Consigliere with a Conscience - AlumniConnect

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FALL 2010
GGU Tax and
Accounting:
a part of
San Francisco
History
Consigliere with a Conscience
2010 Alum of
the Year Jim
DeMartini
FY 2010
Annual Report
fall 2010
in this issue
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The Power of a
Suggestion
Ageno School of Business
student Melissa Mendez
will be first in her family
to complete college, and
it all started with the
simple recommendation
from a GGU alumna.
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GGU Tax and
Accounting:
a part of San
Francisco
History
From Gold Rush
Bookkeeping to Forensic
Accounting, GGU Tax
and Accounting have
a quantifiable place in
history.
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2010 Alumni
AWARD WINNERS
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40
A consigliere with a
conscience; a far-reaching
charitable foundation; a
lawyer with a french flair;
a personal finance guru;
and an outstanding law
professor made the list of
this year’s awardees.
Honor Roll of Donors
FY 2010 Annual Report
departments
4 calendar
5letter from the President
6letter from the editor
7INSIDER
24alumni
32 support GGU
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2010-2011 calendar
November 10
Alumni Networking Mixer
Domenico Winery, San Carlos; 6-8 pm.
Register at www.ggu.edu/alumni.
November 11
Organizational Psychology Industry
Networking Night
536 Mission Street, Room 5310;
5:30-8 pm. Info: 415-442-7299 or
[email protected].
November 16
Accounting-Expert Lecture —
Accounting for Sustainability
(one hour CPE/MCLE) 12-1:30 pm.
Info: 415-442-6559 or [email protected].
Alumni Networking Mixer
Il Fornaio, Sacramento; 6-8 pm.
Register at www.ggu.edu/alumni.
November 29
Recruiter’s Guide to Getting a Job
536 Mission Street, Room 5310; 5-7 pm. Info: 415-442-7299 or
[email protected].
December 2
Bridge Society Luncheon
Our annual luncheon honoring those
who have included GGU in their
estate plans. By invitation. Info: 415-442-7824 or
[email protected].
December 3
Swearing-In Ceremony
GGU School of Law Graduates who
passed the California Bar Exam
will be officially sworn in. PG&E
Auditorium, 77 Beale Street, San
Francisco; 12-1 pm. Info: 415-4427812 or [email protected].
January 22
The American Bar Association
Awards California Water Law
Symposium:
“The End of Paper Water: Unlimited
Demands, Natural Limits, and
Reliable Supply.”
Board of Trustees
Chair
Les Schmidt (MS 81)
Chief Operating Officer, GlobalEnglish Corporation
Chair-Elect
Dana Waldman (MBA 95)
Chief Executive Officer, Waldman & Associates
Treasurer
Bruce W. Hart
Vice President, Parsons Corporation
Secretary
Dan Riley (MBA 81)
President Global Treasury Services (Retired), Bank of America
Mark S. Anderson (JD 89)
Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
Dan Angel, PhD
President, Golden Gate University
Hon. Lee Baxter (JD 74, LLD 08)
Judge (Retired), Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco
Lydia Beebe (MBA 80)
Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer, Chevron Corporation
Bruce Braden (MBA 73)
Chief Executive Officer, Braden Exploration, LLC
Curtis Burr (BA 74, MBA 76)
Principal, Burr, Pilger and Mayer LLP
Mark E. Burton, Jr. (JD 95)
Partner, Hersh & Hersh
Ann Moller Caen (MBA 88)
President (Retired), Moller & Associates
Cameron Carlson (JD 90)
President, Carlson Hammond
Charles Conradi (JD 78, MBA 81)
Treasurer and Vice President of Tax, The Clorox Company
Tracey Edwards (JD 81, LLM 83)
January 29
Beat the Clock MCLE
Alumni Event
536 Mission Street, 2nd Floor; 8:30
am-5:10 pm. Info: 415-442-7299 or
[email protected].
For the latest information on these events and more, visit www.ggu.edu/events. For
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Managing Principal — Global —
Shared Services & Chief Knowledge Officer, Deloitte LLP
Roi L. Ewell (MS 85)
Vice President of Human Resources, SeaWorld of San Diego
Michael Goldsmith (BS 65)
Chairman of the Board, KLS Logistics Services Inc.
J. P. Harbour (LLM 04)
Owner, Law Offices of J. P. Harbour
President, GGU Alumni Association Board of Directors
Mary Huss (LHD 09)
Publisher, San Francisco Business Times
Steven M. Kinsella (DBA 02)
Superintendent / President, Gavilan College
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Executive Vice President, Investment Management Services,
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Certified Public Accountant
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Suthee Tritasavit (BS 67)
Partner, Celeski & Tritasavit — An Accountancy Corporation
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fall 2010
A
s we begin to celebrate
In the 2009 volume we heralded the
our 110th Anniversary,
careers of John M. Williamson, Alexis
we take stock of
Wong, Jim Newman, Farzad Naimi,
our past success and
Karen Lee Hawkins, John Blades, Said
prepare for the future. How do you
T. Jawad and Roi L. Ewell.
measure a university’s preeminence?
You ask one key question: How
This fall our 2010 volume will share
have its graduates done?
the remarkable stories of Patricia
letter from the president
GGU PROMINENCE AT 110!
Stensrud, Richard Seifert, Fiona Ma,
Today, GGU boasts 63,841 living
Steven Kinsella, Michael R. Kain,
graduates and success stories seem Tim Jorstad, Morgan Christen and
to emerge as rapidly as kernels of Walter Gorelick.
corn popping.
festivities included a homecoming pro-
begun to recognize some of these stel-
gram on the San Francisco campus and
lar careers in an annual publication:
a family picnic in Golden Gate Park on
Profiles in Prominence.
October 22-23. The next issue of this
magazine will carry a full report.
The three books tell the stories of
outstanding graduates who have
With 110 years of rich tradition behind
served as the heads of such organiza-
us, we plan to celebrate throughout the
tions as Bank of America, Microsoft,
year and to boldly pursue our Strategic
Gilead Sciences, Deloitte and the
Action Plan toward 2020. This issue
Internal Revenue Service’s Office of
commemorates the history of account-
Professional Responsibility and others
ing and tax at GGU. We invite you to
who are preeminent judges, attorneys,
join in the celebration.
Photo by Kent Taylor
The kickoff of the 110th Anniversary
Over the past three years we have
entrepreneurs and elected officials.
We have much to celebrate — our
Our inaugural edition in 2008
pride in the past, the present and recognized Richard Rosenberg,
the future!
John Martin, Richard Belluzzo,
Bernard Tyson, Charles Steele,
Patrick Coughlin, Lisa Farmen and
Joel Isaacson.
— Dan Angel, President
ggu magazine
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President
Dan Angel, PhD
In 1901, a group of visionaries
broke barriers by offering a law
Vice President, University Advancement
Elizabeth Brady
degree to working adults, making
higher education accessible to more
than just the elite (page 14).
Photo by Gene Dailey
letter from the editor
making an impact
This issue is full of stories of GGU
alumni who are making an impact
on other people’s lives.
My personal favorite is a story
of how GGU alumna Beth Mora
Editor in Chief Laura Browne and Art
Director Morgan Dodge
encouraged Melissa Mendez, the
receptionist at her hair salon, to
check out GGU for her undergraduate degree. Not only is Melissa now
on her way to graduating, she was
also the recipient of a SHINE first
generation student scholarship to
alleviate the financial burden (page
12). Also in the vein of empowering
others, Community Service Award
recipient Patricia Davis teaches
people to make smart money choices
(page 22).
Alum of the year Jim DeMartini
offers trusted advice to high net
worth individuals on matters from
charitable giving to wealth planning
and started a non-competitive baseball league for Bay Area kids (page
18) while GGU Trustee J.P. Harbour
volunteers for the Bay Area Youth
Sports Foundation (page 9).
fall 2010
Art Director
Morgan Dodge
Contributing Photographers
Kris Davidson, Gene Dailey, Gregg Wutke
Contributing Writers
Erin Carlyle, Beth Kanter, Marianne Koch,
Mary Canning, Pollie Robbins
University Library Archives Assistance
Aira Lipson
Retired Professor Faith Chao cofounded a foundation that provides
textbooks and education to China
(page 11), while other alumni work
with the Koret Foundation and
Taube Philanthropies, which sup-
Class Notes Coordinator
Deanna Bruton
Production Staff
Gili Assa, Enver Sedolli
Proofreader
Angela Kwan
port education and cultural projects
in the Bay Area, Israel and Poland
(page 20).
From big things to small things, we
make choices every day to impact
others’ lives. I’m curious to know:
What are your personal causes?
To respond, 1) visit ggumagazine.
com, 2) click on “Letters from the
Editor,” and 3) submit a comment.
Best wishes,
Laura Browne
Editor in Chief
GGU has been changing lives for
110 years! In coming issues, we will
take a peek back in time to see how
the institution has evolved with
the community it serves, and we’ll
also look ahead as the evolution
continues. We’d love to hear about
your evolution, too. Write us at
[email protected].
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Editor in Chief
Laura Browne
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GGU CENTER OPEN
FOR BUSINESS
The Golden Gate University Center,
now the largest contiguous multipurpose space at the San Francisco
campus, is available for use, providing
GGU the sorely-needed larger classroom space and the ability to open
the classrooms for even larger
formal events.
NEW FULL-TIME
FACULTY
With overall unit enrollment up 5
percent in 2009/10 academic year
comes the need for additional full-time
faculty to keep our curriculum fresh,
The new GGU Center is open for business on the 6th floor of the 536 Mission St. building.
advise our students, and work with our
professional adjunct faculty.
Mick McGee (Public Administration)
and Kevin Birtchnell (Accounting) are
joining us as assistant professors after
serving as visitors last year.
Associate Professor Jennifer Hartwell
comes to us from United States
International University in Nairobi,
Kenya and will be in our management
department focusing on both organiza-
The School of Law welcomes four
that authorized a specialty Certified
new full-time associate profes-
Financial Forensic certificate. See
sors: Laura Cisneros will teach
article on p. 17 for more.
Constitutional Law; Benedetta Faedi
Duramy will teach Gender, Children
and International Law; Karen M.
Gebbia will teach Sales and Secured
Transactions; and Wes R. Porter,
formerly a School of Law adjunct professor, will teach Evidence and assist
with the Litigation Program.
tional behavior and sustainability.
NEW ADMISSIONS
STANDARDS
FOR TAX AND
ACCOUNTING
COHORTS
GGU FORENSIC
ACCOUNTING GETS
NATIONAL NOTICE
This past month we welcomed 32
GGU’s new forensic accounting cer-
we imposed higher and more selective
Judy Lee (IT), Tori Fischer (Tax),
tificate program, available completely
admission standards such as a written
Jeffrey Karlin (Tax and Accounting),
online, has been promoted prominently
statement, letter of recommendation,
and Steve Nitenson (Healthcare IT)
in the national media. GGU pioneered
detailed resume and an in-person inter-
join us as full-time lecturers this year
the new certificate in 2009 in response
view where possible.
after serving as heavily relied upon
to a decision by the American Institute
adjunct faculty in prior years.
of Certified Public Accountants
Visiting Associate Professor Jim Cain
from MIT will be with Undergraduate
Programs teaching English and developing writing seminars.
students to our 13th (!) nine-month,
full-time tax cohort, and 30 to our
accounting cohort. Because of the rigor
and pace of these programs, this year
ggu magazine
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students to learn how to make a useful
contribution to society and the planet
insider
while also helping an employer to
Photo by Gene Dailey
improve its performance.
Kerry Curtis, professor emeritus
LAW SCHOOL
LAUNCHES
INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN JUDGES
GRADUATE
FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM
In partnership with the International
Association of Women Judges, the
Law School is proud to announce
the International Women Judges
Graduate Fellowship Program. We
MANAGEMENT
OF HEALTHCARE
IT SYSTEMS
NOW AVAILABLE
AS AN MBA
CONCENTRATION
Starting this spring, the new MBA
concentration will complement the
existing management of healthcare
information systems concentration
within the masters of science and
information technology management (MSITM) degree and certificate,
and the health services management
MBA concentration and certificate.
In combination, these will provide
several complete educational options
to current and aspiring healthcare
professionals.
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fall 2010
NEW MBA
CONCENTRATION
IN MANAGING FOR
SUSTAINABILITY
are most pleased to welcome our first
A group of professors in the Ageno
to advance issues involving interna-
School of Business and the School of
tional women’s rights and the role of
Accounting have worked together to
women in the justice systems around
create an integrated curriculum that
the world. Each year, a woman jurist
promises to be a leader among the
from a developing country will come
Bay Area’s business schools, where
to live in San Francisco, attend Golden
the Bay Area itself is the world capital
Gate University School of Law and
of green business. Professor Emeritus
complete a nine-month program of
Kerry Curtis organized the program
individualized coursework to earn a
with the help of Professors David Kent,
graduate law degree.
Fellow, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo of
Ghana, who will pursue her LLM in
Intellectual Property this year.
The Law School created this fellowship
Blodwen Tarter, Miro Costa, Michal
Strahilevitz, Lisa Slater, and Richard
Each fellow will choose among LLM
Dawe; and a number of leading experts
programs in Environmental Law,
in the field.
Intellectual Property Law, International
Legal Studies, Taxation Law, and
According to experts, businesses want
United States Legal Studies. In addi-
to hire people with tangible, practi-
tion to coursework, fellows will have
cal business skills (like those GGU
opportunities to engage and educate
provides), who also understand the
the Golden Gate Law School and
need to live and work more sustainably
local legal communities in a series of
and how to help their employers do so.
programs and activities that focus on
The new managing for sustainability
issues affecting women and women
program will enable graduate business
judges in her home nation.
Q&A with the Board
Photos by Gene Dailey
insider
BRUCE BRADEN,
MBA 73
CEO, Braden Exploration, LLC
Why do you serve on GGU’s board:
My post-Army professional career
started out of GGU with a degree in
MBA in taxation. I credit the degree as
the start of my business career.
Experience: I have been an owner/
operator in the oil and gas industry
for over 25 years. I started Braden
Exploration, LLC, a small, independent oil and gas company based in Fort Worth, Texas, after selling Stroud Energy.
