Meet the Startup San Diego Team & Board of Directors

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Meet the Team!

Startup San Diego Staff

Lisa Barnhouse

Executive Director

Ella Napata

Marketing and Design Manager

Erika Gastelum

Operations & Program Manager

Logan McLeland

Operations & Data Intern

Board of Directors

David Loseke

Board Chair and Executive Director, Banker at J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Eric Weiss

Vice Chair and Executive Coach at Chaos to Clarity

Maisha Cobb

Treasurer and Managing Director at Mpact International

Jennifer Patel

Secretary and Program Manager, SDSU Lavin Entrepreneurship Center and SDSU San Diego Angel Conference

Marc Barron

Board Member

Cathy Pucher

Chair Emeritus and Executive Director at SDSU Entrepreneurship Initiatives

Kurling Robinson

Board Member

Matthew Sanford

Board Member

Michael Sharp

Board Member

Kevin Smoker

Board Observer

Ping Wang

Board Member

Caitlin Wege

Board Member

Cheryl Goodman

Board Member

Shirley Yager

Governance Chair and Retired Director, Product Management at Qualcomm

Board Alumni

Al-Bsharah

Board Alumni

EIR Alumni

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