Executive Committee

Chair, Membership Committee

Adrian Atilano

Adrian leads the HUB CA Executive Liability Practice. He is well-versed in the complex issues facing public, private and non-profit organizations in the realm of Executive Risk, strategically advising clients on a broad spectrum of management liability coverages, including directors and officers liability, employment practices liability, data security, and errors & omissions programs.
Adrian understands the stakes are higher now more than ever for his clients. He and his team take a forward-looking view of each client’s unique risk profile ensuring that not only the right coverages are put in place, but that corporate governance issues are also incorporated.
Adrian has several years of experience managing executive liability programs for companies ranging from mid-sized to Fortune 500. Prior to joining HUB, Adrian served as President of Intercare Insurance Solution’s Executive Risk Division. He also served as Practice Leader of the Marsh San Diego Financial & Professional Products (FINPRO) department.
Prior to Intercare and Marsh, Adrian gained an “insider’s” perspective of executive liability issues as Territory Manager for Chubb’s Executive Protection department in San Diego and Los Angeles.

Co-Chair, Directors Forum Conference

Annalisa Barrett

Annalisa Barrett is a full-time Clinical Professor of Finance at the University of San Diego School of Business. She teaches graduate courses in Corporate Governance and undergraduate courses in Financial Statement Analysis and Personal Finance. She has nearly 20 years of experience in the field of corporate governance. She is the author of numerous reports and articles on corporate governance topics and is invited to speak on governance matters at national conferences throughout the year. She has been quoted in numerous periodicals and her research has been featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.
Ms. Barrett is also the founder and CEO of Board Governance Research LLC, which provides independent research on corporate governance practices, board composition and director demographics. In addition, she is a Senior Advisor for ValueEdge Advisors, which was founded by corporate governance leaders Richard Bennett, Robert AG Monks and Nell Minow to advise institutional investors regarding effective corporate governance engagement to preserve portfolio value and diminish risk.
Previously, Ms. Barrett was Vice President and Senior Research Associate at The Corporate Library, where she led the firm’s research on the effectiveness of the board of directors. Before joining The Corporate Library, Ms. Barrett was a Research Consultant at Towers Perrin (now Willis Towers Watson). Prior to that, she spent several years in the Family Wealth Planning practice of Arthur Andersen.
In 2008, Ms. Barrett was named a Millstein Rising Star in Corporate Governance. She holds an MBA, with distinction, from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. She, her husband and their two children live in San Diego, California.

Secretary

Julia R. Brown

Julia R Brown is chair of the board of Corporate Directors Forum. She is a member of the board of directors of Biodel, Inc., and previously served on the board of directors of Targacept, Inc., Tanox Inc., Trius, Inc., and several other development stage pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical companies. She has chaired the compensation committees of five public companies. She also serves on nominating and governance committees.
Julia is a trustee and past chair of the board of trustees of the UC San Diego Foundation. She is a former member of National Association of Corporate Directors and Women Corporate Directors. She is a member of the board of CleanTECH San Diego, an industry association, and a member of the National Advisory Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
From 2000-2003, Julia was executive vice president of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and served as advisor to the CEO until 2008. Prior to joining Amylin, Julia was executive vice president of Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Julia spent over 25 years with Eli Lilly and Company in progressively more senior roles. From 1992-1994, Julia was senior vice president of IVAC Corporation and general manager of its Vital Signs Division (a Lilly subsidiary). She was vice president of Worldwide Marketing for Hybritech (another Lilly subsidiary), and led global marketing from1986-1992.
In 2012, Julia received UC San Diego’s Chancellor’s Medal for distinguished service to the university. In 2014, UC San Diego’s Alumni Association honored Julia as Honorary Alumna of the Year. In 2010, Julia received CONNECT’s award for “Distinguished Contribution to the Life Science Innovation”. She was a winner of the San Diego Business Journal’s “Women Who Mean Business” award in 2006. In 2005, Girl Scouts San Diego named Julia one of “San Diego’s 10 Cool Women.” Julia has twice been honored in San Diego’s “Tribute to Women in Industry.

