2018 West: Premier Sea Services Event San Diego

Jesse Gipe
Pacific-South Regional Director
National Security Innovation Network


Jesse Gipe is the Pacific-South Regional Director for the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN). Jesse is responsible for executing NSIN's programs with military commands, universities and ventures across Arizona, California, Hawaii and the INDOPACOM AOR. Prior to joining NSIN, Jesse was the Director of World Trade Center San Diego supporting export initiatives and region Foreign Direct Investment efforts. Prior to that, Jesse spent six years developing regional initiatives to support aerospace, tech, cybersecurity, and defense sectors with the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC). His time at EDC includes creating and supervising the implementation of grants to increase defense resilience; conducting economic research on the defense industrial base; and the orchestration of a defense advocacy and lobbying program. Jesse also has experience in the California Senate where he conducted outreach and legislative research on wide variety of policy issues. Jesse received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from The University of California San Diego.

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