OCOB Spring 08 new2g - Orfalea College of Business

College & Alumni Magazine
BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS
IN THE COMMUNITY
SPRING 2008

dean’s message
Dean Dave Christy
Building community
among our faculty, staff,
students, alumni and
friends is one of the five
elements in our college
strategic plan... . No one
encounters Cal Poly in
even the smallest way
without hearing about
“learn by doing.”
Nurturing a strong sense of community
One of the most enduring values that we share
in our society is the value we place on strong
communities. When we join a firm or organization,
or choose where we live, the opportunity
to be integrated into that community
is often the key element in our decision.
Building community among our faculty,
staff, students, alumni and friends is one of
the five elements in our college strategic plan.
Once again this spring, we will invite
new students and their families to study
with us at Cal Poly. Our student peer advisors,
college ambassadors, club officers, and
the faculty and staff each convey to these
young people that Cal Poly presents an
opportunity to be part of something significant.
We talk about teamwork, service
learning opportunities, the uniqueness of
our classes, and the commitment to Cal
Poly of our proud and loyal alumni. No one
encounters Cal Poly in even the smallest
way without hearing about “learn by doing.”
Each week I am involved in the continual
process of recruiting talented individuals
to join our faculty and staff. They,
too, seek to join a group of adults that is
intellectually and socially engaged. Whether
it’s attending our seminar series that Eric
Fisher, professor in Economics, has organized
so well, or Friday “hobnobs” nurtured
during the past several years by Eric Olsen,
professor in Industrial Technology, or Norm
Borin, professor of Marketing, inviting
people and their dogs for Sunday morning
hikes at some of the best spots in the
county, these are people inviting others to
share in a piece of their lives. Several faculty
boast about their motorcycles, Kate
Lancaster, professor of Accounting, always
has her assistance “dog-in-training” at her
side, and Hervé Roche, new faculty in
Finance, fires up his office cappuccino
maker to “lubricate” discussions about
economics and finance.
About 10 times each year, generous
alumni host reunions that bring together
Cal Poly alumni, parents and friends. These
events are among my favorites in serving as
your Dean. Manhattan Beach, Orange
County, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Fresno,
Sacramento and Seattle have been recent
venues for these events.
In Seattle, Darran Littlefield (Business
Administration ’85) invited all Seattle-area
Cal Poly alumni, and we had a tremendous
mix of alumni excited to reconnect. In
Manhattan Beach, Orfalea College alumnus
Chris Strickfaden (Business Administration
’86) collaborated to enhance this now dualcollege
event with the Cuningham Group and
College of Architecture and Environmental
Design alumni Doug Lowe (Architecture ‘76)
and Jack Highwart (Architecture ’79).
I meet alumni when I travel, such as
Joanne Smith (Business Administration ’82)
in Atlanta, Larry Bello (Accounting ’84) in
Phoenix, Mimi O’Hern (Business Administration
’78) in Los Angeles, Mark Riley
(Accounting/Finance ’82) and Bruce Stokes
(Accounting ’80) in Denver and Patrick
McConahy (Business Administration ’73) in
San Antonio. In every case, these individuals
are so excited to be a part of what we are
doing together. Our Advisory Council
members make a special effort to participate
and engage alumni at these reunions, and
there are often as many as four or five of
them engaging our guests in discussions
about Cal Poly and why they are so personally
committed to our College.
Here’s my invitation to you: Continue to
invest in our organization and our shared
values. Become engaged with our students
and faculty in San Luis Obispo and our
alumni and parents throughout California
and beyond. Each time we do this, we once
again “choose” Cal Poly and deepen our
commitment to one another.
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Alumni News ................. 26
College News.................. 3
Cover Story ...................... 10
Dean’s Advisory Councils . 37
Directory ....................... 46
Faculty News ................ 23
Honor Roll of Donors .... 39
Student News ............... 15
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college news
“Local boy” Tim Harden was greeted by enthusiastic students when he visited campus to share his professional experiences and expertise.
Speaking of success
Distinguished Speaker Series brings pros to campus for benefit of students, college, community
In its third year, the Distinguished Speaker
Series was once again fortunate to host three
eloquent and very different speakers.
The first speaker was William “Bill”
Ostrem, president of The Yokohl Ranch
Company LLC, master planner of Yokohl
Ranch. Ostrem is also president of The
EastLake Company LLC, one of the largest
master-planned communities in San Diego
County. He is involved in many industry,
community and service organizations.
The Orfalea College of Business has
started a real estate concentration, and
Ostrem was a good choice to speak about
issues of development, land rights, growth,
and the economy. His presentation also
gave the college an opportunity to collaborate
with the College of Architecture and
Environmental Design in promoting his
appearance to students and alumni.
Hilary Schneider, executive vice president
of the Local Markets and Commerce
Division and Yahoo! Publisher Network,
was the next series speaker, co-sponsored by
The Tribune and the College of Engineering.
When Schneider joined the company in
September 2006, she became the leader of a
newly formed business unit, now called
Local Markets and Commerce. In this role,
she was charged with developing an
“overarching” classified and listings strategy
that includes new ways of monetizing
transaction listings across Yahoo!, as well as
day-to-day oversight of Yahoo! listings and
commerce properties in the U.S.
In February 2007, Schneider’s experience
in the publishing business was
tapped when she was asked to provide
leadership and strategic direction to the
Yahoo! Publisher Network. Prior to joining
the company, Schneider was the senior
vice president for Knight Ridder, Inc., a
$3 billion revenue company, in which she
co-managed newspaper operations and led
its digital division.
Schneider delivered her message and
story in a straight-forward style. The students
were thrilled to hear her presentation.
The third speaker of the series – Tim
Harden, is president of AT&T West. He is
also a “local boy” who was raised in San
Luis Obispo. (Some of you readers might
recognize his name – his father is the late
Sheldon Harden, a football coach at Cal
Poly for 40 years.)
Harden oversees nearly 40,000 employees
who deliver traditional and Internet
Protocol (IP)-based voice, broadband
Internet, wireless and video services to the
company’s California and Nevada customers.
Previously, Harden served as president
of Enterprise Business Services – Data and
Network Services for SBC Operations. His
prior assignments also included vice president
and general manager – SBC Industry
Markets operations; vice president and chief
operating officer of Pacific Bell’s Broadband
Deployment Advanced Communications
Network; vice president and general manager
of Pacific Bell Industry Markets; vice
president and general manager of the Pacific
Bell North Coast Regional Business Unit;
and president and chief executive officer of
Pacific Telesis Business Systems.
SEE SPEAKERS, PAGE 5
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college news
Funding priorities for students, faculty: celebrating success
The quality of an academic college or program
is often measured by the excellence of
its faculty and the outstanding students who
choose to study there. The Orfalea College
of Business continues to be recognized for
its quality business education, but not
without a focused priority on recruiting and
retaining top faculty and providing financial
opportunities for outstanding students.
Why the College is succeeding in both of
these areas is, in part, from the generous gifts
it has received from alumni, faculty, friends
and corporations. In the last six months, the
Orfalea College has received five new faculty
fellowships to support our excellent faculty.
The John R. Lindvall Finance Faculty
Fellowship Endowment will provide ongoing
supplemental summer support to outstanding
Finance faculty in perpetuity. (See
details, page 5.) Faculty fellowships from
Ernst and Young, KPMG, Deloitte, and
PricewaterhouseCoopers will assist the
College over the next five years to recruit
and retain excellent accounting and tax
faculty in a very competitive market. These
corporate faculty fellowships are funded
largely by individual gifts from alumni and
friends at the firms that are then matched by
the firms’ foundations.
The Orfalea College of Business has now
completed its goal of establishing 40 new
named endowed scholarships that are
matched 1:1 by the College’s Orfalea endowment
payout funds. These scholarships
are aimed at attracting outstanding students
to Cal Poly by coupling an offer of admission
with financial assistance. The scholarship
then is available for four years of the
student’s studies in the Orfalea College of
Business. As an endowed scholarship, the
initial gift is invested and the scholarship is
funded by payout from the endowment.
To celebrate the 40 new scholarships
and others that have been established over
time, the College will host its first Orfalea
College of Business Scholarship Luncheon
on April 25. Scholarship donors and
their student recipients will have an
opportunity to meet, often for the first
time, and talk about what the scholarship
and a Cal Poly business education means
to them.
Thank you to our wonderful donors –
especially to those who recently have
funded the College’s priorities for faculty
and student support, thereby ensuring that
an Orfalea College of Business education is
measured by quality, opportunity, and
increasing value over time.
If you are interested in making a gift
to enhance opportunities for faculty and
students, contact Pamela McClure at
805.756.2951 or pmcclure@calpoly.edu.
