Dr. Regis B. Kelly is the Director of one of four California Institutes for Science and Innovation, created by the California Legislature to strengthen the academic foundation of its technology-based industries.  QB3 is the only one of the four devoted exclusively to biology and to the life science industries. It is an innovation center made up of over 200 quantitative biologists at three northern California campuses (UCB, UCSC & UCSF) working at the interface of the physical and biological sciences and a team of professionals converting its discoveries into practical benefits for society.

From 2000 to 2004, Dr. Kelly served as Executive Vice Chancellor at the University of California in San Francisco, where his major responsibility was the new Mission Bay campus.

Regis B. Kelly

Shorenstein Properties LLC is one of the largest and oldest (with roots dating from 1924) privately-held owners and operators of U.S. Class A office properties. Doug Shorenstein joined the family business in 1983 and became chairman and chief executive officer in 1995. During his tenure, the company has evolved from a San Francisco-focused real estate operating company into a real estate investment, development and management company active throughout the United States.

Mr. Shorenstein supports numerous civic and philanthropic causes and serves on the board of many such institutions. His current board activity includes: Chairman of the board of directors, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; board member, Environmental Defense Fund; executive council of UCSF Medical Center; executive committee, The Real Estate Roundtable; and advisory board member, The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Doug Shorenstein