International Community Foundation

board of governors

CHAIR

Mary L. Walshok, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Programs, Dean of University Extension and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

VICE CHAIR

Alan A. Rubin
Alan A. Rubin comes to International Community Foundation with over thirty years of experience leading international and conservation focused nonprofit organizations. Rubin is the past president of National Park Foundation and Partners of the Americas.

TREASURER

Atul Patel
Atul Patel is a graduate of the University of Wales, Great Britain. He worked and lived in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East before moving to the United States. Mr. Patel joined PriceSmart, Inc. when it began expanding operations into emerging markets in Central America, the Caribbean, and Asia, and currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Treasurer. He brings with him to International Community Foundation a wealth of international management experience in the financial arena, in addition to strong analytical and communication skills, and he has demonstrated the ability to work with people across cultural and racial lines.

SECRETARY

George P. Chandler, Jr.
Gorege P. Chandler, Jr. has assisted thousands of entrepreneurs with finance, tech assistance, innovation & research, international trade, procurement, etc. while serving as the District Director for the U.S. Small Business Administration in San Diego, CA since 1981. Prior to his current position, Mr. Chandler was the Director of NASA’s Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program in Washington, DC, for the last 4 years of his 21 year career with NASA. Mr. Chandler has won several awards, including a number of community development-oriented awards, and serves on numerous committees and boards in the San Diego Region. Mr. Chandler is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management, and the University of Tennessee.

ASSISTANT. SECRETARY

Bob Kelly
Mr. Kelly is President and Chief Executive Officer of the San Diego Foundation (TSDF). Prior to joining TSDF, he had a distinguished 15-year career at the American Cancer Society, before serving as senior VP and COO of Sharp Health Care Foundations. Mr. Kelly also served as International Community Foundation’s first CEO

Robert Chang, Ph.D
A native of Fuchien, China, Dr. Chang is the co-founder of San Diego-based Applied Biotech, Inc. and current President of Shanghai Meikang Biological Project Co., Ltd. He is a strong supporter of education in China contributing to scholarships for hundreds of children and the construction of over a dozen schools.

Mary Correia-Moreno
Currently serves as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Nuffer, Smith, & Tucker, the oldest public relations firm in San Diego, CA, where she oversees all aspects of client administration and reporting, as well as direct management of a number of the company’s large accounts. Ms. Correia- Moreno is an active member of the San Diego community and has served on the board or committees of many non-profit organizations including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Crime Victims Fund and LEAD San Diego.

Roi L. Ewell
Roi Ewell is Vice President of Human Resources for SeaWorld San Diego overseeing all personnel related matters to a talent base of more than 4,000 at SeaWorld, He also supervises the Safety and Risk Management for the park, along with local government and community relations.

Gabriela Flores
Ms. Flores’ philanthropic efforts have supported a wide range of environmental nonprofit organizations in Baja California Sur including Siempre Semillas, an environmental education center and botanical garden, and Niparajá, a local nonprofit promoting land trusts and sustainable community development projects for conservation. She resides in San Diego, CA and La Paz, BCS.

Irma Gigli, M.D.
Dr. Gigli is the Walter & Mary Mischer Distinguished Professor of Molecular Medicine and Deputy Director of The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She serves on the board of the Pew Charitable Trust and has served on a number of national and international committees dealing with education and health in the United States and third world countries.

Wendy Gillespie
Ms. Wendy Gillespie is the co-owner and founder of Frontier Trading, a successful international export trading company headquartered in Point Loma, San Diego, with an extensive distribution network in Mexico and Latin America. Prior to joining Frontier Trading in 1991, Ms. Gillespie spent over 13 years with the IBM Corporation, and has extensive management experience in both the marketing and technical support areas. Ms. Gillespie is very involved in the San Diego international community and serves on numerous boards.

Cheryl Hammond
Cheryl Hammond recently retired from AT&T as Director of Sales for Latin America where she spent twenty-two years at AT&T, including eighteen years working with AT&T’s Latin America operations in various sales leadership and market development roles. Ms. Hammond is currently on the Executive Committee at the Otay Mesa Chamber. She has also has accepted an invitation to join the Development Committee at the San Diego Museum of Art. She has also been invited to join the Advisory Board for two start-up companies that have business related to Mexico.

Anthony (Tony) Kinninger
Mr. Kinninger is the founder, President and CEO of Orange Commercial Credit (OCC), Anaheim, California, San Diego Commercial Finance (SDCF), San Diego, California, and Olympic Credit Fund (OCF), Olympia, Washington, companies that he has owned and managed for four decades. OCC, SDCF, and OCF offer professional financial management experience and factoring services to mid-size to Fortune 500 companies, across all industries, to enhance their cash flow, profits, and customer relationships. Mr. Kinninger is also the founder, President and CEO of Ansonia Credit Data, A Business Credit Co-op, dedicated to helping businesses grow by making sound credit decisions.

Nancy A. Marlin, Ph.D.
Dr. Nancy Marlin is the Provost at San Diego State University. She serves on the Board of Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties, the Scripps Employer Advisory Board, the California Western School of Law, and the Advisory Board of the California PBS Program “California Connected.”

Richard (Rick) L. Romney
Prior to becoming a board member, Mr. Romney served on International Community Foundation's Advisory Board. He was one of the founding partners of Spieker Partners. He worked in Oregon and Washington for 15 years before moving to San Diego in 1996. As Senior Vice President for San Diego County, Mr. Romney hired and developed a team of 30 people which in five years acquired or developed 50 buildings totaling approximately 3 million square feet of office and flex space worth approximately $600 million.