Business specialty: Natural gas
exploration, and in particular, unconventional plays such as coal bed
methane, shale, chalk, and secondary
recovery of oil.
Past employers: Touche Ross & Co;
Frederiksen & Co.; Grant Thornton.
Hobbies: I golf; I’m also on the board
of the Smuin Ballet, and the newly
formed Braden Diabetes Wellness
Center. I read about investing, science,
and behavioral science (e.g., why we
don’t know as much as we think we
do — the Dunning-Kruger Effect, for
example). After having played basketball at Stanford in the ‘60s, I now get
my workouts at the gym.
JP HARBOUR,
STEVE KINSELLA, Why do you serve on GGU’s board:
The GGU community has been
extremely supportive in my professional
and personal growth in the early stages
of my career. I still find it rewarding to
be involved and to help play my part
to make GGU an even better place for
students, staff, and alumni.
Why do you serve on GGU’s board:
As a community college leader, I am
concerned that many students who
leave us for a university are now finding that they cannot get in. Golden
Gate offers a price competitive opportunity, with effective results, for certain
segments of graduating community
college students. I would like to assist
to create linkages between California’s
2.7 million community college students
and Golden Gate University.
LLM 04
Attorney at Law, Law Office of
J.P. Harbour
Experience: More than six years
practicing law.
Business specialty: Trust & estate
planning, probate, tax, and
business law.
Past employers: Delagnes, Linder &
Duey LLP; Nixon Peabody LLP; The
Atashi Rang Law Firm. I started my
own law firm in 2007, and I currently
own and manage the Law Office of J.P.
Harbour located in San Francisco.
Hobbies: I was an avid lacrosse
player at UC Berkeley, where my team
won the 1998 national club lacrosse
championship, and I coached the
undergraduate lacrosse team while also
a full-time J.D. student at Washington
University in St. Louis. I volunteer for
the Bay Area Youth Sports Foundation
which held our annual fundraiser
NCAA Division I lacrosse game at
Kezar Stadium in October.
DBA 03
Superintendent/President,
Gavilan College
Experience: I have been in the
California Community College system
for the past 19 years. I also have 23
years of active duty and reserve duty service to the United States Marine Corps.
Business Specialty: I am a CPA and
was the chief business official at three
community college districts prior to
being appointed as the superintendent/
president of Gavilan College.
Past employers: United States Marine
Corps (13 years active duty, 10 years
reserve); National Broadcasting
Company (Burbank, Calif.); and Los
Angeles Community College District.
Hobbies: President of the Gilroy
Rotary Club and commissioner on
the Accrediting Commission for
Community and Junior Colleges.
During my free time I like to read.
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insider
Two Beloved Long-Time Professors Retire
By Marianne Koch
excited for technological advances in
is retiring now is to have more time to
education to come. “We should knock
devote to the foundation.
Faith Chao and Les Gottesman, both
down walls between courses,” she
GGU professors since the 1980s and
says. “For example, we should teach
“Faith’s global perspective on educa-
now transitioning from their roles as
real-world marketing problems in sta-
tion has opened the doors to others
full-time faculty members to fac-
tistics courses so students can benefit
in the Golden Gate community who
ulty emeriti, have seen and led GGU
from learning across disciplines.”
wish to contribute their scholarship
through growth and change.
With early exposure to education
through the conferences sponsored
Faith Chao knew online teaching
in China through a legacy on her
by the Evergreen Foundation,” says
would be the future. So in 1997,
mother’s side of the family, Chao co-
Cherron Hoppes, dean of undergradu-
the year CyberCampus became a
founded and now runs the Evergreen
ate programs. “Her work engaging
department at GGU, she learned to
Education Foundation (evergreen-
technology for mathematics instruction
code in HTML and built her entire
education.org) that builds libraries
has left a lasting impression on the
statistics course on her own. “The
in rural China. Much more than just
programs at GGU.”
math courses were hard to translate
books, the libraries serve as vehicles
to the online space because they
for educational work such as develop-
Les Gottesman has been teaching
are graphics-based and early online
ing teaching packages for high school
at GGU for 28 years as part of the
teaching systems were primarily text-
physics students to build solar lights
English department in the undergrad-
text based.” Looking forward, she is
for villages. One of the reasons Chao
uate school. He began as an adjunct
Les Gottesman and Faith Chao, faculti emeriti
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and research on a broader world stage
fall 2010
undergraduate program for three years.
full-time faculty member in 1987.
after the Case for Change [a dramatic
program restructuring under then-pres-
Gottesman believes GGU is a great
ident Phil Friedman], and early work
In Gottesman’s early days at GGU, his
place to teach, in part because the
in learning outcomes assessment,” says
department was much larger, with an
students are highly motivated and take
Hoppes. “Each of these efforts pro-
undergraduate degree program called
their work seriously. They also tend to
vided a strong foundation for critical
business and humanities and a major
have little background in the humani-
work in the institution.”
offered in political science.
ties, which results in them drawing
insight from experience rather than
“Gottesman and Chao have each made
“Humanities professors at GGU
theory. “What I like about our students
significant contributions to Golden
were in a unique position,” says
is their passion and authenticity. Some
Gate University and will be missed,”
Gottesman. “Since the university
of my best memories are long con-
says Hoppes. “I look forward to
strategically narrowed its focus
versations with students about topics
welcoming them to their new emeritus
throughout the years, my depart-
raised in courses.”
role and hearing about their retirement
ment had to always be rethinking our
insider
faculty member in 1982 and became a
adventures.”
relationship to the core programs.” In
“Gottesman’s contributions as a
addition to his teaching responsibili-
faculty member and administrator
ties, Gottesman served as dean of the
include a commitment to academic
school of arts and sciences from 1994
integrity and community education, a
to 1996 and later as director of the
redesigned general education program
Marianne Koch, Ph.D, is professor of
management at GGU’s Edward S. Ageno
School of Business.
Photos by Kris Davidson
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student profile
The Power of a Suggestion
Photos by Kris Davidson
Q&A with Melissa Mendez, winner of a
SHINE scholarship, which offers financial
aid to first-generation college students.
W
hen Melissa Mendez
graduates with
her bachelor’s in
management degree
next spring, she will be the first in her
family to earn a college degree.
GGU: What motivated you to be the
first in your family to finish college?
MM: My parents and grandparents
did not attend college but they always
knew the value of education. Since I
could speak, they endlessly encouraged me to get good grades and go
to college. They bought me books,
took me to extra tutoring classes and
embedded in my head that I would be
the first to go to college. My mother,
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fall 2010
from Mexico, dropped out of college
GGU: Do you have siblings?
when she had me. Formerly an admin
for Hewlett Packard, she is currently
MM: I have a younger brother who’s
unemployed. My father is an engineer.
20 years old, and currently attending
Diablo Valley College, a junior college.
My mother and I cared full-time for
I plan to encourage him to apply to
my terminally ill grandfather whom I
GGU. In fact, I recommend GGU to
was quite close to growing up. He had
everyone because of the wonderful
a sixth grade reading level in Spanish
experience that I continue to have here.
and made a living as a migrant worker.
The professors, counselors and help
After he passed away I made it my
desk care about each individual person
mission not to let anything stand in the
and attend to you in a caring manner.
way of my education. I am now finish-
I feel as if they are my friends because
ing my degree and it seems surreal. My
they truly care and go out of their way
parents are extremely proud of me.
to help me.
Beth Mora (JD 00)
The alumna who took the time
GGU: What made you choose Golden
GGU: What are your plans for Gate University?
after graduation?
MM: After enrolling in San Francisco
MM: I am currently a project coordi-
State right out of high school, being
nator at Jtec Hospital Construction
overwhelmed with the challenges
Management, based out of Oakland.
of working full time, and with no
I plan on using my degree to obtain
personal guidance, it was easy to fall
a project management position at my
through the cracks. I dropped out after
current job or at a construction man-
a semester.
agement firm. I now plan on applying
I am so pleased to hear Melissa
Mendez is a SHINE Scholarship
recipient — she is truly amazing.
I recall advising Melissa that as a
student at GGU School of Law, I
noticed GGU offered exceptional
undergraduate and graduate
programs. After discussing a few
programs with her in some detail,
we found GGU had a program
which matched Melissa’s interests.
I encouraged Melissa to research
GGU as well as discussed the
matter with her a few times thereafter. I specifically recall advising
Melissa that I enjoyed my experience at GGU and knew several
successful graduates.
for an MBA program because honestly
Years later, while working as a recep-
an education is something that no one
tionist/marketing assistant at a salon
can ever take from you and it opens so
in Danville, Calif, one of my clients,
many opportunities!
an attorney who attended GGU, told
me I was “way too smart to be work-
GGU: What do you like to do in your ing as a receptionist.” She also told
free time?
me how knowledgeable the professors
were and that the programs would be
MM: I love to spend my free time
perfect for me since they were geared
hiking Bay Area trails, trying new
for adult learning. I also liked the
restaurants and discovering new places.
fact that GGU had many successful
I live in Walnut Creek with my boy-
alumni who worked at companies
friend, who works in construction and
all over the Bay Area. The same day
is very supportive of my education, and
that she talked until me I researched
two dogs — a 7-year-old Chihuahua
GGU’s website and was impressed. I
and a 3-year-old Chi-weenie (Daschund
then scheduled a tour and immediately
Chihuahua mix).
fell in the love with the school and its
values. Beth Lindsay, my enrollment
counselor, gave me the final encouragement I needed to take the next step,
by coming up with a feasible path to
completion that I could work towards.
For example, my mother, Marjorie
Wolf, went to GGU night school
and earned her MPA in health
services management in 1977, a
program she created. She did this
while raising three small children.
I honor GGU as a university open
to a diverse student body in a
dynamic environment that offers
a superior education. I am proud
to be a generation graduate and
recommend GGU to others.
I now have a small law firm in San
Ramon, Cooper & Mora, APC,
representing employees victimized
in the workplace. My mother has
retired after a long career in healthcare also in the Bay Area. I hope
Melissa also has a long career in
the Bay Area giving back to others.
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GGU Tax and Accounting:
An Educational Experience More Valuable Than Gold
The Gold Rush era
begins, and people
from around the
world flood into the
Bay Area in hopes of
finding their own
personal gold mine.
GGU’s Legal Beginnings
The law school is created making it the
university’s first official degree-conferring
program and California’s first evening law
school. By offering classes at night, the
college opens legal studies up to the masses.
Four students make up the law school’s first
graduating class.
A Rush to Learn
Two years after the country’s first YMCA opens in Boston, Mass., the
brand new San Francisco YMCA offers its first lecture series as an
alternative to the “raucous life” on the Barbary Coast, focusing on
practical subjects like English, gold assaying and bookkeeping. Special
attention is given to finding instructors with real-world experience in
the subjects they are teaching — a tradition that continues today at
Golden Gate University. “The school itself thrives on practitioners who
are willing to effectively donate their time teaching,” says Ted Mitchell,
GGU graduate and instructor since 1972. “We have people who are
doing it teaching it. I think that’s a fantastic option.”
1849
1853
1850
1901
1881
The Great Quake
The biggest earthquake on record in Bay Area
history levels the YMCA Evening College along
with most of the city. Classes are held under
YMCA tents.
1906
1908
California becomes the 31st
state admitted to the union.
Taking Account
Four years later, a new
YMCA building, at the corner
of Golden Gate Avenue
and Leavenworth Street,
is dedicated, where the
college will reside for the
next 58 years. The School
of Accountancy, a four-year
evening program, opens.
YMCA Night School to Evening College
Merging its assorted lectures into formalized evening classes, the YMCA Night School opens and three years
later becomes the Evening College, serving 355 students. Courses include typing, commercial art, singing,
photography, gold assaying, German, shorthand, geography, mechanical drawing and architecture. This success
helps lead to the opening of a brand-new five-story building on Mason and Ellis complete with a gymnasium,
auditorium and classrooms. Nearly 10 years later President Theodore Roosevelt travels to San Francisco to
celebrate the repayment of the mortgage in full, and even lights the match that sets document ablaze.
Sources: The Golden Gate University Story, Vols. I and II; Golden Gate College 1949 Yearbook, School of Tax and School of Accounting Newsletters, “From Gold Claims to
Stock Options: Golden Gate University’s place in San Francisco history,” GGU magazine 2001.
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a part of San
Francisco History
A World at War
By 1941, the Schools of Accountancy, Traffic and Insurance have developed into
strong schools with solid reputations. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the
school adjusts its services to fit the needs of a student body called up to fight
the war. Day work is transferred to the evening division so the few who were not
serving abroad could study at night while in training at their jobs during the day.
A School Flying High
Golden Gate opens its Graduate School of Accountancy to help men and
women become qualified to find work in this highly practical field. The San
Francisco City Charter is ratified, and Amelia Earhart becomes the first
woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
By Any Other Name…
The YMCA Evening College becomes Golden Gate College.
The Golden Gate Bridge opens after six years of construction.
1923
1932
1937
1929
1941
1934
Crash Courses
1945
Strike While the
Iron is Hot
Following the Black Tuesday stock market crash, the city
along with the entire country slips into the Great Depression.
The school reorganizes and makes cuts, scaling back from
five administrative positions to just two. Students such as
Edward S. Ageno attend accounting classes in the evening
while working during the day to support their families.
Acknowledging the role Golden Gate played in Ageno’s success,
The Ageno Foundation later gives $5 million to the university;
the Edward S. Ageno School of Business is dedicated in 2000.
Building on the stellar
success of the evening
school, Dean Myron
M. “Mike” Strain and
Director Nagel T. Miner
begin the university’s
first day accounting
school. The Great
Maritime Strike and the
San Francisco General
Strike of 1934 closes
down shipping yards
along the coast.
Miner
Dawn of a New Day
The War finally ends. Golden Gate’s full-time day school begins and includes
everything from beginning accounting to allied subjects (business law, finance
math, economics, English) to graduate courses.
