Biotech, Tech & Defense

Lisa Bicker

CleanTECH San Diego

Jay Flatley

Illumina Inc.

Tony Haymet

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Patrick Henry

Entropic Communications

Frank Hewitt

intelliSolutions Inc.

Jason Howe

AwarePoint Corp.

James Lasswell

Indus Technology Inc.

Terry Magee

Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services

Bryan Min

Epsilon Systems Solutions

Gerry Nifontoff

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)

Tony Nufer

Computer Sciences Corporation

Ken Slaght

General Dynamics Information Technology

Construction

Douglas Barnhart

Douglas E. Barnhart Inc.

Lyle Gabrielson

Rick Engineering Co.

Aaron Hall

Borrego Solar Systems Inc.

George Hawkins

Associated Builders and Contractors

Tom Hawthorne

Hawthorne Machinery Co.

Wayne Hickey

Roel Construction

Tim Penick

T.B. Penick & Sons Inc.

Matt Reno

Reno Contracting

James Robbins

RJC Architects

Gregory Rogers

Pacific Building Group

Gary Shekhter

Helix Electric Inc.

Finance

Rick Bregman

Bank of America

Gary Cady

Torrey Pines Bank

Kurt Chilcott

CDC Small Business Finance Corp.

Mary Cunningham

USA Federal Credit Union

Hans Ganz

Pacific Trust Bank

Robert McGill

Neighborhood Bancorp

Tory Nixon

California Bank & Trust

Michael Perry

San Diego Trust Bank

Marla Shepard

California Coast Credit Union

John Sotoodeh

Wells Fargo

Marco Thompson

Express Ventures

Jim Wening

U.S. Bank

Law and Business & Consumer Services

Vincent Bartolotta

Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire

Juanita Brooks

Fish & Richardson PC

Tamar Elkeles

Qualcomm Inc.

Ruben Garcia

Small Business Administration, San Diego Chapter

Guy Halgren

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Greg Koch

Stone Brewing Co.

Harris Koenig

Alvarado Hospital

George Mitrovich

The City Club of San Diego

Robert Noble

Envision Solar

Neal Schmale

Sempra Energy

Mike Woiwode

City of Coronado

Real Estate

Linda Dunfee

Voit Commercial

Bill Fleck

Jones Lang LaSalle

Alan Gold

BioMed Realty Trust Inc.

Ure Kretowicz

Cornerstone Communities

David Marino

Irving Hughes

Alan Nevin

MarketPointe Realty Advisors

Mark Riedy

Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate

Tom Sudberry

Sudberry Properties

Rick Vann

Sunroad Enterprises

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