SUMMER 2012
Going Your Own Way
Paths to creating your own business
Funding Innovation
The making of an investor
Heavenly Rewards
Getting angel investors on your side
summer 2012
in this issue
10
Outstanding
Grads
14
HEAVENLY
REWARDS
16
16
photo by Elizabeth Tichenor
Meet four of our newest
alumni from the class of 2012
How start-ups can appeal to
angel investors
FUNDING
INNOVATION
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Investor and GGU alumnus
Kevin McQuillan helps
start-ups get started
ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in the Bay Area
cover and inside illustrations by Jason Marzloff
back cover photo by Elizabeth Tichenor
departments
4calendar
5letter from the
President
6letter from the
editor
7INSIDER
24alumni
35 id the photo
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2012 calendar
August 24
GGU Alumni Association volunteer event
330 Ellis Street, San Francisco 3-5:30 pm
The GGU Alumni Association,
in conjunction with the Glide
Foundation, will be serving those
in need as part of Glide’s free meal
program. Please join alumni, GGU
staff and students in this volunteer
effort to help our community.
Info: alumni@ggu.edu
October 12
Alumni Reception at the California
State Bar Annual Meeting
Portola Hotel & Spa, Jacks Restaurant
& Lounge, Monterey, 5-7pm.
Info: 415-442-7824, dbruton@ggu.edu
October 17
Annual Alumni Awards Luncheon
The Four Seasons Hotel, 757 Market
Street, San Francisco, 11:30am-2pm.
Meet and celebrate fellow prominent
alumni.
Board of Trustees
October 30
“The Project Management Effect: Local Utilization — Global Impact”
GGU-sponsored workshop by Lee Lambert.
536 Mission Street, Room 6210, San Francisco, 8:30 am-4 pm.
Info: www.PDUs4Pennies.com
November 15
Bruce F. Braden School of Taxation
45th Anniversary Party
536 Mission Street, 6th floor, San Francisco, 5:30 pm.
Info: 415-442-7824, dbruton@ggu.edu
December 7
School of Law Swearing-in
Ceremony
PG&E Auditorium, 77 Beale Street,
San Francisco, 12-1pm.
A private swearing-in ceremony for
GGU alumni who have passed the
California Bar.
Info: 415-442-7812, ssorensen@ggu.edu
Info: 415-442-7812, ssorensen@ggu.edu
October 29
School of Law’s Fourth Annual
Chief Justice Ronald M. George
Distinguished Lecture, featuring
the Honorable Vaughn Walker
PG&E Auditorium, 77 Beale
Street, San Francisco. 5-6:30 pm. Reception to follow.
Info: 415-442-6636, llomba@ggu.edu
Chair: Dana Waldman (MBA 95)
Chief Executive Officer, Waldman & Associates
Treasurer: Linda G. Montgomery (MBA 84)
Certified Public Accountant
Secretary: Charles Conradi (JD 78, MBA 81)
Treasurer and Vice President of Tax, The Clorox Company
Mark S. Anderson (JD 89)
Dan Angel, PhD
President, Golden Gate University
Hon. Lee Baxter (JD 74, LLD 08)
Judge (Retired), Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco
Bruce Braden (MBA 73)
Chief Executive Officer, Braden Exploration, LLC
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
Tracey Edwards (JD 81, LLM 83)
Managing Principal — Global — Shared Services &
Chief Knowledge Officer, Deloitte LLP
Roi L. Ewell (MS 85)
Vice President, Industry and Government Affairs,
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment
Michael Goldsmith (BS 65)
Chief Executive Officer, KLS Logistics Services Inc.
Ronald O. Hamburger (MBA 86)
Division Head: Structural Engineering,
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Bruce W. Hart
Principal, Jacobs Engineering Corporation
Mary Huss (LHD 09)
Publisher, San Francisco Business Times
Dave Iuppa (MBA 86)
Master Coach and Consultant
President, GGU Alumni Association Board of Directors
Madelyn Mallory (MBA 93)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Catalyst Financial Planning &
Investment Management
Rosemary Martin (MBA 83)
Barbara Mendelson (BS 84)
Randy Merk (MBA 85)
Executive Vice President, Investment Management Services (Retired),
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
Ted Mitchell (BA 71, MS 81)
Partner, Delagnes, Mitchell & Linder LLP
Jim O’Neil (MBA 86)
Realtor, Better Homes and Gardens Mason-McDuffie Real Estate
Paul Regan (MS 79)
President and Chairman of the Board, Hemming Morse Inc.
Dan Riley (MBA 81)
President Global Treasury Services (Retired), Bank of America
Barbara Roberts (MS 88)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Wright Engineered Plastics Inc.
Les Schmidt (MS 81)
For the latest information on these events and more,
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Suthee Tritasavit (BS 67)
Partner, Celeski & Tritasavit — An Accountancy Corporation
Janice Wilkins (MBA 87)
Vice President of Finance and Director of Internal Audit (Retired),
Intel Corporation
The Opportunity Seekers
letter from the president
W
hen I was a child
of 10, my father
took me with him
to have our car’s oil
changed. At that time, the only choice
was to take your car to a gas station
and leave it there for the morning or
for the entire day. The cars would sit
in a parking lot and be serviced one
by one, all day long. I remember asking my dad, “Isn’t there a way to do
this faster?” There was, but not for a
long time into the future: Jiffy Lube.
What makes a successful entrepreneur? The ability to spot a need and
fill it. As a matter of fact, that’s probably a good definition of all business
success in its broadest form.
Photo by Sean Cawley
In the new competitive landscape
of today’s business world, organizations have to constantly be seeking
opportunity. As those opportunities
become crowded, they must move on
to other blue oceans, forever adding
— and they are right. What is new
environmental issues have changed
is the recognition that with the right
and so must new realities for today’s
opportunities, though, is that “orga-
foundation, people in organizations
world of global businesses.
nizations” don’t spot them — people
from large corporations to start-ups
At Golden Gate University we will
do. That means that for an organiza-
can use the intention of their actions
continue to provide the most current,
tion to be able to compete, it needs to
to create solutions and provide
relevant and practical business and
have enough individuals who operate
opportunity. With this societal
legal education available. We are so
with the “entrepreneurial spirit” as
acknowledgement, we give license to
inspired by the achievements of our
a rewarded way of conducting their
our workforce to dream and then do
alumni, underscored by our Profiles
daily business.
it — no matter who you are or where
in Prominence series each year. It
you work.
makes us proud to know that as
value for stakeholders.
The interesting thing about
Decision makers should feel that
a proposed course of action is within
There is a “new economy”
their competence and control, desired
movement afoot that proposes we
continue to put forth the “opportu-
by the organization and in line with a
transition corporations from enti-
nity seekers” — finding needs, and
social expectancy. That’s an elaborate
ties that legally exist to maximize
filling them around the globe.
way of saying that the culture of
shareholder value to corporations
an organization will drive both the
that will exist to maximize all stake-
actions and outcomes.
holder value — from the shareholder
This isn’t new information: Books
members of the GGU community, we
to the worker to the community and
and cognitive models have been
the environment. As one of GGU’s
espousing this message for many
advertising headlines advocates, “Do
years under the banner of innovation
well, but do some good.” Social and
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letter from the editor
everyday entrepreneurs
T
President
Dan Angel, PhD
he thought of starting
a business makes my
Vice President, University Advancement
Elizabeth Brady
stomach hurt. The allnight work sessions, the
Editor in Chief
Jennifer Williams
constant grubbing for money, and
then rejection after rejection after
Art Director
Morgan Dodge
rejection — it sounds unbearable.
But it also sounds like my career,
Contributing Photographers
Sean Cawley, Gene Dailey, Charlotte Fiorito,
Matt Kim, Elizabeth Tichenor
and like the careers of many friends
and colleagues, which haven’t been
unbearable at all.
Contributing Writers
Deanna Bruton, Susan Fornoff, Melissa Stein
In work, as in life, we’ve all had
Class Notes Coordinator
Stacey Sorensen
anxious all-nighters and spells of selfdoubt. But we’ve also experienced
the positives: doing what we believe
Editor in Chief Jennifer Williams
in and knowing we’ve done it well.
We’re the architects of our lives. So in
their dreams (page 16).
a way, all of us are entrepreneurs.
When we begin to think like
Many other GGU alumni are
also supporting the entrepreneur-
entrepreneurs, we help society as
ial spirit. James Clark Jr. (MBA
well as ourselves. GGU President
76), Doug Kindred (MBA 72), Ed
Dan Angel writes, “With the right
Mayeda (MBA 71), Gerald Moore
foundation, people in organizations
(BS 92) and John Moran (MBA 85)
from large corporations to start-ups
volunteer with SCORE, an advi-
can use the intention of their actions
sory program offered by the Small
to create solutions and provide
Business Administration (page 21).
opportunity” (page 5).
GGU alumnus Kevin McQuillan
Production Staff
Kara Nelson, Enver Sedolli
GGU itself champions innovative thinking both in its workplaces
(MBA 85), for example, wanted
and in its classrooms. This fall, the
to work for a small, high-growth
Edward S. Ageno School of Business
company. He created his own solu-
will launch a new concentration in
tion by co-founding Focus Ventures,
entrepreneurship (p. 23).
a venture-capital firm. Now, as
Seeing a need and finding a way
an investor, McQuillan provides
to fill it — it’s something all of us
opportunities for others to follow
can do.
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insider — news and notes from ggu
insider
It’s Official:
GGU’s Bruce F.
Braden School of Taxation
In recognition of a $2 million comphoto by Gene Dailey
mitment to support programs for the
School of Taxation, GGU’s Board of
Trustees has voted to name the school
after Bruce F. Braden. A successful
business owner/operator in the oil and
Bruce F. Braden
gas industry, Braden is an alumnus,
former instructor and trustee.
“Bruce is a staunch supporter and
innovation and quality in classes,
academic and administrative support,
training for their employees.”