NAME OF SCHOLARSHIP
DONORS
KEN & MARIETTA ALEXANDER FAMILY
KEN & MARIETTA ALEXANDER
BARRY BANDUCCI FAMILY
BARRY BANDUCCI
BICKEL FAMILY
MICHAEL C. BICKEL
GIANNA M. BENSON
STAN & JOANN BENSON
LYNN & RICK BERGQUIST
LYNN & RICK BERGQUIST
PATRICK J. BOWEN FAMILY
PATRICK J. BOWEN
RYAN S. BRISTOL FAMILY
RYAN S. BRISTOL
PROFESSOR BILL BRUCKART
KEN & MARIETTA ALEXANDER
WILLIAM L. CHILLINGWORTH
WILLIAM L. CHILLINGWORTH
THE DOSKOCIL FAMILY
BRAD A. DOSKOCIL
MILTON DRANDELL
RUTH DRANDELL
TRACY & NICOLA EDWARDS FAMILY
TRACY & NICOLA EDWARDS
FIRST BANK OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
DAVE BOOKER
STEVEN G. FISHMAN
HORACIO SAAVEDRA
RIK FLOYD FAMILY
RIK & CAROL FLOYD
SHERI ADELE FRENCH
DAVID & KAREN FRENCH
J. MICHAEL GERINGER & COLETTE FRAYNE J. MICHAEL GERINGER/COLETTE FRAYNE ENDOWMENT IN INTERNAT’L BUSINESS
GLENN BURDETTE PHILLIPS & BRYSON CPAS
LEO MICK HANLY
MARGERY J. HARRIS
RUSH HILL LEADERSHIP
BRETT & ERIK HONORÈ
JAMBA JUICE
KIM & GARLYN LILLY
RICHARD LIM
MARC L. LOUPÈ & ANETTE HARRIS-LOUPÈ
THERESA MARQUEZ
RUSS & KIM NASH FAMILY
STEVE & RENEE NASH
PHILIP OBERTI FAMILY
PHILIP & KLINA OBERTI
HOWARD M. OSER
PROFESSOR KEN RIENER
SHIFFMAN FAMILY
BRUCE A. SMITH/VSP
DAVE & CHRISTINE SULLIVAN
ROBERT & GERALDINE SWARTZ
VIC WOLCOTT
JAMES & PAMELA YOUNG
BRAD HAIR
BRIAN, DON & CHIP HANLY
DEAN’S ADVISORY COUNCIL & FRIENDS
RUSH N. HILL, II
FRED & JUDI HONORÈ
KIRK PERRON
B. QUENTIN LILLY
MIKE MANTLE & FRIENDS
MARC LOUPÈ & ANETTE HARRIS LOUPÈ
MIKE MANTLE
RUSS & KIM NASH
STEVE & RENEE NASH
PHILIP & KLINA OBERTI
PHILIP & KLINA OBERTI
PETER OSER
GREGORY RODRIGUES
ELDON & KAREN SHIFFMAN
BRUCE A. SMITH
DAVE & CHRISTINE SULLIVAN
DR. TERESA SWARTZ
LEE A. DOBLE, JR.
JAMES & PAMELA YOUNG
Donors who created named
endowed scholarships using
Orfalea matching funds
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college news
briefs
John R. Lindvall funds finance
faculty fellowship endowment
John R. Lindvall, emeritus professor of the
Orfalea College of Business at Cal Poly, has
endowed a Faculty Fellowship for the Finance
area in the Orfalea College of Business.
Lindvall was a professor of Finance from
1973 to 2002 and served as associate dean
of the College from 1979 to 1982. Among his
many achievements and contributions to the
Orfalea College of Business was the creation
of the Student-Managed Portfolio Project, a
classic and successful case of “learn by
doing” that advances students’ understanding
of the principles of finance and provides them
with an opportunity to invest and manage a
portfolio. Lindvall is founder of Lindvall Capital
Management Company.
At the direction of the dean of the
Orfalea College of Business in consultation
with the chair of the Finance Area, the
endowment’s payout shall be utilized exclusively
to assist the Orfalea College of Business
to recruit and retain outstanding finance
faculty. The John R. Lindvall Finance Faculty
Fellowship will be awarded as part of the
compensation for one new faculty member for
a period of five years with an opportunity for
renewal based upon excellent performance.
The Orfalea College of Business is
grateful to John and Marcie Lindvall for their
vision. If you are interested in creating a
faculty fellowship for your area of interest,
contact Pamela McClure at 805.756.2951
or pmcclure@calpoly.edu.
Real estate discussed at symposium
Ryan Smith (right, center) of the
SmithCompanies,www.smithcompanies.com,
was hosted on campus by Rush Hill (left)
(Business Administration ’69) and Dean
Dave Christy for a real estate symposium.
With the new real estate concentration
in Economics and a new Future of Real
Estate (FRE) club in the college, Smith
had a group of enthusiastic and knowledgeable
attendees at the workshop.
Find more information about
FRE at www.frecalpoly.com.
Accounting firm bankrolls student’s
master’s degree study at Cal Poly
Christine San Juan of Delano was one of the
top spring grads from Fresno State. Diploma
in hand, she was offered a job by accounting
giant PricewaterhouseCoopers to work in its
tax division in San Jose. It came with a big
bonus: PWC offered to let her defer her work
start date by a year to get her master’s
degree in the Orfalea College of Business
one-year accounting-taxation program.
PWC is lending San Juan $20,000 for
tuition and expenses and will forgive the loan
after she completes three years of employment
with the firm. She started her master’s
classes at Cal Poly last fall.
If your firm is interested in sponsoring a
student in the MS in Taxation degree program
at the Orfalea College of Business, please
contact professor Eddy Quijano at
equijano@calpoly.edu or 805.756.1369.
Brocato heads up
Executive Partners
Joseph E. Brocato has
accepted the position of
community director of
the Orfalea College of
Business Executive
Partners Program. A
Joseph Brocato retired business executive
with international experience, Brocato will
facilitate connections between the
program’s members and the College’s
students, faculty and programs.
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Bill Ostrem
Speakers
FROM PAGE 3
Hilary Schneider
Harden graduated from San Luis Obispo
High School and went on to the U.S. Naval
Academy in Annapolis, MD, where he
completed a Bachelor of Science degree in
Engineering and Operations Research.
He was inducted as a scholar athlete to
the National Football Foundation and
College Hall of Fame, and was named
Distinguished American by both organizations
for his efforts in support of their
mission to promote and develop the qualities
of leadership, sportsmanship, competitive
zeal and academic excellence in
American youth.
In his presentation, Harden spoke about
AT&T, the iPhone, broadband, hard work
and the economy. He advised his audience
that no matter how far you travel, you need
a good foundation to fall back on.
Harden didn’t mention that earlier in
the day he had received recognition from
the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors,
via Supervisor Katcho Achadjian, for
his achievements, both personally and
professionally, that stand as role models for
the youth of San Luis Obispo County.
Supervisor Achadjian said that this
recognition is most unusual for the supervisors
to grant, but that in the case of someone
like Tim Harden, they felt it was
warranted. Harden also received a memento
in honor of his late father.
When his presentation was over, Harden
answered questions from students and
greeted old friends. He said it really felt
good to come home.
The well-attended Distinguished Speaker
Series has proven popular with students,
faculty and staff, but also draws members of
the community and visitors from throughout
the county.
“Visitors often find that they take away
more when they leave than they would have
ever dreamed,” says Dean Dave Christy.
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briefs
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The Executive Partners Program provides
a social and professional network for
local business professionals and the College.
Its members – active in business, semi-retired
or retired – are invited to College networking
events several times per year, receive the
College’s monthly e-newsletter, and are
invited to the Distinguished Speaker Series
and similar events.
For more information, or to fill out a
survey and get involved with the program, go
to http://www.cob.calpoly.edu/partners/.
Questions about the program Contact Leslie
McKinley at lmckinle@calpoly.edu.
Generous Fluor gift funds accounting
and finance scholarship awards
Fluor Enterprises, Inc. and the Orfalea
College of Business marked the first year of a
new relationship with campus visits from Cal
Poly alumnus Richard Lent (CAED ’79),
project controls engineer, and Dara Harrison
and Michael Houston, of human resources.
Fluor has provided the College with a
$5,000 gift for two scholarship awards to an
accounting student and a finance student.
The company also funded two Excellence in
Teaching Awards. On hand to receive their
Executive Partners Program members
(from left): Kenneth E. Moore (Finance
’95), of Reitner, Stuart & Moore; Craig M.
Losee (Business Administration ’83), of The
Real Estate Group of San Luis Obispo; and
James G. Valdez (Industrial Technology
’67), retired businessman and adjunct
faculty, Orfalea College of Business.
awards was Arline Savage, Accounting
faculty, and Bing Anderson, Finance faculty.
To raise the awareness among students
of the company and its career opportunities,
Fluor provided funding for the Cal Poly
Accounting Club and the Financial Management
Association.
Alumni from two colleges reunite
The Manhattan Beach alumni reunion for the
Orfalea College of Business was a collaborative
venture this year with the College of
Architecture and Environmental Design
(CAED). On hand to speak to the issues
confronting the CSU system was CSU
Trustee Raymond Holdsworth, Jr., vice
chairman of AECOM Technology Corporation.
The event was co-hosted by Chris
Strickfaden (Business Administration ’86)
and the Cunningham Group in the College of
Architecture and Environmental Design.
The Orfalea College enjoyed the partnership
with CAED and looks forward to collaborating
with other colleges.
Reunion attendees were (below, from
left): CAED Dean Tom Jones, Raymond
Holdsworth and Dean Dave Christy.
Finance instructor
Bing Anderson (center)
welcomes Fluor’s Michael
Houston (left), Dara
Harrison and Richard Lent.
Vassey advances Orfalea College
Tamara Vassey joined the Orfalea College
of Business advancement team last fall as
an administrative support
coordinator for
advancement and
alumni relations.
Vassey studied
merchandising at Bauder
College, Atlanta, GA,
after which she worked
Tamara Vassey as a corporate trainer
for new personnel.
She also worked as an accounting clerk
at Haas Publishing in Atlanta.
In 1989, Vassey found a new passion as
a special events coordinator, which evolved
into a position as membership director and
special events at country clubs in Atlanta.
In 1999, when her family moved to
Sunset Beach, NC, she took a job as marketing
coordinator for the Sea Trail Golf Resort.