Ageno
Contributors: Laura Browne, Beth Kanter, Morgan Dodge, Aira Lipson
Photos: 1849: © 2000 PhotoDisc; 1853: San Francisco Archives, San Francisco Public Library; 1997: by Gene Dailey; 2002: by Kris Davidson
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Getting in on the Act
Stealing the Giants
Interest in accounting education is greatly
stimulated by an Act defining Public
Accountants and requiring practicing public
accountants to be certified by the Board, or
“grandfathered” in. The Act increased the
number of people who selected accountancy
as a career and also came at a time when
a great numbers of veterans were being
discharged from military service with GI
educational benefits.
Despite his other achievements as mayor of San Francisco, Golden Gate accounting
alumnus George Christopher (BA 30) says he’ll always be remembered for one thing:
luring the Giants away from New York to his adopted hometown.
GGU anticipates this demand and decides
to open a “from-scratch” full-time
undergraduate and graduate degree program.
The school makes it possible for a student to
accomplish in two years and eight months
what would ordinarily take four years at other
schools. Students are encouraged to work
during the afternoon as a way to link academic
theory with practical experience.
Johnson
Student to Teacher
Accounting Enrollment Tops the Charts
Accounting school enrollment reaches nearly 4,000. The school
has become a byword for competent, well-trained accountants.
1946
1947
1950
One of the pillars of GGU’s professional education programs, AJ Johnson (MBA
70) comes to Golden Gate as a student, goes on to teach, chair, and later serve
as dean of the School of Accounting. “It was the highlight of my life,” says
Johnson, who devoted a great deal of time to his students. One of Johnson’s
favorite parts of his job was networking on behalf of the student body. He was
known for taking the time to really get to know his students and then matching
them with his extensive contacts in the Big Eight accounting firms. “It gave me
a good feeling, because it was what GGU was all about: serving students and
helping to shape their lives,” he recalls.
1958
1964
1951
1970
New Age Dawning
Hippies take over the Haight, and the once-working-class
neighborhood soon becomes the center of the city’s psychedelic
drug culture. This mix of drugs and rock ’n’ roll — combined with
the invention of the birth-control pill — help usher in the sexual
revolution. GGU has a minor revolution of its own, moving out of the
YMCA building and cutting its ties with the organization at 532-536
Mission St., purchasing its own building.
To Market,
To 537 Market…
The school’s rapid growth
requires the use of a new
location at 537 Market St.
World War II peace treaties
are signed.
Weinberg
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A Welcomed Tax
Heads of the Class
Charles G. Steele is awarded the Elijah Watts Sells Gold
Medal for earning the highest score in the United States
on the CPA exam and later becomes CEO and chairman of
the board of Deloitte, Haskins, and Sells. Frank Weinberg,
another GGU student, placed among
the top 10 in the nation. Edmund
Celeski and Weinberg both began
teaching after graduating in the
1950s and taught a generation of
accountants at GGU, becoming two
of the school’s most venerable and
beloved professors. The WeinbergCeleski Fund is later created.
The school starts offering an
MBA in Tax, the first institution
on the West Coast to do so.
John Cordell Williams (MBA
73) and Bill Taggert spearhead
the new degree track, which
is modeled after New York
University’s LLM program.
Its almost-instant success
owes in part to the fact that
Williams
it allows CPAs to apply their
continuing education courses
toward an actual degree. Williams is named dean of the MS Tax
program and Taggert takes the reins at the LLM program. “The
program exploded in 1973,” recalls Williams. “We branched out
to Los Angeles, Sacramento and Seattle.”
Joe Walsh becomes dean of the School of
Tax. “I was able to continue John Williams’
practice of recruiting exceptionally highquality adjunct faculty members. My vision
was to make us one of the best tax schools
in the nation.” During Walsh’s tenure, all
the adjunct faculty came together to update
and standardize the course materials, which
ensure the high academic quality of the
program. Today, the Golden Gate University
School of Taxation remains the largest and
one of the most respected graduate tax
programs in the country offering its students
the gold standard of comprehensive online
and in-person tax education.
Walsh
Canning
Relationship Ready
Logging On
With the launch of the World Wide Web, the masses can now log on.
GGU begins to offer online-education options in 1995; In 1997, Golden
Gate opens its CyberCampus, which quickly wins national recognition
as a model for online education. The online component of the
school continues to grow by leaps and bounds serving thousands of
students each year, and this year was ranked among the top 10 online
universities internationally. “I have students from all over the world
— Canada, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Russia — because I teach online,”
says David Hardesty (MBA 85) who has been an online instructor at
GGU for the past decade.
What’s in
a Name
Golden Gate College
becomes Golden
Gate University.
1972
1984
Mary Canning becomes the dean of the School of Taxation
and is later named the dean of the School of Accounting.
Canning works tirelessly to take the school’s industry
relationships to a new level — she oversees the launch
of the online and full-time day programs, forges new
relationships with downtown professionals, increases
the number of soft skills courses and adds continuing
education offerings presented by practicing, expert
professionals. “When anybody says tax or accounting, they
should immediately be thinking of GGU,” she says.
1991
1979
2002
1997
2006
Planning the Work and Working the Plan
Finding Balance
Barbara Karlin is named dean of the School of Tax where
she implements its day program. Under her watch GGU
begins to offer its MS Tax degree online beginning in 1997.
Karlin taps Canning to be the associate dean and together
they design a business plan, boost enrollment and form the
school’s first advisory board comprised of San Francisco
tax professionals. Karlin later becomes the university’s vice
president of academic affairs, a role she continues today.
Women compose 21
percent of accounting
students, growing to 55
percent within less than
a decade.
Karlin
Private Eyes of Corporate Culture
Paul Regan (MS 79) pioneers the field of forensic accounting. Corporate fraud is on the rise, and
Enron goes down. Regan gives three days of testimony as an expert witness in federal court against
Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Andrew S. Fastow, et al., explaining the ins and outs of the top
Enron executives’ financial schemes and manipulations that inflated the company’s stock prices.
Three years later, he presents an opportunity to Canning, who develops a forensic accounting
program months after the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) designates
“certified financial forensic” (CFF) as a specialty credential. The program’s curriculum is created by
a newly appointed advisory board of professional experts. Available entirely online, GGU’s innovative
program has received national recognition.
Regan
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2010 Alumni Award Winners
By Erin Carlyle
photo by Kris Davidson
Jim DeMartini
Alumnus of the Year
“The way I think about
philanthropy is it’s an
entrepreneurial way we can make
an impact,” DeMartini says.
Consigliere with a Conscience
Alumnus
of the Year
her to pursue this,” DeMartini says.
Given to alumni whose professional
The managing partner of Bay Areabased Seiler LLP, DeMartini advises
Though DeMartini lives in the Bay
high net-worth people on matters as
Area, he has a big impact on those
technical as estate tax planning and
New York City kids. DeMartini
as philosophical as how to make an
accomplishments and contributions to the
is a board member of the Skoll
impact through charitable giving.
community are worthy of recognition.
Foundation — former eBay executive
I
Jeffrey Skoll’s far-reaching char-
His sweeping expertise inspires some
n April, Jim DeMartini (BS
ity — which funds Stoneman’s work.
clients to affectionately refer to him
74) dined at Oxford with 250
The pair chatted this April as part
as “consigliere” — the term for the
of the world’s most influential
of the Skoll World Forum on Social
mafia boss’s most trusted confidant
social entrepreneurs. He listened as
Entrepreunership, a massive brain
in the American mafia, made famous
the woman next to him, Dorothy
convention for 800 of the brightest
by the Godfather films. DeMartini
Stoneman, described 25 years spent
thinkers on social change.
chuckles at his Hollywood-inspired
moniker. “It’s the key advisor — the
helping youth in Harlem stay in school.
“You just walk away with a warm glow
most trusted advisor to the family,”
“I walked away incredibly impressed
that there are a lot of other like-minded
he says.
with the perseverance it has taken for
people out there,” DeMartini says.
When DeMartini started college at
business law class at GGU. Three
in taxation — he even set the firm’s
UCLA, he wasn’t planning to become
months later, he started his career at
tuition reimbursement rate at exactly
this kind of advisor. He wanted to
Seiler. “I was quite pleased to be paid
the program cost. “I really think the
be a doctor. But when a series of per-
$900 a month,” he laughs.
graduate tax education at Golden Gate
sonal circumstances sent him
is the gold standard,” he says. “It’s
home to the Bay Area after his
He quickly moved through the ranks,
freshman year, DeMartini’s father
making partner by age 29. Seven years
suggested accounting.
later, he joined the management com-
DeMartini has helped his firm foster
mittee, and in 1999, DeMartini became
a culture of giving: Seiler employees
the managing partner of Seiler LLP.
are expected to be involved in phil-
“It seemed like a natural launching pad
to get into business,” DeMartini says.
outstanding — it’s the best there is.”
anthropic organizations. “We still
Today, the firm has 15 partners and
operate the firm like a family, and we
DeMartini went to GGU at night. He
employs 150 people. Seiler provides
care about their families,” he says.
spent days at a company that made
a full range of accounting and estate
sand-blasting equipment for airplanes.
tax planning services and has offices
DeMartini has been involved in phi-
After classes, he zipped down to a
in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
lanthropy for years. He was a longtime
Belmont ski shop to mount bindings
The firm serves as the internal CFO for
trustee at the College of Belmont and
and wax skis until midnight. On week-
people in high-tech businesses. “We’ll
chaired the advisory board of the
ends, he recorded programming at a
do everything — other than we require
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur TV station, deleting the commercials
them to have their own personal of California.
so that the shows could be re-broad-
assistants: We’re not worrying about
cast in Guam.
the laundry.”
He also started a non-competitive
baseball league for Bay Area kids.
GGU provided DeMartini with exactly
But the cornerstone of Seiler’s work
“I wanted to create an environment
what he wanted: the opportunity to
is providing services to very wealthy
where kids could learn, where it’s more
work full time and finish his degree in
individuals and their families — which
of a learning exercise rather than a
four years. It also came with a benefit
often includes family businesses and
who-won-the-game exercise,” he says.
he didn’t realize GGU was known for.
foundations. This line of work grew
Today, 1,800 kids from 16 cities play
with the Bay Area’s economy: As real
in the league.
“We were being taught by guys who
estate tycoons and department store
were practicing every day,” he says.
captains made their millions, Seiler
DeMartini serves on the board of the
“They took the academic part of it and
expanded services to respond to their
Stupski Foundation, a charity working
infused real life into it. That, in the
changing needs. “You learned the plan-
to transform public schools. Founded
education world, is very different from
ning for that wealth throughout the
by Larry and Joyce Stupski, the
what you normally get.”
course of almost a life experience —
foundation seeks to improve life for
you could learn with them, if you paid
children of color and poverty.
DeMartini interviewed with the Big 8
attention,” DeMartini says.
firms, but felt his contribution would
“I am very committed to ensuring
be lost in a large organization. “I
In his role as “consigliere,” DeMartini’s
education is provided to the kids who
decided I wanted to work where I had
conversations with his clients are
don’t have the same opportunities
an impact on my own firm,” he says.
wide-ranging. “I’m consulted on lots
as the kids who live in Palo Alto,”
of things that have little or nothing to
DeMartini says.
A job posting at Golden Gate’s career
do with income tax,” he says. “How
center led him to Don Seiler, propri-
should we think about leaving wealth
DeMartini is grateful that his account-
etor of a six-person accounting firm.
to our children? How should we think
ing career has provided him the
DeMartini turned out to be just the
about educating our children about the
opportunity to serve his community. “I
junior accountant Seiler wanted.
wealth we’re going to leave?”
think everybody has a responsibility to
In March 1974, DeMartini married
DeMartini has sent some 50 employees
his wife, Linda, whom he met in a
to Golden Gate’s graduate program
give back when they’re fortunate.”
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Koret
Foundation
Amicus Award
“If our money doesn’t have
impact, there’s no point in
giving it out,” Taube says.
Jeff Farber
Tad Taube
Photo by Winokur Photography
Amicus Award
In 1973, when Koret of California fell
years, the Koret and Taube Foundations
into serious financial difficulties, the
have made grants to Bay Area com-
Given to those whose efforts have resulted in
Korets turned to Taube to become its
munities, organizations and universities
significant contributions to the university’s
president and CEO to salvage their
in Israel, and Jewish cultural projects in
resources and, thereby, to its educational
battered company. Taube refocused the
Poland in the aggregate amount of some
capabilities and services.
Koret apparel conglomerate on its core
$40 million annually.
business under his revamped manageAfter Tad Taube graduated from
ment team and steered the company to
Jeff Farber joined Koret in 2005
Stanford University with degrees in
a lucrative sale to Levi Strauss in 1979.
as CEO. Taube credits Farber with
engineering, he became a successful
enhancing the Foundation’s impact. “If
real estate investor and developer. In
Taube convinced the Korets — who
our money doesn’t have impact, there’s
1965, Joseph and Stephanie Koret
were childless — to leave their estate
no point in giving it out,” Taube says.
entered his life. The Korets had just
to charity via a newly formed Koret
“Jeff fully understands and appreciates
completed a successful public offering
Foundation. Stephanie died in 1978
that impact and imparts such under-
of their women’s apparel company,
after a long illness. In 1980, Joe Koret
standing to Koret’s grantmaking staff.”
Koret of California, and they wanted
married his second wife Susan, whom
to invest their public offering proceeds
he brought onto the Koret Foundation
GGU received a $500,000 grant from
in real estate.
Board. He died in 1982.
the Koret Foundation, which was used
“That started a relationship that con-
Today, Susan Koret chairs a distin-
“Education is one of the main areas
tinued the rest of their lifetime,” Taube
guished Board of Directors which
of interest for the Koret Foundation,
says. “We had not only a business
oversees the Foundation’s grantmak-
and from the standpoint of our board,
relationship, but that evolved into a
ing in the Bay Area community and
GGU performs an extraordinarily valu-
very close personal relationship.”