Before Braden Enterprises, Braden
friend of GGU,” said GGU President
faculty mentoring and services to
was the founder and major contribu-
Dan Angel. “We are delighted with this
enhance student retention.
tor to four successful companies in
opportunity to show our deep affection
“Golden Gate University’s newly
the oil and gas industry — NEOK
and appreciation for his dedication,
named Bruce F. Braden School of
Energy LP, Stroud Oil Properties Inc.,
support and leadership. The naming
Taxation has enrolled more students
Pinnacle Technologies Inc. and Stroud
of the School of Taxation translates
during the last 45 years than any other
Energy Inc. He completed his under-
all of those attributes into an indelible
tax program in the nation,” said Mary
graduate degree at Stanford University
footprint on GGU.”
Canning, dean of the school. “We’re
and served in the US Army. His
Braden received his MBA with a
honored to name it after star alumni
professional career began with Touche
concentration in taxation from GGU
Bruce Braden, and we are so apprecia-
Ross, followed by partnerships with
in 1974. He was a tax instructor from
tive of his contributions to our school.
Frederickson & Co. and Alexander
1978 to 1981 and is a member of the
“As the nation’s leading tax school,
Grant & Co.
GGU board of trustees. He has been
GGU offers more tax classes at more
an owner/operator in the oil and gas
times than any other university,” said
school name will take place at the
industry for more than 25 years and
Canning. “We have an incredibly
45th Anniversary of GGU’s School of
was most recently the CEO of Braden
talented, widely skilled adjunct faculty
Taxation on Nov. 15. Braden will be
Enterprises LLC, a small, independent
base that gives our student body access
presented with the Amicus Award at
oil and gas company based in Fort
to a greater variety of relevant classes
the university’s Oct. 17 Alumni Awards
Worth, Texas.
within multiple areas of specialization.”
luncheon for his significant contribu-
“I’m a big believer in education
The formal dedication of the new
Fully accredited by Western
tion to the university’s resources and,
and am very excited about Golden
Association of Schools and Colleges
thereby, to its educational capabilities
Gate University,” said Braden. “GGU
(WASC), GGU’s School of Taxation is
and services.
ensures our nation’s businesses across
focused on teaching students practical
industries have access to some of
skills and ensuring hands-on experi-
the most well-rounded and versatile
ence. “The hands-on experience at
tax professionals in the country. We
GGU has earned the respect of the
Fouts named
Business dean
couldn’t run our businesses quite so
industry’s leading firms,” said Braden.
Paul Fouts has been selected as the
successfully without them.”
“Major accounting firms actively seek
new dean of the Edward S. Ageno
out and recruit GGU graduates, and
School of Business.
Braden’s financial support funds
large merit scholarships for taxation
and accounting students, increased
they also rely on Golden Gate for
continuing education and professional
Fouts, who served as the associate
dean and director of MBA programs,
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has been a professor of corporate
insider
strategy, international strategy and
technology management. He was
For more information, e-mail
finaid@ggu.edu.
awarded the Moskowitz Prize in 1998
for the best research in corporate
environmental performance, as well as
the Outstanding Paper Award from the
International Journal of Commerce in
Management in 2010.
He has made presentations to
international, private, governmental,
and educational audiences, and has
taught in corporate training programs
for companies such as Cisco, Chevron,
Gilead and Credit Suisse.
Prior to beginning his career in
education, Fouts had 20 years of senior
management experience in the San
Francisco Bay Area.
Executive MBA
Offers New
Opportunities
and professor, specializing in the
Italian criminal justice system. She
has published 15 law review articles
and four book chapters, including
Rachel Van
Cleave: GGU Law’s
Interim Dean
This summer, Dean Drucilla Ramey
stepped down from her role as dean
of GGU’s School of Law to join the
faculty. During the course of her time
as dean, the law school experienced
remarkable growth in and beyond
the traditional curriculum, including
the highly successful first-year elective program; its novel Summer Trial
and Evidence Program (1st STEP); a
boot camp for aspiring litigators in
their pre-2L summer; the expansion of
externship opportunities, including the
nationally unique Honors Lawyering
Program; a new experiential learning
requirement for all students; and a
a contribution to the book about
California Supreme Court Justice Jesse
Carter, a GGU Law graduate. In 2011,
she received the Justice Jesse W. Carter
Faculty Scholarship Award.
This October, Dean Van Cleave
will be at the helm of GGU’s Fourth
Annual Chief Justice Ronald M.
George Distinguished Lecture, featuring the Honorable Vaughn Walker
and a panel of leading federal and
state jurists from across the country
who will discuss LGBT issues in the
judiciary. Under Dean Van Cleave’s
leadership, GGU Law will continue to
set the standard for and strengthen the
school’s relentless focus on innovative, experiential education that helps
students master both the theory and
practice of law.
GGU is relaunching its exclusive
sterling ABA review of the law school’s
Executive MBA degree with a new
summer Paris program in European
16-month cohort program beginning
and comparative law. Dean Ramey
in January 2013. Our redesigned cur-
started the law school’s annual signa-
riculum emphasizes the interpersonal
ture event, the Chief Justice Ronald M.
Influential
Women: Yarrow
and Canning
skills of teamwork, communications,
George Distinguished Lecture, as well
GGU’s Kit Yarrow and Mary Canning
ethics, social values and leadership.
as the International Women Judges
were recently selected as two of the
Open only to executives with at
Graduate Fellowship Program, which
“Most Influential Women in Business”
least eight years of work experience
brings international women judges to
by the San Francisco Business Times.
(five years of management responsibili-
GGU Law to earn LLM degrees.
Canning is dean of the univer-
ties), the program promises a fantastic
As Ramey returns to the faculty, the
sity’s Accounting and Tax schools,
peer-to-peer learning environment, a
law school is extremely fortunate to
and Yarrow is GGU’s Psychology
speaker series and an international trip
have Interim Dean Rachel Van Cleave
Department chair and Nigel Miner
to China.
assume leadership while a national
Professor of Business.
Alumni eligible
for Grants
search for a permanent dean is under
“Congratulations Kit and Mary —
way. Her longtime academic and
we so appreciate your service at GGU,
administrative leadership of the school
as do the students and alumni that
bodes exceptionally well for a highly
continue to pass through your exem-
Graduates of GGU degree programs
successful year. Dean Van Cleave has
plary programs,” said GGU President
are eligible for a 30 percent tuition
taught at Golden Gate for the last eight
Dan Angel. “You have shown all of us
grant. Members of a graduate’s family
years and served as the law school’s
how true leadership, dedication and
— defined as a spouse, domestic part-
associate dean of Academic Affairs for
commitment to excellence can lift up
ner, child or step-child — are eligible
the last four.
so many others, including the thou-
for a 20 percent tuition grant.
Applications must be received by
the last of the semester in which the
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student wishes to receive the grant.
summer 2012
A graduate of Stanford and
sands of GGU alumni who are leaders
Hastings and a Fulbright Scholar,
at some of the top companies in the
she is a nationally prominent scholar
Bay Area and beyond.”
Photo by Sean Cawley
insider
Paul Fouts
Meeting the Educational Needs of Entrepreneurs
By Paul Fouts
to give a broad overview of the
entrepreneurs, the investor community,
I
material, covering all aspects of that
and is perfect for someone who is
planning and funding of a start-up
— Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark
preparing to become an entrepreneur.
business, and the particular issues of
Zuckerberg — the point is open
However, the MBA takes too much
running the business once it is started.
to debate, as there are many more
time to complete and covers too much
We are also developing a set of courses
successful entrepreneurs that have
material to meet the immediate needs
and a certificate program for inves-
benefitted from getting degrees.
of the entrepreneur who has a specific
tors to help them better manage their
problem to solve or skill to develop,
portfolios of companies.
advisory boards and new entrepre-
t is a common perception that
subject. Taken as a group of courses,
neurs to help us shape our course and
entrepreneurs don’t need a
the knowledge and skill set embed-
certificate program offerings.
degree. While there are many
ded in our MBA degree is enormous
examples to support that idea
However, one thing everyone will
The courses will cover both the
agree on is that entrepreneurs still need
and who must do it in as short a time
to learn. The key issue is how they get
as possible.
the skills and knowledge they need at
The business school is in the process of
developing a set of narrowly targeted oneunit, five-week courses that each focus on a specific issue facing entrepreneurs today.
the same time as they grow their startup businesses. Entrepreneurs are not
unique in this, but the time issues are
magnified for them.
One of the initiatives that we are
working on at the Edward S. Ageno
School of Business is to explore how to
To meet this need for entrepre-
Our goal is to start offering these
courses early next year. If successful,
this program will also help us extend
provide learning opportunities for the
neurs, and to supplement our MBA
the concept of providing focused entrepreneur. Our new MBA degree
offering, the business school is in the
short course offerings to other learner
concentration in entrepreneurship is
process of developing a set of nar-
communities.
designed in our traditional format, with
rowly targeted one-unit, five-week
courses delivered in three-unit chunks
courses that each focus on a specific
of work over 15-week lengths of time.
issue facing entrepreneurs today. We
Each of theses courses is designed
Paul Fouts is the recently appointed dean of the Edward S.
Ageno School of Business at GGU.
have gotten input from seasoned serial
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Outstanding
Grads
Imagine these four outstanding graduates from the class of
2012 together in a single photograph. They encapsulate today’s
Golden Gate University — ranging in age from young Nora
McIntosh to grandfather of 21 (and counting) Matthew Haws.
Their stories are diverse, from Black Law Students Association
President Crystal Cole Matson to Murat Wahab, a 40-year-old
Malaysian immigrant.
One of them even managed to be an outstanding student without setting foot in a classroom. Haws completed his MS in Project
and Systems Management remotely, from his home in Houston.
Congratulations to our four new Outstanding Alumni.
Murat Wahab
BA 12
What a year for Murat Wahab, outstanding
undergraduate. In 2000, he landed at SFO with
two suitcases, $500 and no one to call. In 2012,
he plans to revisit his native Malaysia for the
first time, bearing the title of vice president for
a major bank and his degree in Administration/
Management.
“Most of my family is illiterate, and they don’t
know how much I have accomplished,” said
Murat, who turned 40 this year. “I really want
to show my nieces and nephews that if I can
accomplish this, it shows that you can accomplish
anything if you put your mind to it.”