The University of Tennessee at Martin
beckoned in 2003, hiring Vassey as development
coordinator in Athletics. She worked
with the coaches in the department to increase
donors, coordinate special events,
and organize the advancement program.
Vassey and her husband, Terry, moved
to San Luis Obispo in 2006 with son, Clint.
Grad Programs grows with Wells
Paige Wells has been hired as administrative
support coordinator in the Graduate Programs
office of the Orfalea
College of Business.
Wells came to the
college with six months
prior experience on
campus and “loves the
academic environment.”
The Memphis, TN,
Paige Wells
native moved to Corpus
Christi, TX, in her youth.
She attended community college there before
moving to Newark, NJ, to work as a flight
attendant for Continental Express Newark.
After a two-year stint, she returned to Texas
and worked as a catering sales manager in
Dallas for 10 years and quality assurance
manager in Austin.
Wells moved to Atascadero to join her
fiancé, and says she is enjoying life in San
Luis Obispo County. She looks forward to
supporting the graduate students and the
growth of the College’s graduate program.
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faculty news
Building community – one cup at a time
Fellowship brews strong as Orfalea
Business faculty share their personal
interests with students, each other
For Hervé Roche, new finance faculty,
everything is great as long as he has
his espresso machine nearby. It didn’t
take long for others in the Orfalea
College of Business to notice the
shiny coffee maker sitting in Roche’s
office, and soon he had new friends
stopping by for a cup and a chat.
For Norm Borin, marketing professor, fellowship
with fellow faculty means sharing a hike on a
beautiful San Luis Obispo day. Borin sends out an
e-mail to all Orfalea College of Business faculty
and staff, inviting them to join him and his wife,
Angela, for a hike at a specific time and place on a
Sunday morning. All who show up are welcome to
bring a picnic, dogs, and legs
that are eager for a nice day
of hiking.
Eric Fisher (left) joins Hervé Roche for a cup of coffee.
For Eric Olsen, moving to San Luis Obispo
from Michigan meant giving up his famous Friday
night “Hob Nobs.” Not for long! Olsen re-created
the gatherings at his Central Coast home by sending
out “come one, come all” invitations to his
colleagues to join him and his wife, Dawn, for a
potluck. Soon others were offering to host the
potlucks, and a Friday night tradition of fellowship
and food was born.
The sense of community in the Orfalea College
of Business is alive and well, thanks to those who
know that touching the life of a student involves
more than touching a book.
When accounting professor Kate Lancaster
took on the challenge of raising guide dogs for the
blind, she decided to share her experiences with her
students by bringing her dogs to the classroom
with her. She sent out e-mails about her young
protégés and their progress.
“I want to share the exciting news about
Tango,” read one Lancaster letter. “Tango has
passed his guide dog training and he and his person
are in class right now. Tango is the first for his
new person, Gary. Gary’s fiancé is in the same
class and is learning to work with her first
dog. Each person who receives a guide dog
works with the trainer and dog to learn
how to partner with their dog.”
“Our faculty community is strong,”
says Leslie McKinley, director of College
& Alumni Relations. “Thank you for sharing
your lives with us and being a part of the
Orfalea College of Business community.”
Kate Lancaster and Tango
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faculty news
briefs
Bing Anderson (Finance) received a $5,000
Summer Research Grant, sponsored by the
Orfalea College of Business (2007-08).
Bing Anderson (Finance) and M. Cassano
wrote an article titled “Option Volume, Strike
Distribution and Foreign Exchange Rate Movements,”
which has been published in the Review
of Quantitative Finance and Accounting,
30(1), 49-67.
Bradford Anderson (Business Law) has a law
article published in the current issue of the UC
Davis Business Law Journal. The article is titled
“Complete Harmony or Mere Détente Shielding
California Employees from Non-Competition
Covenants While Simultaneously Protecting
Employer Trade Secrets.” The online version is
accessible at: http://blj.ucdavis.edu/
article.aspid=663, and the printed version is in
volume 8, page 8, of the journal.
Bradford Anderson (Business Law) presented
a research paper at the Regional Conference
of the Pacific Southwest Academy of Legal
Studies in Business, held Feb. 1-23. His topic
involved “Settlement Agreements and Releases
of Claims” in commercial business transactions.
Last year, Anderson received the Distinguished
Junior Faculty Presentation Award at the
conference.
Mary Beth Armstrong (Accounting) authored a
new book titled Professional Ethics Review
(pp. approx. 200). The book was published
in Redwood City by the CalCPA Education
Foundation.
Cliff Barber (Industrial Technology) and Brian
Tietje (Marketing) wrote an article which has
been accepted for publication in the Journal of
Personal Selling & Sales Management, 28(2):
“A Research Agenda for Value-Stream
Mapping the Sales Process.”
Norm Borin (Marketing) wrote a chapter, “A
Collaborative Value Creation Model for Strategic
Marketing,” in a new book titled Value
Creation in Organizations, which has been
published by ICFAI Press, India.
Norm Borin (Marketing), Lynn Metcalf (Marketing)
and Brian Tietje, (Marketing) coauthored
an article that was published in the
Journal of Marketing Education, 29, 164-174: “A
Replicable, Zero-Based Model for Marketing
Curriculum Innovation.”
Chris Carr (Graduate Programs/Business Law)
and John Wu presented a talk titled “Globalizing
the Curriculum One Step at a Time: How An
International Study Tour to the PRC Changed
Christy appointed vice chair
of Economic Vitality Corporation
Dave Christy, Orfalea College of
Business dean, was appointed vice chair
of San Luis Obispo County’s Economic
Vitality Corporation (EVC) board of
directors in September.
“The EVC is growing as a resource
for the business community and making
important contributions to the
vitality and balance of the local
economy,” said Tom O’Malley, incoming
chair of the board of directors.
“The EVC is working to develop and
implement long-term, regional strategies,
which will impact all communities
and our quality of life.”
EVC officers for 2007-08 also
include: Dave Juhnke, past chair;
Kathleen Corey, treasurer; and Jackie
Crabb, secretary. Members of the
executive committee include John
Shoals and Tom Jones.
Students and the MBA Curriculum,” at the
Connect Ed Conference on Global Education,
held at the Monterey Institute of International
Studies, in Monterey (Jan. 23, 2008).
Chris Carr (Graduate Programs/Business Law)
was a presenter and panelist at the Consumer
Rights and Social Responsibility Conference at
the Center for International Business Ethics
(CIBE) in Beijing, China, on Oct. 27, 2007.
Dawn Chandler (Management) and D.T. Hall
co-authored a chapter, “Career Learning Cycles
and Mentoring,” which has been published in a
new book titled Handbook on Mentoring, in
Ragins, B.R., & Kram, K.E.’s (eds.), (pp. 471-
498), Thousand Oaks.
Dawn Chandler (Management), M.E. Higgins,
and K.E. Kram co-authored a chapter, “Developmental
Initiation and Developmental Networks,
”which has been published in a new
book titled Handbook on Mentoring, in Ragins,
B.R., & Kram, K.E.’s (eds.), (pp. 349-370).
Thousand Oaks.
Dawn Chandler (Management) and K.E. Kram
co-authored a chapter, “Mentoring and Developmental
Networks in the New Career Context,”
which has been published in a new book titled
Handbook for Career Studies.
Dawn Chandler (Management) wrote a chapter,
“Conflict & Negotiations,” which has been
accepted to be published in a new book titled
Behavior in Organizations: An Experiential
Approach, 9th edition.
Dawn Chandler (Management) wrote a
chapter, “Mentoring,” which has been accepted
to be published in a new book titled
Behavior in Organizations: An Experiential
Approach, 9th edition.
Dawn Chandler (Management) wrote a chapter,
“A U.S. Perspective on Coaching and
Mentoring,” which has been accepted to be
published in a new book titled Coaching &
Mentoring Theory & Practice.
Dawn Chandler (Management) authored “Not
Quite Good Enough: The Paradox of Sticky
Educational Ties,” which was presented to the
Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, in
August 2007 along with Monica Higgins and
Shasa Dobrow. The article has also been
accepted for publication in the Journal of
Vocational Behavior:
Jean-Francois Coget (Management) was
presenter and author of “Integral Leadership: A
Developmental Perspective on Leadership
Visions” to the Academy of Management in
Philadelphia in August 2007.
Jean-Francois Coget (Management) received
a $1,500 State Faculty Support Grant from Cal
Poly in 2007-08.
Li Dang (Accounting) authored “The Choice
between Rights and Underwritten Equity Offerings:
Evidence from the Chinese Stock Markets,”
presented at the Financial Management
Association Annual Meeting, Financial Management
Association, Orlando, FL. (Oct. 18, 2007).
Manocher Djassemi (Industrial Technology)
and Eric Olsen (Industrial Technology) received
a $5,000 grant for “The Impact of Lean
Level Material Flow on Performance,” sponsored
by the Orfalea College of Business (June
2007-August 2008).
John Dobson (Finance) received a $5,000
Summer Research Grant, sponsored by the
Orfalea College of Business.
John Dobson (Finance) also received a
$15,400 Internal Grant, sponsored by the
Orfalea College of Business (2007-08).
Sharon Dobson (Marketing) led a successful
group project in her Bus 346 class last quarter.
Each group carried out a marketing tactic of its
choice to target a different market segment at
Cal Poly (flier campaign, personal selling,
Thanksgiving arrangement flier campaign, etc.)
Due to the groups’ class efforts, the Poly Plant
Shop’s sales increased by 36 percent during
October and November 2007 in comparison to
the same time period in 2006. All three classes
set different sales increase goals and everyone
surpassed their goals by a significant amount.
