Members

Mary Bixby

Founder/CEO - Altus Schools - California Charter Schools serving at-risk students

Mary Searcy Bixby is an educational leader who is widely sought after as a keynote speaker and advisor. She is an expert in leadership training, organizational improvement, educational reform efforts in America, and the management of processes oriented to sustainable performance excellence and quality. Mary has been honored to support her leadership team in the acceptance of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige Award. This much-coveted recognition was presented by the United States Office of the President -Secretary of Commerce. The School for which Mary is President and CEO was the first K-12 school in America to receive this honor. Previous recipients include Motorola, AT&T, Solar Turbine, Nestle-Purina, Boeing, Sharp Hospital, Price Waterhouse and many other high-level corporations,

Recognized at local, state, national, and international levels, Mary has been deemed a legendary, courageous and bold leader by the Malcolm Baldrige Foundation, the University of San Diego School of Leadership and Education, State level Charter School Associations, as well as, the Vatican. She has twice appeared as a finalist on the list of Women Who Mean Business issued by the San Diego Business Journal, was named a Woman of the Year finalist by San Diego Magazine, and has been recognized as a Woman of Distinction. In 2019, Mary was awarded the Vistage Leader of the Year Award.

Dynamic, creative, innovative, and determined, Mary Bixby has led an organization that has positively impacted more than 48,000 student lives. She has addressed groups that integrate the business, medical, and education sectors. She has dared to make a difference in a field that is calling for responsible and reasonable change.

Joined Vistage 2012

Nathan Rogge

President and CEO - First Pacific Bank

Nathan is an experienced President/CEO with a demonstrated history of success. Prior to coming to First Pacific Bank, Mr. Rogge was the President and CEO for 15 years at Bank of Southern California where he took a two branch, $50 million bank under a regulatory order and turned it into a $1.7 billion bank with 15 locations throughout Southern California. He successfully completed six M&A transactions and four capital raises. Before that he was with First Republic Bank where he ran the Business Banking Group.

Joined Vistage in 2007

Elizabeth Yan Zhang

CEO/Founder - GeneGoCell

GeneGoCell was founded in 2020 by Elizabeth Zhang, SCYM (ASCP)CM, MBA, CMQ/OE, PhD, to provide top-quality and fast-turnaround customized services in Next-Gen Sequencing (NGS) and flow cytometry analysis to serve the rising precision medicine industry, e.g. cell gene therapy (CGT).

“Love, Trust and Commitment” are the foundations of GeneGoCell.

Joined Vistage in 2018

Jamie Ogle

CEO - Lloyd Pest Control

Jamie took over Lloyd’s leadership in 2000, a third generation CEO. Jamie started as the summer janitor while in high school and spent real time doing every job in the field. For almost 90 years Lloyd has been providing award-winning pest solutions for businesses and homes in Southern California and nationwide coverage through their Copesan Partnership. Lloyd provides personal account manager support for commercial accounts and dedicated customer service professionals for phone or scheduling. Lloyd has 250 local technicians in smart phone-dispatched trucks and provides every customer with a web portal for viewing past service slips, billing, and service requests 24/7.

Joined Vistage in 2000

Yvonne Oden

Instructional Support Technician III - San Diego State University

Yvonne has a comprehensive background spanning education, product management, and commercial operations. She drives success through a combination of technical expertise, effective communication, and strategic leadership. Yvonne is currently an Instructional Support Technician III at San Diego State University contributing expertise in DNA, biology, and cell biology, as well as effective communication and laboratory skills.

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Christian Laing

Director, Data Science and Bioinformatics - Turnstone Biologics

Christian is an accomplished professional in the clinical-stage biotechnology field. He boasts extensive expertise in the statistical analysis of clinical trials, with a notable emphasis in oncology.

Christian’s proficient in various DNA technologies such as NGS (Illumina, Ion Torrent, PacBio), RNA technologies including bulk RNASeq, scRNAseq, NanoString, and RNA 2D/3D structure prediction, as well as protein technologies like Flow Cytometry, CITE-seq, and TCRseq. He excels at critical problem-solving, and his specialties encompass scientific research, statistical modeling, NGS sequencing, genomics, oncology, immunology, scripting, simulation, and machine learning.