Leadership Team

James Waring is the president and chief executive officer of CleanTECH San Diego, a not-for-profit formed to stimulate the creation and expansion of a clean technology business cluster in the San Diego region. Prior to co-founding CleanTECH San Diego, Waring worked for Mayor Jerry Sanders and the City of San Diego as Deputy Chief Operating Officer for Land Use and Economic Development. He currently serves as a Mayor’s appointment to the San Diego Housing Commission. In 2012, Waring was appointed to the California Transportation Commission by California Governor Jerry Brown. Waring was a practicing attorney for over 20 years, and has been a principal in FI Financial, a real estate investment firm, since 1991. He has served on a number of non-profits and academic institutions, including the San Diego Natural History Museum, Francis Parker School, the University of San Diego Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice and River Network. Waring received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern California and a juris doctorate degree and a master's degree in Peace and Justice Studies from the University of San Diego.

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Lisa Bicker is a special advisor and co-founder of CleanTECH San Diego. Prior to this role, Bicker was president of the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF), a private non-profit corporation formed to accelerate investment in California’s clean energy economy. Before joining CalCEF, Bicker was a co-founder and chief executive officerof TruePricing, Inc. and also served as chief operating officerof NewEnergy, Inc. Bicker has also held positions as general counsel for the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance (CCEEB) and as asenior writer for Governor George Deukmejian. She currently serves on the Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee (ETAAC), a statewide committee that is tasked with reporting to the Governor, the Legislature and the Air Resources Board on recommendations for effectively implementing AB 32, the state’s landmark global warming law. Bickeris a member of the California State Bar and several industry associations. She holds a bachelor's degree from UC Davis and a juris doctorate degree from the University of San Francisco.

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Tony Haymet has been Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences and Dean of the Graduate School of Marine Sciences at UC San Diegosince September 2006. He is elected to the board of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (COL) Partnership for the Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO), and appointed to many boards and advisory committees, including the National Science Foundation’s Geoscience advisory committee. Dr. Haymet is a highly distinguished researcher who has published more than 165 peer-reviewed articles and numerous opinion pieces in leading newspapers around the world. He was formerly Chief of Marine and Atmospheric Science and then the Science and Policy Director at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia. Dr. Haymet is a tenured Professor of Oceanography at Scripps, and of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UCSanDiego. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a doctorate and bachelor of science degrees (Honours) from the University of Sydney.

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Kelley Gale is a partner in the finance department of the Latham & Watkins San Diego office and serves as global co-chair for the firm's Climate Change Practice Group. He has practiced law with the firm since 1979 and established the firm’s Project Finance Practice Group in the mid-1980’s, which now includes over 150 attorneys in many of the firm’s offices. Gale has represented both private and public sector clients in the development, regulation and financing of renewable energy projects including wind, geothermal, biomass, hydroelectric, solar and waste-to-energy projects. He also has particular expertise in representing companies in the greenfield development of renewable energy projects and has acquired experience in both federal and state energy regulation, water and wastewater regulation, acquisition of land use entitlements, and regulatory initiatives promoting and encouraging the use of clean technologies

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Julian Parra is a Senior Vice President and Commercial Banking Market Executive for Bank of America in the San Diego and Inland Empire markets. In this role, Parra leads a team of financial professionals who deliver the full breadth of Bank of America Merrill Lynch capabilities to middle market companies. Parra joined the Bank of America in 1989. His 23 years of experience in the banking industry have included positions in finance, marketing, product management and product development. Prior to his current role, Parra was responsible for Bank of America’s Commercial Products team with responsibility for designing integrated treasury and credit solutions for clients in Southern California. He has also held management positions in Bank of America’s Global Corporate & Investment Bank with responsibility for sales of global treasury management, trade finance and foreign exchange solutions to clients in several industry sectors such as Energy, Oil & Gas, Public Utilities, Environmental, Sports Leagues/Franchises, Transportation and Global Industrials. Parra earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Loyola University of Chicago and he earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Chicago-Booth School of Business. He is a FINRA Registered Principal with Series 7, 24 and 63 securities licenses. Parra serves on the board of directors of the World Trade Center San Diego and the San Diego Regional Economic Development Council.

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Holly Smithson is executive vice president of CleanTECH San Diego leading a number of mission-critical initiatives, including member programs, marketing and strategic development. She is responsible for the organization’s continued growth and expanding membership services. Before joining CleanTECH San Diego, Smithson worked in public policy for 10 years in Washington, DC in both the executive and legislative branches, as well as non-government organizations. In 2003, she was selected as a Presidential Appointee and worked in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in its office of congressional relations and then leading its public affairs division. Before serving in the Bush Administration, Smithson was a registered lobbyist for the Solid Waste Association of North America and also worked on the professional staff of presidential, senatorial and gubernatorial campaigns in Florida and North Carolina. Smithson began her career in broadcast journalism in North Carolina as a news director and anchor for several television and all-talk radio stations. She holds a bachelor of science in broadcast communications from East Carolina University.

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As vice president of CleanTECH San Diego, Jason Anderson leads several initiatives critical to the mission of the organization, including the Biofuels Initiative, advocacy efforts, and economic development programs. In addition, Anderson is executive director of the CleanTECH San Diego Education Foundation, designed to develop education and workforce development programs aligned with the mission of CleanTECH San Diego. Prior to joining CleanTECH San Diego, he served as vice president of business development for the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and, before joining EDC in 2006, worked at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas as legislative director for State Senator Frank Madla. Anderson graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a bachelor's degree in corporate communications and is a 2008 graduate of LEAD San Diego.

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Marty Turock serves as manager of CleanTECH San Diego’s Greening San Diego program, which involves accelerating sustainable best practice implementation across the region including CREBs renewable energy, EECBG energy efficiency projects, and as leader of the Regional Lighting Working Groups. Prior to this role, Turock launched his career on General Electric’s Chem-Met Management Program in GE’s Engineered Materials Group. During his 20-year tenure at GE, Turock was one of the company’s top global operating managers and restructured the GE Silicones Canada division in Toronto and launched the GE Silicones Asia-Pacific division in Hong Kong. In 2001, Turock pursued his entrepreneurial spirit in his post as vice president of sales with the wireless networks pioneer, Graviton, Inc. He also led global business development for smartcard fare collection systems at Cubic Transportation Systems and established a cleantech consulting practice with CleanTECH San Diego, SDG&E and a number of high-tech and cleantech start-up companies as primary clients.

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Jennifer Jamall is the communications director at CleanTECH San Diego, managing external corporate communications and the organization’s role in the Smart City San Diego initiative. Prior to joining CleanTECH San Diego, Jamall worked in public relations and journalism in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in clean technology and business-to-business technology markets. At Weber Shandwick Worldwide, she played a key role in public relations campaigns for global cleantech clients including Suntech Power, eMeter, Bloom Energy, Recurrent Energy and VantagePoint Capital Partners. Jamall received a bachelor's degree in mass communications from UC Berkeley and is a member of the Public Relations Society of America.

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Pauline Ma is a program manager at CleanTECH San Diego. She is responsible for supportingmember events and programs along with staffing the Capital Formation and Education and Outreach committees. Ma’s program responsibilities include the SCRUB program, CleanTECH Showcase and Thought Leadership Series. Ma graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in political economy and legalstudies where she also campaigned for the Green Initiative Fund. She is a member of the Equinox Center Leaders 2020 Steering Committee.