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Rebecca Ellis (Management) wrote a chapter
that has been accepted for publication in a
revised textbook titled Managing Career Planning
and Development (9th edition).
Rebecca Ellis (Management), Colette Frayne
(Management) and P.C. Kelley had their
conference proceedings published: The Emerging
Role of HR as a Conduit for CSR: The
European Perspective (vol. 6th Annual Colloquium).
Presented in Barcelona at the European
Association for Business in Society/
ESADE.
Rebecca Ellis (Management) and Colette
Frayne (Management) authored and presented
“Executive Education: An Examination of the
Personal and Organizational Objectives and
Rewards” to the Helsinki Executive Education,
Helsinki School of Economics in Helsinki,
Finland last October 2007.
Eric Fisher (Economics) wrote a chapter titled
“Experiments with Arbitrage across Assets,”
which has been accepted for The Handbook of
Experimental Economic Results.
Eric Fisher (Economics) has been named a
visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco.
Singh interview airs at PackExpo in Las Vegas
Eric Fisher (Economics) published “A Review
of Greenspan’s ‘The Age of Turbulence’” in The
Cleveland Plain Dealer, in 2007.
Colette Frayne (Management) has written a
chapter, “HRM in an International Context,”
which has been accepted for publication in a
new book titled Reinventing HRM.
Colette Frayne (Management) and J. Michael
Geringer (Management) co-authored a chapter
accepted for publication in a new textbook titled
International Joint Ventures and the IHRM
Agenda.
Colette Frayne (Management) has written a
chapter, “International Joint Ventures and the
IHRM Agenda,” which has been accepted for
publication in a new book titled Handbook of
International HR Research: Integrating People,
Process and Content.
Colette Frayne (Management) has written an
article, “Managing People in Global Markets,”
which has been accepted for publication in the
Handbook of HR Education.
Colette Frayne (Management) wrote the article,
“Training & Development: A Review of the
Research,” which was accepted for publication
Industrial Technology Associate Professor Jay Singh was interviewed by Jennifer Des
Marais for PackExpo TV in Las Vegas during PackExpo 2007. Singh was joined at the
annual packaging conference by Keith Vorst, Industrial Technology professor, Lou
Tornatzky, Industrial Technology area chair, Leslie McKinley, director of College
and alumni relations, and 40 students. Packaging students received $10,000 in prize
money for themselves and the program during the conference.
in the Handbook of Research in Industrial
Organizational Psychology by M. Harris.
J. Michael Geringer (Management) has written
a new textbook titled International Business,
which has been accepted for publication by
Beijing, China: McGraw Hill/Irwin International.
J. Michael Geringer (Management) was
chairperson for the “International Strategy,
Organization & Resources” session in January
at the International Association for Management
and Business, IAMB, in San Diego.
J. Michael Geringer (Management) presented
the paper, “International Association
for Management and Business,” at the
Virginia, IAMB. It was also published in
Institutional Productivity in International
Business Research, 1970-2005.
J. Michael Geringer (Management) was
presenter and author for the following:
“Strategic Planning, Change & Implementation,”
to the Senior Management Development
Program in Hansabank, Estonia (August 2007);
“Management of Financial and Business Challenges,”
to the Management Development
Program in Nokia, Beijing (November 2007);
“Use of Simulations for Business Management,”
to the Management Development Program in
Nokia, Beijing (December 2007);
“Emerging Issues in International Business
Theory: Sovereign Wealth Funds” and “Institutional
Productivity in International Business
Research, 1970-2005,” to the International
Association for Management and Business,
IAMB in San Diego, CA (January 2008).
Larry Gorman (Finance) was Portable Alpha
2007 keynote speaker, presenting “From the
Theoretical to the Practical: Is Portable Alpha
Ready for Broad-Based Implementation” in
Terrapinn, London, England on Nov. 12, 2007.
Gorman also held a 130/30 Halfday Workshop,
“130/30 Investing Insights Critical for Success,”
on Nov. 11, 2007.
Larry Gorman (Finance), T. Connelly, P.
Limpaphayom and R. Weigand wrote the
article, “An Analysis of Factors Affecting
Ex-Dividend Day Stock Prices in Global
Capital Markets,” which has been accepted
for publication in Problems and Perspectives
in Management.
Ken Griggs (Management) and R. Jones coauthored
the article, “Internal Controls: Lessons
to be Learned from Fire,” which has been
accepted for publication in the International
Journal of Services and Standards.
Ken Griggs (Management) and Rosemary
Wild (Management) published a paper titled
“A Knowledge Capture Distributed DSS
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Architecture to Support Planning and Policy
Decision Making” in the Journal of Decision
Systems.
Steve Hamilton (Economics) and S. Gerking
published the article, “Railroads, Low-Sulfur
Coal, and the Market for SO2 Allowances,” in
the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Steve Hamilton (Economics), T. J. Richards,
and P. Patterson co-authored the article, “Fast
Food, Addiction and Market Power,” which was
accepted for publication in the Journal of
Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Jeff S. Hess (Marketing) was presenter and
author of “Ethical Considerations in Committed
Relationships” for the Society for Marketing
Advances at the 2007 Conference in San
Antonio, TX, on Nov. 9, 2007.
Sanjiv Jaggia (Finance) and S. Thosar wrote a
chapter titled “IPO Pricing in the Post-Bubble
Era: Partial Adjustment Revisited,” which was
published in New Developments in Banking and
Finance (pp. 263-271), Nova Science Publishers,
Inc.
Sanjiv Jaggia (Finance) and S. Thosar wrote
an article titled “Recent Trends in Initial Public
Offerings,” which has been accepted for publication
in New Business and Finance Research
Developments, Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Sanjiv Jaggia (Finance) and M. Anderson
wrote an article titled “Rent-to-Own Agreements:
Customer Characteristics and Contract
Outcomes,” which has been accepted for
publication in the Journal of Economics and
Business.
Susan Jones (Economics) has self-published
the following course booklets that serve as
textbooks: Macroeconomics (pp. 90); Money,
Banking, and Credit (pp. 90); Survey of Economics
(pp. 100); and Comparative Economic
Systems (pp. 110).
Kevin Lertwachara (Management), A. Ayanso
and F. Vachon co-authored the paper, “Diversity
in IS Research: An Empirical Study of IS
Leading Journals,” which has been published
in Communications of the Association for
Information Systems, 20, 660 - 680.
Kevin Lertwachara (Management), S.
Bharttacharjee, R. D. Gopal, J. R. Marsden,
and R. Telang co-authored the article, “The
Effect of Digital Sharing Technologies on Music
Markets: A Survival Analysis of Albums on
Ranking Charts,” which has been published in
Management Science, 53(9), 1359-1374. It is
the lead paper of the September 2007 issue of
the journal.
Solina Lindahl (Economics) presented “Whose
Opinion Is It Anyway Characteristics of Respondents
to Student Surveys of Teachings,” to
the National Association of Economic Educators
at the Allied Social Sciences Association in New
Orleans, LA, on Jan. 7, 2008.
Solina Lindahl (Economics) has been published
in Test Bank 2 for Economics, Krugman
and Wells (vol. 2, pp. throughout). New York,
NY: Worth.
Alison Mackey (Management) was presenter
and author of “Heterogeneity in Executive
Compensation: Where You Work Versus Who
You Are” and “Splitting the Pie at the Top:
Executive Compensation, Value Creation, and
Value Distribution,” at the Academy of Management
meeting (August 2007).
Alison Mackey (Management) also presented
“Heterogeneity in Executive Compensation:
Where you Work versus Who You Are,” to the
Strategic Management Society at the SMS
Annual International Conference in San Diego
(October 2007).
Alison Mackey (Management), Tyson Mackey
(Management) and J. B. Barney co-authored
the article, “Are Unusually Ethical Managers
Required for Firms to Implement Socially
Responsible Policies” which has been accepted
for publication in the Oxford Handbook
of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Alison Mackey (Management), Tyson Mackey
(Management) and J. B. Barney co-wrote
“Corporate Social Responsibility & Firm Performance:
Investor Preferences and Corporate
Strategies,” which has been accepted for publication
in the Academy of Management Review.
Tyson Mackey (Management) was presenter
and author of “The Heterogeneous Effects of
Diversification on Firm Value,” to the Academy
of Management in Philadelphia, PA. (August
2007), and to the Strategic Management Society
at the SMS Annual International Conference
in San Diego on Oct. 16, 2007.
Michael Marlow (Economics) has had an
article accepted to appear in Applied Economics:
“Determinants of State Tobacco-Control
Expenditures.”
Michael Marlow (Economics) has had an
article titled “Do Tobacco-Control Programs
Lower Tobacco Consumption Evidence from
California” accepted to appear in Public Finance
Review.
Kathryn Marshall (Economics) was awarded a
$5,000 State Faculty Support Grant, sponsored
by the California State University, external to
Cal Poly. (September 2007-June 2008).
Kathryn Marshall (Economics) had her book
review published in 2007: “Review of Financial
Development in Asia: The Way Forward by
Barry Eichengreen “ (3rd ed., vol. 21, pp. 88-90)
in The Journal of Asian Business.
Kathryn Marshall (Economics) was presenter
and author of the following:
“The Empirical Validity of the Hecksher-Ohlin
Model,” presented at the Economics Fall
Seminar Series, Orfalea College of Business,
on Oct. 12, 2007;
“The Empirical Validity of the Hecksher-Ohlin
Model,” presented to Midwest Economic Theory
and International Economics, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, on Nov. 4, 2007; and
“The Factor Content of China’s Trade,” presented
at the All China Economics International
Conference 2007 at City University of Hong
Kong, in Hong Kong, China, on Dec. 12, 2007.
