People

Board of Directors

Executive Committee:

Eduardo Macagno, Ph.D. | President
Professor and Founding Dean
Division of Biological Sciences
University of California San Diego
La Jolla CA

Alison Whitelaw, FAIA | Vice President & CEO
Principal
Platt/Whitelaw Architects
San Diego CA

Gilbert Cooke, AIA | Secretary
Dean
NewSchool of Architecture and Design
San Diego CA

Frederick Marks, AIA | CFO
Director of Science and Technology
AC Martin Partners, Inc.
Los Angeles CA

Gordon Chong, FAIA | Past President
Former Principal
Chong Partners Architecture
San Francisco CA

Board of Directors:

Tom Albright, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Vision Center Laboratory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla CA

Michael Arbib, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
University of Southern California
Los Angeles CA

Joyce Bromberg
Former Director
WorkSpace Futures/Explorations Research
Steelcase
Grand Rapids MI

Betsey Olenick Dougherty, FAIA
Partner
Dougherty + Dougherty Architects, LLP
Costa Mesa CA

John Eberhard, FAIA | Founding President
Board Member Emeritus
Gaithersburg MD

Fred Gage, Ph.D. | Past President
Professor
Laboratory of Genetics
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla CA

Steven Henriksen, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and Biotechnology
Western University of Health Sciences
Pomona CA

David Kirsh, Ph.D.
Professor of Cognitive Science
University of California San Diego
La Jolla CA

Norman Koonce, FAIA
Former Executive Vice President & CEO
The American Institute of Architects
Washington DC

Kenneth A. Kornberg, FAIA 
President
Kornberg Associates
San Diego CA

Randal L. Peterson, FAIA, LEED AP
President and CEO
HMC Architects
San Diego CA

John Zeisel, Ph.D.
President and Co-Founder
Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, Ltd.
Lexington MA