Murat had a good job but longed for a college
degree. He enrolled at GGU in 2010 and made the
Dean’s List while not only continuing to work full
time, but ranking in the top 3 percent of performers in his company.
photo courtesy Murat Wahab
GGU’s Executive MBA program is on his
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summer 2012
calendar for spring 2013, but first, he has more
of his memorable 2012 to look forward to: the
flight to his homeland.
photo by Elizabeth Tichenor
Nora McIntosh
MAc 12
Asked the secret to landing an accounting job at BDO-San
“I think everyone could benefit by having someone like that
Francisco with a start date months after graduation, Nora
on their side,” Nora said.
McIntosh ticks off a long list of rejections.
She is prepping for CPA exams this summer, but hopes to help
“Every time I got rejected, I asked why,” said the Orinda
develop a GGU mentorship program to aid future grads.
native and Scripps College grad. “It was hard. But I came to
GGU to get more polished, and all of this helped me to be
more confident.”
Nora got off to a late start in accounting. She once thought
she wanted to be a commentator on the History Channel,
among other dreams. She was already a junior when she
took her first accounting class at Claremont McKenna, and,
she said, “I fell in love with it.”
She hustled through her bachelor’s degree in economics/
accounting and then applied to GGU, where she scored high
grades and the Accounting Association presidency. Retired
PwC partner Richard Carson coached her, and by fall of
“...I came to GGU to
get more polished, and
all of this helped me to
be more confident.”
2011, she had her job.
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photo by Elizabeth Tichenor
Matthew Haws
MS 12
Matthew Haws graduated from his hometown San Jose State
Fast forward, well, not so fast: Twenty-seven years later,
University with a BS in business management/accounting in
Matthew received his Master of Science in Project and
1980. By 1985, he was well into MBA work at GGU’s Los
Systems Management degree from the Edward S. Ageno
Altos campus — then twins arrived.
School of Business. With a 3.85 GPA, the outstanding graduate did it all via GGU’s online program.
“We already had three kids, and it was more important for
me to be home,” he said.
In between GGU stints, Matthew got divorced and married
Debora, mother of six. He’s now father of 11 and grandfa-
With a 3.85 GPA, the
outstanding graduate
did it all via GGU’s
online program.
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summer 2012
ther of 21, at press time. (“We count on another one or two
every year,” he said.)
Matthew completed work on the degree online, at night,
after working fulltime-plus as a financial systems manager
for a Houston insurance company.
“My kids have been really supportive and proud of me, and
hopefully this will stir some of them,” he said. “Only two
have graduated. Now they know it’s never too late to go
back to school.”
Crystal Cole
Matson
JD 12
Wells Fargo Bank hired Crystal Cole right out
of Atlanta’s Spelman College and brought her to
the Bay Area in 2006. Six years later, she has her
law degree and a hefty stack of awards — including the Rose Elizabeth Bird and Paul S. Jordan
awards, and the Law Review’s Outstanding
Associate Editor Award.
She also has a husband, George Matson, a fellow
Texan whom she met with the same gift of gab
that led her from the working world into law
school: She simply started talking to him at the
BART station they had frequented for months.
One thing led to another, pretty much the way her
ease at conversation led to a law degree.
“When I was growing up, people told me I talked
a lot,” Crystal said. “They said I talked so much, I
should become a lawyer. That’s how it all started.”
Crystal quickly became well known around
GGU halls for her energetic campaigning for SBA
1L representative; her buttons and flyers were
everywhere. She won, but is most proud of her
leadership role in the “Lifting as We Climb” Black
History Symposium, in February.
Now, pending July’s bar exams, she’s hoping to
talk her way into her next job.
photo by Charlotte Fiorioto
“When I was growing up, people told me I
talked a lot. They said I talked so much, I
should become a lawyer.”
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For Top-Notch
Start-Ups,
The Money
is Out There
Peter C. Freeman is an adjunct professor of
finance at Golden Gate University and a member
of the Keiretsu Forum of angel investors.
By Peter C. Freeman
T
company can have before it is required
active, with prominent recent examples
to comply with public reporting
such as Facebook and Groupon
requirements from 500 to 2,000. That
here has never been a
(although those have received a lot of
is a pretty significant shareholder float
better time to launch a
attention due as much if not more to
or source of liquidity.
start-up.
their difficulties, rather than their suc-
Entrepreneurship
cesses). However, one new source that
and high-profile IPOs are all the rage
I find quite interesting is the secondary
currently, for good reasons. I believe
or alternate trading markets (ATMs),
we should view this not as something
where Facebook shares were traded
trendy and transitory, but as evidence
actively for months preceding the IPO.
of a more fundamental cultural or
economic change affecting us all.
IPOs are one form of the American
Angels gaining
influence
Another source taking on increasing
Dream, a route to great material
importance are angel investors. The
riches. However, they have significant
term “angel” harkens back decades ago
differences between prior economic
disadvantages and are not well suited
to backers or financial supporters of
environments, such as the dot.com
for all situations. The costs of compli-
Broadway plays, who would take the
era, and the current business climate.
ance and preparing for going public,
leap of faith to invest in new shows.
Fewer resources are required to start a
both initial and ongoing, are quite
The term has taken on a more modern
business, the ecosystem for innovation
high, and being a public company
meaning, describing an individual who
is more robust, and financing is more
typically changes the internal dynamic
provides financing to high-potential,
readily available.
or culture.
early-stage companies — start-ups,
First, there are some significant
The improved availability of capital
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The IPO market has become more
The ATMs, such as Second Market
typically with a high-tech flavor.
Angels have much in common with
is probably somewhat contrary to the
and XPert Financial, represent a viable
conventional wisdom. I am an active
alternative, providing growth capital
venture capitalists (VCs). A principle
angel investor and adviser to early-
and liquidity with what I consider
difference is that a VC is an organi-
stage companies seeking funding, so
great potential for the future. The
zation or firm, while an angel is an
while this reflects a bit of personal
JOBS act passed earlier this year by
individual human being. VCs tend to
bias, it is also based on my own obser-
Congress included a provision increas-
get more attention; they are the rock
vations as someone in the trenches.
ing the number of shareholders a
stars of modern finance. But statistics
summer 2012
show that angels are a steadily increasing source in recent years, and are
providing more funding currently than
VCs (sources include the Halo report
Leaps of faith should be based on
experience and evidence, not blind faith.
and NVCA Money Tree survey).
Angels will typically provide fund-
not one that recycles its paper. It is
in evaluating good businesses are
ing for deals in mid-six-seven-figure
one that takes in more revenue than it
ones all companies must keep firmly
amounts, usually in collaboration
pays out in expenses.
in focus. I believe this also applies to
with other investors. They are rarely
passive investors, and bring more to
the party than just the ability to write
a check.
Most angels are former entrepre-
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individuals as well. Companies large
Be able to demonstrate market
and small increasingly require people
acceptance and traction. The
with both solid backgrounds in key
best way is with significant
business and management methods,
sales, but that is often a challenge for
who also have critical thinking skills
neurs themselves, and are thus able
early-stage companies needing capital.
and the ability to adapt and reinvent
to anticipate problems and provide
The funding is often needed to go to
themselves constantly.
resources; they tend to be more sup-
market. Finding the early adaptors who
portive and understanding of problems
are willing to embrace your products
mend a recent book, The Start-Up
or setbacks. Resources can include
and services, taking a leap of faith, can
of You, by R. Hoffman, one of the
managerial assistance or connections
be one alternative that warrants consid-
co-founders of LinkedIn, making this
to strategic partners and customers.
erable effort in the early stages.
case. Rather than the old paradigm of
Getting angels
on your side
Angels have a well-above-average tolerance for risk. But they are also quite
thorough, focusing on fundamentally
sound business methods and best practices. The story must include a good
rationale for the following principles:
5
Think like a start-up. I can recom-
slogging your way up the corporate
Have a sense of the exit strat-
ladder, you need a new strategy to be
egy. How will investors be able
successful. Be able to identify where
to cash in their chips or receive
the opportunities lie, which industries
a return on their investments? Often the
are dynamic, and cultivate the skills
preferred route is to be acquired by a
to be able to add value constantly.
large established company like Google.
These skills include taking calculated
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risks. Leaps of faith should be based
Finally, put a strong and
on experience and evidence, not blind
experienced management team
faith. One of the reasons I believe that
in place. Angel investors will
the current ecosystem for innovation
often bet on the jockey, not the horse.
is more robust is that past efforts
The ability to execute and capture the
provided lessons of what not to do,
Define your value proposition.
opportunity — not just having a great
experiences that are being applied
What problem you are trying idea — is critical.
effectively today.
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to solve?
I began this article by observing
I mentioned at the beginning of this
that there has never been a better time
Know how you plan to
article that I consider the current envi-
to launch a start-up. Start-ups are the
achieve and sustain competi-
ronment to be full of entrepreneurial
leaders of the entrepreneurial sector
tive advantage. (As an aside,
spirits and innovation, in a fundamental
of the economy, and have been one
you will often hear aspiring entre-
way. I often find myself observing that
of the primary drivers of the current
preneurs observe that “We have no
life is full of change, whether we like it
economic recovery. And San Francisco
competition.” I see that as a sign of
or not. Large companies are far from
is becoming increasingly important as
naïveté and an unrealistic view of their
immune from the winds of change:
a center for innovation. We are in the
markets. So don’t say it!)
Consider Polaroid, Circuit City and
right place at the right time.
3
Xerox (just to name a few). New tech-
Identify and implement a
nologies, the next new and cool apps,
viable business model. Know
are emerging with dizzying rapidity.
how are you going to make
But some things remain the same. In
money. A “sustainable” business is
particular, the principles used by angels
GGU adjunct professor Peter C. Freeman has more than 30
years experience in financial management, creating financial
infrastructure and raising capital for established, start-up
and turnaround companies.