Patricia McQuaid (Management) has been
appointed associate editor of the Software
Quality Professional Journal, the official journal
of the software division of the American Society
for Quality. She has been a member of the
journal’s editorial board since 2001 and has
reviewed many articles for the journal. She will
continue to review journal manuscripts, assuming
more responsibility in the future.
Patricia McQuaid (Management) wrote a
chapter for the Quality Engineering Handbook.
Milwaukee, WI: ASQ Quality Press.
Patricia McQuaid (Management) was awarded
a $1,000 Cal Poly grant for a workshop intended
to prepare faculty to incorporate additional
technology in their classes. The grant
kicks off the development of a hybrid course.
Patricia McQuaid (Management) has been
elected president of the American Software
Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB). America
is one of approximately 40 countries that
recognizes the international software testing
certification, which is offered by the International
Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB).
“The idea is that if someone has passed the
certification in a country that is part of the
ISTQB, it is recognized in the countries that are
part of the organization,” explains McQuaid.
“This is particularly important in Europe and
other continents where people routinely work in
neighboring countries.”
McQuaid brought the scheme to America in
2004 and now leads the nonprofit U.S. national
board. There are over 60,000 software testers
worldwide that currently hold ISTQB certifications.
There are two levels of certification: The
Foundation Level and three separate Advanced
Level certificates. For both levels, international
working parties develop and maintain internationally
uniform curricula and exams.
“If America is to continue toward excellence
in software development, it must commit itself
to competently testing the software it develops
in a systematic and consistent matter,”
says McQuaid.
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Patricia McQuaid (Management) was invited to
participate in the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) Software Assurance working
group meetings in Washington, D.C., in January.
She participated in several meetings on
behalf of Cal Poly, including the Workforce
Education and Training Working Group.
McQuaid also gave a presentation at the
Plenary Session regarding her work with the
American Software Testing Qualifications
Board (ASTQB), regarding the certification
of software testers.
“The Department of Homeland Security is
certainly concerned about the security of
software being designed and implemented,”
says McQuaid. “The goal of the sessions was
to continue to support the DHS Software
Assurance Program along with related efforts
of other federal agencies. To support this goal,
they brought together members of government,
industry and academia with vested interests
in software security to discuss and promulgate
best practices and methodologies for
software assurance.”
Patricia McQuaid (Management) attended the
International Conference on Software Quality
(ICSQ), sponsored by the American Society for
Quality (ASQ) last October. While there, she
also planned with her European colleagues the
upcoming Fourth World Congress for Software
Quality (4WCSQ), to be held in the Washington,
D.C. area this September.
Lynn Metcalf (Marketing) and A. Bird coauthored
a chapter titled “Negotiations in
International Marketing,” which has been
published in a new book, New World Marketing
(vol. 1, pp. 175-196), Praeger.
Lynn Metcalf (Marketing), A. Bird, M. F.
Peterson, M. Shankarmahesh and T. R.
Lituchy wrote an article, “Cultural Influences in
Negotiations: A Four Country Comparative
Analysis,” published in the International Journal
of Cross Cultural Management (7 (2), 147-168).
Lynn Metcalf (Marketing), A. Bird, and D.
Dewar co-authored an article, “Mexico and the
U.S.: Common Border, Common Negotiating
Orientations,” which has been accepted for
publication in the Thunderbird International
Review, 50(1), 25-41.
Steven Mintz (Accounting) authored and
presented “Extending the Boundaries of Accounting
Ethics Research” and “Researching
SEC Regulations and Using Case Studies to
Teach Accounting Ethics,” to the American
Accounting Association at the organization’s
annual meeting in Chicago, IL, in August 2007.
Steven Mintz (Accounting) has had an article
titled “Corporate Governance Systems: An
Ethics Research Framework” published in
Teaching honors for Ramezani
Cyrus Ramezani (Finance) (left)
received the Excellence in Teaching
Award from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Company for 2007-08. The
award includes a cash prize and
research supported by Lockheed
Martin. Presenting the award was
George E. McClure, Jr. from business
& financial management in Palmdale.
Reconnect with business faculty
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from your days at Cal Poly
Then “come home!”
Homecoming is the perfect time
to visit your alma mater and catch up
with faculty and former classmates.
Set for Nov. 6-8, Homecoming 2008
weekend will include a 50-year-plus
reunion, wine tasting, a tailgate BBQ
and football action featuring the
Mustangs vs. North Carolina Central.
Visit www.alumni.calpoly.edu today
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Research in Professional Responsibility and
Ethics in Accounting.
Steven Mintz (Accounting) published an article
titled “Gordon Technologies: An Instructional
Case” in Research in Professional Responsibility
and Ethics in Accounting.
Steven Mintz (Accounting) had a paper titled
“Conference Proceeding: Making Assessment
Accessible to an Over-Worked Faculty” accepted
at the Western Decision Sciences
Institute in 2008.
Eric Olsen (Industrial Technology) H. Zhou, D.
Lee, M. S., Eng, Y. E., Chong, C. C., and P.
Padunchwit had an article titled “Performance
Measurement System and Relationships with
Performance” published in the International
Journal of Productivity and Performance Measurement,
56 (7 and 8).
Eric Olsen (Industrial Technology) and Jim
Sena (Management) co-authored an article
titled “Line.vs Management— Differences in
Perceived Levels of Implementation at an
Aerospace Assembly Facility,” which was
accepted for publication in the California Journal
of Operations Management.
Eric Olsen (Industrial Technology), M. K.
Newsom, and D. A. Collier wrote an article
titled “Using Biztainment to Gain Competitive
Advantage,” which has been accepted for
publication in Business Horizons.
Eric Olsen (Industrial Technology) and Jay
Singh (Industrial Technology) co-authored the
article, “An Examination of the Variables Affecting
RFID Tag Readability in a Conveyer Belt
Environment,” accepted for publication in the
Journal of Applied Packaging Research.
William Pendergast (Management) was
presenter and author of “Balkan Business
School (BBS)” to the North American Case
Research Association at their annual meeting in
Keystone, CO, on Oct. 19, 2007.
William Pendergast (Management), A. Sunje,
and M. Pasic co-authored a chapter that has
been accepted for publication in a new book
titled “The Internationalization of SMEs in
Bosnia and Herzegovina” (Edward Elgar).
Cyrus Ramezani (Finance), received a $20,000
award for “Application of Real Options Methodology
to Determine the Optimal Investment
Strategies in Aerospace Engineering and
Manufacturing,” sponsored by Boeing Corporation,
August 2007-September 2008.
Cyrus Ramezani (Finance) was presenter and
author of “MCMC Estimation of the Double
Exponential Process” and “Real Options and
Corporate Cash Holdings” to the Financial
Management Association International, FMA, in
Orlando, FL on Oct. 17, 2007.
Jere Ramsey (Management) wrote a chapter
titled “The Challenge of Global Competition,”
which has been published in the book International
Business by Ball, McCulloch, Frantz,
Geringer and Minor (vol. 10th edition). Irwin
McGraw-Hill.
Ken Riener (Finance) was awarded $3,000,
from the Draper Fisher Jurvetson Venture
Challenge.
Jack Robison (Accounting) and R. S. Mark coauthored
an article titled “Phase-Out Provisions:
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Equitable Laws Yielding Inequitable Results,”
which has been published in the Journal of
Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy.
Arline Savage (Accounting) and Doug Cerf
(Accounting) wrote a chapter titled “Financial
Management to Support Sustainability,” which
has been published in Creating Sustainable
Work Systems: Emerging Perspectives and
Practice, 2nd ed. / Routledge.
Arline Savage (Accounting) and J. Callaghan
published an article, “Animal Testing and
Legitimization: Evidence of Social Investment
and Corporate Disclosure,” which was published
in Accounting and the Public Interest, 7,
93-123.
Arline Savage (Accounting), Kate Lancaster
(Accounting) and C. Strand-Norman wrote an
article titled “Using a Movie to Study the COSO
Internal Control Framework: An Instructional
Case,” to appear in the Journal of Information
Systems, published by the American Accounting
Association.
Jim Sena (Management) wrote a chapter titled
“Organization Security,” which has been published
in a new book, Handbook of 21st Century
Management, SAGE Publications.
Jim Sena (Management) and Mark Sena
presented “Those Who Offshore and Those
Who Don’t: A Comparative Examination of
Executive Perspectives on IT Strategy” at the
IACIS Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada in
October, 2007.
Jim Sena (Management) and A.B. (Rami)
Shani (Management) co-authored a chapter
titled “Creating Sustainable Work Systems:
Emerging Perspectives and Practices,” which
has been accepted for publication in a new
book, Utilizing Technology to Support
Sustainablility (2nd edition). Routledge.
Jim Sena (Management) wrote an article titled
“Software Development Practices: A Contrasting
Case of Agility and Best Practices,” which
was published in the International Journal of
Computer Science and Network Security, 7(11).
Aric Shafran (Economics) authored “Measuring
Benefits With Supply-Side Uncertainty,” which
he presented at the Environmental and Resource
Economics Workshop, University of
Colorado, Vail, CO, on Sept. 22, 2007.
Aric Shafran (Economics) wrote a dissertation
titled “Essays On Economics Choice In The
Presence Of Endogenous And Interdependent
Risks,” published in 2007 by the University of
Colorado, Boulder, CO.