Chief Executive Officer

Christina de Vaca

Ms. de Vaca is the CEO at the Corporate Directors Forum (CDF) and has been in this role since May 2017. The organization’s mission is “to help directors, and those who support them, build more effective boards through continuous education and peer-networking.”
Before joining CDF, she served as the Director of Corporate Relations and Business Development for the Graduate School of Business at the University of San Diego (USD). In that role she was responsible for building and strengthening USD’s School of Business relationships with the business community as well as customized executive education programs for corporate clients.
Prior to that, Ms. de Vaca served as the Chief Governance Officer and Corporate Secretary for Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, an approximately $1 billion publicly-traded specialty pharmaceutical company in Aliso Viejo, California. During this time she was instrumental in defining the new role of a governance executive to focus on strategic planning and move beyond compliance. She was actively engaged with governance affairs at a time when burgeoning changes in corporate governance began to impact boardrooms on an international scale.
Before Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Christina served as Operations Vice President at Premier, Inc., a publicly-traded group purchasing organization, currently based in North Carolina. While at Premier she also identified entrepreneurial opportunities and brokered innovative and highly successful partnerships for the benefit of shareowners.
Prior to Premier, Ms. de Vaca served as the Corporate Secretary at American Medical International, a $2.5 billion publicly-traded hospital organization in Dallas, Texas. In that role, she was highly effective in managing complex relationships with international healthcare entities and other constituencies.
Ms. de Vaca is Six Sigma black-belt trained. As a professionally qualified instructor, she has taught governance in the Forum of Corporate Directors Education Program at the University of California, Irvine and other local universities. She also taught Business Communication at MiraCosta College. She continues to be engaged in a variety of efforts to improve governance practices and is the Vice President, Membership Chair for the Southern California Chapter of the Society for Corporate Governance based in New York City and currently serves on their Advisory Committee as well. She has served on the boards of Just In Time for Foster Youth, the Ronald McDonald House and the Corporate Directors Forum in San Diego, California.
Ms. de Vaca has a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from Dallas Baptist University and an MBA from the University of California, Irvine.

Chair, Programs Committee

Angelica Espinosa

M. Angelica Espinosa is vice president of compliance and governance and corporate secretary for Sempra Energy, a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services. The Sempra Energy companies’ more than 16,000 employees serve approximately 32 million consumers worldwide.
In this role, Espinosa directs the company’s ethics and compliance programs worldwide and serves as chief governance officer and corporate secretary.
Espinosa joined Sempra International in 2014 as chief counsel overseeing legal affairs for Sempra Energy’s international businesses. Over the past two years, she also has served as corporate secretary for IEnova, and a member of the board of Luz del Sur and Chilquinta Energía. She also directed Sempra Energy’s compliance programs related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other anti-corruption regulation.
Previously, Espinosa worked at General Electric (GE) in a range of legal leadership positions, including regional counsel for Latin America, associate general counsel for commercial operations in GE’s Oil & Gas division and general counsel for the Measurement and Control Division of GE Oil & Gas.
Espinosa graduated cum laude with law and master’s degrees from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law and also holds a law degree from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.

Vice Chair of the Board

Philip Rudolph

Phil Rudolph has been Chief Legal & Risk Officer since October 2014, Executive Vice President since February 2010, and Corporate Secretary since November 2007. Before becoming Chief Legal & Risk Officer, he was General Counsel since November 2007. Prior to joining Jack in the Box Inc., Phil was Vice President and General Counsel for Ethical Leadership Group.
He was previously a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Foley Hoag, LLP, and a Vice President at McDonald’s Corporation where, among other roles, he served as U.S. and International General Counsel.
Before joining McDonald’s, Phil spent 15 years with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, the last six of which he spent as a litigation partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Phil has more than 30 years of legal experience. In addition to his Jack in the Box Inc. responsibilities, Phil is a member of the Board of Directors of The Alliance for Children’s Rights.

