Local Experts
CDCSD's Professional and Educational Partners
Working with us to make our professional exchanges of the highest caliber are over 1700 partners throughout our San Diego community. Click on the resources below for more information:
- Agriculture
- Arts & Culture
- Biotech/High-Tech/E-commerce
- Business/Industry & Entrepreneurship
- Economic Development
- Education
- Environment
- Government & Politics
- Health Care & Medical Services
- International Issues
- Journalism/Media
- Judicial/Legal/Human Rights Issues
- Minority and Ethnic Issues
- NGOs/Civic Society
- Youth Leadership
- Women Issues
- San Diego County Farm Bureau
- Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County
- University of California/County of San Diego’s Cooperative Extension Farm and Home Advisor – Steering Committee
- Imperial County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office
- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
- San Diego County Water Authority
- City of San Diego International Wastewater Treatment Plant
- The International Boundary and Water Commission
- Imperial Irrigation District
- Dow Chemical: Dow Agro Sciences
- Chula Vista Nature Center
- San Diego Air & Waste Management Association American Planning Association
- Department of Fish & Game – South Coast Region 5
- San Diego County Department of Agriculture
Resources in Arts & Culture
- San Diego Performing Arts League
- San Diego Art Institute
- House Pacific Relations: International Houses
- Balboa Park
- San Diego Museum of Art
- World Beat Center
- San Diego Historical Society Museum & Research Archives
- Museum of Photographic Arts
- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
- Combined Organizations For The Visual Arts
- City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
- Centro Cultural de la Raza
- San Diego Junior Theatre
- UCSD Department of Theater and Dance
- Cabrillo National Monument
- San Diego Natural History Museum
- Old Town State Historic Park
- Veterans Memorial Center Museum
- Mingei International Museum
- San Diego Film Commission
- Stu SegallL Productions - Baja Norte Studios
- The Old Globe Theatre
- Spreckels Organ Pavilion
- The La Jolla Playhouse
- San Diego Symphony
- The San Diego Youth Symphony
- San Diego Visual Arts Network
- San Diego Chinese Historical Museum
- San Diego Opera
- Actors Alliance of San Diego (AASD)
Resources in Biotech/High-Tech/E-commerce
- Digital Gene Technologies, Inc
- Biocom
- Accelrys
- Heller Ehrman White and McAullife
- University of California at San Diego - CONNECT
- The San Diego Business Journal
- San Diego Ventureplex
- Savon Drugs
- SureBeam Corporation
- Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc
- Digital Gene Technologies, Inc
- Valigen
- California Healthcare Institute
- The Salk Institute
- Center for Bio/Pharmaceutical and Biodevice Development
- Scripps Research Institute
- Agouron Pharmaceuticals/Pfizer
- Ligand Pharmaceuticals
- Axiom Biotechnologies, Inc
- Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp
- Invitrogen Corp.
- Elan Corporation
- IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- nTouch Research Corp.
- The Burnham Institute
- San Diego Media
- San Diego Software Industry Council
- High Tech High
- St. Bernard Software Inc.
Resources in Business/Industry & Entrepreneurship
- University of California at San Diego - CONNECT
- San Diego World Trade Center
- Asian Business Association
- University of San Diego Ahlers Center for International Business
- The City of San Diego Foreign Trade Zones
- San Diego Business Journal
- San Diego State University Entrepreneurial Management Center
- Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce
- CIBER: Center for International Business and Educational Research at San Diego State University
- Mexico Business Center
- University of San Diego - School of Business Administration
- Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Business Improvement District Council
Resources in Economic Development
- The San Diego Regional Energy Office (SDREO)
- Center for Applied Comparative Technology
- The City of San Diego Foreign Trade Zones
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce
- Port of San Diego
- San Diego State University - Economic Department
- City of San Diego Community and Economic Development
- San Diego Association of Governments
- San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
- The San Diego Regional Energy Office (SDREOÂ)
- The City of San Diego Energy Conservation and Management Division
- California Department of Transportation
- County of San Diego --- Department of Housing & Community Development
- San Diego Housing Commission
- Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Centre City Development Corporation
- Business Improvement District Council
- City of San Diego --- Redevelopment Agency
- San Diego Trolley Inc.
