Advisory Board of Directors 2008-2009

Mark Fackler, Chair
Mark Fackler is foremost a husband and father. Mark has been married to his wife Kathy since 1987. His two boys, Steven and David, were born in 1990 and 1992. Mark's number one priority is his family. They live in La Jolla, California.

Mark was born in 1958 in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He spent most of his childhood there until moving to Scottsdale, Arizona, where he finished his senior year of high school. He attended the University of Arizona and graduated with a BA in 1980. He majored in Economics and minored in Computer Science and Psychology.

After graduation, Mark programmed computers for military and space applications. Three years later, Mark founded Stellcom, a hardware and software services company. Over the next 16 years, Mark grew the company to over $40 million in sales. Stellcom's corporate philosophy was based on Mark's core values of honesty, life balance, and continual improvement. In 2000, Mark hired a new CEO, sold a large portion of his equity and retired. After retirement, Mark became Vistage Group Chair after 12 years of being a Vistage Group Member (www.vistage.com). In addition to Chairing SDSVP, Mark is President of TKF (www.tkf.org) an organization dedicated to "Stopping Kids From Killing Kids." Mark is Treasurer and sits on the Board of Directors of Saferparks (www.saferparks.org) an organization dedicated to amusement park safety. Mark enjoys training for Ironman distance triathlons and is learning Spanish.

Ann McCulloch, Treasurer / Secretary
Ann came to San Diego in 2003 and co-founded Clarus Energy, an alternative energy provider which was acquired in 2003 by a subsidiary of the Hunt Oil company in Dallas Texas. Recently she has been working with colleagues on a new venture targeting treatment of sleep-disordered breathing.

Currently, Ann is CEO of ENpartners Corporation, a holding company with investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Ann is on sabbatical from a board position with Opportunity International, an international non-profit organization engaged in micro-credit lending programs, but was previously active in the governance and funding arrangements for establishing an investment fund to make equity investments in the conversion of partner country non-profit micro-credit agencies to registered commercial banks.

Ann was previously Vice President and Treasurer of Peter Kiewit Sons’ Inc, in Omaha Nebraska. Kiewit’s principal businesses are general and heavy construction and at that time also included telecommunications and energy and venture funding. Ms. Field created and managed SEC-registered mutual funds consisting of $1 billion in assets and participated in Kiewit’s investment in significant joint-ventures, technology start-ups and acquisitions. During this period she held numerous board positions.
Ann has a Masters in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management, and a BA from Colgate University. She has held numerous internships in the public and non-profit sectors.

Joyce Ross, Board Development Chair
Joyce Ross, Ph.D. is founding partner of Ross Partners, an international management consulting firm. She has currently retired to devote more of her time to pro bono consulting to the not-for-profit sector. As an organization consultant, Joyce worked primarily in the areas of organization development, human resources, and executive leadership training for public and private organizations. Her client list included Royal Dutch Shell, Ralston Purina, Intel, IBM, Air New Zealand, Eisenhower Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, and numerous municipalities throughout the West. In her career, Joyce has been Professor of Public Administration at San Diego State University, a Technical Advisor to the Government of Malaysia, and Director of the Center for Training and Development at the University of Southern California. She received her Masters in Health Services Administration and Ph.D. from the University fo Southern California. Joyce has always had a continuing commitment to her community. She is currently Chair of the San Dieguito High School District Personnel Commission and serves on various Board committees of Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties.

Richard Bockoff
Richard is a retired estate planning attorney with an emphasis on charitable planned giving. He has written numerous articles and is a contributing author to the book Giving, Philanthropy for Everyone. Richard served as President of Variety, the Children’s Charity and was Chairperson of the “Bikes for Kids” radiothon which was a collaboration of several charities.. He has organized Planned Giving Committees for several not-for-profit charities including a senior center, and animal shelter, and a children’s cause. He is presently Chair of the SDSVP Communications and Public Relations working group and Chairman of the Board of the Joy of Sports Foundation. His wife Sharon, three grown daughters, 3 grandchildren and the great dogs Stanley and Walter provide many reasons to be grateful.

Aaron Contorer
Aaron Contorer is a former executive of Microsoft Corporation, where he helped to build products including Windows, MSN, Visual Studio, and in-house engineering tools; and founded the Microsoft Big Gift Club for new philanthropists. He was also an inventor, named in several patents in computer networking. One of the originators of the “shareware” software business model, he has been an executive of three small software companies. Aaron helped to build the Kirkland (Wash.) Teen Center and served for eight years on the board of Northwest Environment Watch, focusing on sprawl and sustainable economic development. He is president of the Contorer Foundation, focusing on sustainability and wealth studies, and a partner in San Diego Social Venture Partners, working to increase regional philanthropy. In his spare time he moderates the Socrates Cafe of San Diego, a philosophy discussion group. Aaron has been interviewed in publications including People, the Seattle Times, the Kirkland Courier, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the San Diego Union-Tribune, as well as numerous industry publications. He is currently writing a book about extraordinary people who have used wealth to create a more meaningful life and give back to society.

