Board of Governors
Your Board of Governors, the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors and the Honorary Members of the Board of Governors are a diverse group of members elected to represent the University Club in the San Diego community and to act as ambassadors to University Club members. They serve to enhance your Club experience and to cultivate the club’s cultural, academic, and professional relationships. Their mission is to share feedback and insight with club management to maintain exceptional club service levels. They serve to preserve the traditions of the club and to make the club flourish in its modern identity. The board, headed by Chairman Hon. Luis R. Vargas, San Diego Superior Court (Ret.) and Vice-Chairperson Christine Baker serve three-year terms.
Luis Vargas
Chairman
Luis Vargas
Chairman
Serving since 2017
About Luis
Judge Vargas has been a long-standing active member of the University Club since 2013. He is a retired San Diego Superior Court Judge and is very involved in local charities, including The University Club's Lamp of Learning and the San Diego Rescue Mission. A graduate of San Diego State University and University of San Diego School of Law, Judge Vargas has served on our Board of Governors for over 6 years. His best kept secret: The walking trails surrounding the Otay Lakes Reservoir where you can walk in beauty and watch brave souls jump out of planes at Skydive San Diego.
Michelle Langmaid
Secretary
Michelle Langmaid
Secretary
Serving since 2020
About Michelle
Michelle Langmaid is a former Material Program Manager and is enjoying retirement in San Diego. A graduate of the University of Arizona, Michelle and her husband Ed have called San Diego home since 1986. In addition to serving on the Board of Governors as secretary, Michelle is very busy with her philanthropic endeavors at several military charities supporting active-duty service members. Michelle enjoys traveling the world
Debbie Escobedo
Member
Debbie Escobedo
Member
Serving since 2016
Ashley Feuerman
Member
Ashley Feuerman
Member
Serving since 2025
About Ashley
Ashley Feuerman is the founder of Feuerman Law, APC. Her practice focuses on commercial real estate and business transactions. Ashley's professional passion is helping entrepreneurs protect their assets and create generational wealth through real estate investments. Ashley grew up in Orange County and moved to San Diego in 2006 to attend San Diego State University. She obtained her JD from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Since joining the University Club, Ashley has participated in the Young Executive Society, Welcome Council, Women of the Club, and the Sports and Entertainment Committee. Outside of her Club involvement, Ashley enjoys spending her time on the golf course and volunteering at various youth charities throughout San Diego County. She joined the Club 2016 and her favorite event to attend is Toast to Women Tuesday.
James Floros
Member
James Floros
Member
Serving since 2014
Bob Gaglione
Member
Bob Gaglione
Member
Serving since 2025
About Bob
Bob Gaglione is an Arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and Principal of Gaglione ADR Group.
Bob was a business and civil trial lawyer for over 30 years and served as a Deputy Director in the United States Department of Labor in Washington DC. He also taught law and political science classes at several local universities. Bob is a graduate of the University of Southern California and the University of San Diego School of Law. He joined the University Club in 2014 and enjoys hosting private events at the Club, especially in the Board Room which was his law office for seven years before the space was occupied by the University Club.
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Rafael Garcia
Member
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Rafael Garcia
Member
Serving since 2025
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Carlos Gomez
Member
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Carlos Gomez
Member
Serving since 2023
Karl Gorman
Member
Karl Gorman
Member
Serving since 2023
About Karl
Graduate of Western Michigan University where he double majored in Sales & Business Marketing & Finance. Karl has spent the last 20 years in the Employee Benefits sector working for some of the largest financial institutions in the world. In addition, Karl launched GLH, LLC, a real estate investment company focused on revitalizing Black and low-income communities across the country. The company owns 3 commercial properties, 33 residential single-family homes/apartment buildings, and does 10 flips a year. GLH, LLC also lends over $5M to developers in hard money to complete projects.
Dan Hom
Chairman Emeritus
Dan Hom
Chairman Emeritus
Serving since 2010
About Dan
Dan Hom is the President and CEO of FocusCom. Inc, a public relations and public affairs firm located in San Diego. In addition to holding the chairman position on the Board of Governors, Dan is very vested in the San Diego community. He is Chairman of the Asian Business Association Advisory Board, is a board member of the Red Cross, is chairman emeritus for the Chula Vista Police Foundation and a Board member for the San Diego Harbor Police. A native of San Diego, Dan graduated from San Diego State University and has served on our board for over 10 years. Dan's best kept secret: Las Cuatro Milpas in Barrio Logan and Sushi Ota in Pacific Beach.
Harold Tuck
Member
Harold Tuck
Member
Serving since 2025
About Harold
For more than 27 years, Harold Tuck has dedicated his career to the County of San Diego. Most recently, as Chief Information Officer, Tuck was responsible for all operational and strategic Information Technology functions for the County, providing services to 17,000 County employees at over 200 facilities. One of Tuck’s primary, and highly visible tasks was ensuring that County government and its citizens received the full benefits of a multi-year, $700 million IT Outsourcing Contract, making the County the first Municipal Government to outsource all IT functions to the private sector.
He joined Club in 2012. My favorite event at the Club is the “Pop-up” Prime Rib dinner.