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GOING HIS
OWN WAY
How one investor chose his path
by Melissa Stein
illustrations by Jason Marzloff
photo by Elizabeth Tichenor
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summer 2012
V
enture capitalist
the software, internet and communica-
usually invest in the third or fourth
Kevin J. McQuillan
tion markets have earned him a spot
round of a private company, adding
(MBA 85) knew
on Forbes Magazine’s “Midas List”
capital to grow their sales marketing
early on that he didn’t want to be
of top technology investors for six of
and build infrastructure,” he says.
another cog in a corporate machine,
the past seven years. He has also been
but it truly hit home during a post-
featured in AlwaysOn’s VC 100 list,
which entrepreneurs deserve his firm’s
college interview with Ford Motor
Power Players West List, and the book
money? “We look at size of market
Company, where his father had worked
Venture Capitalists at Work.
opportunity, markets that we think are
How does McQuillan decide
for 25 years. “I remember walking
out of the interview saying, ‘Not in a
million years am I going to work for a
company like this,’ ” says McQuillan.
“It was all about how long you were
there — not how good you were.
“I knew I didn’t want to work for a
big company,” he explains. “I wanted
“I think too much credit is given to the
investors, and more credit should be
given to the entrepreneurs.”
to work for a small company that was
high growth. That seemed like a lot
more fun to me.”
A stint in law school and a stroke
of luck at a real estate syndication
“I think we (Focus Ventures) have
going to grow quickly. In the venture
been very successful in creating some
business, especially in technology,
great technology and great products
most of the money is made in the
for the betterment of society,” he says.
number one or number two company
firm led him to where he is now:
Seeing market opportunities
in a market segment. They take the
co-founder of Focus Ventures in
emerging in late-stage venture capital
Palo Alto, whose portfolio features
in the mid-1990s, McQuillan and his
about 30 privately held companies
partners founded Focus Ventures to
technology aren’t that much different
with more than $800 million under
invest in companies that had already
— they’re number one because they
management. McQuillan’s dynamic
finished product development and
have the best management teams investments through Focus Ventures in
had developed a customer base. “We
and they execute.”
largest market share.
“Sometimes the products and
Kevin J. McQuillan: Resume at a glancE
1985-86 Director of
Investments, Equitec
(Oakland, Calif.)
1978 BBA, Western
Michigan University
1983 JD, Thomas
M. Cooley Law
School (Michigan)
1986-94
1994-97
Managing
Director, Comdisco
Ventures
General Partner, Dominion
Ventures (Walnut Creek, Calif.)
2004
First of
six appearances on
Forbes Midas List
1997-present
Co-founder and General
Partner, Focus Ventures (Palo Alto, Calif.)
1985 MBA, Golden
Gate University
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Fresh ideas make it happen
this vibrant new business model also
drew scores of entrepreneurs with
big dreams. “That’s one thing I love
about California — in Michigan
At the heart of the business, he says, lie
(where McQuillan grew up), if you
the innovators. “It’s not about the ven-
took a risk and went and did a start-
ture capitalists — we’re advisers, pure
up and you failed, you were basically
and simple. I think too much credit is
shunned by society. You’re kind of
given to the investors and more credit
a loser. Out here it’s hey, if you lose,
should be given to the entrepreneurs
it’s okay — go do another one! It’s a
and management teams. We’re kind of
completely different attitude about
along for the ride.” And what makes
winning and losing.
that ride possible, says McQuillan, is
“With a few exceptions — the
the business culture in the Northern
Facebooks, the Microsofts — most
California region he calls home.
great CEOs have failed once or twice
“The reason this place works is that
in their life. You learn a lot more from
everyone shares,” he explains. “Just
failures than you do from winning.
look at history; look at old Europe. It
Because at the end of the day, a lot of
used to be run by a bunch of families.
winning is luck, being at the right place
The deal with these families — and
at the right time.”
the deal with the big companies in our
McQuillan feels incredibly for-
country — was that they guaranteed
tunate to be participating in this
employment. If you helped make the
exhilarating atmosphere. “I have the
family successful, you didn’t really get
greatest job in the world,” he says.
to share in the upside, but you have a
“Part of the reason is that I get to meet
job for life. That was the tradeoff.
the smartest people in society. How
Going West
McQuillan’s realization of the
California Dream began when he
hopped into a college buddy’s car heading west for a post-graduation vacation
in the late ’70s. “I fell in love with
California. It’s gorgeous. And there was
a lot more opportunity out there.”
While his friend was lucky enough
to find a job and stay, McQuillan
returned home to Michigan to contemplate his future. “I worked for about
a year and a half,” he says. “It was so
depressing. It was as bad as it is now.
The car industry was on its tail, it just
wasn’t growing, and all my friends
were leaving the state.” So he began to
think about how he could engineer his
way back West.
McQuillan’s highly successful
career as a venture capitalist actually
began with a detour into law school.
With Michigan’s economy so weak,
and with several of his friends pursuing
legal careers, he figured he’d follow
suit, enrolling at Thomas M. Cooley
“You learn a lot more from failures
than you do from winning.”
Law School. After getting his feet wet,
though, he realized the field wasn’t
for him. “I hadn’t really known what
judges and lawyers did for a living, and
I didn’t really like it.
“What Silicon Valley did is say,
“I said ‘Ooof, what am I going to
‘We can’t guarantee you a job for
They’re so highly motivated. What’s
do now?’” he recalls. “So my third year
life, but if we’re successful, you get
hard is to turn them down, because
I started thinking about what I wanted
to share in that success.’ Every single
they want to change the world.”
to do with my life. I did know I wanted
person receives stock options. That’s a
McQuillan clearly relishes the
completely different attitude than other
fast-paced, turn-on-a-dime nature of
places in the world,” McQuillan says.
the venture capital business. “You’re
to get back to California.” He began to
investigate possible next steps.
While in college, McQuillan had
somewhat at the beck and call of your
spent a lot of time reading magazines
share, the lawyers get to share, the real
portfolio companies. Or if a hot deal
such as Forbes and Business Week.
estate people get to share, consultants,
comes, you’ve got to make a quick
“I don’t have the attention span to
headhunters. You’re sharing optimism.
decision. Our world is extremely
go read large books or long stories. I
If you cut through it,” he continues,
competitive. You never know — it
want to get the facts quickly,” he says.
“your chances aren’t high that you’ll
could be the next Cisco that walks into
“And it was obvious to me that more
succeed, but everyone’s thinking that
your office.”
and more space in these magazines was
“Not only do the employees get to
they’re part of the one that will suc-
Not surprisingly, he feels that one of
ceed. You can tell I’m passionate about
the keys to success is time management:
why this place works.”
“You have to figure out your priorities,
The environment that fostered
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then figure out the time allocation.”
being devoted to technology, and more
companies were investing in it.”
At the same time, McQuillan’s
father gave him invaluable advice:
Kevin J. McQuillan, co-founder and general partner, Focus Ventures
“The Big 3 are all going to go down
over the long haul, and the future of
this country is going to be in technology and information — people who
want to share information and make
“You never know — it could be the next
Cisco that walks into your office.”
money off information.
he began looking into the field. “I
with Equitec, a real estate syndication
adds. “He said you want to be where
knew nothing about venture capital,”
firm in Oakland. Quite fortuitously,
the growth cycles are, and on the front
says McQuillan. “Venture capital
within a week he and a few cowork-
end of a business: sales and marketing.
didn’t even exist in Michigan. So I did
ers were transferred into a newly
Don’t be in the back end, where you’re
a bunch of research and came to the
launched venture leasing division
measuring history,” he remembers his
conclusion that there were three places
— the company was looking for a
father saying. “You want to go create
for it: Boston, New York and San
new product to sell to its many small,
the history.
Francisco.” This was a no-brainer: The
individual investors, and decided to
Bay Area it was.
get in on the PC and semiconductor
“And he was right,” McQuillan
“I was much more a risk-oriented
person than a conservative person.”
While McQuillan managed to get
boom that was happening in Silicon
interviews with several venture capital
Valley. Of course, starting from
the legendary venture capitalist Arthur
firms, he didn’t fit their desired edu-
scratch, “We knew zippo. Zilch!”
Rock caught McQuillan’s attention,
cational profile, so he took a position
laughs McQuillan.
When a magazine cover featuring
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The GGU advantage
from his law degree, which Golden
Gate offered to do.
GGU’s practical orientation proved
“Most kids, they’re impatient. They
want to know what reality is instead
of reading some book that some theory
While at Equitec, McQuillan quickly
a perfect fit. “One thing I liked about
guy wrote about 75 years ago. It’s just
noticed that most of his colleagues had
law school and business school is that
human nature. So I liked the practical-
business degrees, so he looked around
they taught by example,” McQuillan
ity.” He earned his MBA in 1985.
for a school that would enable him to
explains. “They had case studies. They
earn a degree while working full time.
talked about real issues, what people
cohorts at Equitec were becoming
“I wanted to get my working career
were dealing with. And that’s what
very quick learners: Within two
going,” he says. “I didn’t want to take
business life is all about — issues. How
years they left to launch their own
another year or two off to go to school
you are going to solve them, are there
firm, Dominion Ventures, using a
— I wanted to start making money in
other ways to solve them, what the
similar business model but employing
a real job. Golden Gate allowed me
norm is, and what are the risks and
institutional money instead of money
to do that.” He also sought a school
returns associated with each decision
from individual investors. Formed in
that would transfer some of the credits
you make.
1986, the firm got off the ground with
Meanwhile, McQuillan and his
How To Score As An Entrepreneur
By Susan Fornoff
identified his passion from the experi-
leadership, demonstrated market
S
ence his father shared about working
acceptance and previous backing from
uccess in business can
for one of the world’s biggest car
top-tier venture capitalists.
occur as a result of good
makers. Early on, he gravitated toward
luck, good timing or good
entrepreneurship and small business,
advice — and often it’s a
which he now funds.
Understand that your primary
4
responsibility is the proper use
McQuillan has always been an infor-
of capital and that you are in
mation seeker and a reader of business
combination the three. While you can’t
buy good luck or good timing, you can
get good advice for free. One source
of such advice is the Small Business
Administration’s SCORE program.