Israel. As president, Taube has steered
able function,” Taube says.
for its recent building renovations.
the growth of the Koret endowment to
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All were Jewish immigrants — Taube
$400 million while greatly expanding
Specifically, the foundation appreciates
from Poland, Joe from Odessa, and
its reach and its impact. Taube and his
GGU’s ability to reach students through
Stephanie from Romania — who
family founded Taube Philanthropies
night classes and online work — aspects
found success in the United States which has often collaborated with Koret
that appeal to people like the Korets and
and shared the desire to give back to
Foundation in support of projects of
Taube, who themselves as immigrants
their community.
interest to both foundations. In recent
came from modest circumstances.
fall 2010
Marie Galanti
Rising Star Award
“I didn’t have a clue what I’d end up
doing,” says Galanti, “but looking
back I’m not terribly surprised.”
Photo by Kris Davidson
Rising Star
Award
Given to a graduate (10 or fewer years) who
a leading French newspaper publisher
helping one couple emigrate to France,
made an offer to buy the company
another sell property inherited from a
— but the deal fell through — and
French citizen and a third buy an apart-
Galanti ended up going to GGU while
ment in southern France. Her clients
running her business.
live all over the world and often seek
her help after unsuccessfully attempting
exhibits extraordinary professional achievements and contributions to the community.
“Golden Gate University is very much
these complex matters alone.
the kind of university that attracts
When she thought her publishing com-
people like myself, who’ve done differ-
They aren’t the only ones who steer
pany was sold, Marie Galanti (JD ’03)
ent things and are able to just jump into
clear of international transactions.
figured she’d do what she’d always
law school, enjoy their studies, and take
intended: go to law school.
on whatever happens,” she says.
She had already accomplished a lot.
Galanti graduated from GGU in 2003,
American attorneys and CPAs shy
She’d left Canada to pursue a PhD in
opened a law office in 2004 and sold
away from all the international stuff,”
French civilization from the University
her business in 2005.
Galanti says, adding with a laugh, “The reason that I’ve been able
to grow a practice is many, many
“It’s foreign!”
of Kansas, taught French for three
years at San Francisco State University,
She quickly found a practice niche:
and been a successful publisher.
estate planning and international transactions. Her French-speaking contacts
In 1976, Galanti purchased Journal
formed a natural client base. “Because
Francais, a French language publica-
of my age, people assumed that I had
tion based in San Francisco. A few
practiced law before, and I’d been in
years later, she and an associate added
business for a number of years, and
an English-language magazine, France
that I’d gone back to the practice of
Today, and the business thrived. “I
law,” she laughs. “At some point I had
loved being involved with publications,
to own up to the fact that I was less
I loved being a journalist, I loved the
experienced than they had assumed.”
business aspect to it,” she says.
Evidently, her contacts had faith:
During the boom years of the late 90s,
Galanti’s business grew. Now, she’s
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Patricia Davis
Community Service Award
After a lifetime career in finance,
Patricia Davis turned to her true
passion: teaching low income people
to make smart money choices.
Community
Service Award
Davis enrolled at Stanford Business
of America in San Francisco. Then, in
School. She was so intimidated that she
1989, Davis and her husband moved
spent the summer before school began
back to DC. She worked as director of
reading her first semester’s books. It
treasury services at MCI, and in bank-
Given in recognition of outstanding leadership
paid off: She was a top student. Then
ing for years, serving as senior vice
and service contributions to the community.
a vicious auto accident broke her neck
president of wealth management at
and pelvis and nearly took her life. The
Allfirst Bank in DC (now M&T Bank).
Growing up, Patricia Davis (MS ‘84)
dean suggested Davis take a year off.
In 2003, a buy-out of her company led
thought her mother, Mimi, was incred-
Instead, she graduated with an MBA
her to pursue her passion. Now, Davis
ibly stingy. (Patricia’s father died when
from Stanford Business School, on
conducts hundreds of personal finance
she was a young teen.) Mimi doled out
time and fourth in her class — the first
seminars each year and does individual
an allowance to her brood every two
minority in the school’s then 50-year
financial counseling.
weeks. If they ran out early, too bad —
history to graduate with honors.
“I always start off with understand-
no more money.
Davis was a White House Fellow and
ing your own financial value system,”
“We thought she was mean,” Davis
a Federal Reserve economist before
she says. “What do you think about
recalls.
returning to California to be director of
money; why do you think that way
finance for a mortgage insurance com-
about money; and where do those
But today, Davis uses many of her
pany. This job required knowledge of
thoughts come from?”
mother’s principles — plus knowledge
financial planning, and Davis felt unpre-
gained from her long career in finance
pared. So she enrolled in GGU’s master’s
Davis summed up her mother’s timeless
— to teach underprivileged people to
program in Personal Financial Planning,
financial wisdom in her recently pub-
make smart choices about money.
winning the Top Student award.
lished book, “Mimi, Money and Me.”
A charter school in DC uses it in the
Davis majored in math and statistics
“Golden Gate had the right mix of
classroom, and Davis recently launched
at Howard University, then, after
classes,” she says “and the timing of
a nonprofit to fund her efforts.
graduation, married her high school
classes was perfect. It is a wonderful
sweetheart to whom she is still
institution for people who are working
“I’ve made myself a kind of one-person
married today. His career took them
and need very flexible class schedules.”
crusade to teach as many people
— wherever I am — about the funda-
away from their native Washington,
DC, to California.
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Davis became a vice president of Bank
mentals of money management.”
Robert Calhoun
Distinguished GGU Service
“Our Bar pass rate doubled in just
two years; we were removed from
ABA probation,” Calhoun says.
Distinguished
GGU Service
The next year, Golden Gate offered
Corps prior to law school. He also
Calhoun a tenure-track position teach-
helped in the early implementation of the
ing evidence and criminal procedure.
Honors Lawyering Program. Calhoun
He loved GGU. The faculty and
was the associate dean for academic
Given to a GGU faculty or staff member in rec-
students were very engaged with the
affairs from 2006 to 2008. It was a dif-
ognition of exemplary leadership and service.
issues of the time. The dean at the
ficult time because the Law School was
time, Judy McKelvey, was only the
struggling to overcome a low Bar pass
Robert Calhoun did not really like
second woman dean to head an ABA-
rate and the probation that resulted.
being a student at Yale Law School. His
accredited law school.
“In many ways, the school really pulled
things together,” recalls Calhoun. “Our
professors taught with “almost sadistic
use of the Socratic method,” he recalls.
“The emphasis on classroom teaching,”
Bar pass rate doubled in just two years;
So Calhoun was quite surprised to
he says, “was particularly refreshing.”
we were removed from ABA probation; and we set the groundwork for the
discover that he actually liked practicing law in his first job at the Alameda
Many GGU students, like Calhoun,
County Public Defender’s Office.
were the first in their families to go to
school’s current upward arc.”
college. “Our dean has pointed to that
When the dean position at Golden
“In the back of my mind I thought I
and said people like that tend to come
Gate opened up, Calhoun called an
would really like to teach,” Calhoun
with less of a sense of entitlement, and
old friend from Yale: Drucilla Stender
says. “I kept thinking that there must
I think that’s true. I think that’s what
Ramey, who eventually became the
have been a better way to do it, and
makes them fun to teach.”
dean of the School of Law. “She is a
force of nature who has been just fan-
I’d like to try it.” So in 1974 when UC
tastic for the law school,” he says.
Hastings offered him a position — five
In 1986, Calhoun took a leave to
days before the start of the semester —
create the First District Appellate
Calhoun jumped at the chance.
Project — a nonprofit that administers
Over the years, GGU law students
the appointed counsel system for the
have selected Calhoun for the
California Court of Appeals.
Outstanding Teacher Award 14 times.
laughs. “I found that I really enjoyed
Five years later, he returned to teach-
“It’s a wonderful honor, particularly
teaching — ironically, I guess, because
ing full-time. He launched a summer
because it comes from the students,” he
I didn’t particularly enjoy being a
program in comparative law in Istanbul,
says, “I can’t think of a better way to be
law student.”
where he was stationed in the Peace
acknowledged for what you do.”
“Some days I felt I was only a few
pages ahead of the students,” he
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alumni
alumni association news
Visit GGU AlumniConnect (www.ggu.edu/alumni), the offi-
Griffin Connect
cial website of the GGU Alumni
On Saturday, August 21, more than 30
Association, for more news and events.
recent graduates attended the Griffin
Welcome to the Club
Connect Symposium. Keynote speaker,
Dean Drucilla Stender Ramey, shared
her wisdom on making meaningful
The Alumni Association Board of
connections. Other seminars included
Directors is pleased to welcome a new
practical tips to energize your career or
member, Christine LeGrand (MS 06).
new business and how to develop your
Christine is a Senior Tax Analyst at
personal brand.
Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco.
The GGU Alumni Board developed
a strong desire to increase alumni
this new program to engage recent
activities that give back to the com-
graduates by offering networking
munity. “I am proud of Golden Gate
opportunities and symposiums to
University and its contribution to our
help them further their careers. Visit
community and I am grateful for the
AlumniConnect to stay up to date on
opportunity it has given me to further
future Griffin Connect events.
my education and obtain my career
goals.” Welcome Christine!
Did you Miss It?
Have you been receiving invitations to
events like alumni networking mixers
Have you signed up for the Alumni
or alumni receptions in your area?
Career Network? The Alumni Career
Many alumni events are announced
Network identifies alumni who are
via e-mail only and you may be miss-
willing to give informational inter-
ing out because we do not have the
views or to speak on campus. If you
correct contact information. Ensure
are interested in sharing industry
your contact information is up to date
knowledge with students and recent
by visiting AlumniConnect and updat-
graduates, update your profile on
ing your profile or contacting Alumni
AlumniConnect or e-mail alumni@ggu.
Services at 415-442-7824 or edu and tell us you would like to join.
[email protected].
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fall 2010
J.P. Harbour (LLM 04)
President
Law Office of J.P. Harbour
Carolyn Lee (JD 07, LLM 08)
Vice President
Benjamin, Weill & Mazer APC
Dave Alpert (MBA 00)
Secretary
Vice President & Principle, HGA
Sophia Bekele (MBA Alumna)
Christine comes to the board with
Be a Mentor
2010-2011
Alumni Association
Board of Directors
CEO, CBS International
Maria Feher (MBA 97)
Account Relations Manager, PropertyBridge
Wendy Giblin (JD 96, MBA 07)
Attorney, Gold Bennet Cera & Sidener LLP
Dinah Hayse (JD 98)
Sourcing/Vendor Management Specialist, BlackRock, Inc
Dave Iuppa (MBA 86)
Marketing Consultant
David Joslin (MBA 97)
Adjunct Professor, Chapman University and Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University
Daniel L’Abbe (BA 94)
President, Recruiting Services, Granite Solutions Groupe
Christine LeGrand (MS 06)
Senior Tax Analyst, Levi Strauss & Co.
James Principato (BA 01)
Human Resources Specialist
Swapna Sinha (DBA 97)
CEO, Strategism
Don Witt (MBA 86)
Vice President Strategic Sales
Ring Carrier
class notes
Gene Kaufman (JD 71) is retiring after
23 years as the executive director of Sinai
Memorial Chapel in San Francisco.
— 1972 —
John B. Phillips (MBA 72) is a trustee
and chair of the finance and investment
committee for Group Insurance Trust.
— 1973 —
John L. Callan (MBA 73) is a partner
at Gallina LLP in Walnut Creek, Calif.
Callan specializes in the construction
and real estate industry. E-mail:
[email protected].
Robert H. Oliver (JD 73) received the
2010 Foundation Service award in April
from the California State University,
Fresno Foundation. E-mail:
[email protected].
— 1975 —
Randall C. Griggs (BA 75) is an awardee
of the Paladin Registry Five Star Quality
Ratings for financial planners and
financial advisors.
— 1977 —
Richard Cabin (MBA 77) is a senior
loan consultant at Directors Financial
Group in Corona del Mar, Calif. E-mail:
[email protected].
Jong H. Lee (MBA 77) owns a CPA
practice in Oakland. E-mail:
[email protected].
Haruo Tsutsumi (MBA 77) is chief
credit officer for Fremont Bank
in California. E-mail: htsutsumi@
pacificcommercebank.com.
— 1978 —
Rebecca S. Gates (MBA 78) was named
one of the Idaho Business Review’s
2010 Women of the Year and was
recognized for the Tribute to Women and
Industry award in Boise, Idaho. E-mail:
[email protected].
Kim D. Levitt (BS 78) is the controller
at Golden Eagle Equipment in Palcentia,
Calif. E-mail: [email protected].
Julie Simon Knoll (JD 78) is deputy
director of the division of policy
development in the Office of Energy
Policy & Innovation at the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission in
Washington, DC. E-mail: jsimonknoll@
gmail.com.
Benefits and Services
JoAnn Semones (MPA 78, PHD 93)
published her second volume of stories
about shipwrecks and other disasters-atsea occuring near Half Moon Bay, Calif.
titled, Hard Luck Coast published by
Glencannon Press. E-mail:
[email protected].
alumni
— 1971 —
— 1980 —
Lydia I. Beebe (MBA 80) was named
one of the Bay Area’s Most Influential
Women by the San Francisco Business
Times for 2010. E-mail: lydia.beebe@
chevron.com.
Solomon N. Darwin (MBA 80) is
associate director for the Center for Open
Innovation at Haas School of Business at
the University of California, Berkeley.
Diane Ritchie (JD 80) was profiled in The Daily Journal on June 3.
— 1981 —
Paul G. Agardh (BS 81) is the general
manager and director of sales and
marketing for Markwins Beauty Products
Europe. E-mail: [email protected].
John S. Bartley (BS 81) is a managing
director in the Institutional Equity
Marketing group of Morgan Joseph LLC
in California.
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any person who holds a degree, diploma or certificate from
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the following:
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• Invitations to Special and Regional
Events
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Insurance
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Gate Lawyer Magazines
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alumni
in memoriam
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Alfred O. Belotz (BA 51) died January 5, 2010.
Troy L. Mann (BA 51) died March 14, 2010.
Adolph Frengs (BA 54) died June 20, 2010.
Gerald E. Neely (BA 58) died July 31, 2010.
Elizabeth D. Rieger (BBA 60, MPA 68)
died June 3, 2010.
Clemente J. San Felipe (JD 62) died April 28, 2010.
