Leadership

SDMAC was founded to establish an organization that, as its primary function, has the capability and flexibility to facilitate the free exchange of information between the military, elected and appointed officials, and the business community. The six original founders were Larry Blumberg, Frank Hewitt, Nancy Dix, Pete Hedley, Mike Woiwode, and Tom Caughlan, who came from a variety of backgrounds including the San Diego Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs and Advisory Committee, the business community, legal profession, and retired Navy and Marine Corps officers. 

SDMAC Staff

Officers

Paul Pearigen
 Board Chair
RDML USN (Ret.)

Mike McCloskey
 Board Vice Chair
Wilson Elser, Col. USMC (Ret)

Dennis Dubard
 Secretary
GD Nassco, CAPT USN (Ret.)

Victor Ramsauer
 Treasurer
LevitZacks CPA

Board of Directors

Jeffrey Ames
 Ames Karanjia LLP

Mark Balmert
 SDMAC

Richard Allen
 Navy Federal Credit Union

Eric Carr
 Cubic

Susan Couch
 Bank of America

Tom Garcia
 .

Dennis DuBard
 CAPT, USN (Ret)
General Dynamics NASSCO

Brandi Gill
 L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

Matt Griesbach
 City National Bank

Brett Hershman
 GD NASSCO

Daniel Hazard
 Northrop Grumman

Brian Hutcherson
 CBRE

Chris Humphreys
 Humphreys Law

Michael P. McCloskey
 Col. USMC (Ret)
Wilson Elser

Terry McKearney
 The Ranger Group

Karl Miller
 Jingoli Power

Laurie Mulligan
 Amazon Web Services

Paul Pearigen
 RDML, USN (Ret)

Joe Pierzina
 SDG&E

Robert Pennoyer
 BAE Systems

John Quigley
 LtCol, USMC (Ret)
SAIC

Victor Ramsauer
 LevitZacks, CPAs

Meg Redlin
 BAE Systems

George Scheel
 LCDR, USN (Ret)
Valiant

Marisa Silva
 Booz Allen Hamilton

Timothy Slentz
 Boeing

Earl "The Pearl" Wederbrook
 Col, USMC (Ret)
Raytheon

Mark Wernig
 Downling & Yahnke

Mike Woiwode
 CAPT, USN (Ret)
WodeWorks

Alan Worthy
 Lockheed Martin

Commitees

Finance
 Victor Ramsauer, Chair
LevitZacks CPA

Legislative
 Robert Pennoyer, Chair
Red Hat

Bases & Infrastructure
 Earl Wederbrook, Chair
Raytheon

Member Relations
 George Scheel, Chair
IT Mentor Group

Strategy
 Chris Humphreys, Chair
Chris Humphreys Law

Research
 John Quigley, Chair
SAIC

Advisory Board

Jim Bedinger
 CDR, USN (Ret)

Lawrence "Larry" Blumberg
 CAPT, USN (Ret)
San Diego Fleet Week

Dwayne Junker, Chair
 LCDR, USN (Ret)
Epsilon Systems Solutions

Ed Hanlon
 LtGen, USMC (Ret)

Tim LaFleur
 VADM, USN (Ret)

Pete Hedley
 CAPT, USN (Ret)

Len Hering
 RADM, USN (Ret)
Center for Sustainable Energy

James Johnson, Jr., MD
 RADM, MC, USN (Ret)

Frank Hewitt
 intelliSolutions, Inc.

Jack Hines
 RADM, USN (Ret)

Anthony "Tony" Jackson
 MajGen, USMC (Ret)
Cal State San Marcos Foundation

Ken Slaght
 RADM, USN (Ret)

Past Presidents

2021
Brandi Gill
 L3Harris Technologies

2020
Chris Humphreys
 Dentons

2019
Cliff Cho
 Bank of America Merrill Lynch

2018
Mark Balmert
 RDML, USN (Ret)
SDMAC

2017
Dennis DuBard
 CAPT, USN (Ret)
General Dynamics Nassco

2016
Ward Wilson
 CDR, USN (Ret)
Boeing

2014
Jamie Moraga
 intelliSolutions, inc

2015
Paul Cassani
 CAPT, USN (Ret)

2013
Earl Wederbrook
 Col, USMC (Ret)
Raytheon

2012
James A. Johnson Jr., MD
 RADM, MC, USN
Microdermis

2011
John Pettitt
 Northrop Grumman

2010
Tony Nufer
 Black Shoe Consulting

2009
John Nersesian
 North Island Credit Union

2008
Terry Magee
 CAPT, USN (Ret)
Magee Enterprises

2007
Nancy Dix
 DLA Piper

2006
Peter Hedley
 CAPT, USN (Ret)
SDMAC Foundation

2005
Michael Woiwode
 CAPT, USN (Ret)
WodeWorks Consulting

2004
Frank Hewitt
 intelliSolutions, inc.