SCORE’s website features scores of
abreast of what’s going on in
your industry. Read newspa-
pers, periodicals and trade journals.
business to make a profit. This seems
publications. A pivotal career moment
to come naturally and intuitively to
for him came when he read a magazine
resources for budding business found-
McQuillan, whose company currently
cover story featuring a famed venture
ers. One of them, a roadmap called
has $830 million under management.
capitalist, Arthur Rock.
strategies that Kevin McQuillan seems
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is your vision? What is your mission?
5
to have intuitively followed.
McQuillan’s early work for others in
Keep your antennae up. In addition to
venture capital helped him develop his
serving on the boards of various compa-
clearly resonate with McQuillan:
own strategy. Today Focus Ventures
nies where he’s invested, McQuillan
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spells out its investment criteria on its
is a member of Western Michigan
Examine your motives. Do
website: proprietary technology (com-
University’s investment committee
you really have a passion for
munications or software categories
and an adviser to the Silicon Valley
having your own business and
preferred), rapidly growing market,
Executive Network.
“35 Best Practice Tips for Planning
Your Business” (by Dick Benner
of SCORE’s Kansas City chapter),
includes many of the practices and
Among the 35, here are 5 that
this particular business? McQuillan
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Study your business. Stay
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Clearly define your business idea — be able to
succinctly articulate it. What
strong management team, market
Get involved in your community: Chamber of Commerce,
business organizations, service
clubs, charities. Network yourself.
venture capital secured from New
York investors and leaped into venture
leasing as well as direct equity investments in technology.
“I was much more a risk-oriented
person than a conservative person.”
In 1994 McQuillan left for a managing director position at Comdisco
Focus Ventures.
but at the end of the day, venture
Ventures, a large financial services
Though his current job is the
company. “They wanted to get into
farthest cry from his father’s secure
betting on people — that’s what it
the venture business, taking our busi-
9-to-5 position at Ford, McQuillan
comes down to. These are calculated
ness model and expanding it. We were
pooh-poohs the idea that what he
bets based on understanding the risk
investing $25 to $30 million a year
does is particularly risky. “Venture
and return.”
and they wanted to invest hundreds
capitalists aren’t as risk-oriented as
of millions of dollars a year.” After a
people think. Yes, you have a lot of
couple of successful years, McQuillan
companies that fail, and most of your
and one of his partners left to found
profits are made on a few winners,
SCORE with GGU
SCORE also provides free counseling
by mostly former or retired executives,
including many with degrees from
GGU. There’s a chapter on Market
Street, just a few blocks from GGU’s
San Francisco campus, and 346 chapters scattered around the country.
For those who prefer to take advice
with a firm handshake rather than a
mere mouseclick, there’s a complete
list of chapters — along with a search
engine to make an appointment with
the right mentor, at www.score.org.
No doubt, many a GGU alum
has received assistance from SCORE.
Here’s a short list of GGU alumni on
the giving end, who have volunteered
with SCORE to share their experience
and wisdom with luck-seekers of the
21st century:
• James Clark Jr. (MBA 76) started
two businesses that manufactured
packaging and containers and grew
capitalists are betting on markets and
them into mid-sized companies of
• Gerald Moore (BS 92) received his
which he was COO. After he sold
MBA from Wayne State and then
the businesses, he began consult-
embarked on three tours with the
ing, and started volunteering with
US Air Force. In 2004 he launched a
the East Bay SCORE chapter in
sports coaching company; its success
Oakland in 2009.
prompted his involvement with the
Michigan office of SCORE, where he
• Doug Kindred (MBA 72) acquired
is now district director.
and nurtured a moving and storage company and then sold it to
• John Moran (MBA 85) recently
shift his focus to self-storage and
added to his resume a PhD in
business record storage in the Los
educational psychology from the
Angeles area, acquiring two com-
University of Nevada, Reno. After
panies and starting two. In 1994 he
leading the sales and marketing
began volunteering with SCORE,
efforts for three high-tech start-ups,
and rose to district director in
he became founder and president of
Spokane, Wash., before climbing
Global Gateways, which organizes
to a two-year term as SCORE’s
and facilitates learning communi-
national board chair in 2008.
ties in the business world. Moran
counsels entrepreneurs in SCORE’s
• Ed Mayeda (MBA 71) moved to
Northern Nevada chapter.
Thurston County, Wash., in 1971
and enjoyed a successful career with
• William G. Sarm (MBA 71) started
Sunset Life Insurance. He started
volunteering in SCORE’s Chicago
volunteering with Thurston County’s
chapter in 2010, after 15 years as
SCORE chapter in 2002.
chairman and CEO of his manufacturers’ rep agency.
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Open Arms, Open Wallets
The Bay Area is an incubator for budding entrepreneurs
T
he entrepreneurial spirit is
alive and well in the San
Francisco Bay Area despite
the national economic
downturn, according to speakers at a
recent GGU event.
“The Bay Area is madly thriving in
entrepreneurship,” says Marya Stark,
co-founder of the Angel Fund. “The
appetite for risk here is insanely huge.”
Stark, whose fund invests in tech
companies, was one of the panelists at GGU’s Inaugural Forum on
Entrepreneurship in May. She joined
other fund managers and aspiring
entrepreneurs for the event, sponsored
by the university’s Edward S. Ageno
School of Business.
“San Francisco is so open-armed
compared with the East Coast,” Stark
says. “You can call up just about
anybody and get them to meet you for
coffee” — and listen to a quick investment pitch, she explains.
Even President Obama praises the
region’s entrepreneurial spirit: “We
deeply believe in the free markets, and
we deeply believe in risk-takers and
innovators being rewarded,” the president said during a recent speech in San
Francisco. “And there’s no place that
innovates like Northern California.”
Micro-economies in Silicon Valley
and the San Francisco region have
allowed start-ups to thrive despite
the dot-com crash of 2000 and other
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national economic woes, says GGU’s
keynote forum speaker Matthew
Trevithick of Venrock, a leading
venture capital firm with offices in
Palo Alto.
The Bay Area’s location and opportunities are a draw for the country’s
many successful companies keep that
talent here. From talented people come
new ideas — and the desire to spin
those ideas into something bigger.
Trevithick, who co-founded
and successfully sold two software
“The Bay Area is
madly thriving in
entrepreneurship.”
photo by Sean Cawley
brightest talent, Trevithick says, and
“There’s nothing greater for your own personal satisfaction than running your own company,” says
venture capitalist Matthew Trevithick.
“There’s a very pioneering culture
here,” he says. “Entrepreneurs here are
community with more than 850
members. “Find a champion.”
revered, like rock stars.”
But the road from aspiring entre-
• Know your market. “Understand
preneur to rock star is often a bumpy
your connectivity to the world
one. GGU’s panelists offer a few tips:
around you,” says Jennifer Matz,
director of San Francisco’s Office
companies, LiquidMarket and Flash
• Build a customer base before you
of Economic and Workforce
Communications, sums up the unique
try to bring investors on board. “We
Development. Trevithick maintains
appeal of entrepreneurialism: don’t really look at anything until
that you need to invest 10,000 hours
“There’s nothing greater for your own
it’s been tried in the market,” says
to truly understand your industry.
personal satisfaction than running your
the Angel Fund’s Marya Stark.
own company.”
He maintains that the balance of
• Develop your sales expertise. “Being
• If you get the chance to ask for
an excellent fundraiser is an essential
power is shifting to entrepreneurs, that
advice or introductions, take it.
part of your skill set,” Trevithick
less capital is now required to start a
“Ask for resources,” says Randy
says. “[In order to succeed], presen-
business, and that more capital sources
Williams, founder of Keiretsu
tation skills matter.”
are available.
Forum, an angel investment
Entrepreneurialism at GGU
Responding to the market for
feeling ever since I attended,”
the university embodies entrepre-
knowledge about start-ups, GGU’s
says Dana Waldman (MBA 95),
neurship and continues to develop
Ageno School of Business will offer
chairman of the university’s
new teaching strategies. “There’s
a new concentration in entrepre-
board of trustees. He cites GGU’s
always been a willingness to
neurship starting this fall.
CyberCampus and online degree
take risks and a willingness to be
programs as two examples of how
accountable,” he says.
“GGU has had an entrepreneurial
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alumni
Celebration of the Bita Daryabari Scholarship
1
2
3
Deans, faculty and students gathered
to celebrate the $1 million endowment
gift from Bita Daryabari (MS 96). Her
endowment will support scholarships
for students in the Ageno School of
Business and a fellowship for a lawyer
at the School of Law.
1 (l to r) Tannaz Daryabari (student); Farzad
Naimi (MS 86); Farahnaz Naimi; Bita
Daryabari (MS 96); Reza Malek; Dan
Angel, president, GGU; Lee Baxter (JD 74,
LLD 08), board of trustees; Elizabeth Brady,
vice president, University Advancement.
2 Daryabari, speaking at the celebration.
3 Baxter; Angel; Naimi.
4 Drucilla Ramey, former dean, School of Law.
5 Paul Fouts, dean, Ageno School of Business.
Photos by Matt Kim/Fioritophoto
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Dave Iuppa (MBA 86)
President
alumni association news
Welcome to the Board
Marketing Consultant
The Alumni Association Board of
Ed Harris (JD/MBA 10)
Vice President
Financial Adviser
Waddell & Reed, Inc.
Richard G. Johnson III (DPA 95)
Secretary
Associate Professor
University of San Francisco
Dave Alpert (MBA 00)
Vice President & Principle
HGA
Lindsay Eaton (JD 09)
Attorney, White & Wetherall
LLP
Moshin Hafeez (BBA 82, MBA 84)
Financial Adviser
Morgan Stanley
Jacob Knutte (MBA 09)
Financial Services Associate
Prudential
Daniel L’Abbe (BA 94)
President, Recruiting Services
Granite Solutions Groupe
Christine LeGrand (MS 06)
Senior Tax Analyst
Levi Strauss & Co.
Steve Morgan (JD 90)
Financial Services Professional
New York Life Insurance Co.
Swapna Sinha (DBA 97)
Iuppa. School of Law Dean Drucilla
Ramey delivered the luncheon address.
