VVSD Board of Directors

Harold Koenig, M.D., Chairman of the Board, VADM, U.S. Navy (Ret),

Harold Koenig, Chairman of the BoardDr. Koenig, was an active duty Navy doctor for thirty-two years, retiring in 1998 with the permanent rank of Vice Admiral after serving as the Navy's 32nd Surgeon General. He is now a senior partner in Martin-Blanck & Associates, a health care consulting firm. He currently serves on the board of The Rostropovich Foundation-Vishnevskaya Foundation whose mission is to improve the state of children's health in countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union.

He is a member of the Scientific Steering and Advisory Committee of the Millennium Cohort Study at the DoD Center for Deployment Health Research. He served a four-year term on advisory committees for the National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. He has served on several corporate boards in private business.

Dr. Koenig and his wife Deena have three sons, all who have served as officers in the Navy.

James Waters - Vice Chairman of the Board, Deputy District Attorney, San Diego County,

VVSD Board Members
  • Gene Auerbach - SAIC Program Manager for a Navy Inventory Control Point, Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret)
  • David Bain - President, Pacific Ship Repair and Fabrications, Inc
  • Vic Bianchini, U.S. District Court for Western District of New York, Colonel, USMC (Ret)
  • Steve Binder - Deputy Public Defender, County of San Diego
  • Linda Drabek - CDR Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy (Ret)
  • Dan Flood - VP, General Manager Continental Maritime, U.S. Navy Veteran
  • Kevin Gordon - SAIC Business Development, USMC (Ret)
  • Bill Kowba- Superintendent, San Diego Unified School District, RADM, U.S. Navy (Ret)
  • Mike Madigan, Consultant, U.S. Navy Veteran
  • Anthony Moya - Attorney, Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgard, & Smith LLP.
  • Jonathan Tibbits - Retired Navy Civil Engineers Corps officer
  • Jennifer Town - C5 Program Director at Naval Medical Center San Diego, Captain Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy (Ret)