John D. Abreu (BS 64) died September 25, 2009.
Theodore C. Lachelt (JD 64) died January 4, 2010.
George F. Stahl (MBA 65) died April 3, 2010.
Chester C. Jew (MPA 66) died March 3, 2010.
Charles L. Beall (MBA 73) died April 10, 2010.
Edwin Kaukali (BA 73) died January 10, 2010.
Champ R. Overholt (BS 75, MBA 76)
died October 1, 2009.
Thomas J. Griffin (BA 76) died December 23, 2009.
William F. Rogers (BS 77) died September 7, 2009.
David W. Partain (MPA 79) died December 4, 2009.
Richard A. Hieta (MPA 81) died August 20, 2008.
Dougald Mackintosh (MBA 81) died June 16, 2010.
Harold J. O’Rourke (MBA 82) died March 10, 2010.
Clyde H. Fannin (MPA 83) died April 16, 2010.
David E. Cox (MS 85) died July 13, 2010.
Kathleen J. Moorhead (JD 85) died July 17, 2010.
Richard E. Litton (MS 86) died March 4, 2009.
Warren C. Scott (MPA 87, MBA 92)
died September 23, 2009.
Diana R. Berlfein (BS 89) died May 3, 2010.
Cynthia V. Rhodes (MBA 90) died February 3, 2009.
Eric Glenn (JD 90) died February 2, 2010.
Matthew T. Newman (JD 92) died September 30, 2009.
Timothy P. Shannon (JD 00) died February 23, 2009.
fall 2010
Keith D. Davis (JD 81) was elected
president of the California Judges
Association for a one-year term. E-mail:
[email protected].
Fred V. Schiemann (MBA 84) is the
CFO and on the board of directors for
Solos Endoscopy Inc in Boston. E-mail:
[email protected].
Richard B. Hechler (JD 81) is an adjunt
professor at the University of San
Francisco School of Law.
— 1985 —
Barton M. Pokras (LLM 81) launched
a website titled ventura-divorce.com.
Pokras is a family attorney in Ventura, Calif.
Alan M. Schechter (MBA 81) is the
president of ALBA Consultants in Long
Beach, Calif. E-mail: alanmschechter@
gmail.com.
Kent A. Steinwert (MBA 81) is chair
of the board of Farmers & Merchants
Bancorp in Lodi, Calif. E-mail:
[email protected].
— 1983 —
Cecily A. Dumas (JD 83) was inducted
as a Fellow of the American College
of Bankruptcy in Washington, DC.
Dumas is a partner at Friedman Dumas
& Springwater. E-mail: cdumas@
friedumspring.com.
Ethel A.McDonough (MS 83) is a human
resource specialist for the US Navy in
Norfolk, Va. E-mail: ethel.mcdonough@
navy.mil.
E.William Patterson (MBA 83) is a
senior vice president at International
City Bank in Long Beach, Calif. E-mail:
[email protected].
Morris R. Smith (MBA 83) is on
the McGrath RentCorp board of
directors. Smith is on the governance
and nominating committee and the
compensation committee.
— 1984 —
Paula S. Jones (JD 84) is a principal
diversity consultant at Genetech in South
San Francisco, Calif.
Chris E. Mayhew (MBA 84) is the
director of marketing, salads at Dole
Fresh Vegetables in Monterey, Calif.
James P. Cunningham (JD 85) is a partner
at Liner Grode in San Francisco.
Katherine A. Mitchell (MBA 85) is the
chair of the board of directors for the
National Venture Capital Association.
Mitchell is co-founder and managing
director of Scale Venture Partners, and
its 2010-2011 chair of the board of
directors. E-mail: [email protected].
Randy Riddle (JD 85) is an adjunct
professor at the University of San
Francisco School Law.
Vincent Rios (MPA 85) was the guest
of honor at his son’s retirement at the
Quantico, Va. National Museum of the
Marine Corps Sgt. Vincent Rios is a
retired Marine Veteran of the Vietnam
War. E-mail: [email protected].
— 1986 —
Steven M. Hook (MBA 86) is a senior
mortgage planner at RPM Mortgage in
San Francisco. E-mail: [email protected].
Margaret M. Junker (MBA 86) is the
chief of audit services at the California
Public Employees’ Retirement System in
Sacramento. E-mail: [email protected].
Michelle Leighton (JD 86) is the director
of human rights programs, center for
law and global justice, at the University
of San Francisco School of Law.
Leighton was appointed the Munich Re
Foundation chair on Social Vulnerability
at the United Nations University/EHS
for 2010-2011 and is a member of the
German Marshall Fund’s transatlantic
study team on the impacts of climate
change on human migration. E-mail:
[email protected].
Trudy Nearn (LLM 86) is the founding
attorney of Generations, an estate and
trust law firm in Sacramento.
— 1987 —
Leslie Ellis (MBA 87) is an agent at New
York Life Insurance Co. in San Francisco.
E-mail: [email protected].
Ruth Norris (MPA 87) is the director
of finance and administration for the
department of biochemistry at Stanford
University School of Medicine. E-mail:
[email protected].
David V. Smith (MBA 87) is on the
board of directors for OncoGenex
Pharmaceuticals Inc. E-mail:
[email protected].
Albert R. Wallace (MBA 87) is the
president and founder of the
Energy Environmental Corp. in
Centennial, Colo.
— 1988 —
James J. Adams (MBA 88) teaches eighth
graders in Virginia Beach City Public
School in Virginia. E-mail:
[email protected].
Raymond A. Duffy (MBA 88) is the
senior manager of information systems
at Northrop Grumman Corp. in Virginia
Beach, Va. E-mail: duffy_raymond@
hotmail.com.
Liana C. Fleming (MS 88) is a French
linguist in Norfolk, Va.
— 1989 —
Salvador D. Aceves (MS 89) is the
vice provost and associate professor of
accounting at the University of
San Francisco.
Mark S. Anderson (JD 89) was profiled
in The Recorder on June 16.
Jeffrey R. Kass (MBA 89) received a PMP
certification. Kass is retired from the US
Air Force. E-mail: [email protected].
IN MEMORIAM:
Professor William D. Mayer
William D. Mayer (MBA 70) died
January 27, 2010 in San Francisco.
He was awarded the rank of Adjunct
Professor in 1973. He worked at
the Del Monte Corporation in San
Francisco and retired from there with
more than 30 years of service.
“I remember very well the effort
he put into grading papers while he
reviewed them at home when I was
growing up,” his daughter Deborah
Williams (MBA 84) says. “He taught
a traffic course in which students
turned in US maps with illustrations
of traffic routes — my dream was to
take a class at GGU so that I could
color maps, too.” Williams went on
to earn her MBA from GGU. The
two were always proud of the fact
that they were both GGU graduates.
After he died in January 2010,
Williams found a letter he had kept
for 30 years from Klaus Schmidt,
chair, department of marketing and
management, that read: It pleases
alumni
Susan L. Pilcher (MS 86) is an investment
professional at the First Republic Private
Wealth Management group at First
Republic Bank in San Francisco.
GGU Prof. Mayer and his daughter, Deborah,
at her GGU graduation, July 1984.
me to inform you that your overall
evaluation as an instructor score was
the highest, or the best, of the 20 faculty members that were rated. “Since
he kept this letter for 30 years, I
think it’s safe to say that he was very
proud of it!” she says. Williams currently lives in Portland and is human
resources manager for Columbia
Sportswear Company, where she
has worked for 10 years out of her
20-year career in HR.
Steven M. Lack (PHD 89) is the
assistant special agent in charge of the
US Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of Inspector General.
Lack spoke at The Republican Club
about Medicare fraud in Walnut
Creek, Calif.
— 1991 —
Danny R. Myers (MPA 89) is the director
of information protection for Wright
Patterson Air Force Base. Myers is a
retired Lt. Col. US Air Force. E-mail:
[email protected].
Thomas L. Serame (MS 91) is a tax
compliance and audit manager at
Bechtel Corp. in San Francisco. E-mail:
[email protected].
Marie C. Shadden (MPA 89) was
awarded Homeland Security certification.
Shadden consults on training and exercise
projects in CBRNE and COOP. E-mail:
[email protected].
— 1990 —
Donald E. Natenstedt (MS 90) is a
partner at McGladrey & Pullen LLP in
Irvine, Calif. E-mail: don.natenstedt@
mcgladrey.com.
Philip M. Bernhardt (MBA 91) owns
Bernhardt and Associates, a veteranowned accounting consulting business
in Norfolk, Va. E-mail: bern.assoc@
gmail.com.
David C. Sloggie (MPA 91) is the chief
of police in Williamsburg, Va. E-mail:
[email protected].
— 1992 —
David S. Hershey-Webb (JD 92) is
releasing his second CD titled
Welcome to the World. E-mail:
[email protected].
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alumni
Shirley T. McDaniel (BA 92) is a
corporate recruiter and business
developer for Troy University in Norfolk,
Va. McDaniel formerly served as GGU’s
program coordinator at Langley AFB in
Norfolk, Va. E-mail: [email protected].
Stephen A. Sanguinetti (MBA 92) is
president of Blue and Gold Industries
LLC in San Mateo, Calif. E-mail:
[email protected].
Sharon A. Anolik-Shakked (JD 96)
presented at Practicing Law Institute’s
Privacy and Data Security Law Institute,
and received national recognition for
an innovative Compliance and Ethics
program she and her team developed
at Blue Shield of California. E-mail:
[email protected].
Kathy R. Schlepphorst (JD 92) is co-chair,
family law for Hoge, Fenton, Jones &
Appel Inc. in San Jose, Calif. E-mail:
[email protected].
Laura S. Rasmussen (JD 96) is partner at
the law firm of Farr, Kaufman, Sullivan,
Jensen, Olds, Kaufman, Rasmussen &
Nichols, in Ogden, Utah. E-mail: lmr_
[email protected].
— 1993 —
— 1997 —
Darrin T. Mish (JD 93) was featured on
an episode of the internet radio show
The Next Big Thing. E-mail: dmishesq@
hotmail.com.
Philip Q.Thach (MBA 93) is an executive
director of finance at Maxim Integrated
Products in Sunnyvale, Calif. E-mail:
[email protected].
— 1994 —
Carla E. Gallegos (MBA 97) is a senior
healthcare solutions advisor and business
development manager Enterprise
Healthcare for Cisco Systems Inc. in San
Francisco. E-mail: [email protected].
Michael W. Garey (MS 97) is vice
president of human resources at
Nova Solar-US. E-mail: mwgarey@
hotmail.com.
Gregory M. Kling (MS 94) is a partner at
Kling and Pathak LLP in Cerritos, Calif.
Tamara Hall (JD 97) was appointed
a superior court judge at the Los
Angeles Superior Court. E-mail: thall@
da.lacounty.gov.
— 1995 —
— 1998 —
Ivan K. Fujihara (MBA 95) is the vice
president of finance and corporate
controller for Solar Junction in San Jose.
Leslie B. Lautzenhiser (MS 95)
is a vice president and owner of
PuroClean Restoration Services in Fort
Collins, Colo. Brown was recognized
by Cambridge Who’s Who for
demonstrating dedication, leadership and
excellence in business management.
Daniel Pickard (JD 95) was lead counsel
in a win before the US Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit. Pickard is
the chair, for the Anticorruption and
Globalization program, for the ABA
Section of International Law’s 2010
meeting in Paris. E-mail: dpickard@
wileyrein.com.
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— 1996 —
fall 2010
Warren M. Cassell (LLB 98, LLM 03)
is the president and chair of Immaculate
Productions Inc. and host of The Warren
Cassell Show, a television variety talkshow focusing on issues affecting the
English-speaking Caribbean. Cassell is
the author of the book OHabits.
William L. Davidson (MBA 98) is
a regional casualty manager at Risk
Specialists Companies in San Francisco.
Cesar V. Teague (MBA 98) is a
consultant at NextLevel Consulting.
— 1999 —
Esteban Farfan (MBA 99) is an
independent business communication
skills trainer in Tokyo. E-mail:
[email protected].
Ralph W. Kasarda (JD 99) argued before
the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in
H.B. Rowe v. Tippett. The case concerns
the constitutionality of one of North
Carolina’s race- and gender-conscious
affirmative action programs. E-mail:
[email protected].
Frederick W. Riesen (JD 99) is a
prosecutor in Charleston, SC. E-mail:
[email protected].
Kelly M. Truesdell (MS 99) is a
manager in the tax department of
Experian in Costa Mesa, Calif. E-mail:
[email protected].
Trent R. Wachner (MBA 99) is an
assistant professor of marketing and
management for Creighton University
College of Business in Omaha, Neb.
— 2000 —
Rema M. Breall (JD 00) is the managing
attorney of the narcotics unit of the
San Francisco District Attorney’s office.
Andrew Ong (MBA 00) has been
appointed group head, global personto-person payments at MasterCard
Worldwide in Purchase, NY.
Jacque M. Wilson (JD 00) is a deputy
public defender for the City and County
of San Francisco. E-mail: j.wilson76@
hotmail.com.
— 2001 —
Maheep Singh (MS 01, MBA 09) is a
senior network specialist at Granite
Construction Inc. in Watsonville, Calif.
Janelle K. Toman (MPA 01) is an adjunct
instructor in English composition at
Capital University Center in Pierre, SD.
— 2002 —
Peter J. Donovan (MS 02) is the
vice president, corporate lending for
Cambridge Savings Bank in Cambridge,
Mass. E-mail: [email protected].
Jason A.Shannon (MS 02) co-founded a
reverse mortgage start-up named Reverse
Market Insight. E-mail: evolver73@
yahoo.com.
— 2003 —
Zana Lugo (BS 03) is a financial
advisor at Ameriprise Financial Services
Inc. in San Francisco. E-mail: zana.lugo@
yahoo.com.
Keith T. Mitchell (MPA 03) owns a
safety and fire-safety consulting service
in Rolesville, NC. E-mail: airforce1@
alumni.ggu.edu.
Teodora Neeva (MS 03) is a marketing
event specialist in the global events
enterprise marketing department of
Symantec Corp. in San Francisco. E-mail:
[email protected].
