About : Advisory Board
The purpose of the San Francisco State University College of Business (CoB) Advisory Board is to enable effective partnership between the business community and the College in order to ensure that:
- Our curriculum and programming reflects the current and future needs of the business community so that our graduates become significant contributors
- Our students are exposed in meaningful ways to businesses during their course of study in the appropriate balance of theory and practice
- The CoB provides appropriate mentoring, internship opportunities and job placement opportunities for students
- Our faculty remain current in their fields and have opportunities to contribute to the body of knowledge in these fields through meaningful research projects
- The CoB contributes to the competitiveness, growth and overall success of the business community
- The CoB develops funding sources to enable investment for expansion
The CoB Advisory Board is comprised of individuals with significant experience and expertise in a diverse set of business and professional disciplines representative of the San Francisco bay area, with a focus on the global nature of our business environment. The Advisory Board meets formally two to three times per year. In the interim, members work with the CoB, singly or in groups, based on their individual skills and interests, to achieve the above goals.
Current Advisory Board Members
- Richard Barbaria, Vice President, Sales, GSC Logistics
- Lawrence Chan, President/CEO, Park Lane Hotels
- Sharon Collins, Fundraising Consultant, Former Assistant Dean, College of Business
- Linda DeWitt, Director, Global Software Resources
- Al Dixon, Director, SF Small Business Development Center
- Keith W. Dierkx, General Manager, Global Catalyst Team, IBM Global Technology Services, IBM Corporation
- Peter A. J. Gardiner
- John P. Grotts, Director of Business Development, Wells Fargo California Insurance Services, https://www.wellsfargo.com/insurance/
- Anthony Hodge, President, R. Anthony Hodge & Associates
- Peter C. Horan, CEO, Goodmail Systems
- Mary Huss, Publisher, San Francisco Business Times
- Eric L. Kelly,
President,
Silicon Valley Management Partners, Inc.
- Thomas Klitgaard, Senior Partner, Dillingham & Murphy, LLP
- Gilman Louie, Partner, Alsop Louie Partners, www.alsop-louie.com
- Manny Mashouf, President, Bebe
- Robert F. Ohrenschall
- Tom Paton, Senior VP, California Bank & Trust
- Phil Schlein, Venture Partner, US Venture Partners
- Larry A. Smilie, Managing Director, Banc of America Leasing, Bank of America
- Christopher T. Wagner,
Director,
Private Banking USA,
Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC
- Thomas (Tommy) S. Wu
- Paul M. N. Zen, Vice President, FIT Investment Corporation