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management) presented
“Collaborative Management Research: Communities
of Inquiry and Reflections” at the Academy
of Management Annual Conference and
In Memoriam - Bill Bruckart
William “Bill” Lee Bruckart, born in
December l9l9 in Washington, D.C., to
William L. and Gertrude S. Bruckart,
died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008.
Bill attended St. Albans Prep School
and was a chorister at the Washington
National Cathedral and St. Johns
Episcopalian
Church. He was
well known as a
metallurgical
engineer and
consultant, a U.S.
Naval submarine
officer and a
university professor.
He is survived
by his wife, Angela.
William Bruckart Bill received a
Scientific Diploma
at Riverside Military Academy in 1937; a
Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical
Engineering at the University of
Kentucky in 1942; and a Master of
Science Degree in Metallurgy at Ohio
State University in 1953.
He had honorary memberships in
Tau Beta Pi, a prestigious national
engineering honorary fraternity, Sigma
Xi, a research honorary fraternity, and
Pi Kappa Alpha, a social fraternity.
Bill was a lifetime member of the
American Society for Metals and the
American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy, and he had an active membership
in the American Society for
Testing and Materials. He was registered
as a professional engineer of metallurgy
in both Kentucky and California, and he
“Collaborative Management Research: Closing
the Gap Between Practice and Knowledge
Creation” at the Academy of Management
Annual Meeting. Both events were held in
Philadelphia last year.
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management), S. A.
Mohrman, W. A. Pasmore, B. Stymne and N.
Adler have co-authored a new book titled
Handbook of Collaborative Management Research,
which has been published by SAGE
Publications (pp. 770).
was listed in “Who’s Who in the East”
(1960-67), “Who’s Who in the West”
(1967) and “American Men of Science”
(1948).
He served in World War II as a Naval
submarine officer in the Pacific and
wrote many essays of his experiences at
sea. Besides publishing a book, he wrote
many technical papers about refractory
metals, particularly molybdenum.
Bill’s employers included Southern
Liquid Gas Co. in Dothan, AL; Battelle
Memorial Institute in Columbus, OH;
Cyclops Corp. in Bridgeville, PA; and
Aerojet- General Corp. in Azusa. For
many years, he was a consultant to
several companies including Lockheed,
where he worked on the SST project. He
also helped to develop body armor for
the military in Vietnam.
In 1969, Bill joined Cal Poly faculty
in the School of Engineering’s Industrial
Technology Department and the College
of Business. During his 15 years on
campus, he added and modified courses
to improve the technical management in
IT Department curricula, created and
conducted safety courses for IT and other
departments, and created the Packaging
Technology program and several courses
in its scope.
While at Cal Poly, Bill served 16 years
as chairman and CEO of the Tri-Counties
Blood Bank.
The family requests that memorial
donations be made to the Bill Bruckart
Scholarship Endowment, c/o Orfalea
College of Business, Cal Poly, One Grand
Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93407.
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management) and D.
Coghlan co-authored a chapter titled “Collaborative
Management Research Through Communities
of Inquiry: Challenges and Skills,” which
was published in the Handbook of Collaborative
Management Research by SAGE Publications,
Thousand Oaks (pp. 601-614), A.B. Shani, A.
Mohrman, W. Pasmore, B. Stymne and N.
Adler (eds.)
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management) and P.
Docherty co-authored a chapter titled “Learning
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Mechanisms as Means and Ends in Collaborative
Management Research,” which has been
published in the Handbook of Collaborative
Management Research (pp. 163-181) by SAGE
Publications, Thousand Oaks, A.B. Shani, A.
Mohrman, W. Pasmore, B. Stymne and N.
Adler (eds.).
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management) and S. A.
Mohrman co-wrote a chapter titled “The Multiple
Voices of Collaboration: A Critical Reflection,”
which has been accepted for publication in
the Handbook of Collaborative Management
Research (pp. 531-538), SAGE Publications,
Thousand Oaks, A.B. Shani, A. Mohrman, W.
Pasmore, B. Stymne and N. Adler (eds.).
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management) and P.
Docherty co-wrote “Learning by Design: A
Fundamental Foundation for Organization
Development Change Programs,” which has
been published in the Handbook of Organization
Development and Change by SAGE Publications,
Thousand Oaks, T. Cumming (ed.).
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management), W. A.
Pasmore, B. Stymne, S. A. Mohrman and N.
Adler wrote a new chapter titled “The Promise
of Collaborative Management Research,” which
has been accepted for publication in the Handbook
of Collaborative Management Research
(pp. 7-31) by SAGE Publications, Thousand
Oaks, A.B. Shani, A. Mohrman, W. Pasmore,
B. Stymne and N. Adler (eds.).
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management), S.A.
Mohrman, W. A. Pasmore, B. Stymne and N.
Adler wrote a new chapter titled “Toward
Building a Collaborative Research Community,”
which has been accepted for publication in the
Handbook of Collaborative Management Research
(pp. 615-633) by SAGE Publications,
Thousand Oaks, A.B. Shani, A. Mohrman, W.
Pasmore, B. Stymne and N. Adler (eds.).
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management) and D.
Coghlan co-wrote “Insider Action Research:
The Dynamics of Developing New Capabilities,”
which has been published in the Handbook of
Action Research, 2nd Edition (pp. 643-655),
by SAGE Publications, P. Reason and H.
Bradbury (eds.).
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management) and P.
Docherty co-authored a chapter titled “Learning
by Design: Key Mechanisms in Organization
Development,” which has been accepted for
publication in the Handbook of Organization
Development and Change (pp. 499-518)
by SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks,
T. Cumming (ed.).
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management), F. Eijnatten
and M. Leary have written a chapter titled
“Socio-Technical Systems: Designing and
Managing Sustainable Organizations,” which
In Memoriam – Carl Cummins
Carl C. Cummins, the first chair of the
Industrial Technology Department, died
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008.
Born in March 1919, Carl was raised
in San Diego. He graduated from San
Diego High School in 1936 and from the
University of California, Santa Barbara,
in 1948. He earned a Master of Science
Degree at the University of Southern
California and a doctorate at the University
of California, Los Angeles.
On Nov. 23, 1949, Carl and Joyce
Garvin were married in San Diego. They
had two sons, Steven and Michael.
Carl began a long and successful
teaching career in San Diego after World
War II, which lasted until 1998. He was
professor at San Diego State University
before transferring to Cal Poly in 1958 to
head up the newly formed Industrial
Technology Department. In 1961, he
was appointed dean of the College of
Applied Arts and served for 25 years
until his retirement. He continued to
teach part time in the College of Engineering
until 1998. Carl’s love for teaching
was appreciated by his students and
colleagues alike. He was a member of
numerous professional associations.
has been accepted for publication in the
Handbook of Organization Development and
Change (pp. 227-310) by SAGE Publications,
Thousand Oaks, T. Cumming (ed.).
A.B. (Rami) Shani (Management), J. Roth and
M. Leary co-authored an article titled “Insider
Action Research, Facing the Challenges of New
Capability Development Within a Biopharma
Company,” which has been published in the
Action Research Journal, 5(1), 41-60.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) , principal
and Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology) , coprincipal,
have received a $500,000 grant for
“Development of Commercially-Viable Recycled
Polyethylene Terephthalate,” sponsored by the
California Department of Conservation, Division
of Recycling Grant (2007-2010).
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology), received a
$5,000 grant for “Developing and Teaching A
Hybrid Packaging Course ( IT 570B) for MS in
IT Program,” sponsored by the Orfalea College
of Business Hybrid Course Development Grant,
Cal Poly (2008 - 2009).
A lifelong fitness buff, Carl enjoyed
cycling, jogging, racquetball and fishing
trips to Alaska. He also competed in
many sporting events sponsored by the
master’s program, including marathons
in Australia and the United States. He
ran his first marathon at age 65 and
completed a triathlon at age 85. He was
active with youth programs and was a
team manager for both Little League and
Babe Ruth teams in San Luis Obispo. He
especially enjoyed the backpacking trips
he and his sons made to the High Sierra.
Carl’s interests and hobbies included
the restoration of antique cars and
participation in the local Cuesta
Crankers Model A Ford Club. A licensed
commercial pilot, he enjoyed flying, and
he was also a long-time rail enthusiast,
having once operated some of the
largest steam engines ever built as a
locomotive engineer on the Southern
Pacific Railroad.
During World War II, he served in
the U.S. Army with the 24th Division as
an infantry platoon leader.
Carl is survived by his wife, Joyce;
son, Michael, and grandsons Carl and
Steven of Wasco.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) wrote a
chapter titled “Food Packaging for Damage
Reduction During Transportation and Handling,”
which was published in the new Handbook of
Farm, Dairy, and Food Machinery, William
Andrews Publishing.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) wrote an
article titled “Develop Corrugated Board
Performance Specifications for Boxes Containing
Heavy Flowable Items,” which was
published in Environmental Engineering,
September 2007.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) wrote an
article titled “Packaging Specification for Corrugated
Boxes with Heavy Flowable Product in
Single Parcel Shipments,” which was published
in the Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 29(6).
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) and P.
Singh co-authored an article titled “High
Altitude Testing and Evaluation of Liquid
Pharmaceutical Glass and Plastic Bottles to
Detect Leaks,” which was published in the
Journal of ASTM International, 4(3).
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Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) wrote an
article titled “Measurement, Analysis and
Comparison of the Parcel Shipping Shock and
Drop Environment of United States Postal
Service with Commercial Carriers,” which
was published in the Journal of Testing and
Evaluation, 35(4).
