Board of Directors

2025-26 Board of Directors

Board Officers

Dr. Adela de la Torre
Board President

Dr. Hala Madanat
Board Vice President

Ms. Agnes Wong Nickerson
Board Treasurer

Dr. Jennifer Thomas
Board Secretary

Ms. Michèle Goetz
Board Associate Secretary-Treasurer

Board of Directors

Ms. Vickie Capps
Certified Public Accountant

Ms. Joan Coppenrath
Retired Financial Executive

Dr. Adela de la Torre
President, San Diego State University

Dr. Uduak Z. George
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, SDSU

Dr. Steven Gill
Associate Professor, Charles W. Lamden School of Accountancy, SDSU

Mrs. Kareen Holstrom
President, Associated Students, SDSU

Dr. Hala Madanat
Distinguished Professor, SDSU
Vice President, Research and Innovation, SDSU

Mr. Tom McCarron
Emeritus Senior Vice President, SDSU-Mission Valley Development

Ms. Agnes Wong Nickerson
Vice President, Business and Financial Affairs, SDSU

Dr. Humberto Parada Jr.
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, SDSU

Dr. Mark B. Reed
Senior Associate Vice President for Research, Division of Research and Innovation, SDSU

Dr. Sweta Sarkar
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SDSU

Dr. Jennifer Thomas
Professor, Department of Psychology, SDSU

Dr. William Tong
Provost and Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs, SDSU

Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou
Professor, Department of Geography, SDSU

Mr. Alex Waters
Executive Director, The Program Labs

Mr. Rick Wentzel
Certified Public Accountant

Audit Committee Roster

Mr. David Page, Chair
Vice President of Finance, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Ms. Vickie Capps
Certified Public Accountant

Ms. Joan Coppenrath
Retired Financial Executive

Dr. Steven Gill
Associate Professor, Charles W. Lamden School of Accountancy, SDSU

Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou
Professor, Department of Geography, SDSU

Mr. Rick Wentzel
Certified Public Accountant

Staff Liaisons

Michèle Goetz
Associate Vice President and Chief Executive Officer

Leslie Levinson
Chief Financial Officer

Finance and Investment Committee Roster

Ms. Agnes Wong Nikerson, Chair
Vice President, Business and Financial Affairs, SDSU

Ms. Vickie Capps
Certified Public Accountant

Mr. Tom McCarron
Emeritus Senior Vice President, SDSU-Mission Valley Development

Dr. Mark B. Reed
Senior Associate Vice President for Research, Division of Research and Innovation, SDSU

Dr. Sweta Sarkar
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SDSU

Staff Liaisons

Michèle Goetz
Associate Vice President and Chief Executive Officer

Leslie Levinson
Chief Financial Officer