Board of Directors 2009-2010

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.

JoAnne M. Berg, CPA, Interim Treasurer

JoAnne Berg has had a successful 32 year career in financial and operational management.  For the past 15 years, she has been the CFO of Spectrum Concepts, Inc. in Carlsbad, California, which was founded by her husband, Tom Hunt, in 1991.  Spectrum is the premier worldwide supplier of innovative, patented media storage components to the furniture industry, servicing customers such as Thomasville, Ethan Allen, Drexel Heritage, Hooker, and many others.  

Currently she is transitioning out of her operational role in the Company in order to follow her passion for philanthropy and “making the world a better place”.  She also teaches in the Accounting Certificate Extension program at the University of California, San Diego.

Previously, JoAnne was CFO and VP of Finance for several different real estate development firms, including a large publicly traded builder which developed large “lifestyle” communities for people 55 and over throughout the United States.  During her tenure there she was responsible for corporate level accounting, financial and SEC reporting, corporate taxation, and treasury operations.  She ultimately spent two years as VP Finance of the Southern California division, which developed Leisure Village Ocean Hills, a large planned senior community in Oceanside, California for which she had financial and operational responsibility.

She has served many non profit organizations through the years as a volunteer, probono consultant, and as a Board member including the San Dieguito Performing Arts Association where she was Treasurer and Director of Development; Encinitas Rotary, membership chair; the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Resource Committee chair and Board member; Foster Family Respite Services, Treasurer;  Solana Recyclers; Angels Foster Family Network; ElderHelp of San Diego; and many other organizations.   

A graduate of the Carlson School of Business at the University of Minnesota, she practiced public accounting with Ernst and Young in San Diego and has also had her own management consulting firm. She currently lives in Encinitas, California with her husband, Tom Hunt; daughter Sara Hunt, 19; two dogs, and 3 horses. 

Linda Bernstein

Linda S. Bernstein earned her Bachelor’s degree from UCLA in Social Sciences with a specialization in elementary education.  She taught school in New Jersey before moving to San Diego where she continued her work at The Children’s School.

In 1986 Linda changed careers, and with her husband Robert, established an earth remote sensing company which developed software and hardware systems for meteorological, oceanographic and environmental research as well as operational applications.  They grew this business from 5 employees in the backroom of their home, to an internationally recognized leader in the field with customers in 35 countries.

Linda has been actively involved with several nonprofit organizations, which include being a founding member on the Board of Directors for the San Diego Jewish Academy, a board member at Congregation Beth El, and president of one of the local chapters of Women’s American ORT.  In 2005 Linda joined The San Diego Foundation Scholarship Selection Committee, and in 2007, she joined the San Diego Social Venture Partners.

Peg Eddy

President of San Diego based Creative Capital Management, Incorporated, Peg Eddy is a Certified Financial Planner. Peg provides business counseling, estate, and succession planning and investment advisory services to entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals throughout the western United States. Many of the clients are owners of multigenerational family businesses. 

Peg has served on numerous community boards and volunteers actively in San Diego.  She is a member of the San Diego Estate Planning Council, the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, and the Financial Planning Association.  She also is active in the downtown San Diego Rotary Club, serving for three years as Chair of the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy.  Current, Peg serves on the boards of directors at the Academy of Our Lady of Peace in San Diego, the Lightbridge Hospice Foundation and San Diego Social Venture Partners.   

A popular speaker at conferences on wealth transfer, Peg writes frequently on financial topics and appears often on local and national radio and television programs.  Her column on family business and wealth transfer challenges appears monthly in the San Diego Daily Transcript.  

She and her husband/business partner, Bob, have been married for thirty-four years and have two sons--Sean (31), who works in strategic planning at the Wells Fargo corporate headquarters in San Francisco, and Ryan (28), who is following his life’s passion working as a firefighter in Mt. View, California.   

Ray Ellis
Since 2005, Ray Ellis has been focused on community and public service.  Ray currently serves on several Boards and Task Forces in San Diego, CA.  These include: San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System (Vice President, Business & Governance Committee Chair and Ad-Hoc Litigation Committee Chair), San Diego Social Venture Partners (Board Member & Fund Development Resource Group Chair), The Parker Foundation (Board Member), EDC Strategic Roundtable (Member) and Balboa Park Task Force (Member).  Ray is also an active Member of the Downtown Rotary-33.
 
In addition to these volunteer activities, Ray is the Principal of Ellis & Associates, LLC, an investment firm.  Ray also manages the activities of the Ellis Family Foundation, which is a private foundation funding other non-profit organizations. 

Prior to his current activities, 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 marketing services enterprise.   

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 advertising agencies on the West Coast.  Major clients included: Intuit, Microsoft, Cisco, The Smithsonian, Bank of America, Farmers Insurance, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, American Express and many others.  Ray has extensive experience in a wide range of direct response programs, with an emphasis on direct mail and interactive programs. 

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 8 year old Jake.  He also has a 24 year old son, Matt working and living in Los Angeles and a 20 year old daughter, Jessica who is a sophomore at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX.  

Marjorie Fox, Secretary

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.

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.

David Lynn

David Lynn has a diverse background in information technology, finance, and philanthropy. His IT background includes extensive work with data analysis and web-based database applications in a variety of industries, including financial, distribution, and education. He has also served as a financial analyst and portfolio manager, predominantly for charitable funds. Lynn is currently the president of AYAMBA with various consulting engagements in the business and non-profit IT space, and a product focus in the restaurant industry.

Lynn’s primary philanthropic commitments include the Board and Communications chair of San Diego Social Venture Partners, investing in local non-profits and philanthropists; serving on the Balboa Park Trust Committee at the San Diego Foundation, managing the largest endowment preserving Balboa Park; co-founder of NPDog, supporting improvement efforts at Nate’s Point Dog Park; and serving on the Development Committee at Voice of San Diego. Lynn is a San Diego native with a Bachelors in Mathematics from Whitman College. 

Steve Ness

Steve has 30 years of experience in corporate management of technical organizations spanning video games, consumer electronics and precision instrumentation.  Steve was a founder of Dynamic Instruments, Inc., leading that organization for 23 years and culminating in its successful sale in 2007.   He has served as the San Diego Council Chair and on the National Board of Directors for TechAmerica (formerly known as the AeA).

Currently Steve splits his time between Stone Enterprises (a residential home developer), Management Consulting, sitting on private corporate boards, supporting various activities within San Diego Social Venture Partners and spending time with his wife, children and parents.  

  
Marion Paul

Marion Paul is Executive Director of the Equinox Center, a non-profit founded in 2008 to ensure that San Diego residents will always enjoy the same natural beauty and quality of life that we treasure today. San Diego will add one million more people in the next twenty years. Cutting across traditional boundaries, Equinox Center pursues a regional and integrated approach to growth issues, including sustainable development, land use, smart growth, energy and a reliable water supply. Previously, Marion was Executive Vice President of Junior Achievement of San Diego, one of SDSVP's emeritus Investees. Her primary focus was 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. 

Joyce Ross

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.

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.