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) wrote an
article titled “The Relevance of Drop Tester
Accuracy,” which was published in 2007 in the
Journal of ASTM International, 4(3).
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) has written
the following articles that have been accepted
to be published:
“Variability in Compression Strength and Deflection
of Corrugated Containers as a Function of
Positioning, Operators, and Climatic Conditions”
for the ASTM, Journal of Testing and Evaluation;
“An Examination of the Variables Affecting
RFID Tag Readability in a Conveyer Belt
Environment” for the Journal of Applied
Packaging Research;
“Measurement and Analysis of Vibration Levels
on Warehouse and Retail Store Material
Handling Equipment” for the Journal of Applied
Packaging Research.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) and B.
Jarimopas wrote an article titled “Comparison
of Package Cushioning Materials to Protect
Post-Harvest Impact Damage to Apples,” which
has been accepted for publication in Packaging
Technology and Science.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) and P.
Singh wrote an article titled “Dynamic Analysis
of Less-Than-Truckload Shipments and Test
Method to Simulate This Environment,” which
has been accepted for publication in Packaging
Technology and Science.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) and P.
Singh wrote an article titled “Measurement
and Analysis of Truck and Rail Shipping
Environment in India,” which has been
accepted for publication in Packaging
Technology and Science.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) and P.
Singh wrote an article titled “Performance
Comparison of Thermal Insulated Packaging
Boxes, Bags and Refrigerants for Single
Parcel Shipments,” which has been
accepted for publication in Packaging
Technology and Science.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) and P.
Singh wrote an article titled “RFID Research
and Testing for Packages of Apparel, Consumer
Goods and Fresh Produce in the Retail Distribution
Environment,” which has been
accepted for publication in Packaging
Technology and Science.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) and P.
Singh wrote an article titled “Testing and
Evaluation of Quality Changes of Treated
Fresh-Cut Tropical Fruits Packaged in
Thermoformed Plastic Containers,” which has
been accepted for publication in the Journal of
Testing and Evaluation.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) has written
the following articles which have been accepted
to be published:
“DesTech: Development of Wholesale Packaging
to prevent Post-Harvest Damage to Rose
Apples” for the Journal of Applied Packaging
Research;
“DesTech: Measurement and Analysis of the
Shocks Generated During Egg Production” for
the Journal of Applied Packaging Research;
“Post-Harvest Damages and Mechanical and
Light Properties of Fresh Mangosteen Fruit as
Related to Quality Grading” for ASTM, Journal
of Testing and Evaluation.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) and P.
Singh have written an article titled “A Study of
the Effect of Pictorial Markings and Warning
Labels on Handling of Packages in the DHL
Single Parcel Environment,” which has been
accepted for publication in Packaging Technology
and Science.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology), G. Rissi,
and P. Singh have co-authored an article titled
“Measurement and Analysis of Truck Transport
Vibration Levels in Brazil,” which has been
accepted for publication in Packaging Technology
and Science, Wiley.
Jay Singh (Industrial Technology) wrote an
article titled “Knowing the Terrain: Designing
Packages to Survive Uncertain Global Supply
Chains,” which was published in Package
Design Magazine (March 2007), 4.
Lisa Sperow (Accounting) presented “Diplomacy
in International Affairs” at the International
Career Conference at the Orfalea College of
Business on Feb. 2. Sperow also taught the
Continuing Legal Education Course: Charting
an Ethical Course For Lawyers, on Feb. 7 in
San Luis Obispo for the San Luis Obispo
County Women Lawyers Association. Sperow
was elected to serve as Secretary for the San
Luis Obispo County Women Lawyers Association
for the 2008 term.
Michael Stebbins (Management) and J. L.
Valenzuela co-authored a chapter titled “Collaborative
Research in Pharmacy Operations:
The Kaiser Permanente Experience” in the
Handbook of Collaborative Management Research,
which has been published by SAGE
Publishing, A.B. Shani, A. Mohrman, W.
Pasmore, B. Stymne and N. Adler (eds.).
Michael Stebbins (Management) was published
in Behavior in Organizations: An Experiential
Approach, 9th edition. Publication
consists of chapter 13, plus Web cases, experiential
exercises and a 300-page instructor’s
guide titled “Organization and Work Design,” in
A.B. (Rami) Shani, McGraw-Hill Irwin (in press).
Michael Stebbins (Management) and J. L.
Valenzuela co-wrote “Learning Mechanisms in
Sustainable Work Systems Design,” in Peter
Docherty, Mari Kira, and A. B. (Rami) Shani,
Creating Sustainable Work Systems, 2nd
edition, London: Routledge (Taylor and Francis
Group), chapter 10 (in press).
Michael Stebbins (Management) and A.B.
(Rami) Shani (Management) co-wrote “Toward
A Sustainable Work Systems Design and
Change Methodology,” in Peter Docherty, Mari
Kira, and A. B. (Rami) Shani, Creating Sustainable
Work Systems, 2nd edition, London:
Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group), chapter
16 (in press).
Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology) received an
$8,000 grant for “Package Sustainability -
Performance of Biodegradable Polymer Blends
at Elevated Temperature Applications,” sponsored
by California State Faculty Support
Grants, Cal Poly (August 2007-August 2008).
Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology) received a
$150,000 grant for “Investigations into the
Suitability of Sustainable Biopolymer Packaging
for Value-Added Produce,” sponsored by
California State Agriculture Initiative (June
2007-June 2008).
Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology), co-principal,
and Jay Singh (Industrial Technology),
principal, have received a $500,000 grant for
“Development of Commercially-Viable Recycled
Polyethylene Terephthalate,” sponsored by the
California Department of Conservation, Division
of Recycling Grant (2007-2010).
Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology) and Jay
Singh (Industrial Technology) co-authored an
article, “Characterization and Compression
Properties of Injection Molded Carbon
Nanotube Composites,” for publication in the
Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology) wrote
“Bacterial Transfer During Slicing of Delicatessen
Meats,” for a non-refereed journal.
Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology) wrote “Use
of 1-Ply Composite Tissue in An Automated
Optical Assay for Recovery of Listeria from Food
Contact Surfaces and Poultry Processing Environments,”
for the Journal of Food Protection.
Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology) wrote the
the article, “Characterization and Compression
Properties of Injection Molded Carbon
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In Memoriam – Walter Rice
Walter Rice passed away Dec. 12, 2007,
after a brief illness. He was 69.
During his 36-year career at Cal Poly,
Walter taught economics, headed the
MBA program,
and served as
associate dean in
the University’s
Orfalea College
of Business before
his retirement
in 2000.
Rice was an
expert on transportation
eco-
Walter Rice
nomics and an author of numerous
articles about the subject, especially on
California rail and trucking issues and
transportation-related factors that signal
changes in the economy.
He is survived by his wife, Lauretta;
sons Gordon and Clifford; grandson
Mitchell; and his many friends.
The following memories were
submitted by Lars Perner, Ph.D.:
“Dr. Walter Rice was an old-timer at
Cal Poly, going back to the days when
the place was known by some as ‘Cow
Poly.’ As I recall, Dr. Rice joined the Cal
Poly faculty in 1964, the year in which I
was born.
“Before then, he first had a precollege
stint as a textiles buyer and then,
after completing college, a career with
the Department of Transportation (or
some other state or federal transportation-related
office).
“Dr. Rice developed a course in the
Economics of Transportation, and his
interest in that was evident in other
courses, too. One day, he prefaced an
example by saying something to the
effect that, ‘Knowing my personality,
you can probably guess that this has to
do with transportation.’
“Having originally joined the faculty
without a doctoral degree, Dr. Rice
spent an interlude receiving his doctorate
at what was then (and until recently)
known as the Clairemont Graduate
School. He had, however, returned to
campus years before I ever showed up.
“Dr. Rice showed a great deal of
enthusiasm for his field and was renowned
for his constant references to
‘fat little dollars.’ One time, when the
MBA Association had a contest for the
design of an association t-shirt, a group
of us submitted one featuring capitalist
pigs with curly tails ‘gobbling up fat
little dollars.’
“Every year, Dr. Rice would start his
MBA economics course with the story of
Robinson Crusoe, illustrating first the
benefits of investing time in making a
net to catch fish and then diminishing
returns to scale when more people
joined Crusoe in catching the fish.
Crusoe was, of course, a profit
optimizer. During my second MBA year
(the course was featured in the first
year), a classmate told me that a dozen
or so people from my year had returned
to hear his introductory story again!
“Dr. Rice did not take kindly to
people who ditched class or failed to pay
proper attention. Back in the days where
few faculty recorded student attendance,
he was a pioneer. One day, he announced
that for those who were absent that day,
the day’s notes would be due at our next
class meeting. Those of us who were
present, however, did not have to worry
about this. Dr. Rice took grave exception
when, on the first day of classes, he
caught a student looking through the class
schedule during class. He expressed his
vehement view that he considered such
behavior ‘very rude.’ The last two words,
in particular, thundered. One of my
classmates in a different section mentioned
that near the end of his class, a
student was startled by some outside
noises and glanced at her watch. ’Class
ends when I say it ends!’ came the stern
and roaring reprimand.
“Dr. Rice liked to keep the door to his
classroom open – presumably so that
passers-by would not miss out on his
wisdom. To make sure that no one –
despite paying close attention – missed
out on his wisdom, Dr. Rice would often
repeat himself. There were also certain
hypothetical entities that kept coming up
– e.g, the ‘W. E. Rice Widget Company.’
“I have fond memories of Dr. Rice
and will miss him. I am very disappointed
that Dr. Rice passed away years before he
would have had a chance to see one of his
favorite students receive the Nobel Prize
in economics.
