Board Members
BASIC Chairman
Jeffrey Welser, PhD, COO IBM Research, Vice President Exploratory Science & University Collaborations, IBM
Simon Atkinson, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California Davis
Laurakay Brunn, Associate Vice President, Office of the CTO, Agilent Technologies
Kim Budil, PhD, PhD, Laboratory Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Carol Burns, PhD, Deputy Director – Research, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Harold Collard, Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of California San Francisco
Brett Crockett, Vice President, Sound Technology R&D, Dolby
John Cumbers, Founder and CEO, SynBioBeta
Marc D’Alarcao, Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation, San Jose State University
Bill Diamond, President, SETI Institute
Carmen Domingo, Dean College of Engineering and Science, San Francisco State University
Ashley Hesslein, VP Berkeley Biological Development, Bayer
Luke Kowalski, Senior Vice President Corporate Architecture Group, Oracle
Theresa Maldonado, PhD, Vice President Research and Innovation, University of California Office of the President
Despina Milathianaki, Director – Technology Transfer and Strategic Partnerships, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Maria T. Millan, MD, President and CEO, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
W.E. Moerner, Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
Robert Obana, COO, Gladstone Institutes
Shaym Patel, Senior Director Business Development and Alliance Management, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
Rob Semper, Chief Scientist, Exploratorium
Man-Wah Tan, Vice President and Senior Fellow, Genentech
Marc Taub, Divisional Vice President (R&D, Clinical, Medical Affairs), Abbott Diabetes Care
Toby Townsend, Associate Director, Sandia National Laboratories – California
Gillian Wilson, Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Merced
Kathy Yelick, Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Berkeley
Ex Officio
Sean Randolph, PhD, Senior Director, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
Chairmen Emeritus
Mark Bregman, PhD, General Partner, Quidnet Venture LLC
Regis Kelly, PhD, Executive Director, QB3 Institute, & Distinguished Professor UCSF
Adviser
Tom Kalil, PhD, Chief Innovation Officer, Schmidt Futures; former Deputy Director for Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
The BASIC mission is to advance the Bay Area’s leadership in innovation.
“A unique environment exists in the Bay Area that has led to its becoming a crucible for innovation. The strong universities and rich sources of venture capital embedded in a tremendously diverse cultural environment make the Bay Area ‘The place to be’ for entrepreneurs. For many years, the Bay Area has nurtured a culture that supports risk taking and experimentation, whether in art, music, or business. the open nature of the culture leads to a sharing of ideas that further stimulates innovation. Today the Bay Area is not only a center of innovation in its own right but is also the key marketplace for the exchange of innovative ideas from around the globe.”
Mark Bregman
BASIC Chairman Emeritus