The Citizen Diplomacy Council of San Diego Advisory Board meets bi-annually to guide our council, to open doors to new opportunities, to make suggestions on how we can improve, and to create connections. If you would like to be considered for membership on the Advisory Board, please email Mike Grisdale (CDC@SanDiegoDiplomacy.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), CDCSD Advisory Board Director.

Mike Grisdale, Advisory Board Director
Operculum Management Consultants

Beatrice Bael
International Society of Cultural Ambassadors

Barbara Chronowski
Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc.

James Charles Clark
Mexico Business Center, San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce

Hugh Constant
World Trade Center San Diego

David Edick
Past President, San Diego Vladivostock Sister Cities Society,
Past President, San Diego International Sister Cities Corperation

Charles Hostler
Former Ambassador to Bahrain

Lucy Killea
Past California State Senator

JoAnne Knutson
Former Citizen Diplomacy Council Board Member

Kit Ladwig
Citizen Diplomacy Council Board Member

Carl Larsen
San Diego Union Tribune

Elena Salsitz
British Consulate San Diego
Lecturer of International Business Diplomacy and Protocol, San Diego State University

Hector Torres, Ph.D.
Director, Human Health Services Department, Indian Health Council, Inc.