E. Barkow ’03, MBA ’16
CEO & Co-Founder, PI Medical Partners
Orange County Pain Management
Steven M. Borowski ’79
President, Aristotle Capital Mgmt.
Amer A. Boukai ’87
President, Continental Food Mgmt.
Richard K. Bridgford, Esq.
Partner, Bridgford, Gleason & Artinian
Jane Buchan, Ph.D.
CEO, Martlet Asset Mgmt.
Paul E. Butterworth ’81
CTO, VANTIQ
Mary K. Carrington, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Hazem H. Chehabi, M.D.
Owner & President
Newport Diagnostic Center
Salma A. Chehabi ’99, ’09, M.S. ’13
Genetic Counselor
Carol J. Choi ’85
Founder, United Exchange Corporation
Eugene W. Choi ’86, MBA ’01
President & CEO
United Exchange Corporation
D. Robinson Cluck ’78*
Chairman & Co-Founder
Canterbury Consulting
Kate W. Duchene, J.D.
President & CEO
Resources Global Professionals
Lucy Dunn
President & CEO (Ret.)
Orange County Business Council
John R. Evans
Regional Managing Director (Ret.)
Wells Fargo Bank
Douglas K. Freeman, J.D.
Executive Chair & CEO
OC Music & Dance
Jennifer Friend Smith ’95, J.D.*
CEO, Project Hope Alliance
John D. Gerace ’87
President
Calabri Biosciences, LLC
Howard Gillman
Chancellor, UCI
Terry D. Godfrey ’86
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Learning Policy Institute
Oscar Gonzalez
Co-President, Northgate Markets
Denise Hall, J.D.
Retired Attorney
Brian T. Hervey, CGPP, CFRE
Vice Chancellor, University Advancement
& Alumni Relations, UCI
(Foundation President)
Julie Hill*
Corporate Director, Anthem
Lord Abbett Mutual Funds
Gary H. Hunt
Partner, California Strategies, LLC
Hans Imhof
Partner, K5 Ventures
Sandra J. Jackson
Co-Founder, Samueli Academy
Anthony K. Jones
Senior Executive Vice President of Operations (Ret.)
CommonSpirit Health
Frank Jao
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Bridgecreek Group, Inc.
Elim Kay
Managing Partner, LOK 360 CO., LTD.
Yang-Uk Kim
Founder, The Kim Yang Group
Dulcie A. Kugelman
President & CEO, Kugelman Family Foundation
Jack M. Langson
President, Investment Building Group
Shanaz S. Langson
Investment Building Group
Adeline Yen Mah, M.D.
Founder and President
Falling Leaves Foundation, Inc.
Robert A. Mah, Ph.D.
Founder
Falling Leaves Foundation, Inc.
Mohannad S. Malas
Principal, IRA Capital
Twyla Reed Martin
President, Mont Pelerin Capital LLC
President, Charles D. & Twyla Martin Fdn.
Farzad Massoudi ’84, M.D.
Neurosurgery Specialist
Mission Hospital – Mission Viejo
James V. Mazzo*
Executive Chairman, Neurotech, LLC
Paul Merage
Chairman, MIG Capital
Shawn R. Miller, J.D.
CEO & Founder, Archwest Capital
Marci Lerner Miller, J.D.
Partner, Potomac Law Group, PLLC
Kristen S. Monson ’82, MBA ’86
Executive Vice President (Ret.)
Pacific Investment Mgmt. Co.
Michael A. Mussallem
Chairman of the Board
Edwards Lifesciences LLC
Stacey Nicholas*
Eloy Ortiz Oakley ’96, MBA ’99
President & CEO
College Futures Foundation
Greg Palmer
Chairman & CEO
Supplemental Healthcare
James J. Peterson*
Chair and Founder, Mobix Labs, Inc.
Sheila K. Peterson
President, Beachside Books LLC
William F. Podlich
CEO (Ret.), Pacific Investment Mgmt. Co.
Justice Sheila Prell Sonenshine (Ret.)
JAMS Neutral
Robert E. Romney, M.S. ’83
Entrepreneur, Investor, and Philanthropist
Cheryll R. Ruszat
Executive Director
Montessori Schools of Irvine
Richard J. Ruszat
President, Montessori Schools of Irvine
Kathleen R. Santora
Mark K. Santora*
Chairman of the Board (Ret.),
Panzura
Michael Schulman
Managing Director
H&S Ventures, LLC
Gary J. Singer, Esq. ’74* | Foundation Chair
Retired Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Ruben A. Smith
Partner, Frost Brown Todd LLP
Hal S. Stern, Ph.D.
Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor, UCI
Timothy L. Strader Sr.
Chairman, Starpointe Ventures
Marilyn P. Sutton, Ph.D.*
Consultant, Public Policy & Higher Education
James Irvine Swinden
Museum President, The Irvine Museum
David L. Tsoong, M.D.
Chairman & President
Pinnacle Resources International, Inc.
The Honorable Gaddi H. Vasquez
U.S. Ambassador (Ret.)
Sr. VP of Government Affairs, Edison Int’l & Southern California Edison (Ret.)
Vicki Vasques ’81
Owner & Chairwoman, Tribal Tech, LLC
Dean A. Yoost*
Author & Board Member
Pacific Life Insurance Co.
Peter J. Fischler ’80
Managing Director, DF1 Trading
(School of Social Ecology)
Steve A.N. Goldstein, M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.P.
Vice Chancellor, Health Affairs
Susan K. Hori, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Philips, LLP
Land Use Partner and OC Administrative Partner
(Claire Trevor School of the Arts)
Valerie Janness, Ph.D.
Chair, Academic Senate
Distinguished Professor, Criminology, Law & Society
Sam Jilanchi ’94
Managing Partner, Qwan Companies
(School of Humanities)
Timothy A. Kashani ’86, MBA ’88
CEO, IT Mentors, Inc.
(Donald Bren School of ICS)
Tiffany Ana Lopez, Ph.D.
Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
William M. Maurer, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Social Sciences
Mary Lou Ortiz
CFO & Vice Chancellor, Division of Finance and Administration
Derek A. Sabori ’95, MBA ’02
Co-Founder, KOZM
(UCI Alumni Association President)
Peter Trepp ’88
CEO, InnoPath Therapeutics
(School of Social Sciences)
Lars T. Walton, Ed.D.
Associate Chancellor &
Chief of Staff, UCI
Emeriti Trustees
Arnold O. Beckman, Ph.D. (In Memoriam) Joan Irvine Smith (In Memoriam)
Donald Bren Ted Smith
Thomas H. Nielsen Thomas T. Tierney
Martha A. Newkirk ’72, M.A. ’76, Ph.D. ’81
*Executive Committee Member