The second annual Doctoral
Directors is pleased to welcome a new
Alumni Symposium will be held on
member, Steve Morgan (MBA 90).
Thursday, April 4, 2013.
Steve is a financial services professional
at New York Life Insurance Co. in
Roseville, Calif. He has already hit
Networking
Opportunities
the ground running by helping to plan
three alumni networking mixers in
Being a member of the Alumni
Sacramento during the past year.
Association allows you many oppor-
Doctoral Symposium a Success
tunities to network with others in
the GGU community. Be sure to
find us on LinkedIn, Facebook,
Twitter and our Alumni Directory
Golden Gate University’s Doctoral
on AlumniConnect. The Alumni
Program hosted its first annual
Directory is searchable by name, grad-
Doctoral Alumni Symposium on
uation date, location and profession.
campus in San Francisco. The April 5
GGU Alumni Networking Mixers
symposium attracted 65 participants,
were held recently in Sunnyvale, San
including doctoral alumni and stu-
Francisco and Sacramento. Please visit
dents, faculty and administrators.
the alumni events calendar to view
The symposium highlighted critical
upcoming mixers. They are a great
research being conducted by GGU fac-
way to network with fellow alumni
ulty/staff, doctoral alumni and current
and current GGU faculty. You never
doctoral students. Other symposium
know who you will meet at an Alumni
goals included fostering awareness and
Networking Mixer.
sustained support of GGU doctoral
scholars, discussing possible publishing
Alumni Referrals
opportunities in peer-reviewed venues,
CEO
Strategism
and providing constructive feedback
Do you know of someone who would
on works in progress. The successful
benefit from a GGU degree? Help
Ariel Ungerleider (JD/MBA 09)
symposium ended with the first-ever
someone else make a life change by
doctoral alumni meeting.
taking a moment to tell them about
Community Outreach Manager
America’s Cup
alumni
2012-2013
Alumni Association
Board of Directors
The 2012 symposium leadership
Golden Gate University.
team included: Richard Greggory
Johnson III (DPA 95); Dave Yeske
Visit GGU AlumniConnect, the
(DBA 10); David Wang (DBA 04);
official website of the GGU Alumni
William Rhyne (DBA 08); Janice
Association, for more news and events:
Carter, Director, University Library;
Nabil Rageh, Director, DBA Programs,
Professor; Wendy Giblin (JD 95, MBA
www.ggu.edu/alumni.
07); and doctoral student volunteers.
The event included opening remarks
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from President Angel and GGU
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class notes
— 1965 —
— 1978 —
Frederick W. Bradley (JD 65) is a realtor with Coldwell Banker in Roseville, Rocklin, and Lincoln, Calif.
William H. Brennan (MS 78) is chief
taxation officer for Vertex Inc. in
Berwyn, Pa.
— 1969 —
Charles T. Ledbetter (MPA 69)
presented a lecture titled “Lessons
Learned by a Lay Person about
the Joys and Frustrations of
Genealogical/Historical Research”
at the Archives and History Library
in Charleston, W. Va.
— 1974 —
Robert L. Wilkerson (MBA 74) is
an associate broker in the National
Office Group of Bull Realty in
Atlanta, Ga.
— 1976 —
James A. Andersen (MBA 76) was
featured in The North Bay Business
Journal as one of the North Bay
leaders in accounting.
Marshall R. James (MBA 76) is an
account executive at Ride Pal in San
Francisco, Calif.
— 1977 —
Denise K. Mills (JD 77) was named
Best Lawyers’ 2012 Denver Family
Law Lawyer of the Year.
John T. Whates (MS 78) is on the
board of directors at B/E Aerospace in
Wellington, Fla.
— 1979 —
Carol A. Bergman (JD 79) is director
of government relations and public
affairs at The Legal Services Corp. in
Washington, DC.
Judith H. Cohen (JD 79) has been
appointed to preside over the
Department of Child Support Services
cases by the Marin County (Calif.)
Superior Court.
John P. Jumper (MBA 79) is CEO of
SAIC in McLean, Va.
summer 2012
Catherine A. Yanni (JD 81) was elected
president of the Academy of CourtAppointed Masters in San Francisco, Calif.
— 1982 —
Sharon S. Lenius (MPA 82) was inducted
into the Special Libraries Association
Hall of Fame in July 2011 in Chicago, Ill.
Carol S. Tanenbaum (MBA 82) has been
recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who
for showing dedication, leadership and
excellence in jewelry design.
Linda K. Whitney (MPA 82) is the
executive director at the Medical Board
of California in Sacramento, Calif.
— 1983 —
Roberta G. Willenkin (JD 79) is retired and living in Florida with her
husband, Bob.
Susan Karr (MBA 83) is at work
on her first novel and is the senior
communications writer at UC Hastings
College of Law in San Francisco, Calif.
— 1980 —
Michael C. Osborne (JD 80) is a partner
at Archer Norris in Walnut Creek, Calif.
Susan K. Lang (MBA 83) was named
Outstanding Horseperson-Citizen for
2011 by the Mounted Patrol of San
Mateo County (Calif.).
Virginia Palmer (JD 80) is a partner at
Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP in
Oakland, Calif.
— 1984 —
— 1981 —
Peggy A. Plett (MPA 81) is deputy CEO
for benefits and services at the California
State Teachers’ Retirement System in
Sacramento, Calif.
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James W. Vitalone (JD 81) is senior vice
president at Oberon Securities LLC in
New York, NY.
Robert G. Adler (MS 84) is the county
controller in San Mateo County, Calif.
Samuel H. Clovis (MBA 84) gave a
speech titled “Why Democrats Ought
to Vote Republican This Year” at a
GOP fundraiser on Feb. 10 at Valiant
Vineyards Winery in Vermillion, SD.
— 1985 —
Diana Becton (JD 85) is on the board of
directors of the National Bar Association
Judicial Council and is district 14
director of the National Association of
Women Judges.
Allen R. Hoglund (MBA 85) is director
of fleet management for the city of
Houston, Texas.
Robert J. Uyttebroek (MPA 85) is the
finance director for the city of Newark in
Newark, Del.
— 1986 —
Howard L. Brown (MBA 86) is a broker
with Athem Blue Cross in Campbell,
Calif.
— 1987 —
Andrew H. Del Matto (MBA 87)
is senior vice president and chief
accounting officer at Symantec.
Wesley D. Hurst (JD 87) has joined the office of Polsinelli Shughart in Los Angeles, Calif.
Marilyn A. Meyer (MS 88) is the
corporate vice president, worldwide
human resources, for Xilinx in San Jose, Calif.
Michael K. Roberts (MBA 88) has joined
One PacificCoast Bank to lead overall
bank operations in Oakland, Calif.
Patrick J. Pahl (MBA 87) is a consultant
at ZeroChaos in San Francisco, Calif.
— 1989 —
Barbara E. Reynolds (MPA 87) is the
vice president of quality at Renown
Health in Reno, Nev.
Jerome J. Griffin (MPA 89) has been
appointed vice president for academic
affairs at AME University in Monrovia,
Liberia.
Frank J. Romano (JD 87) wrote an
article titled “My Confrontation with Mr. Fayyad, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority” for Salem-News.com.
— 1988 —
John T. Brennan (MBA 88) was
appointed to lead the Air Force Business
Unit at TASC Inc. in Chantilly, Va.
alumni
Yoko Mimura (BS 84, MBA 85) is the
purchasing and export administrator at Leica Microsystems Corp. in San Jose, Calif.
William L. Hinzman (MPA 89)
graduated from the police academy in
Prince William County, Washington, DC.
Gary L. Hopper (MBA 89) published a
book titled Create a Whole and Healthy
Family.
Thomas P. Simpson (MBA 89) is
vice president of West Coast sales at
Adtegrity Inc. in San Francisco, Calif.
Thomas P. Evans (MBA 86, MBA 93)
is the interim city manager of Lake
Elsinore, Calif.
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alumni
Jack A. Kulikowski, 1930-2011
in memoriam
G
GU alumnus Jack Kulikowski (MPA 77), retired
administration at GGU in 1977, he completed a bach-
US Navy Lieutenant Commander, died Nov. 29,
elor’s degree in business administration from Seton Hall
2011. He was 81.
University. Prior to receiving his commission to the US
Kulikowski was the first amputee to be returned to
Navy, he was a New Jersey state trooper. After his retire-
full duty in the history of the US Navy. This significant
ment from the Navy, he was a Virginia state probation
accomplishment paved the way for many others, like Carl
officer. He is survived by his wife, Carol Ann; daughter,
Brashear, CPO, the subject of the film “Men of Honor,”
Janice; his stepson; granddaughter; and many nieces whom Kulikowski counseled.
and nephews.
Prior to completing his master’s degree in public
— 1990 —
Steven R. Morgan (MBA 90) was elected
to the GGU Alumni Association board of
directors in May.
— 1991 —
Carolyn M. Feuille (MS 91) was named
a VIP Member of Worldwide Who’s
Who for Excellence in consulting and
assessment.
Christine Maley-Grubl (BS 91, MBA
96) is executive director for Fisherman’s
Wharf Community Benefit District in San
Francisco, Calif.
Reece F. Shaw (MBA 91) is vice
president for Great Dredge & Dock in
Oak Brook, Ill.
— 1992 —
John J. Angelesco (MBA 92) is senior
vice president and commercial loan
officer at Heritage Bank of Commerce in
San Jose, Calif.
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summer 2012
Rod R. Egdorf (MBA 92) is vice
president and general manager, wireless,
for Time Warner Cable in Orange
County, Calif.
Robert T. Joyce (MS 92) is chief
financial officer, global, at Watson
Pharmaceuticals in Parsippany, NJ.
Sheila E. Miller (BA 92) is a senior CRM
business analyst at Atmel Corp. in San
Jose, Calif.
Thomas J. Murray (JD 92) is a partner
at Kern, Noda, Devine & Segal in San
Francisco, Calif.
Scott T. Temby (JD 92) is a planning
commissioner in Highland, Utah.