Treasurer

Daniel Schreiber

Daniel Schreiber has extensive business development and accounting system design experience with manufacturing and wholesale business concerns, along with special emphasis in law firm consulting. He is a qualified professional in solving tax and business problems for small to mid-sized closely held concerns. He currently services clients in the manufacturing, electronics, wholesale, legal, medical and service industries. He is also a frequent lecturer on microcomputer consulting and accounting software implementation. Prior to joining JGD & Associates in 1983, Mr. Schreiber spent four years with a regional Wisconsin accounting firm where he managed a branch office.
Dan has conducted various seminars on management information systems and has many years of hands-on experience, one-on-one and group training of client personnel on accounting systems and microcomputer procedures. He has written various articles on microcomputer system design issues, accounting software implementation and training issues. He is responsible (hands-on) for user training, system design, hardware and software implementation for JGD & Associates LLP’s wide area network.
Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Wisconsin
• Extensive and ongoing continuing education in various tax and consulting courses
• Accountants’ Boot Camp participant

Past Chair of the Board

John Skousen

John Skousen currently is the Chief Compliance Officer at Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM). Qualcomm is a world leader in 3G, 4G and next-generation wireless technologies.  In this role, he manages the global compliance programs for Qualcomm.
Mr. Skousen formerly was a CPA with Price Waterhouse Coopers. Additionally, he has worked with various US and internationally based companies, including HP, Costco, Fujitsu, Auto Zone and Life Technologies. He has extensive experience in the field of international compliance, including FCPA, anti-bribery, data protection and security, and import/export controls.

Chair of the Board

Scott Stanton

Scott is a corporate attorney with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, corporate governance, and general corporate matters. His experience includes: structuring and negotiating M&A deals of all sizes; leading public and private securities transactions; serving as primary outside counsel to public and private companies; and advising clients on SEC compliance and other governance matters. He represents companies, boards of directors, and board committees in a wide variety of industries, including software, medical devices, life sciences, semiconductors, manufacturing, consumer products, insurance and financial services.
In the M&A side of his practice, Scott handles public company mergers, tender offers, hostile takeovers, and many other types of strategic acquisitions and divestitures. His capital markets capabilities include representing issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities. He also guides clients through initial public offerings (IPOs), private investment in public equity (PIPE) transactions, registered direct offerings, bond offerings, private placements, and venture financings.
Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Scott was a partner in the San Diego office of a global law firm, where he served as chair of the firm’s global corporate practice group from 2010 to 2013. Earlier, he practiced at a California law firm that focused on serving technology and biotechnology clients.
Recognitions & Awards

• Recommended by The Legal 500 United States (2012–2014)
• Best Lawyers in America: Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2007-2018)
• Best Lawyers in America: Securities / Capital Markets Law (2013-2018)
• Included on the Super Lawyers list: (2007-2016, 2018)
• C. Hugh Friedman Director of the Year award, Corporate Directors Forum (2015)

Co-Chair, Director of the Year Awards Committee

Jack Yelverton

Jack has been an insurance professional for over 26 years.  His experience has been focused in the property and casualty coverage areas, with an emphasis on risk analytics, Directors &  Officers’ liability, and global risks.  Clients have ranged from start-ups to Fortune 200 companies.  Multi-state and foreign exposures are prevalent among Jack’s client base.
Prior to joining Aon, Jack was the Executive Vice President of Willis Insurance in San Diego.  There, he served as both the office’s Managing Partner and as a Client Advocate from 2005 to 2015.  Additionally, he served as a Managing Director of Marsh in San Diego from 1994 to 2005.  At Marsh, he held several positions – including FINPRO Practice Leader (D&O), and West Region Industry Practice Leader.
At Aon, Jack is responsible for growth of the Aon Southern California market presence, and the overall satisfaction of his clients.  Specific responsibilities include strategic planning to accommodate client growth, M&A due diligence, and operational dynamics.  Additionally, Jack ensures that Aon’s global resources are properly engaged and available to best meet each client’s unique needs.
Jack has a BS in Business Administration, Pre-Law, and an MBA in Finance from Louisiana Tech University.  He also attended Louisiana State University Law School.