- San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau
- San Diego Organizing Project
- Green Party of San Diego
- City of Villages
- City of San Diego Mayor's Office
- City of San Diego City Clerk's Office
- The City Club of San Diego
Resources in Education
- Work Readiness Program, Metro School
- University of San Diego School of Law
- ITT Technical Institute
- Maric College
- San Diego Community College District
- The Interwork Institute
- Point Loma Nazarene
- University of San Diego
- University of California San Diego
- San Diego State University
- AVID - Advancement Via Individual Determination
- San Diego County Office of Education
- Chula Vista Elementary School District
- San Diego City School Districts - ESL Teaching
- City Heights Educational Collaborative
- San Diego Choice Program (SDSU FOUNDATION)
- Say San Diego
- California Western School of Law
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE)
- Alliant International University
- San Diego County Library
- The James S. Copley Library
- San Diego State University (SDSU) Library
- San Diego Public Library (City of San Diego)
- San Diego Mesa College Library
- University of California San Diego (UCSD) Libraries
Resources in Environment
- EPA – San Diego Office, Border 2012 Project
- The Environmental Health Coalition
- Industrial Environmental Association
- San Diego Regional Energy Office
- UCSD Climate Research Division
- SDSU Geography Department
- San Diego Office of Homeland Security
- UCSD Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
- The Sierra Club – San Diego Chapter
- Multiple Species Conservation Program
- San Diego Natural History Museum
- Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Port of San Diego
- California Department of Parks and Recreation
- San Diego Baykeeper
- Bi National Air Quality Alliance (BAQA)
- I Love a Clean San Diego
- Solana Recyclers
- City of San Diego Environmental Services: Landfill
- Recycling Programs and Environmental Protection Division
- F.L.I.T.E. Tours
- UCSD – Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Torrey Pines State Reserve
- Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Resources in Government and Politics
- California State Assemblymember Lori Saldana -76th Assembly District
- Senator Christine Kehoe
- San Diego County Board of Supervisors
- City of San Diego Mayor’s Office
- City of San Diego City Council
- Office of the City Attorney
- San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)
- San Diego County Registrar of Voters
- Democratic Party of San Diego County
- Republican Party of San Diego County
- Green Party of San Diego County
- Libertarian Party of San Diego
- League of Women Voters
- San Diego County Young Democrats
- Young Republican Federation of San Diego
- U.S. Attorney’s Office
- San Diego District Attorney
- The National Women's Political Caucus
- The California Chapter of the National Organization for Women
- City of San Diego Ethics Commission
- Citizen’s Review Board on Police Practices
- American Civil Liberties Union
- City of San Diego – Human Relations Commission
- San Diego County Taxpayers Association
- Port of San Diego
- San Diego County Regional Airport Authroity
- The Center City Development Corperation
- South County Economic Development Council
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation
- San Diego Police Department
- US Customs and Border Protection
- Institute on Global Cooperation and Conflict
- San Diego Office of Homeland Security
- U.S. Coast Guard: 11th Coast Guard District
- Office of Emergency Services, San Diego County
- San Diego Fire-Rescue Department
- San Diego Fire-Rescue Department - Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- USD Transborder Institute
- SDSU – Department of Political Science
- San Diego County Office of Education
- UCSD – Political Science Department
- Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
- American Friends Service Committee – U.S./Mexico Border Program
- MAAC Project
- The Neighborhood House Association
- Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee
- UCAN – Utility Consumers’ Action Network
- Service International Union (SEIU)
- San Diego Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans
- San Diego – Imperial Counties Labor Council
- Labors Community Service Agency (LCSA)
- County of San Diego – Media & Public Relations
Resources in Health Care & Medical Services
- University of California at San Diego – Mother, Child and Adolescent HIV Program
- AIDS Case Management
- Bi-national AIDS Advocacy Progect
- Reach Out Project
- SDSU Community Health Education/Health Science
- San Diego Society for Public Health Education
- Center for Bio/Pharmaceutical and Biodevice Development
- Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP
- California Healthcare Institute
- Savon Drugs
- County of San Diego - Health and Human Services
- Office of AIDS Coordination
- AIDS Case Management
- San Diego HIV Funding Collaborative
- San Ysidro Health Center
- San Diego Urban League
- Center for AIDS Research - University of California at San Diego Owen Clinic
- Bi-National AIDS Advocacy Project
- County of San Diego - Department of Environmental Health
- Alvarado Hospital - Emergency procedures and Bloodless Medicine Surgery Program
- Traveler's Health and Vaccination Clinic
- Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Women's Center
- Alvarado Hospital
- Best Start Birth Center
- Exceptional Family Resource Center
- San Diego Border Area Health Education Center
- Scripps Health
- SDSU Community Health Education/Health Science
- San Diego Society for Public Health Education
Resources in International Issues
- Drug Enforcement Agency
- Immigration and Naturalization Service: San Ysidro crossing and Border Patrol
- United States Customs Service - San Diego Airport Office
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- United States Coast Guard