Ray Ellis

Ray Ellis is the Principal of Ellis & Associates, LLC, an investment and consulting firm located in San Diego, California.  In addition, Ray manages the activities of the Ellis Family Foundation, which is a private foundation funding other non-profit organizations. 

Prior to forming Ellis & Associates, Ray was the President of the Marketing Services Division of Protocol Communications, Inc.  As part of the executive management team of Protocol, Ray was responsible for all activities within his Division and participated in key strategic, integration, financial and management decisions for this privately held $260 Million enterprise.  Protocol is a diverse marketing services provider with operations throughout the United States and Canada. 

Prior to joining Protocol through an acquisition of Ray’s firm in June 2001, he was the Founder, Principal Shareholder, and Chief Executive Officer of MC Direct.  After founding MC Direct in 1987, Ray and his team grew the firm to become one of the largest full-service direct response agencies on the West Coast.  Ray has extensive experience in a wide range of direct response programs, with an emphasis on direct mail and interactive programs.  Ray has more than 20 years of experience in the direct response industry.

Throughout Ray’s professional career he has served numerous non-profit organizations in a variety of roles.  Some of these include Second Chance, Voices for Children, San Diego Performing Arts League, San Diego Direct Marketing Association and Point Loma High School Foundation.

Ray received his BA in History from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia and his MBA from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.  Ray and his wife Gina live in the Carmel Valley area of San Diego with their 7 year old Jake.  They also have a 23 year old son working and living in Los Angeles and an 18 year old daughter, who is a freshman at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. 

Marjorie Fox
Marjorie Fox has been the president and CEO of the Human Development Foundation (HDF) since its inception in 1997. HDF is a nonprofit organization that provides educational resources and advocacy for highly gifted children from low-income families. Ms Fox consulted for national and international organizations. In the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Ms. Fox coordinated media and Congressional lobbying campaigns and the production of concerts at the Lincoln Memorial and on the steps of the Capital in Washington, D.C. for IFCSS and a coalition of international human rights organizations. She also coordinated the first US media tours for Tiananmen Square student leaders’, Chi Ling and Li Lu. During the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), “The Earth Summit”, Ms Fox served on the International Forum Media Task Force. It represented over 1,000 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and coordinated media and UN Delegate lobbying campaigns that influenced the writing of the UN Earth Charter. In addition, Ms. Fox founded and developed the first interactive database project and UN directory of over 10,000 NGOs. From that project, Ms Fox founded A Resource Development & Organizational Network (ARDON) a nonprofit that facilitates the exchange of resources for nonprofit organizations online at http://www.ardonlinks.org/.
Ms. Fox was a TV talk show host and associate producer, for nine years, on FOX network affiliate in San Diego, CA. Ms. Fox has served on the Steering Committee for the San Diego Mentoring Coalition, the Head Master’s Advisory Council for the Bishop’s School, and the North County Collaborative Emergency Homeless Shelter Taskforce and the League of Women Voters North San Diego Coast Program/Media Production Committee.

Bill Hahn
Bill retired from Agilent Technologies at their Palo Alto HQ in early 2006 and moved to San Diego in mid-year. During his 6 years at Agilent as the Senior VP of Corporate Relations, Bill led the branding and PR launch of Agilent’s spin-out from HP as the then biggest IPO in Silicon Valley history. Bill’s worldwide CR responsibilities included branding, press relations, employee communications, government affairs, university and community relations – with a philanthropy program which annually exceeded $10M in cash and equipment donations, and 50,000 volunteer hours. Bill spent 20 years at Hewlett-Packard in a variety of positions which included Controller of the $8B measurement business, General Manager of the interactive broadband business unit, Region Marketing Manager for all HP computers in North and South America, and the European Accounting Manager based in Geneva, Switzerland. In the early 1990’s, Bill had a 3-year stint away from HP as the VP of Manufacturing, Finance and CFO for Aspect Telecommunications. Bill served on 3 different boards for 5 or more years each – United Way Silicon Valley, the Cornerstone Project (a youth asset-building org), and Huatek Engineering (a software outsourcing company based in Shanghai, China). In addition to joining SVP, Bill has become a volunteer teacher at Junior Achievement and a youth counselor at Stand Up For Kids.

