Reid Carr | Chair
Reid Carr is the President & CEO of Red Door Interactive. Named a Top Small Company Workplace by Inc Magazine, Red Door works with clients such as Petco, Cricket Wireless and Rubio’s. In 2011, iMedia Connection named Reid one of the 25 Hottest Digital Marketers. His civic involvement includes membership in Rotary International’s Club 33 and the Young Presidents Organization. He is a 2010 graduate of INFLUENCE San Diego.
Cynthia Morgan-Reed | Vice Chair
Cynthia Morgan-Reed is a legal entrepreneur and land use attorney at Morgan-Reed Law. She has served on Civic San Diego, the Downtown Partnership, the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, and many legal and land use organizations. She is a strong advocate for government transparency and an educated electorate.
Bob Kelly
Bob Kelly served as the President and CEO of The San Diego Foundation for two decades. Since retiring from TSDF in 2014, Bob has held the role of Executive in Residence at the Sanford Institute of Philanthropy and has continued his work to foster strategic partnerships between organizations and community leaders. Bob joined the VOSD Board in 2015.
Chris Cate
Chris Cate is the President and CEO for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. In this role, Chris leads the Chamber toward advancing its mission of making the San Diego region the best place to live and work. In addition to VOSD, Chris serves on the board of ECS California, UC San Diego Chancellor Community Advisory Board, and the Mira Mesa Community Planning Group.
Erin Chambers Smith
Erin Smith is the former Chief Content Officer at San Diego Magazine, where she ran content strategy for 10+ publications as well as digital products, podcasts and corporate partnerships. She has more than 15 years of experience in the media industry, starting as a reporter at BusinessWeek in 2004. She currently works in marketing at the San Diego Tourism Authority, serves on the board of trustees of the San Diego History Center and has lectured on media and the magazine industry at the University of San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene.
Scott Lewis
Scott Lewis is Voice of San Diego’s editor in chief and CEO. Scott oversees Voice of San Diego’s operations, its website and daily functions. He also writes about local politics, where he frequently breaks news and goes back and forth with local political figures.
Nickie Peña | Secretary
Nickie Peña is a PR and marketing communications professional with more than 15 years of experience and a deep understanding of the ever-evolving media landscape. She is an expert at developing PR strategies, executing on media relations efforts, leading multi-faceted marketing campaigns, and building internal teams for organizations in the nonprofit, entertainment, food/beverage, and sports sectors.
Born and raised in San Diego County, her passion for telling the important stories of America’s Finest City runs deep. She is skilled at cultivating unique connections with top media and key stakeholders from Southern California and beyond, previously serving regional and national organizations like Stone Brewing, White Labs Inc., San Diego Brewers Guild, Girl Scouts San Diego, Major League Rugby, and San Diego Legion Rugby.
Derek Quackenbush | Treasurer
Derek Quackenbush is a business leader who has helped drive the growth of exciting healthcare and technology companies. Derek’s background spans private, public and international companies ranging from start-up to Fortune 500 and Big-4 public accounting in leadership roles such as CFO, COO, and interim-CEO. Mr. Quackenbush is actively involved in the community with board/committee roles at Sharp Healthcare and the San Diego Seniors Community Foundation. Mr. Quackenbush has been a participant in the San Diego Venture Group, San Diego Tech Founders, StartUp San Diego, and the CFO Roundtable. Mr. Quackenbush was a finalist for the San Diego Business Journal’s CFO of the year (2009).
Scott Woolley
Scott Woolley is a San Diego native and journalist who writes about business, technology and public policy. He was the west coast bureau chief for Forbes magazine and wrote The Network, a book of narrative nonfiction published by Ecco/HarperCollins. He is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and the Kennedy School of Government, and currently resides, grudgingly, in Los Angeles.
Board Member Emeritus
Bob Page
Bob owns a media management company which is actively engaged in newspaper and magazine consulting. Prior to forming his own company, he owned three community newspapers in suburban San Diego. He is a former publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and the Boston Herald. In 20 years with United Press International, he rose through the ranks to become executive vice president and general manager.
Founders
Neil Morgan
Neil was the author of 12 books including “Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel” (with Judith Morgan), and “Westward Tilt.” As a journalist, his decades of prodding regional efforts have helped to make San Diego a center of higher education and scientific research. Neil passed away in February, 2014. The Neil Morgan Fund for Investigative Reporting was created in his honor.
Buzz Woolley
Buzz Woolley is a retired venture capitalist and entrepreneur and former Chairman of the Board of Voice of San Diego. He is President of Girard Foundation which has provided funding for K-12 education projects in San Diego County since 1986.