— 1993 —
Carolyn M. Cunningham (BA 93, BA 94)
works in the DMV’s Office of Strategic
Planning & Organizational Development
in Sacramento, Calif.
Samuel B. Johnston (JD 93) is a new
associate at Lozeau Drury LLP in
Oakland, Calif.
Kirsten Keith (JD 93) was profiled in the
San Mateo Daily Journal.
Darrin T. Mish (JD 93) was a featured
expert on the TV show “The New
American Dream.”
— 1994 —
Douglas J. Cook (MBA 94) is the
managing director for First Republic
Bank in Walnut Creek, Calif.
Joseph A. Hoffman (JD 94) was profiled
in an article in the Mountain Democrat
in May.
Kevin L. Kelly (MBA 94) was recognized
by Cambridge Who’s Who for showing
dedication, leadership and excellence in
telecommunications.
Michael A. Norwood (MBA 94) is vice
president of business development and
channel management at Appnomic
Systems Inc. in Palo Alto, Calif.
in memoriam
— 1997 —
Attilio P. Ruggiero (JD 56) died Nov. 17, 2010.
Alison L. Dixon (JD 95) was recognized
by Cambridge Who’s Who for
demonstrating dedication, leadership and
excellence in immigration law.
Daphne D. Edwards (JD 97) is assistant
district attorney for Alamance County in
Graham, NC.
Edward S. Nugent (MBA 73) died July 19, 2011.
Jill L. Eaton (MBA 95) is a public
entity division manager of Genesis
Management and Insurance Services
Corp. in San Francisco, Calif.
Leonard T. Greenlee (MS 95) was elected to the Wellness Community
Valley/Ventura board of directors in
Ventura, Calif.
Richard G. Johnson (DPA 95) was
interviewed on Jan. 31 on KPOO-FM.
Esther C. Moore (JD 95) wrote an article
titled “Berkeley Pitch Mixer: Another
Step Forward” for women2.org.
— 1998 —
Benjamin P. Dixon (BS 98) is senior
vice president and associate director at
Macquarie in New York, NY.
Alexander Heil (MS 98) is chief
economist at Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey.
James D. Uphoff (MBA 98) is CAD/
CAM engineer senior staff at Lockheed
Martin in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Donald Pope (JD 73) died May 6, 2012.
Elsie J. Babcock (BS 75) died May 26, 2011.
Lee E. Erickson (JD 75) died Feb. 19, 2012.
John Lewis (JD 76) died Sept. 22, 2011.
Gordon L. Miller (MPA 77) died Oct. 24, 2011.
Larry N. Bjorn (MBA 77) died Nov. 14, 2011.
Jack A. Kulikowski (MPA 77) died Nov. 29, 2011.
— 1999 —
Lyman L. Hubbard (BA 77) died Jan. 12, 2012.
Robert C. Platt (LLM 95) is an
investment property specialist at CRE
Consultants in Naples, Fla.
Mauricio S. Beugelmans (JD 99) is a
partner at Hand Baldachin & Amburgey
LLP in New York, NY.
Dana S. Kierstead (MPA 77) died Jan. 17, 2012.
— 1996 —
Robert A. Impallomeni (JD 99) is an
estate investigator and deputy public
guardian for the City & County of San
Francisco, Calif.
Kevin S. Alfaro (MS 96) was profiled in
the St. Helena Star.
Janice D. Balzano (BS 96) is chief
operating officer at Brandon Regional
Hospital in Brandon, Fla.
William J. Hopper (MBA 96) is national
medical director of quality management
at Dane Street, a medical review
company.
Sonia V. Lacchini (BS 96, MA 06) is a
teacher at One to Three Asilo Nido, a
Reggio-inspired International School of
English in Italy.
Ralph W. Kasarda (JD 99) argued before
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and
prevailed in CDAA v. Brown.
alumni
— 1995 —
Virginia A. Lathrop (MPA 78) died Sept. 13, 2011.
Peter Slusar (MPA 80) died June 22, 2011.
Gary D. Gohn (MBA 82) died March 21, 2011.
George L. O’Brien (MBA 83) died August 29, 2011.
Andrea K. Leisy (JD 99) is managing
partner at Remy Moose and Manley in
Sacramento, Calif.
Steven J. Leiber (JD 84) died Jan. 28, 2012.
— 2000 —
Kathleen R. Hess (MBA 02) died Nov. 26, 2011.
Carol A. Howle (MHA 00) is an analyst
IV, special projects, at UC Davis School
of Medicine in Davis, Calif.
Judith Shapiro-Clark (MS 03) died Dec. 18, 2011.
Philip A. Steiner (MBA 87) died Sept. 25, 2011.
Stephen M. Ruddy (BBA 08) died April 7, 2012.
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A. Gerlof “Jerry” Homan, 1925-2012
in memoriam
Former dean endowed a scholarship for
international business students at GGU
D
r. Gerlof “Jerry” Homan, former dean of GGU’s
School of Business, died May 1, 2012, in Santa
Barbara, Calif.
Born Sept. 9, 1925, in Holland, Homan developed an
interest in democracy that eventually drew him to the United
States. In 1948, he settled in Kansas and studied at both
Bethel College and Kansas State University.
He then moved to California and obtained a master’s
degree in economics from Stanford University, followed
by a PhD in economics from the University of Oregon. He
photo courtesy of the Homan family
went on to live most of his adult life in the San Francisco
Bay Area, working in research (SRI), in corporate America
(Bechtel and Bank of America) and in education.
In addition to heading GGU’s business school, he also
taught international finance at GGU’s San Francisco campus
for 20 years. He took great pride in teaching and mentoring
“GGU is a dynamic,
innovative institution.”
literally thousands of bright students.
Homan created the international business MBA program
at GGU, giving employees from HP and Intel and companies
all over the Bay Area hands-on training on how to run foreign affiliates. He believed so strongly in the importance of
learning international business that he endowed a scholarship for international business students.
“GGU is a dynamic, innovative institution,” he
said when establishing the Dr. Gerlof Homan Endowed
Scholarship. “I would feel privileged to have my name
associated with GGU in the long haul.”
He is survived by his wife, Alita, of Santa Barbara; three
sons; five grandchildren; and many extended family members in the Netherlands.
Donations in his memory may be made to either the First
Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara at 21 E. Constance
Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; or to Visiting Nurse
and Hospice Care, 222 East Canon Perdido Street, Santa
Barbara, CA 93101.
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summer 2012
— 2001 —
Michael I. Chong (MS 01) is the
vice president of fund development
and strategy for Aequitas Capital
Management Inc. in Oswego, Ore.
Richard A. Duste (MBA 01) is director,
branded licensing, for ConocoPhillips.
Michele E. Shimamura (MA 01) is a
grief support provider for surviving
family members at Hope Hospice in San
Ramon, Calif.
— 2002 —
Deborah A. Allen (BA 02, MS 05)
is a health and safety analyst at the
Department of Consumer Affairs in
Sacramento, Calif.
Matthias Berger (LLM 02) spoke at an
ABA Roundtable titled “15 Years of
Community Trademark in the EU – Still
Open for Business?” on March 28 in
Arlington, Va.
Ibrahim Sulun (MBA 02) is director of
CT systems/customer service at PreXion
in San Mateo, Calif.
— 2003 —
Shane M. Cahill (JD 03) is a senior
associate at Long & Liveit LLP in San
Francisco, Calif.
Phillip A. Cameron (JD 03, LLM 04,
SJD 07) is director of international law
programs at the Shanghai Institute of
International Trade in China.
Spojmie A. Nasiri (JD 03) recently spoke
on legal aspects of immigration at an
immigration law workshop sponsored
by the Contra Costa County Bar
Association in San Ramon, Calif.
Dominic H. Porrino (JD 06) owns
Hilliard & Porrino Professional Corp. in
Oakland, Calif.
Jan P. Seelinger (LLM 06) is an attorney
at CMS Hasche Sigle in Germany.
Dominic M. Tobin (BS 06) is senior vice
president for operations at CoreSite in
Los Angeles, Calif.
— 2004 —
— 2007 —
James E. Dalton (MS 04) is an instructor
at Learn iT! in San Francisco, Calif.
Holly D. Bressett (JD 07) is deputy
director, central region for the Sierra
Club Beyond Coal Campaign in
Madison, Wis.
— 2005 —
Shengliang Mei (MAC 05) is senior sales
associate at Climb Real Estate Group in
San Francisco, Calif.
— 2006 —
Barbara M. Brenkus (JD 06) is assistant
general counsel for MCM Construction
Inc. in North Highlands, Calif.
Paul Hogarth (JD 06) wrote an article
titled “Why ‘Narrow’ Prop. 8 Decision
is Good for Marriage Equality” that was
featured on beyondchron.org on Feb. 8.
Kimberly L. Lutes-Koths (JD 06) is a
deputy public defender in San Francisco, Calif.
Tresha D. Moreland (MS 06, MBA 09)
runs an HR strategy website: www.
hrcsuite.com.
alumni
Randy M. Krotowski (MBA 00) is vice
president and chief information officer
for Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria, Ill.
Carolyn M. Lee (JD 07, LLM 08) is
an associate at Abkin Law LLP in San
Francisco, Calif.
Kindra F. Montgomery-Block (MPA 07)
is director of training & community
relations at the Center for Community
School Partnerships at UC Davis in
Davis, Calif.
Swapna S. Sinha (DBA 07) is principal &
CEO for Strategism in Fremont, Calif.
Latanya D. Tigner (MA 07) was profiled
in an article in The San Jose Mercury
News on March 27.
Matthew A. Wood (JD 07) was
interviewed in The Recorder on April 25.
Zulfiqar A. Zamindar (MBA 07) is
a field applications engineer at Nu
Horizons Electronics in Milpitas, Calif.
Richard Nazareth (JD 06) co-founded
and is a managing partner at Cuenant &
Nazareth, P.A., in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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alumni
— 2008 —
Tingting Pan (MS 08) is a registered
representative at Transamerica Financial
Advisors Inc. in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Richard F. Hector (JD 08) is director
of intellectual property at Amunix in
Mountain View, Calif.