David Johnson
David is a Principal with Clearpath Advisors LLC. Prior to joining the firm he was SVP of Corporate Development at Memec LLC. Prior to Memec, he worked at McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company. David has an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

 Stanley Pappelbaum
Dr. Stanley Pappelbaum is the managing partner of Pappelbaum, Turner & Associates, a national healthcare consultancy, based in Del Mar, California. Dr. Pappelbaum’s expertise spans over three decades of experience at the national level in consulting and senior management, as well as academic and private practice medicine. Dr. Pappelbaum has extensive experience in healthcare financing, organization and delivery.
From 1996 to 2000, Dr. Pappelbaum was an executive with ScrippsHealth in San Diego, California. Dr. Pappelbaum was a trustee of Scrippshealth, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Foundation of Medicine and Science and Catholic Healthcare West. He was a member of the Health Care Systems Governing Council of the American Hospital Association. He was a board member of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation. He currently sits on several healthcare and community boards at the local, state, and national levels. These include San Diego based Medi-Keeper, Inc., St. Louis based Advanced ICU Care, Inc., the New York City based private equity Dellacourte Group, Minnesota based Spectra Science, Inc., and the advisory Board for the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University. Dr. Pappelbaum is also a member of the San Diego based Chairmen’s Roundtable; Southern California based Tech Coast Angels, and the San Diego Social Venture Partners. 

Marion Paul
Marion Paul, Executive Vice President of Junior Achievement of San Diego. Her primary focus is to create Junior Achievement's Biztown and other exciting new opportunities for youth. Marion has dedicated her professional career to public policy and service. Her background includes: executive director of Jobs for Colorado's Future; director of strategic resources, Denver's New Airport Development Office; senior policy analyst for the Governor of Colorado and public affairs manager for the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. Marion is a graduate of LEAD San Diego and a member of the San Diego Women's Foundation, the Point Loma of the Nazarene University Business Advisory Committee and is former chair of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce education committee. 

Alan Sorkin
Alan Sorkin, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) Volunteer of the Year, San Diego Channel 10 Individual of the Year and Presidential Volunteer Service Award nominee, brings 30+ years of for-profit and non-profit business expertise to SDSVP. Retiring from a career as entrepreneur, CEO and founder of six food service, construction and real estate development companies, he volunteers most of his time to the community. Alan is the Vice Chairman of San Diego Social Venture Partners (SDSVP) and is a board member of SVP International Board of Directors. He has chaired the Membership Working Group, Long Range Plan and Staffing Committees. He has served as a Lead Partner and served on the Education, Public Relations/ Communication Working Groups. Alan is the Vice Chairman of the Human Development Foundation, member of the San Diego Grantmaker's Finance Committee; and member of the Health & Human Services Working Group of the San Diego Foundation. His organizations have earned: The Women’s International Center’s Living Legacy Award, The San Diego Crime Commission and the Mothers Against Drunk Driving Community Service Awards.

In 1997, he co-founded the San Diego Prevention Coalition, a large and respected Anti-Drug Coalition that supports positive, healthy, drug-free lifestyles. In 1994, he founded Parents & Adolescents Recovering Together Successfully (PARTS) that empowered parents to become the driving force in their child’s recovery and their family’s re-unification. Alan helped create the Drug Free Border Coalition, the first bi-national anti-drug coalition. He taught Leadership and Coalition Building for the National Guard National Interagency Civil-Military Institute and has coached non-profit leaders in Rumania, Ecuador, Tijuana, Mongolia, Washington, New Hampshire, Maryland, and Nevada. Alan Sorkin has written two books, What Parents Must Know and Can Do About Teenage Alcohol and Drug Abuse (also published in Spanish) and CustomerMaker: More Customers, Loyal Employees & Higher Profits. He is currently working on a third book teaching tax-exempt leaders how to run their organization like a world-class business. When time permits, he mentors tax-exempt leaders and organizations.

Duane Trombly
Duane is a founding partner in PointeBreak Solutions, a mergers and acquisitions firm working with privately held middle market companies. He specializes in working with owners of small to middle market privately held businesses in establishing a foundation for growth and increased value. Previously, he was the operating executive for the two of the largest engineering services firms in San Diego County.
Early in his career Duane was the County Mental Health Program Director for two major programs – Substance Abuse and Children’s & Adolescence where he was responsible for the direction of a staff of 25 professionals across four locations in the county. The Substance Abuse program was the first of its kind as a joint operation between state and county services. He was also instrumental in starting what was believed to be the first formal Latino mental health service program in the state of Michigan. Duane holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology and was licensed in Michigan and California. He also served in Viet Nam.