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Andre Kwan
Member
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Andre Kwan
Member
Serving since 2025
Brian Lee
Member
Brian Lee
Member
Serving since 2020
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Arnulfo Manriquez
Member
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Arnulfo Manriquez
Member
Serving since 2023
Marla Marshall
Member
Marla Marshall
Member
Serving since 2023
Pam Marcheski
Member
Pam Marcheski
Member
Serving since 2025
About Pam
Pam Marcheski is the principal owner of Intentions to Actions Leadership. A Mindfulness-based leadership company that centers around helping individuals and organizations identify their desired leadership intentions in personal and professional life. With the structure of utilizing the traditional leadership development model combined with the foundations of mindfulness, Pam helps to guide a roadmap with actions that align with those intentions. Pam spent the first 25 years of her career as a senior-level executive within several fortune 500 companies. She employs her experience of leading teams with over 1,000 employees and P&L responsibility for billions of dollars in business, to now coach individuals and organizations in operational excellence, leadership development, and organizational strategy and implementation.
Joined the Club in 2018. My favorite events to attend at the club are vast hard to pick!-Any event where I can be with my UClub community brings me joy. If I have to pick I would say Women of the Club events and New Member Happy Hours because I get to meet all the new members.
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Bernie Mauricia
Member
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Bernie Mauricia
Member
Serving since 2025
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Kazeem Omidji
Member
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Kazeem Omidji
Member
Serving since 2025
Mike Perez
Member
Mike Perez
Member
Serving since 2023
About Mike
Michael Pérez is the founder of PEREZ VAUGHN & FEASBY (Est. in 2005). As a trial lawyer, Mike has worked as a business litigator beginning his career at Brobeck, and also as a partner at Luce Forward. Mike was also a federal prosecutor, worked as a diplomat for the State Department in Mexico City, and worked as special counsel to the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General of the United States in DC. Mike is a native San Diegan who graduated from Valhalla High School.
Mike has a double degree from Stanford University in Human Biology and Psychology and a law degree from the UCLA School of Law. He is also pursuing an MA in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. Mike served on the Board of Trustees at Stanford and numerous nonprofit boards. He and his wife, Beckie, founded the 29:Eleven Maternity Home which is a housing program for pregnant women who are homeless and in dire circumstances. They operate two homes now and hope to open a third in 2023. Mike and Beckie have five children, including a foster child (Tony, Jacqui, Michael, Ezekiel, and Sofia).
In his spare time, Mike is the head wrestling coach at St. Augustine High School.
Art Salindong
Member
Art Salindong
Member
Serving since 2023
About Art
Pam Stambaugh
Member
Pam Stambaugh
Member
Serving since 2023
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Chida Warren-Darby
Member
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Chida Warren-Darby
Member
Serving since 2025
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Douglas Wilson
Honorary Member
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Douglas Wilson
Honorary Member
Serving since 1988
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Alex Butterfield
Honorary Member
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Alex Butterfield
Honorary Member
Serving since 2000
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Robert "Bob" Caplan
Honorary Member
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Robert "Bob" Caplan
Honorary Member
Serving since 1990
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Phil Gildred
Honorary Member
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Phil Gildred
Honorary Member
Serving since 1988
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Martha Gilmer
Honorary Member
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Martha Gilmer
Honorary Member
Serving since 2014
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Jerry Sanders
Honorary Member
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Jerry Sanders
Honorary Member
Serving since 2013
David Bejarano
Honorary Member
David Bejarano
Honorary Member
Serving since 2001
Nikki Clay
Honorary Member
Nikki Clay
Honorary Member
Serving since 1998
Ben Haddad
Honorary Member
Ben Haddad
Honorary Member
Serving since 1998
About Ben
Currently, Mr. Haddad sits on the board of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, the National Conflict Resolution Center, the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, and the University Club Board of Governors. He and his wife, Ann, have teamed to chair charity events for the American Cancer Society and two local organizations that help abused children and children with developmental disabilities. Recently concluded assignments include of The San Diego Foundation, the LEAD Board of Directors (former chair), American Red Cross/San Diego & Imperial Counties Chapter board of directors, the Lincoln Club Board, the San Diego Symphony Board, the UCSD Board of Overseers, the Monarch School Board, and the San Diego Center for Children, which he also chaired.
Twice named one of “50 San Diegans to Watch” by San Diego Magazine, Mr. Haddad was also twice named to the San Diego Business Journal’s “San Diego 500, the Book of Influential Business Leaders.
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Jeff Light
Honorary Member
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Jeff Light
Honorary Member
Serving since 2011
Julie Walke
Honorary Member
Julie Walke
Honorary Member
Serving since 2009
Mike Bixler
Honorary Member
Mike Bixler
Honorary Member
Serving since 1998
Sean Mahoney
Honorary Member
Sean Mahoney
Honorary Member
Serving since 2014
Haney Hong
Honorary Member
Haney Hong
Honorary Member
Serving since 2012
About Haney
A husband, father, Reserve Naval officer, business owner, and student of citizenship, Haney Hong is President & CEO of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, President and Trustee of the San Diego Taxpayers Educational Foundation, and the Principal Officer for the SDCTA Political Action Committee. He is focused on robust citizenship engagement and firmly believes that such engagement is the first line of defense against internal and external threats to a healthy democratic society. Haney is a graduate of Stanford and Harvard Universities and sits on several nonprofit and government boards on the East and West Coasts. He teaches at Point Loma Nazarene University and the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy.
Bob Watkins
Honorary Member
Bob Watkins
Honorary Member
Serving since 2011