Annie Norviel
Annie is Audit Partner at Moss Adams LLP San Diego office and she leads the Life Sciences Practice in Southern California and Phoenix region. She has extensive audit and consulting experience with strong technical accounting knowledge and the ability to effectively lead engagements for serving private companies and SEC registrants. Annie is a Foundation Board […]
Abubakar Jalloh
Abubakar Jalloh is Associate Director of Corporate Development at Scripps Research, where he is responsible for early stage technology diligence, NewCo formation, and partnering between funders, founders, and operators within and outside of the San Diego innovation ecosystem. Prior to his role at Scripps Research, Abu worked as bench scientist and team lead on early-to-mid […]
Brian Kirkpatrick
Brian Kirkpatrick is a director in Bridge Bank's Life Sciences Group. He oversees portfolio management and underwriting teams for the western half of the U.S., as well as business development activities in the Southwest. The Life Sciences Group focuses on providing full-service banking capabilities and debt financing options for U.S.-based life sciences companies. Industries covered […]
Anna Yakavenka
As CFO at Interlaced LLC, Anna Yakavenka brings over a decade of experience driving growth and operational excellence in private equity SaaS, MSP, e-commerce, and the service industry to the Connect Board of Directors. As a key member of Interlaced’s executive leadership team, she has been instrumental in scaling the company from 20 to 70 […]
Kristine Wexler
Kristine Wexler is the Managing Director of Bernstein’s San Diego office. Kristine is responsible for overseeing the San Diego office and works closely with high-net-worth individuals, families, and non-profit organizations implementing comprehensive wealth management strategies. She often works in concert with clients; other professional advisors to address critical planning issues, such as transferring wealth, philanthropy […]
Ram Krishnan
Ram Krishnan is a Senior Director of Engineering at Qualcomm. Ram’s tenure at Qualcomm spans over three decades, during which he played pivotal roles in various divisions. As a key leader in the modem chipset division, he contributed to the pioneering launch of the world’s first 4G service. Later Ram worked in Qualcomm’s IP department, […]
Chase Thomet
Chase joined JMI in 2014. He is responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities as well as providing strategic and operational support to portfolio companies. Chase is currently a director of Greenlight Guru, Swiftly, and Visiting Media. He is a board observer at SOCi and Vena Solutions. Prior to joining JMI, Chase was an investment […]
Amy Duncan
Amy Duncan is an entrepreneur, advisor, and investor with over 30 years of experience in the life science/biotech industry. As Director of The Brink SBDC, she leads a team of expert advisors helping founders community-wide start innovative companies. Her diverse career spans bench research at Scripps, product management at Thermo Scientific, joining a stem cell […]
Mike Faddoul
Mike is a partner in Crowe LLP’s life sciences audit practice. Mike has over 33 years of experience providing audit services to public and private companies in the Life Sciences, Manufacturing and Distribution industries. Mike has significant experience working with both privately-held and publicly traded companies. His experience includes SEC 1933 Act and 1934 Act […]
Ben Gamboa
As Associate Dean of Career Education at MiraCosta College, Ben manages program development of innovative and employer-aligned workforce development programs, career services, experiential and work-based learning programs, and over $4 million in workforce and economic development grants annually. Over his 23-year career in California’s community colleges, Ben has designed and facilitated systems- and team-based leadership […]