Evgeniya A. Kryukova (BBA 08) is an
account executive at Just Scratch It! in
Belmont, Calif.
— 2009 —
Micol A. Benet (JD 09) owns Benet Law
in San Francisco, Calif.
Federico Brocero (LLM 09) is the
founder of Italian Real Estate Service in
San Francisco, Calif.
Carla J. Carriveau (JD 09) is a securities
compliance examiner at the US Securities
and Exchange Commission in San
Francisco, Calif.
Clayton W. Coate (BBA 09) is a system
designer at Cobalt Power Systems Inc. in
Mountain View, Calif.
Christopher De May (MS 09) is a tax
supervisor at RINA Accountancy Corp.
in San Francisco, Calif.
Jennifer L. Fowler (MBA 09) is a quality
engineer at KLA-Tencor Corp. in
Milpitas, Calif.
Adrian E. Fueyo (MS 09) is director,
integrated digital marketing, at NBC
Universal/Telemundo in the Greater New
York City Area.
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summer 2012
Dana Rizayeva (LLM 09) is a lecturer
at two universities in Kazakhstan and is
conducting doctoral research in the field
of international taxation law.
Bert A. Rayer (MBA 10) is regional sales
manager for the Western United States
region and the Dakotas at Snorkel in
Lake Oswego, Ore.
Francis J. Torrence (LLM 09) is
an attorney at Wilson Elser in San
Francisco, Calif.
Jennifer A. Redding (JD 10) works
at the Santa Clara County Public
Defender’s office and won her first jury
trial in March.
Kendall A. VanConas (MS 09) presented
“Legal Preparation for Aging and
Incapacity: The Fundamentals of Estate Planning” on March 27 in Santa
Paula, Calif.
Catherine A. Robles (MBA 10) is
president and broker for American
Lighthouse Estates Inc. in San
Francisco, Calif.
Elizabeth A. Winberry (JD 09) is an
associate at Berra Stross & Wallacker in
San Mateo, Calif.
— 2011 —
— 2010 —
Karen P. Buitrago (JD 10) is a supervising
attorney for the Family Law Assisted Self
Help program in San Francisco, Calif.
Hannalore Dietrich (MPA 10) is the
office manager and legal assistant at
Matthaw A. Crosby, A Professional Law
Corp. in San Jose, Calif.
Chris P. Heidenreich (MBA 10) is the
senior marketing manager at Fairchild
Semiconductor in San Jose, Calif.
Lindsey K. Koch (JD 10) is a
professional recruiter for Inside Edge
Legal in Los Angeles, Calif.
Otis C. Landerholm (JD 10) was
featured in an article on PRWeb.
Olivia Majorkiewicz (LLM 10) joined
Baker & McKenzie in Warsaw, Poland,
in January.
Daniel G. Balich (JD 11) is an associate
at Kern, Noda, Devine & Segal in San
Francisco, Calif.
Judith A. Buranday Vasan (JD 11)
spoke at the State Bar of California’s
Fourth Annual Fair Housing and Public
Accommodations Symposium on April
20 in Irvine, Calif.
Erica M. Corns (JD 11) is assistant
district attorney at the San Francisco
District Attorney’s Office in San
Francisco, Calif.
Stacie L. Court (MS 11) is a manager at
Brown Thornton Pacenta and Co. PA in
Pensacola, Fla.
Ian P. Fuentecilla (JD 11) is an associate
attorney with Van De Poel, Levy and
Allen, LLP in Walnut Creek, Calif.
Dana A. Gold (JD 11) owns Gold Law
Offices in Walnut Creek, Calif.
John Houghton (MS 11) is employed in
the tax department at Tanner LLC in Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Bill Wagstaffe, 1922-2012
A Tribute to Bill Wagstaffe,
OPSCM Senior Adjunct Professor
then recruited me to teach at GGU as an adjunct in 1995
By Dr. Richard Dawe
I was quite satisfied with my global consulting career. I
I
owe a lot to Bill (never heard him addressed as
William or Mr. Wagstaffe — just Bill), who helped
me throughout my career starting in the late 1970s,
serving as a supporter and reader on my dissertation in
the 1980s, and being primarily responsible for my joining
the faculty in the 1990s.
alumni
in memoriam
Bill helped me enormously with my dissertation and
and then as a full-time faculty member in 1998, even though
trusted his advice. He was the model of what I wanted to be.
Over the last few years, he cleaned out his office and gave
me a lot of correspondence, pictures and other historical
items of our relationship that he had collected. We had a
mutual admiration; I was proud of him as my mentor and
he was proud of my development.
He was my professional mentor. Together we made
history by executing one of the first transportation contracts, when it was permitted by the government, while he
was with Del Monte and I was with the Western Pacific
Transportation Company, headquartered in what is now the
vacant lot next door. I never worked for him, but heard the
accolades from those who did and from those who did business with him. He was universally admired and respected
by the entire transportation industry as a very smart, honest
and fair businessman with a Stanford degree, a knack for
leadership and a friendly nature who reached out to help
those such as myself. Even before he came to GGU, he was
teaching by example and interaction. He was “one of the
most interesting men in the transportation industry.”
In the heydays of the modern transportation industry in
San Francisco, after diesel engines replaced coal and wind, he
served as president of the prestigious SF Transportation Club.
It had a very plush clubhouse in the Palace Hotel, where men
wore hats, drank martinis and smoked big cigars while playing cribbage, bridge and dominoes — talking business. When
I moved on to the Southern Pacific, our companies were colocated in One Market Plaza, where we would meet regularly
for lunch or coffee to discuss issues of the day.
When Bill joined GGU, he brought his leadership and
reputation to the supply chain management program that
Bill Wagstaffe
was struggling with the exodus of major logistics and manufacturing companies from the Bay Area. Undaunted, he
Many of his colleagues and professional organizations
arranged monthly seminars on various topics with expert
have contacted me with their expressions of sadness and
speakers from all over the world, who came to the GGU
highest regards for Bill. This is not just a loss to the GGU
auditorium simply because Bill asked them to. I attended
community, but to an era of a profession.
as many as I could and they were the best thing offered by
Well done, Bill — I shall partake of a martini and a cigar
any university in the country. His commitment and hard
in your honor. God bless your final trip to heaven, where I
work with the OPSCM program is largely responsible for
expect to see you again some day.
its existence today.
Dr. Richard Dawe is Operations & Supply Chain Management Professor & Program Director at GGU.
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alumni
make an impact
When you give to a private, nonprofit school like GGU,
every gift makes an impact, no matter what size.
Donors of $100 or more get their names listed in the fall issue of ggu maga-
Givelle F. Lamano (JD 11) has
established the Law Offices of Givelle
Lamano, a criminal defense law firm in
San Francisco, Calif.
zine. Giving Society members also receive member communications from the
president and invitations to special programs and events.
Centennial Society
Caitlin R. Maurer (JD 11) is an associate
at Kern, Noda, Devine & Segal in San
Francisco, Calif.
Give a lifetime amount exceeding $100,000.
Millennium Society
Give a minimum of $2,000 in unrestricted gifts to the annual fund or a specific school per year, offering GGU the flexibility to address its highest priorities.
Bridge Society
Include the university in your estate plans.
Silver Society
Give annually to Golden Gate University for 25 or more years.
Mission Society
Make an automatic monthly gift by credit card, electronic-fund transfer or
Nancy E. McGee (JD 11) is a staff
attorney with the Homeless Action
Center in Oakland, Calif.
Sherry L. Nikzat (MPA 11) is a senior
financial analyst for the city of Palo
Alto, Calif.
Michele K. O’Brion (BA 11) is a human
resources manager in the Department of
Emergency Medicine at San Francisco
General Hospital in San Francisco, Calif.
payroll deduction.
3 EASY WAYS TO GIVE
Christina B. O’Keefe (JD 11) is the
admissions and marketing director
of San Francisco Law School in San
Francisco, Calif.
1. Check (mail to Elizabeth Brady, vice president of University
Advancement, Golden Gate University, 536 Mission St., San
Francisco, CA 94105)
2. Online by credit card at www.ggu.edu/giving (annual gifts or Jerry L. Shindelbower (JD 11) is an
attorney at Finnegan, Marks, Theofel &
Desmond in San Francisco, Calif.
monthly recurring)
3. Call 415-442-7820, or e-mail alumni@ggu.edu.
Ask about:
• Stock Gifts — Save on capital gains taxes.
• Bequests — Make gifts of life insurance, retirement plan benefits,
stock, property, cash or through a charitable trust.
• Endowments — Establish a permanent fund in memory or honor of
someone special.
• Matching Gifts — (Ask your employer — the company will be listed
in the fall issue of ggu magazine).
Questions on how to give?
Visit www.ggu.edu/aboutgiving, call 415-442-7820 or e-mail alumni@ggu.edu.
Or contact Elizabeth Brady at 415-442-7820 or ebrady@ggu.edu.
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summer 2012
Lauren M. Young Epstein (JD 11) is a
board member of the Women Lawyers of
Alameda County (Calif).
More than 100 years of shining GGU moments
ID the photo
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View the photo IDs our readers have
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Can you ID anyone in these photos? Can you ID the event in the photo?
If so, please contact the Alumni Association at 415-442-7824 or alumni@ggu.edu.
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alonzo and ellie
manthos
Al Manthos (BA 60) attended GGU when it was a college in the YMCA building on
Golden Gate Avenue. His degree enabled him to join the ranks of business management. He retired after a long career in a variety of leadership positions at Varian
Associates (now Varian Medical Systems) in Palo Alto, Calif. Al and Ellie have
been members of the Millennium Society since 2002.
“I was drawn to the combination of flexible hours and the programs offered by
both the GGU faculty and the adjunct professors,” said Al. “This combination provided both academic knowledge and practical business skills essential for my career.
I believe it’s all about giving back.”
With an annual contribution of
$2,000 or more, you will become a
member of the Millennium Society.
Your unrestricted, tax-deductible
gift plays a critical role in the
success of our academic enterprise.
Join the Manthoses and others like
them who support the mission of
Golden Gate University. Call 415442-7820 for more information
about becoming a member.