— 2004 —
Cassius R. Conway (MS 04) is
an assistant vice president of risk
management and quality control at Union
Bank in San Francisco. E-mail: cassius.
[email protected].
Eric Jones (MS 04) is a principal at the
Sacramento office of the Reznick Group.
Alnesh Mohan (MS 04) is the CFO of
Hudson Resources Inc. in Vacouver,
British Columbia.
Michael J. Robertson (JD 04) has been
appointed by the White House as Chief
of Staff for the US General Services
Administration. E-mail: michael.
[email protected].
AN INVESTMENT IN GGU IS AN
INVESTMENT IN YOU
GGU’s stock is on the rise
alumni
Amy L. Arnold (JD 02) practices real
estate law at Wiegel Law Group,
PLC in San Francisco. Email: amy@
wiegellawgroup.com.
A pioneer in practice-based education, GGU’s reputation is rising on a national
and international level, and your gift to GGU will help ensure that the value of
your GGU degree grows, too. Be a positive voice for GGU in your community,
get involved, and make charitable gifts with far-reaching, positive effects on
GGU’s programs and services. There are so many ways to give — and make a
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alumni
James V. Scariot (MPA 04) has been
named Cambridge Who’s Who
Professional of the Year in Educational
Administration. E-mail: james_scariot@
heald.edu.
Raina J. Washington (BS 07) is a business
applications specialist in the financial
planning and analysis department of
Wells Fargo in San Francisco. E-mail:
[email protected].
Kenny Tse (MS 04) is a tax accountant
at Gleen M. Gelman & Associates in
Santa Ana, Calif. E-mail: kennytse1980@
yahoo.com.
Christopher M. Zener (MS 07) is director
of tax services at the CPA Firm of Hauser
Long in Bellevue, Wash.
Kelly Shindell (JD 04) is a partner at
Viola Law Firm PC in San Mateo, Calif.
— 2005 —
Rachel Baer (JD 05) is secretary, treasurer
and general counsel of China Wireless.
— 2006 —
— 2008 —
Hillary R. Allyn (JD 08) is an attorney at
Arns Law Firm in San Francisco. E-mail:
[email protected].
Evan A. Chan (JD 08) owns the Law
Office of Ken Chan in San Francisco.
Ryan T. Gille (JD 08) is an attorney at
Sterling and Clark in San Francisco.
Dan Liu (JD 09) is an associate at
Bullivant Houser Bailey in San Francisco.
Samantha R. Nilsen (JD 09) is an
associate attorney at Kumin Sommers
LLP in San Francisco. E-mail:
[email protected].
Tim R.Titchenal (MS 09) is a
senior accountant at Haskell & White
LLP in Irvine, Calif. E-mail: ttitchenal@
hwcpa.com.
Gary K. Tsang (BBA 09) is a financial
representative at Northwestern Mutual
in San Francisco. E-mail: garyktsang@
gmail.com.
Wylie E. Adams (JD 06) is employment
counsel for the human resources divsion
of URS Corp. in San Francisco. E-mail:
[email protected].
Kevan P. McLaughlin (JD 08) is
the founder of McLaughlin Legal
in Encinitas, Calif. E-mail: kevan@
mclaughlinlegal.com.
Monique T. Vu (MS 09) is a senior tax
accountant at Steadfast Co. in Irvine,
Calif. E-mail: [email protected].
Bryon E.Cruz (MS 06) is a tax manager
at Pierce Group in Irvine, Calif. E-mail:
[email protected].
Jessica S. Pliner (JD 08) is an attorney
at Phillips Spallas and Angstadt LLP in
San Francisco. E-mail: jessica.pliner@
gmail.com.
Lori J.Withrow (JD 09) is an attorney
and partner at Withrow & Betinol
Law in Los Angeles. E-mail: withrow@
wibelaw.com.
Cheray E. Smith (MS 08) is a tax
manager at Steadfast Co. in Irvine, Calif.
— 2010 —
Erika Scott (JD 06) is the executive
director of ACCESS/Women’s Health
Rights Coalition in Oakland.
— 2007 —
Brendan D. Devlin (JD 07) is a financial
advisor at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
in San Francisco. E-mail: brendan.
[email protected].
Devon F. King (JD 07) led a brown bag
lunch discussion to learn about her work
at the US Department of Labor Employee
Benefits Security Administration at Law
Career Services on February 24. E-mail:
[email protected].
David E. Olsen (JD 07) is a patent
trademark and copyright lawyer in
Fremont, Calif. E-mail: deolsen94555@
hotmail.com.
Robert W. Telles (MS 08) is the secretary
and CFO at Stearns Lending in Santa
Ana, Calif. E-mail: [email protected].
— 2009 —
Jim C. Betinol (JD 09) is an attorney and partner for Withrow & Betinol Law in Los Angeles. E-mail: betinol@
wibelaw.com.
William Dos Santos (MBA 09) is the
marketing and communications
director at TDL International Law
Firm in Fountain Valley, Calif. E-mail:
[email protected].
Paula J. Enstrom (JD 09) is vice
president, fiduciary and compliance
manager at Union Bank in San Francisco.
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Blair E. Hardiek (MBA 09) is a member
of the women’s basketball coaching
staff at the University of San Francisco.
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Derrick A. Chan (BS 10) works at Burr
Pilger Mayer in San Francisco. E-mail:
[email protected].
Cristina E. Cuzman (MBA 10) is a
financial advisor for Morgan Stanley
Smith Barney in San Mateo, Calif.
Rodrigo Regi (BBA 10) is a registered
representative at First Investors Corp
in San Francisco. E-mail: rodrigoregi@
hotmail.com.
alumni events
alumni
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5
ABA Reception
2
San Francisco Mixer
More than 90 GGU alumni attended a
networking mixer at Sens Restaurant in
San Francisco on June 15, 2010.
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1 – Jim O’Neil (MBA 86), Tugs-Oyun
Davaadori (MBA 10), guest
2 – Guest, Lorevic Rivera (MBA 10), Sharon
Blanco (MBA 10)
3 – Guest, Carol Kingsley (MBA 81, JD 81),
Dewitt Lacey (JD 05)
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On August 6, 2010 GGU School of
Law hosted an alumni reception at the
ABA annual meeting. Seventy-five GGU
alumni, faculty and staff reconnected
with each other.
4 – Guest, Paul Cullen (JD 10)
5 – John Davids (JD 65), Barbara Davids
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Palo Alto Mixer
Orange County Tax Mixer
On August 26, 2010 GGU alumni from all schools networked with
each other at a mixer held at Bistro 412 in Palo Alto.
Dean Mary Canning attended a networking mixer at Scott’s
Restaurant in Irvine, Calif on July 8, 2010.
6 – Jon McCaman (BA 70), Ed Curran (MBA 47)
7 – Jeff Heimler, Dean Canning, Jim O’Neal, Manuel Ramirez (MS 99)
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Honor Roll of Donors
And Giving Societies — FY 2010
Centennial Society FY10
The Centennial Society recognizes those individuals who gave to the university during the past year and whose lifetime support of GGU exceeds
$100,000, ensuring the longevity of Golden Gate University.
Anonymous
As You Sow Foundation
William M. Audet, 84
Bank of America Foundation
Lee D. (74, 08) amd John D. Baxter
Leon A. & Esther F. Blum Foundation
Bruce F. Braden, 73
Patrick J. Coughlin, 83, 09
Lenora A. Eagar Davis, 57
Deloitte & Touche Foundation
Karen L. Hawkins (79, 81) & William E. Taggart
Leo B. Helzel, 51
Helzel Family Foundation
The Herbst Foundation Inc.
A Gerlof Homan
William D. (56) & Carolyn A. Ireland
Ted Mitchell (71, 81) & Tanya Slesnick, 94
Allan H. Rappaport, 85
Daniel P. (81) & Irene Riley
Kathryn E. Ringgold, 70
The Rose Foundation for Communities
and the Environment
Richard M. (63, 66, 88) &
Barbara Rosenberg
The San Francisco Foundation
Suthee S. Tritasavit, 67
Dana R. Waldman, 95
Kenneth B. Weeman Jr. (90, 08) &
Kathryn K. Weeman
David G. Wehlitz, 70, 73
Phillips P. Yee, 78, 07
William F. Zuendt
Millennium Society FY10
The Millennium Society comprises those donors who have given a minimum of $2,000 in unrestricted gifts to the annual fund or a specific school
during the past fiscal year, offering GGU the flexibility to address its highest priorities.
Mark S. Anderson, 89
Dan & Patricia Angel
Rosario C. Bacon Billingsley, 78
Lee D. (74, 08) & John D. Baxter
Charles L. Bell, 75
Bruce F. Braden, 73
Elizabeth A. Brady
Leona M. Bridges, 84
James E. Brush, 79
Mark E. Burton Jr., 95
Ann Moller Caen, 88
Thomas J. Callan, 50
Cameron M. (90) & Jeannot Carlson
Scott A. (83) & Celeste A. Chapman, 86
Michael Clarke, 67
Susan T. (84) & Ronald E. Codd
Terry Connelly
Rickert L. Cross, 81
W. Stanley Davis, 53, estate
Michael Daw
Robert A. Docili, 75
Normita F. (65, 83) & Robert Fenn
Tracey K. Edwards (81, 83) & Morgan P. Hoff
Roi L. Ewell, 85
Paul Fouts
Robert J. Fox, 68
John H. & Ann E. Fyfe
Marie E. Galanti, 03
B. Phyllis Whittiker (94) & Bruce D. Gesner
Michael (65) & Dorothy Goldsmith
Bernard S. Gutow, 97, 98
John P. Harbour, 04
Bruce W. Hart
Bob Hite
A Gerlof Homan
Rodney W. (76) & Sylvia M. Hurd
Henry Jacquemet, 55
Margaret N. Kanzee, estate
Barbara H. (81) & Jeffrey H. (81) Karlin
Thomas J. Kenny, 93
Gregory M. Kling, 94
Esther R. Lerner, 80
Thomas E. Liles, 76
Madelyn Mallory, 93
Alonzo J. (60) & Ellie Manthos
John C. (84, 03) & Rosemary C. (83) Martin
Roxana M. McAllister, 07
Lawrence D. (94) & Lynn A. (94) McGovern
Randall W. Merk, 85
Dwight L. Merriman, 90
Ronald W. Miele, 84
Jerrold B. Newman, 73
James E. O’Neil (86) & Susie Albrecht
Sabina L. Pan, 98
Nitai H. Pathak, 95
Pamela E. Pierson, 75
Marjorie Randolph, 77
D. Paul Regan, 79
Barbara A. Roberts, 88
Richard M. (63, 66, 88) &
Barbara Rosenberg
Robert M. Rouse, 69, 78
Beverly C. Rowen, 87
Alfred V. Sanguinetti, 61, 65
Les (81) & Joanne Schmidt
Richard D. Seifert, 58
Dick Sherman (74) & Vicki DeGoff
Ted Mitchell (71, 81) & Tanya Slesnick (94)
Charles G. Steele, 51, 62
Raymond L. Tom, 85
Nancy Z. (92) & Herbert B. Tully
Kenneth B. Weeman Jr. (90, 08) &
Kathryn K. Weeman
Michael W. Whipple, 72
Peter B. Whitehead, 84
B. Phyllis Whittiker, 94
Michael L. Williams, 91
Russ & Kit Yarrow
Ronald P. (85) & Rebecca Y. (93) Yee
William F. Zuendt
Bridge Society FY10
The Bridge Society recognizes individuals who are providing for future generations of GGU students by including the university in their estate plan.
Aavo A. Agur, 79
Anonymous
Roger B. Barnes, 79
Barbara M. Beery, 79, 85
Elizabeth A. Brady
John M. Burke, 93
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Velia Butz
Donald E. Callahan, 57
Mary P. Canning, 81, 82
Joanie M. Ciardelli, 76
Terry Connelly
John J. Davids, 65
Christian P. Frederiksen, 65
Clyde R. Gibb
Ann M. Goode, 82
Albert C. (68) & Alma E. Kelsey
Zenaida L. Lawhon, 72, 88
Salvatore A. Lima, 64
Alonzo J. (60) & Ellie Manthos
Lawrence L. Marigold, 67
John H. McCarthy, 51
Richard E. McGrath
Lois A. Myers, 80
Albert L. O’Dea, 56
John E. O’Grady, 86, 93
Janis L. Orner, 85
Warren C. Owens, 62, 64
Henry O. Pruden
Elizabeth D. Rieger 60, 68*
John T. Rooney, 85
Stephen M. Seewer, 97
Alice S. Smith, 77
John B. Taylor, 71
Vicki C. Trent, 97
Claude B. Trusty, 79
Kenneth B. Weeman Jr. (90, 08) & Kathryn K. Weeman
J. Creighton (56) & Dorothy M. White
David Y. Wong, 68, 78
Russ & Kit Yarrow
Victor Yipp, 75
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Walter L. Gorelick, 70
David M. Gregory, 93
Leo B. Helzel, 51
Terence B. Heuss
Howard A. Jacobs, 48
Mitchel D. Jenkins, 71
L. Phillip Jimenez, 63, 84
Thomas R. Jones, 80
Pamela Jordan
Lloyd R. Jungling, 51
Karen D. Kadushin, 77
Silver Society FY10
Members of the Silver Society are the university’s most loyal supporters and have made philanthropy a personal priority by giving annually to Golden
Gate University for 25 or more years.
Christine Tour-Sarkissian (85, 04) &
Roger H. Bernhardt
Allan M. Bonderoff, 78
Nancy L. Bowker, 79, 82
Nancy S. Braswell, 81
Allan & Muriel Brotsky
Editha F. Bucoy, 64
Robert J. Burastero, 65
Allan H. Cadgene
Robert K. Calhoun Jr.
