Mary Walshok

Mary Walshok is former Associate Vice Chancellor for Public Programs and Dean of University Extension at UC San Diego. She is the author or co-author of numerous works on the role of research universities in regional economies, including Knowledge Without Boundaries: What America’s Research Universities Can Do for the Economy, the Workplace, and the Community, and Invention and Reinvention: The Evolution of San Diego’s Innovation Economy. She has also served on a range of regional and national commissions and foundation boards focused on social and economic development, including the California Council for the Humanities, the San Diego Community Foundation, and The Conrad Prebys Foundation.