About the Division of Social Sciences, UCSD

Sam Armstrong is Vice President of Investments at Wachovia Securities, LLC in La Jolla. Sam received his B.A. in Economics from the Arizona State University. He is a Cancer Center Foundation board member and past president. Sam co-founded the Cancer Center Luau.

Nils Clark ‘99 (Management Science, Marshall College) is Assistant Vice President of Wells Fargo Investments LLC, Wealth Management Group.

Jeff Elman is Dean of the Division of Social Sciences and a Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science.

Michelle Glenn ‘89 (Economics, Warren College) is the Director of Development for the Division of Social Sciences.

Alan Greenway is a retired hotel executive/owner. He founded a publicly traded company that was the operator of the largest chain of hotels in the SouthWest Pacific. Alan is also former Chairman of the Australian Tourist Commission. He is a former member of the UCSD Board of Overseers and a member of Chancellors Associates.

Gary Jacobs ‘79 (Management Science, Revelle College) is Managing Director of Jacobs Investment Company, LLC and owns the Lake Elsinore Storm, a Padres affiliated minor league baseball team. Gary is also an education consultant and a member of the UCSD Board of Overseers and numerous community boards.

Gary Kaufman ‘86 (Management Science, Muir College) is the past owner of a chain of Bassett Furniture Direct stores. He sold his interest in late 2006. He also has an MBA from UC Irvine.

Robert Koenigsberger ‘87 (Political Science and History, Muir College) is Co-Managing Partner at Gramercy Advisors, LLC, an emerging markets hedge fund manager. He holds an M.A. in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania‘s Wharton School of Business.

David Lake is Associate Dean of the Division of Social Sciences and a Professor in the Department of Political Science.

Joanna Mancusi ‘82 (Literature, Muir College) is Assistant Dean of the Division of Social Sciences.

Alan Nevin is the Director of Economic Research at MarketPoint Realty Advisors, a real estate consulting firm that provides market analysis, feasibility studies, litigation support and research databases for builders, developers, lenders, mortgage bankers and attorneys. He holds an M.A. in Market Research from Stanford University and an M.B.A. in Real Estate Economics from American University. Alan is a founding member of the UCSD Economics Roundtable, as well as a member of its Steering Committee.

Ray Peet retired from the U.S. Navy with the rank of Vice Admiral. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member and former chairman of the UCSD Board of Overseers and is a member of Chancellor‘s Associates. Ray sits on the board of Cubic Corporation.

Bob Scurlock was a founder and CEO of Personalogic, an internet company acquired by AOL in 1998. He is a former Vice President of Teldyne Ryan Aeronautical, and retired from the U.S. Air Force as Director of the Budget in Washington, with the rank of Major General. He holds a B.S. from Ohio State University, an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California, and an M.S. in International Affairs from George Washington University. He is a former member of the UCSD Board of Overseers.

Cynthia Sener ‘93 (Sociology, Muir College) is the Vice President of Global Marketing at Solatube, a leading manufacturer and marketer of Tubular Daylighting Devices. She also holds an MBA from UC Irvine.

Chris Tolles ‘90 (Computer Science and Economics, Warren College) is the CEO and a co-founder of Topix. Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. town and city. Prior to Topix, Chris was a co-founder of Spoke Software and NewHoo (acquired by Netscape), as well as a veteran of AOL, Netscape and Sun Microsystems.

Daniel Yankelovich is Chairman of three organizations — the Public Agenda, a not for profit public education think tank, DYG Inc., a social and marketing research firm, and Viewpoint Learning, Inc., a La Jolla based organization that specializes in dialogues on public policy issues. His education background includes: B.A., Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College, Rantoul Fellow in Clinical Psychology, Harvard University, and graduate studies at The Sorbonne in Paris. He holds Honorary Doctorates from George Washington University, Washington University and St. Bonaventure University, and has served as Research Professor in Psychology at NYU and at the Graduate Faculty of the New School For Social Research.