2009 Winners

Consumer and Business Products and Services

Jeffrey McCain

CEO

McCain Inc.

Emerging

Jeff Goldberg

President and CEO

Cali Bamboo

Emerging

Tanner Haigwood

Vice President and COO

Cali Bamboo

Health Sciences

Alexis Lukianov

Chairman, CEO

NuVasive Inc.

High Technology

Polina Braunstein

President and CEO

Quake Global, Inc.

Lifetime Achievement

Ernest Rady

Founder, Chairman, CEO

American Assets

Master

Les Cross

President, CEO

DJO Inc.

Turnaround

Jose Luis Laparte

President

PriceSmart Inc.

2009 Judging Panel

J. Robert Beyster

Founder, SAIC and Beyster Institute, UCSD

Jim Blair

Partner, Domain Associates

Andrew Clark

CEO, Bridgepoint Education

Mark Dankberg

Chairman and CEO, ViaSat

Karin Eastham

Director, Amylin, Illumina, Genoptix

Peter Farrell

Founder and Executive Chairman, ResMed

Stan Glasgow

President and COO, Sony Electronics

Alan Gold

Chairman, CEO, BioMed Realty

Doug Hutcheson

CEO and Acting CFO, Leap Wireless

Jessie Knight

Executive Vice President, External Affairs, Sempra Energy

Linda Lang

Chairman, CEO, Jack in the Box

Rod Lanthorne

Chairman, President, Kyocera Wireless

Julie Meier Wright

President and CEO, San Diego Regional EDC

Dave Ryan

Managing Partner, Mission Ventures

Jerry Sanders

Mayor, City of San Diego