PARTNER ROSTER

By last name:   A-F   G-L   M-R   S-Z

JENNIFER BARNES

Jennifer is the CEO of Optima Office, Inc. She is also the Co-Founder of Pro Back Office.

NANCY BATTERMAN

With over 30 years of nonprofit leadership and management experience Nancy strives to inspire business and nonprofit leaders to achieve success both personally and for their organization.

RALPH BIRCHMEIER

Ralph’s expertise is in accounting, finance, valuation, business strategy and analytics. He has also traveled extensively around the world to meet with companies

MARCIA BENNETT

Marcia brings a background in senior level administration to SVP. Prior to retiring to San Diego in 2020, she worked at the University of Oklahoma for 40 years.

DEBLEENA BISWAS

Debleena is a nonprofit development professional, writer, and educator, with an academic postgraduate background in culture and communication.

RICHARD BOCKOFF

Richard Bockoff has lived in Del Mar for 20 years. For his undergrad education he attended the University of Michigan and afterward, he went to Wayne State University Law School.

SARAH BOOHER, BOARD MEMBER

Sarah, a native San Diegan, has been active in the philanthropic world for over 15 years in various roles.

CINDY BORNEMANN

Since 2009, Cindy has been President of Lily Rock Investments LLC and Merlot Management Group, Inc.  Previously, Cindy founded and operated Discovery Isle Child Development Center, Inc.

JIM BORNEMANN

Since 1996, Jim has been a senior executive with the Encinitas based Paul Ecke family of companies and is currently chief financial officer of Carltas Company.

THOMAS BOYD

Thomas Boyd is President of Anthology BioDevelopment LLC, a consulting firm and has held team leadership roles for the preparation of marketing applications for new drugs.

NANCY CANNON-O’CONNELL

Dr. Cannon is an executive/leadership coach and consultant, bringing twenty years of management experience to her work with senior managers and teams

YONA CAPOBIANCO, BOARD MEMBER

Yona is a former Big 4 CPA and Lean Enterprise Certified leader with 20+ years of hands-on experience in the medical device industry.

LISA CARMAN

Ms. Carman founded T3W Business Solutions, Inc. (T3W) in 2004 and currently serves as the CEO. T3W is a group of creative data-geeks, engineers, planners and programmers who are passionate about data and quality. 

DIANE COX

As the current Development Director for Just in Time for Foster Youth, Diane’s responsibility is to ensure the financial sustainability of the organization.

AMI CURTIS

Ami earned a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology with an emphasis in research and statistics from Saint Louis University. Her career spans multiple industries, primarily in large companies and global roles, both working and living domestically and abroad.

NED DEWITT, BOARD CHAIR

Mr. DeWitt is an experienced business executive with a diverse background in sales, finance, and renewable energy. He is also a strategy and management consultant focused on working with local nonprofits

MICHAEL DOWLAN

Michael has held executive positions in multiple companies. His professional background includes innovative strategy, marketing and communications.

MARK DILLON 

PATRICK DUFFY

DON DUFORD

Don is an effective business leader with demonstrated success in private equity M+A strategies, turnarounds, and start-up situations.

RAY ELLIS

Ray was the President of the Marketing Services Division of Protocol Communications, Inc. where he was responsible for strategy, integration, financial and management decisions.

JAKE ERLENDSON

Jake Erlendson is a Lead Advisor at Dowling & Yahnke, an independent, fee‐only registered investment advisor.

MARK FACKLER

In 1984, Mark Fackler founded a hardware and software engineering services company called Stellcom Technologies.