Today marked our first full session of this year's Impact program!🎉
We kicked off the morning with introductions from LEAD Executive Director, Veronica Perondi, and Assistant Dean, Education & Community Outreach, Division of Extended Studies for UC San Diego, Morgan Appel, Ph.D (08).
We then dove into today's program topic, "Our Regional Economies" and heard from the following speakers:
- David Moreno Laveaga, Chief Executive Officer, Tijuana Economic Development Corporation
- Eduardo Velasquez, Senior Director, Research, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
- Nikia Clarke, Ph.D. (16), Senior Vice President; Executive Director, World Trade Center San Diego, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
- W. Erik Bruvold, President & Chief Executive Officer, San Diego North Economic Development Council (SDNEDC)
- Jim O’Callaghan, President & Chief Executive Officer, South County Economic Development Council
- James Sly (15), President & Chief Executive Officer, East County Economic Development Council
- Paula Sylvia, Program Director, Aquaculture & Blue Technology, Port of San Diego
- Miguel Motta, Vice President, Strategic Operations & San Diego Head, Biocom California
- Jason Anderson (07), President & Chief Executive Officer, Cleantech San Diego
A huge thank you to all of our expert speakers, panelists, and moderators who made the first day of our Impact program successful and possible!