Mildred Susan Carlson, 78
Michael Clarke, 67
Barry B. (64) & Joanne S. (87) Daniels
Quintin L. Doroquez, 66
Raymond F. Douglas, 76
Kenneth Drexler
James W. Duers, 76
Brian M. Dwyer, 79, estate
John M. Filippi, 43
Noel W. (72) & Catherine Folsom
Hanley T. Fong, 77
Clarence S. Goldfinger, 64, 79
David M. Gregory, 93
Leo B. Helzel, 51
Wayne L. Hjelmstad, 80
Deborah B. Honig, 76
Thomas E. Hooper, 79
Michael F. Hughes, 68
Stewart A. Judson, 64
Ramesh M. Kapadia, 80
Robert E. Kay, 71
Harold H. Keenum, 65, 85
Kathleen S. King (77) & Gerald Cahill
Baron D. Lowe, 51
John G. Lunn, 74
Eldon H. Mather, 75
John H. McCarthy, 51
Judith G. McKelvey
Dennis O’Brien, 65
Henry F. O’Connell, 55, estate
Joseph A. Parks, 65
Daniel J. Peak, 69
Warren R. Perry, 62
Irwin A. (59) & Anabella A. (79) Phillips
Norbert E. Pobanz, 82
Bill D. Powell, 66
Elaine F. Prince, 65
Elizabeth D. Rieger 60, 68, estate
Richard J. Rose, 72
Richard M. (63, 66, 88) & Barbara Rosenberg
Clemente J. San Felipe, 62, estate
Bernard L. Segal
Robert E. Seyfarth, 73
Paul J. Siegel, 80
Alan Simon, 50, 59, estate
Walter W. Stevenson, 69, 95
Frederick B. Stocking, 75
David C. Terrasi, 78
Robert G. Thompson, 55
Donald J. Turano, 49
Thomas K. (64) & Mary Walsh
Frank F. Weinberg, 51, 79, 02
J. Creighton (56) & Dorothy M. White
James W.Y. Wong, 50, 98
Mission Society FY10
Mission Society donors demonstrate their loyalty to GGU by making an automatic monthly gift by credit card, electronic-fund transfer or payroll deduction.
Trevor A. Akerley
Anonymous
Margaret G. Arnold
Susanne M. Aronowitz
Shoshana Asher
Sophia Bekele, 92
Ryan Badowski
Michael A. Berke, 04
Christine Tour-Sarkissian (85, 04) & Roger H. Bernhardt
Elizabeth A. Brady
Deanna K. Bruton
Cynthia E. Childress
Diane Comi
Terry Connelly
Jeff A. Crear, 70, 71
Sean Crooke, 97
Angela Dalfen
Michael Daw
Cassandra A. Dilosa
Maria Feher, 97
Julie M. Filice, 82
Paul Fouts
Peter N. Fowler, 84
Robert C. Fulkerth, 09
William T. Gallagher
Maryanne Gerber
Paul E. Gibson Jr.
Veronica L. Gilliard, 08
Marc H. Greenberg
R. Stevenson Hawkey (87) &
Andy K. Samuelsson-Hawkey, 91
Bob Hite
Jack W. Hodges
Kevin Davis (03) & Cherron Hoppes
Yvonne D. Hynes
Vilma Kinghorne
Pamela Kong, 02
Elizabeth Lindsay
Lisa Lomba
Evan G. Mathew, 95
Kendall P. Mau, 98
Lenore M. McDonald
Kate McNulty
Karen McRobie
William Miller, 71
Dennis Milosky
Mohamed A. Nasralla, 87, 03
Julia L. (95,00) & Lee O. (92, 00) Odom
Christian Okeke
Christine C. (92, 98) & Anthony J. Pagano
Michael C. Pascoe, 06
Patricia Paulson, 09
Holli I. Ploog, 80
Jennifer Preciado
Leslie M. Rose (83, 01) & Alan Ramo
Jacob Rechin
Jelena N. Ristic, 00, 06
Neha M. Sampat
Bernard L. Segal
Patricia K. Sepulveda
Terri Shultis
Swapna S. Sinha, 07
Emerson Stafford
Michal A. Strahilevitz
Rachel Van Cleave
Marvin Weinbaum
Bruce A. Wilcox, 81
Mary A. Wolcott
* deceased
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FY 2010 (July 1, 2009-July 10, 2010)
$100,000 or more
Patrick J. Coughlin, 83, 09
Leon A. & Esther F. Blum Foundation Inc.
Wallace S. (31) & Lena L. Myers, estate
$50,000-$99,999
Lee D. (74, 08) & John D. Baxter
Chevron Corporation
Frank M. (82) & Jane Beran Felicelli
The Rose Foundation for Communities and
the Environment
Hilary F. Seubert, estate
Dana R. Waldman, 95
$25,000-$49,999
Audet & Partners, LLP
William M. Audet, 84
The Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation, Inc.
Allan & Muriel Brotsky
Kal W. Lines, 51
Mortar Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
Anonymous
As You Sow Foundation
Richard & Helen Bibbero, estate
Allan H. Cadgene
Arthur Y. Chan
Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.
Susan T. (84) & Ronald E. Codd
John J. Davids, 65
The Elfenworks Foundation
Golden Gate University Public Interest Law Foundation
Helzel Family Foundation
The Herbst Foundation Inc.
Deborah & Robert Klein
Madelyn Mallory, 93
The Meadowview Foundation
D. Paul Regan, 79
Guy Rounsaville Jr.
Robert B. Scanlon
Les (81) & Joanne Schmidt
Mark S. Sioma, 91
Chris W. Strand, 87
Thomson Reuters West Corp.
Wells Fargo Foundation
Warren M. Wong
$5,000-$9,999
Robert J. (62) & Barbara A. Battaya, estate
Rick and Barbara Bennett
Bruce F. Braden, 73
Curtis A. (74, 76) & Lisa Moscaret Burr
Charles R. (78, 81) & Rebecca L. (77, 78) Conradi
Murray J. Demo, 87
Roi L. Ewell, 85
Frank M. (82) & Jane Beran Felicelli
Mark S. Anderson, 89
Lydia I. Beebe (80) & Charles E. Doyle
Charles L. Bell, 75
Elizabeth A. Brady
Leona M. Bridges, 84
The Brown Foundation, Inc.
James E. Brush, 79
Mark E. Burton Jr., 95
Ann Moller Caen, 88
Marie E. Galanti, 03
Clyde R. Gibb
Bruce W. Hart
Joel S. Isaacson, 85
Margaret N. Kanzee, estate
Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons,
Greenwood, Harley
John C. (84, 03) & Rosemary C. (83) Martin
Barbara M. Mathews, 83, estate
Randall W. Merk, 85
$2,000-$4,999
Scott A. (83) & Celeste A. Chapman, 86
Michael Clarke, 67
Terry Connelly
Rickert L. Cross, 81
Michael Daw
Daniel Dell’Osso, 84
Paul Fouts
Neyhart, Anderson, Flynn & Grosboll
Marjorie Randolph, 77
Riordan & Horgan
Tax Executives Institute, Inc., San Francisco Chapter
Marc L. Van Der Hout (77) & Jody I. LeWitter
Robert J. Fox, 68
Bernard S. Gutow, 97, 98
John P. Harbour, 04
M. Henry Heines, 78
Hemming Morse, Inc.
Herbert and Nancy Tully Family Fund
Bob Hite
A Gerlof Homan
Jeffrey M. (77) & Anne Howson
Rodney W. (76) & Sylvia M. Hurd
University Board of Trustees & Life Trustees I Alumni Association Board of Directors I bold indicates those who have given consecutively for at least five years
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Drucilla Stender Ramey & Marvin Stender
Barbara A. Roberts, 88
Richard M. (63, 66, 88) & Barbara Rosenberg
Robert M. Rouse, 69, 78
Beverly C. Rowen, 87
Schiff Hardin LLP
Dick Sherman (74) & Vicki DeGoff
Tax Executives Institute, Inc., Los Angeles Chapter
Technical Security Analysts Assoc., S.F.
Raymond L. Tom, 85
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
Rachel Van Cleave
Paul W. (95) & Diane Vince
William C. Wan, 73, 78
Kenneth B. Weeman Jr. (90, 08) & Kathryn K. Weeman
Michael W. Whipple, 72
Peter B. Whitehead, 84
Alba Witkin
William F. Zuendt
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Thomas J. Kenny, 93
Kling & Pathak
Esther R. Lerner, 80
Thomas E. Liles, 75
Alonzo J. (60) and Ellie Manthos
Lawrence D. (94) & Lynn A. (94) McGovern
Ronald W. Miele, 84
Linda G. Montgomery (84) & Roy E. Hahn
Jerrold B. Newman, 73
James E. O’Neil (86) & Susie Albrecht
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Sabina L. Pan, 98
Pamela E. Pierson, 75
$1,000 - $1,999
Anonymous
Aramark Higher Education
Barulich Dugoni Law Group Inc.
Christine Tour-Sarkissian (85, 04) & Roger H. Bernhardt
Chad P. Bowar, 00
Dale Burgess, 71
Velia Butz
Ronnie G. Caplane
Patricia A. Carson, 52
Sean Crooke, 97
Kevin E. Dangers, 01
Douglas A. Dexter, 81
Jeffrey S. Franco, 94
Friedlander Cherwon Capper LLP
Laura Gianni, 95
Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian
Marc H. Greenberg
Alexander I. Guthrie, 70
Michael L. Helms, 82
Wai-Shing V. Ho, 88
Deborah B. Honig, 76
Thomas E. Hooper, 79
Kevin Davis (03) & Cherron Hoppes
Jackson Lewis LLP
Henry Jacquemet, 55
A.J. Johnson, 70
Larry R. Jones, 87
Lawrence H. Jones
Michael R. Kain, 74
Raoul D. Kennedy
Lawrence E. Kern, 69
William Kezer, 93
Ronald A. Kisinger, 85
Lawless & Lawless
Lawyers for Clean Water
Richard E. McGrath
Robert B. Morrill
Kikuo Nakahara, 58
Margaret M. O’Leary, 81
William A. O’Malley, 61
Laura E. Ozak, 94
Mary C. Pattison, 73
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Frances E. Perry
Holli I. Ploog, 80
Lawrence L. Riche, 75, estate
Diana Richmond, 73
Peggy Sanchez Mills (84) & James E. Mills
Morris and Dorothy Rubinoff Foundation
Richard A. Schneider, 90
Edna Abary-Gossen, 67
Elaine M. Andrews, 76
John T. Arao, 90
Gerald B. Barbo, 84
Theodore F. Bayer, 76
Reginald H. Bedell, 91
Carol J. Blackwood
Raymond H. Blas, 76, 77
Anne E. Bouliane, 80, 00
Kenneth J. Bozzini, 82
Conrad D. Breece, 72
Rodney R. Brooker, 87
Scott G. Buchanan, 77, 86
Editha F. Bucoy, 64
The Cartwright Law Firm, Inc.
Erick C. Christensen, 84
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, LLP
Adam M. Cohen, 92
Laurel A. Col
James A. Cordova, 96
Barry B. (64) & Joanne S. (87) Daniels
Nicholas Dewar
Francis J. Donohoe, 83
Quintin L. Doroquez, 66
Robert M. Fanucci, 82
Simona A. Farrise, 93
Maria Feher, 97
Daniel D. Fisher, 80
Sally Galway, 71
Steven C. Garber, 77
Cezanne Garcia
Paul E. Gibson Jr.
H. David Grunbaum, 74
Zhichong Gu, 06
Robert T. Haden, 80
Wayne L. Harvey, 78
Leroy A. Herbel, 87, 90
Herbert Fried Foundation
Brigette S. Holmes, 83
George F. Houghton, 75
Rita Grobman Howard, 73
Jay A. Hull, 72, 75
Wendell A. Hutchinson, 80, 82
Robert E. Johnson, 86
Jonathan C.S. Cox Family Foundation
Timothy J. Jorstad, 81
Floyd L. Keels, 76, 78
Kathleen S. King (77) & Gerald Cahill
Ronald L. King, 66
Steven M. Kinsella, 03
Pamela Kong, 02
Marshall F. Kramer, 86
James M. Krause, 85
Linda J. Lau-Sam, 90, 96
Alexander H. Lubarsky, 94, 98
Thomas L. Mabe, 92
Mark S. Mahoney, 86
Janet C. Mangini, 79, 99
Steven S. Marino, 01
Kendall P. Mau, 98
Daily J. McDowell, 87
Ruth J. McKnight, 74, 77
Joseph C. Mello, 86
Kenneth R. Montgomery, 99
Lisa Nahmanson, 97
Romeo H. (63) & Alicia A. Navarro
Nina-McLemore
Bernard L. Segal
Saxon Sharpe, Ph.D.
Alice S. Smith, 77
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
Richard Tong, 50
Michael L. Vinson
40% increase in annual
giving by recent graduates
(fewer than 5 years)
Joseph G. Walsh
Thomas K. (64) & Mary Walsh
B. Phyllis Whittiker, 94
Russ and Kit Yarrow
Yee Family Foundation
Daniel (82) & Annie Yee
David P. Young, 75
$500 - $999
Roy C. Nordman, 60
Dennis O’Brien, 65
Janis L. Orner, 85
Lawrence G. Parham, 88
Robert H. Patterson Jr., 04
Samuel & Cay Paw
Luigi Pietrantoni, 72
Anonymous
Robert A. Promm, 00
Robert A. Reynolds, 83
Susan Romer, 91
John T. Rooney, 85
George C. Rothwell, 71
Timothy J. Rowley, 85
Susan Rutberg, 75
Lynn K. Schoenfeld, 81
Brad Seligman & Sara T. Campos
Eileen Seligson, 71
Terri Shultis
Jonathan H. Siegel (77) & Aixa Gannon
Laura C. Simmons, 01
Timothy H. (77, 79) & Lucy B. (96) Smallsreed
Mee C. Stevens, 02
Matthew C. Stolte, 84
William R. Thomas, 67
James A. Tiemstra (80) & Eliza T. Greene, 92
Virginia Villegas
William D. Wagstaffe
Marvin Weinbaum
Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld
Donna M. Williams, 84
David Y. Wong, 68, 78
Roy H. Yamada, 63
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Frank G. Adam, 98
Robin L. Allgren, 95
Altshuler Berzon LLP
Robert L. Anderson, 73
Frank A. Balistrieri, 97
Nancy Barlet, 89
Roger B. Barnes, 79
John M. Barnett, 85
Donald L. Beeson, 73
Michael Begert
Dirk J. Beijen, 98, 00
Sophia Bekele, 92
Michael J. Bennett, 73
Phyllis G. Berenson (80, 83) &
Charles L. Wixson (80, 86)
Michael A. Berke, 04
Lynn E. Bonicelli, 94
Donna M. Boyd, 92
BP America Inc.