- San Diego International Airport – Security Team
- San Diego Police Department
- Bureau of Customs and Border Protection – San Ysidro Point of Entry
- U.S. Custom- Otay Mesa Cargo Facility
- San Diego Police Regional Law Enforcement Training Center
- City of San Diego Mayor's Office/CA State Representative/Local office of U.S. Senator - Terrorism Task Force
- Computer and Technology Crime High Tech Response Team - CATCH
- UCSD – Homeland Security
- United States Border Patrol
- San Diego Office of Homeland Security
- Southwest Border HIDTA - California Partnership
- Crossborder Business Associates
- San Diego County Sheriff’s Department – Anti-Trafficking Unit
- San Diego Harbor Police
- Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California at San Diego
- UCSD – Trans-Border Institute
- The Border Research and Technology Center
- San Diego - Tijuana Border Initiative
- California Border Alliance Group (CBAG)
- Crisis House – Project Safe Haven
- Bi-Lateral Safety Corridor Coalition
- San Diego World Affairs Council
Resources in Journalism/Media
- 1360 KLSD Progressive talk radio (Air America Radio)
- Asian Journal
- Christian Times
- Coast News
- County Television Network
- COX Cable
- Daily Aztec- SDSU
- East County News
- KGTV Channel 10
- KPBS- SDSU
- La Prensa Newspaper
- Military Press
- Minority Business and Employment Magazine
- NBC 7/39 San Diego
- North County Times/Spanish-language affiliate
- San Diego Business Journal
- San Diego Community Newspaper Group
- San Diego Earth Times
- San Diego Family Magazine
- San Diego Magazine
- San Diego Navy Dispatch
- San Diego Press Club
- San Diego Reader
- San Diego Union Tribune
- SDSU Communications Department
- The Daily Transcript, San Diego
- UCSD- TV
Resources in Judicial/Legal/Human Rights Issues
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Friends Service Committee
- Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition
- California Western School of Law
- Center for Community Solutions
- Chula Vista Police Department
- Citizen's Review Board on Police Practices
- City of San Diego- Ethics Commission
- City of San Diego- Human relations Commission
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Federal Community Defender Organization- Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
- Grossmont College Administration of Justice
- Immigration Attorney
- International Rescue Committee
- Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
- Legal Aid Society of San Diego
- Metropolitan Correctional Center
- National Conflict resolution Center (NCRC)
- Office of the U.S. Attorney
- Public Defenders Office
- San Diego Central Jail
- San Diego City Attorney’s Office- Family Justice Center
- San Diego County Bar Association
- SD County Sheriff's Department
- San Diego County Office of the District Attorney
- San Diego County family Justice Center
- San Diego Crime Commission
- San Diego Domestic Violence Council
- San Diego Federal Criminal Defense Attorneys
- San Diego Juvenile Court
- San Diego Mediation Center
- San Diego Police Department
- San Diego Police Regional Law Enforcement Training Center
- San Diego Prevention Coalition
- San Diego Regional Community Policing Institute
- San Diego Superior Court
- San Diego Superior Court- Drug Court
- San Diego Teen Court, Inc.
- San Diego Youth Involvement, Inc.
- San Diego Youth and Community Services Department
- San Dieguito for Drug Free Youth
- Social Advocates for Youth San Diego
- Survivors of Torture International
- The Barona Band of Mission Indians
- The City Club of San Diego
- The International Museum of Human Rights
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
- University of San Diego Law School
- YMCA of San Diego County
Resources in Minority and Ethnic Issues
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Friends Service Committee
- Anti-Defamation League
- Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center
Resources in NGOs/Civic Society
- Alliance for African Assistance
- ARC of San Diego
- Being Alive - HIV/AIDS Services San Diego
- Boys to Men Mentoring Network
- Catholic Charities
- Family Literacy Foundation
- I Love a Clean San Diego
- Interfaith Community Services
- Interfaith Shelter Network
- International Rescue Committee
- Interwork Institute
- Jewish Family Services
- MAAC Project
- Mentoring Coalition of San Diego County
- Mother Against Drunk Driving
- Nonprofit Management Solutions
- Project Concern International
- Project Wildlife
- Quality of Life: San Diego Region
- Rachel Women's Center
- Ronald MacDonald House
- San Diego Foundation - Center for Charitable Giving
- San Diego Foundation for Change
- Say San Diego
- St. Vincent de Paul
- The Neighborhood House Association
- Urban Corps of San Diego
- Urban League
- Voices for Children
- Volunteer San Diego
- Volunteers of America
Resources in Youth Leadership
- ACCESS
- Activist San Diego
- Boys and Girls Club of San Diego
- Greater San Diego Inner - City Games (GSDICG)
- Green Party of San Diego
- International Community Foundation
- Registrar of Voters
- San Diego County Young Democrats
- San Diego League of Women Voters
- San Diego Mediation Center
- San Diego Organizing Project
- San Diego Youth & Community Services
- Sierra Club San Diego Chapter
- Smart Voter
- The Children's Initiative
- The La Jolla Group
- The National Urban League
- Volunteer San Diego's Savy Program
- Young Republican Federation of San Diego
Resources for Womens Issues
- Athena
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Foundation For Women
- Lead San Diego
- League of Women Voters
- National Association of Women Business Owners - NAWBO
- Rachel's Women's Center
- San Diego City Attorney's Office - Family Justice Center
- San Diego Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT-San Diego)
- San Diego Women's Foundation
- San Diego Women, Inc.
- Soroptimist
- YWCA of San Diego County

