Executive Committee

  • George Hightower, MD, PhD

    Director

  • Nancy L. Vaughan, JD

    Advisory Board Representative

  • Noah Choi

    Programs Lead

  • Celeste Hsu

    Celeste Hsu

    Program Content Manager

  • Sabrina Strauss

    Exploring Ethics Forum Coordinator

  • Vy Pham

    Communications Coordinator

  • Celine Yang

    Stakeholder and Advisory Board Liaison

  • Melissa Güereca

    Melissa Güereca

    Undergraduate Student Engagement Lead

  • Katie Lock

    Projects Quality Assurance

  • Sydney Dong

    Events Manager

  • Savannah Fakhouri

    Action Forward Lead

  • Samuel Le

    Graduate Student Engagement Lead

Advisory Board

  • John H. Evans, PhD

    Tata Chancellor’s Chair in Social Sciences, UC San Diego ​

    Associate Dean of Social Sciences, UC San Diego ​

    Co-director of the Institute for Practical Ethics

  • Kim Kamdar, PhD

    Chair of the board of directors of Aspen Neuroscience ​

    Co-founder and Chair of Seraphina Therapeutics and Truvian Sciences

  • Joe Panetta M.P.H

    President and CEO Biocom

  • Stephanie A. Rico, PhD

    Science Educator

  • Jeffrey Roberts, PhD

    Dean of College of Sciences at San Diego State University 

  • Sandra A. Sgoutas-Emch, PhD

    Professor of Psychological Sciences, University of San Diego. ​

    Director of the Center for Educational Excellence, University of San Diego

  • Alberto Vasquez, PhD

    Academic Coordinator, Center for Research in Educational Equity and Teaching (CREATE)​

  • Rebekah Yohe-Lawrence

    Former Ethics Center Executive Board Member