Ronald P. Brooker, 87
Karl J. Brower, 80
Eliphus H. Burgess, 61
Gary R. Calderon, 91
John B. Caldwell, 07
Dale A. Castle, 72
Lyle C. Cavin, 69
Trina Chatterjee
George H. Chu, 86
Denis J. Confer, 90, 91
Steven T. Cook, 93
Jeff A. Crear, 70, 71
Christopher J. Croudace, 85
Edward A. Cusnier, 85
Angela Dalfen
John J. Davis Jr. & Loretta M. Lynch
Rick W. DeMartini, 92
Wayne B. Dexter, 77
Carol A. Dickerson, 92
Cassandra A. Dilosa
Martha D. (63, 70) & William P. (72, 79) Dixon
George W. Edman, 88
Lainey Feingold
Scot W. Ferrell, 88
Frank Ferri, 81
Julie M. Filice, 82
Barbara Finkle, 84
Kimberly B. (96) & James T. Fitzgerald
Thomas H. Fletcher, 93
Noel W. (72) & Catherine Folsom
Hanley T. Fong, 77
Shane R. Ford, 94
Peter N. Fowler, 84
Ivan K. Fujihara, 95
Amita J. Gandhi, 89
Maryanne Gerber
Gwendolyn Giblin, 95, 07
Michael J. Ginther, 87
Jason H. Halsey, 02
Jamie Sue T. Hirota, 92
Timothy J. Howe
Charles J. Hunt, 58
Mary Huss, 09
Larry I. Ikeda, 99
David R. Iuppa, 86
Donald R. Jackson, 07
Cliff Jarrard, 77
Thomas W. Jasek, 85
Richard J. Jensen, 74, 83
Penelope A. Johnson, 76
Ramesh M. Kapadia, 80
Virginia L. Keeley, 04
Jason D. Kors, 95
Barbara J. Kosnar, 80
Fred Krasner, 73
Ira C. Kucheck, 90
Philip D. LaChapelle, 77
Gregory N. LaCombe, 96
Robert L. Larke, 74
Adeline S. Lee, 93
Paul S. Lempio, 64
Jimmy L. Lewis, 73
Gil D. Abaja, 04
ACE INA Foundation
Stephen J. Achong, 60
Aavo A. Agur, 79
Trevor A. Akerley
Charles T. Allan, 89
Ina W. Allen, 92
Robert J. Allen, 98
Sara B. Allman, 82
David D. Alpert, 00
William J. Amon
David E. Anderson, 07
Marian M. Anderson, 82
Robert Y. Anderson, 85
Paul R. Andrews, 83
Anonymous
Jeff T. Appleman, 77
Yodit T. Araya, 07
Kaye P. Arias, 91
Hans J. Arlt, 68
D.E. ‘Russ’ Armour, 78, 82, 83
Phillip Arth, 72
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David Oppenheimer
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John Pluebell
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Jennifer Preciado
Henry O. Pruden
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Jacob Rechin
Clifford Rechtschaffen
Lee P. Robbins
Pollie Robbins
Regina Rodriguez-Guerrero, 06
Susan Rutberg, 75
Neha M. Sampat
Susan Schechter
Bernard L. Segal
Marci Seville
Hina Shah
Terri Shultis
Stuart A. Simon
Marc Stickgold
Michal A. Strahilevitz
Jon H. Sylvester
Blodwen Tarter, 91
Valerie Trost
Rachel Van Cleave
Michael L. Vinson
Joseph G. Walsh
Marvin Weinbaum
Mary A. Wolcott
Kit Yarrow
Maurice Zilber
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Ryan Badowski
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Michele M. Benedetto-Neitz
Christine Tour-Sarkissian (85, 04)
& Roger H. Bernhardt
Elizabeth A. Brady
Allan Brotsky
Deanna K. Bruton
Allan H. Cadgene
Elizabeth Capener
Cynthia E. Childress
Eric C. Christiansen
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Angela Dalfen
Michael Daw
Richard L. Dawe, 93
Cassandra A. Dilosa
Gregory A. Egertson
Ben Fernandez
Rodney O. Fong
Paul Fouts
23% increase in
number of faculty
and staff donors
Tribute Gifts
in the name of Joe Ann B. Charest
Joe Ann B. Charest, 97
in memory of Raymond T. Chiu
Mrs. Tracy T. H. Chiu
in honor of Class of 1950
in honor of Class of 1975 Reunion
Victor Yipp, 75
in memory of Luke Cole
Ellen Widess
in memory of Brian M. Dwyer
Michael B. Readdy, 81
in memory of Jiten Gandhi
Amita J. Gandhi, 89
in memory of Louis Garcia
Cezanne Garcia
In honor of Justice Ron George
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, LLP
Daniel Dell’Osso, 84
Jackson Lewis LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Schiff Hardin LLP
Thomson Reuters West Corp.
in memory of Ian Mackey Newman
Rick and Barbara Bennett
Carol A. Brown
Laurel A. Col
Marisa Day, Gary Sommers & Kar Sommers
Victoria De Goff
Janet Foos
Kathleen C. Gamper
Jill Goetz
Anne E. Hibbitt
Timothy J. Howe
Carolyn Johnson
Barbara B. Kelly
Steven L. Lind, 08
Martha MacBride
Mrs. Raymond O. Mackey
Roberta L. McKay
Stephen A. Olsen
Susan Rutberg, 75
Neha M. Sampat
Cari Spivack, 10
Patricia A. Sullivan
Michael W. Visconti
Julia Winston
Marjorie and Douglas Witt
Katherine D. Wood
in honor of Our Children
Jamal L. Nasr, 86, 95
in memory of Joseph C. Ozan
Betty Ozan
in memory of Marcelo C. Ramos
Carole Jobe
Frances E. and Ronald Jones
Joe, Dianna & Nate Laughlin
Patricia J. Loomis
Muriel L. Rogers
in memory of Clemente San Felipe
Carlos Luna, 65
Alonzo J. (60) and Ellie Manthos
in memory of Monroe A. Seifer
Mary Brogan
Nicholas Dewar
Sheryl Kopel
Elizabeth L. McQuaid
Daphne K. Mitchell
Jack H. Nassau
Judy Olasov
Donna Wirt
in memory of Betty W. Sharpe
Diane P. Ferree
Michael F. Hughes, 68
Patience Poindexter
Henry O. Pruden
Saxon Sharpe, Ph.D.
in honor of Prof. Jack D. Simon
in memory of Frank L. Swift, M.D.
Jean Swift
in memory of Poeling Tritasavit
Chester B. Lee (49) & Rafaela L. Lee
in the name of Richard K Walsh
Richard K. Walsh, 71
in memory of Olivet E. White
Mark H. White, 76, 78
in memory of Yoyo
Lawrence D. Holmes, 77
in honor of Marci Seville
Dorothy M. Ehrlich
Laura Peck
in memory of Ruth Seville
Merrick Rossein
Carl Seville
in honor of Hina Shah
Michael Begert
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39
annual report
Golden Gate University
FY 2010
I
am delighted to report exceptionally good results for the year ended
June 30, 2010. These results continue the positive trend that began
three years ago. Thanks primarily to
increased enrollment, for the third year
in a row operating results have exceeded
budget expectations. GGU’s unaudited
financial statements for fiscal year 2010
report operating results of nearly $5.8
million, non-operating results of $4.7
million, and an increase in net assets of
$10.4 million. Because of these positive
results, the university’s net assets are now
$87 million. Combined cash and investment assets increased by $4.5 million
to $58.4 million. GGU’s financial ratios
are healthy and its financial condition
remains strong.
Total revenues and gains of $60.1 million
are $5.1 million (9 percent) higher than
last year. Most of GGU’s revenue consists
of $54.6 million in net tuition revenue,
which is $4.8 million (10 percent) higher
than the amount earned in fiscal year
2009. This significant increase in net
tuition and fee revenue is due to modest
tuition pricing increases and solid enrollment growth. Average tuition pricing
increased by 4.7 percent and total enrolled
units increased 5 percent over the 20082009 academic year. While enrolled units
in the Law School remained intentionally
steady, enrolled units in our business programs increased a full 8 percent since last
year. There was exceptional year-over-year
growth in the Ageno School of Business
(7 percent), Undergraduate Programs (7
percent) and School of Accounting (38
percent) and stable enrollment in the
School of Taxation.
In addition to growing the top line, management worked diligently to reduce and
control expenses. Operating expenses
increased from $53.7 million last year to
just $54.3 million this year — an increase
of only $613K or 1 percent. Management
was able to keep expenses essentially
flat, even while awarding merit salary
increases to our faculty and staff and hiring additional faculty and staff. While
year over year expenses were flat, actual
expenses for fiscal year 2010 were $1.7
million less than the amount budgeted.
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fall 2010
Statement of Financial Position
June 30, 2010
FY 2010
FY 2009
Increase/
(Decrease)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts and notes receivable, net
Other assets
Prepaid expenses
Investments
Plant facilities, net
Total assets
$8,588,194
1,907,784
7,325,554
906,125
49,766,968
71,255,975
$7,968,261 6,149,388 3,629,031 822,983 45,898,166 65,564,520 $619,933
(4,241,604)
3,696,523
83,142
3,868,802
5,691,455
$139,750,600 $130,032,349 $9,718,251
$7,250,602
202,985
2,727,110
41,243,025
2,017,592
$42,710
(19,639)
(57,087)
(650,636)
(18,462)
$53,441,314 $(703,114)
$62,682,304 7,923,829 16,406,267 $53,017,581 7,545,582 16,027,870 $9,664,723
378,247
378,397
$87,012,400 $76,591,033 $10,421,367
$139,750,600 $130,032,347 $9,718,253 Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Deferred tuition and other revenue
Other liabilities
Bonds payable
Federal government grants refundable
Total liabilities
$7,293,312
183,346
2,670,023
40,592,389
1,999,130
$52,738,200 Net assets
Unrestricted
Temporary restricted
Permanent restricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
Assets 2010
Prepaid expenses — 0.6%
Investments — 35.6%
Other assets — 5.2%
Accounts and notes
receivable, net — 1.4%
Plant facilities, net — 51%
Cash and cash
equivalents — 6.2%
June 30, 2010
FY 2010
FY 2009 Increase/
(Decrease)
Operating revenues and gains
Net tuition and fees
Government grants
Private gifts
Investment income
Other income
Total operating revenue and gains
$54,593,024 225,743 1,185,381 3,351,045 751,708 $49,767,833
201,215 1,280,469 3,013,948 725,434 $4,825,191
24,528
(95,088)
337,097
26,274
$60,106,901 $54,988,899 $5,118,002
$19,712,102 15,193,900 10,173,925 7,648,095 217,724 1,406,064 $18,618,798 15,557,047 9,883,315 7,884,537 173,956 1,621,686 $1,093,304
(363,147)
290,610
(236,442)
43,768
(215,622)
$54,351,810 $53,739,339 $612,471
$5,755,091 $1,249,560 $4,505,531
$3,546,979 347,982 793,614 (22,295)
$(9,216,184)
1,341,240 (1,974,531)
(426,674)
$12,763,163
(993,258)
2,768,145
404,379
$4,666,280 $(10,276,149)
$14,942,429
$10,421,371 $(9,026,589)
$19,447,960
Operating expenses
Instruction
Academic support
Student services
Institutional support
Auxiliary expense
Development
Total operating expenses
Increase (decrease) from Operations
Non-Operating activities
Investment income gains (losses)
Gifts
Gain (Loss) on lease abandonment
Other non-operating gains (losses)
Total non-operating
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
Operating Revenue 2010
Government grants — 0.4%
Private gifts — 1.9%
Investment income
— 5.6%
Other income — 1.3%
Net Tuition and Fees — 90.8%
Management has made major reductions
in ongoing operating costs as a result of
the strategic decision made in 2008 to
discontinue operations and leasing of
classroom, office, and library facilities at
a number of teaching sites. Further, we
have reduced insurance and legal costs
through improved risk management and
have reduced technology costs by renegotiating contracts. And we have eliminated
lease expense and operating costs on office
space at 62 First Street, a building that we
sold a few years ago and leased back under
an agreement that ended in March 2010.
We relocated operations from 62 First
to the newly-renovated Student Services
Center at 40 Jessie Street in two phases —
the first in 2009 and the second in January
2010. The net effect of lease and operating cost reductions is an ongoing annual
savings of $1 million.
annual report
Statement of Activities
Non-operating (primarily changes in market value of investments) results of $4.7
million are an improvement of nearly $15
million over the negative $10.3 million
results for fiscal year 2009. The non-operating loss last year was due to investment
losses and an expense of nearly $2 million
representing the value of the remaining
lease obligation for our teaching site in
Walnut Creek. This year, in a weak commercial real estate market, management
subleased the Walnut Creek teaching site
for the remainder of the lease, offsetting
the $2 million lease obligation by the $1
million value of the sublease. This sublease
transaction plus the rise in market value
of our endowment produced unaudited
non-operating results of $4.7 million for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.
The university continues to invest in
marketing, enrollment management,
and other strategic initiatives. For fiscal
year 2011, management proposed and
the board of trustees approved a balanced budget that includes a Strategic
Initiatives Fund as well as Reserve and
Contingency Funds. Its growth in enrollment and positive operating results over
the last three years and its strong balance
sheet demonstrate that GGU is thriving in
a challenging, competitive, and crowded
market. While enrollment for the fall
2010 semester looks promising, we intend
to continuously improve operations, further strengthen our balance sheet, and
continue to shine.
— Bob Hite, CFO
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law schools, publish a book, maintain her own law practice, support herself and others,
be active in, and ultimately president of, the San Francisco Bar Association, serve as dean
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