Nanotube Composites,” for publication in the
Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology) attended
the IAPRI World Conference on Packaging in
September 2007 and presented, “Characterization
and Compression Properties of Injection
Molded Carbon Nanotube Composites,” to the
IAPRI in Windsor, UK.
Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology), Jay Singh
(Industrial Technology) , M. Lao and S. P.
Singh co-authored an article titled “The Relevance
of Drop Tester Accuracy,” which was
accepted for publication in the Journal of
Testing and Evaluation, ASTM International.
Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology) , E.C.D.
Todd and E. T. Ryser co-authored an article
titled “Transfer Coefficients for Listeria Monocytogenes
During Slicing of Ready-to-Eat
Turkey, Bologna, and Salami.,” which has
been accepted for publication in the Journal
of Food Protection.
Keith Vorst (Industrial Technology), Jay Singh
(Industrial Technology), J. Jacobson and M.
Keif have been accepted to present the paper,
“The Runability and Printability of Polylactide
Polymers with the Flexographic Process,”
at ASTM International. The article will also
be published in the Journal of Testing
and Evaluation.
Rosemary Wild (Management) and Ken
Griggs (Management) wrote a paper titled “A
Knowledge Capture Distributed DSS Architecture
to Support Planning and Policy Decision
Making,” published in the Journal of Decision
Systems, 16(2), pp. 265-294.
Eduardo Zambrano (Economics) wrote an
article titled “Epistemic Conditions for
Rationalizability,” which was accepted to appear
in Games and Economic Behavior.
Eduardo Zambrano (Economics) wrote an
article titled “Expected Utility Inequalities:
Theory and Applications,” which was accepted
to appear in Economic Theory.
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The Intern
Orfalea College business student’s career
takes flight at San Luis Obispo company,
to the benefit of both parties
His card says it all: The Intern.
It started as a joke, but they left
it because it really does say it all.
That’s what he is – The Intern.
At Clever Ducks, a professional
information technology services
company in San Luis Obispo,
Jonathan Mahrt, a freshman
business student from a chicken ranch in
Petaluma, is The Intern.
The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce
has a monthly breakfast meeting called Good
Morning SLO! that Amy Kardel, co-owner of Clever
Ducks, likes to attend. Dave Christy, dean of the
Orfalea College of Business, hosts two freshmen
from the Orfalea College of Business each month at
the breakfast meeting because he believes that it is a
uniquely personal way for business freshmen to
meet community business leaders and be inspired
by them. Each month, two students attend the
meeting and are paired up with business people
who seem to be a good fit for them, based on what
concentration the student thinks he/she might be
interested in.
Mahrt signed up to attend the breakfast meeting
and went last October. He met Kardel there,
and they talked about information technology
and Mahrt’s interest in that field. Kardel invited
him to meet her for coffee. And, as they say, the
rest is history.
“Internships are a vital part of a student’s
education at Cal Poly,” says Information Systems
professor Barry Floyd. “Because of the high quality
of students and the learn-by-doing philosophy,
many companies recruit at Cal Poly for both internships
and full-time positions.”
Student interns are given responsibilities and
tasks that challenge them. Often assigned to work
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Intern Jonathan Mahrt (center) collaborates with Clever Ducks owners Peter and Amy Kardel.
as part of a team, they are able to participate and
learn while on the job.
Companies that have hired Cal Poly business
students for internships include Ernst and Young,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Consulting,
KPMG, Chevron, HP, IBM, Amgen, Cisco, and The
Capital Group, to name a few. Internships typically
take place during summer quarter, but can last for
two quarters or, at some local companies, a year.
“Local companies like Clever Ducks provide
wonderful opportunities,” says Floyd. “Many students
walk away from their internship with a fulltime
job offer upon graduation. Companies use
internships as a means of evaluating the students.”
Clever Ducks has had four interns in the last 12
years. All have worked in the company for multiple
years. Kardel says they are very selective about who
they take on as an intern because they feel that for
an employer, having an intern is a huge commitment.
It is not a responsibility that she and Peter,
her husband and business partner, take lightly.
“The war for talent is won on culture – by
focusing on being a great place to work, by
providing the tools and environment that top
performers appreciate,” she says. “Our team is
re-energized by having a smart intern. We pay our
interns. We give them coaching on how to utilize
what they are learning. We include them in business
and social events in the community.”
What does Mahrt think Since joining Clever
Ducks, he says he has a new appreciation for what
he learned from his parents, and from working on
the chicken ranch in Petaluma (see sidebar, page 18).
He says he really enjoys seeing how a business
works, and applying classroom lessons on the job.
“I took Business 391 from (Barry) Floyd and
learned about Quickbooks, and then came into
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The Intern FROM PAGE 17
Clever Ducks to do work here,” says Mahrt.
“That was awesome.”
James Huang, Accounting senior,
agrees. Huang interned for Ernst & Young
in San Jose last summer and received a
job offer the week his internship ended.
He signed immediately. His position with
the audit staff at Ernst & Young will begin
in August, leaving him time to study for
the CPA exam before he begins working
full time.
“An internship isn’t about the money,
although the money helps,” says Huang.
“It’s about finding a company or industry
you want to be a part of. You find out if that
industry is really something you want to do
for the rest of your life. You can assess the fit
that works for both the employer and for
the employee.
“I have friends who had internships and
found out that the industry they thought
they were interested in really wasn’t for
them,” he says. “That meant taking a new
look at their concentration and re-thinking
what they really wanted to study. Better
while they are in college than afterward.”
The Kardels stress to interns that their
school and family come first, before their
jobs. Mahrt said hearing that increased his
comfort level because his internship at
Clever Ducks is one he hopes to have
throughout college. In turn, the Kardels are
pleased to find an employee who wants to
stay for four years.
Mahrt admits that when he met with
Kardel for coffee, he knew that he might not
have the knowledge she needed him to
have, but he has a good work ethic and
knows how to work hard.
Chevron of Concord believes that the
internship program pays off in employees
who know what they are getting when they
sign on. The company’s experience with
Ashley Mikami, Accounting/Information
Systems business senior, is testimony.
“Internships are about real-world
experience – actually being in the
business world and conducting yourself
in a professional manner from 8 to 5 every
day,” says Mikami.
Mikami interned with Chevron for the
summer of 2007. Afterward, she was offered
a contract for employment to begin in the
fall after her graduation. She signed the
contract without hesitation.
Chickens vs. ducks
Jonathan Mahrt uses his experience to compare two companies
There is an array of similarities and
differences between Clever Ducks and
my family’s chicken ranch, but I’m only
going to highlight a couple of those.
Though it may surprise many
people, both companies actually involve
a high level of technology. At Clever
Ducks, the use of technology is more
obvious since computers are everywhere
and the company’s purpose is to implement
technology for other companies.
In contrast, the technology used on
my family’s ranch is much more concealed,
but it is extremely important to
the company’s operation and success.
The ranch has actually been an innovator
and early adopter in the Petaluma
area. Our egg machine, which is able to
magnetically tag eggs and keep track of
them as they go through cleaning and
packaging processes, was imported from
Holland and is the first of its kind in the
U.S. The ranch was also the first to use
and help develop a distribution software
package from a company that now
does $1 billion in sales every year. I am
always impressed at how technology has
become such a vital tool that can benefit
such a huge array of businesses.
“My internship made me feel very
comfortable about signing a contract with
Chevron,” says Mikami. “I had a better idea
of what I was getting into. I had worked
with them and knew that it was a company
that was a good fit for me.”
As for employers who might be thinking
about hiring interns, Amy Kardel, says, “I
would encourage other business owners to
do so. It is a fabulous opportunity for both
One of the
major differences
between the two
companies is the
workforce. At
Clever Ducks, not
only are there
significantly fewer
employees, but
Jonathan Mahrt everyone is highly
skilled. Aside from
some of the service calls, most of the
work is done indoors.
At the ranch, while there is an office
where eight people work full-time
taking calls, orders, and the like, the
majority of our workforce is unskilled
labor working out on the ranch, doing
maintenance, gathering eggs, and taking
care of everything necessary to keep the
ranch running properly.
Though there is certainly a dichotomy
between Clever Ducks and my
family’s ranch, what does shine through
is the quality of the employees in both
companies. Everyone at Clever Ducks
works hard to give 100 percent and
support the goals of the company, and
the same is true on the ranch.
“Because of the high quality of students and the learn-by-doing
philosophy, many companies recruit at Cal Poly for both
internships and full-time positions.” – Professor Barry Floyd
parties. Plan on making an investment of
time in your interns and you will get back
what you, as the employer, put into them.
My experience is that you will be wellrewarded
for your efforts!”
■ ■ ■
If you are considering utilizing an intern
in your business, contact Amy Swanson in
the Orfalea College of Business at
aswanson@calpoly.edu or 805.756.2601.
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Working at Amgen
Mariam Khan’s valuable internship experience leads to permanent job
Information Systems graduate Mariam
Khan (’06) interned at Amgen in Thousand
Oaks in the summer of 2005, working in
Global Commercial Operations Information
Systems. She enjoyed
the work and considered
it a great learning
experience. She had the
opportunity to work
closely with her intern
manager and was able
to expand on her
classroom knowledge.
So when Khan
Mariam Khan
returned to the Orfalea
College of Business in the fall, she was able
to apply the knowledge she had gained at
Amgen to her classwork, and also to the
student teams she worked with and the
Orfalea College of Business Ambassadors.
Besides professional knowledge, Amgen
also offers its interns professional and social
networking events such as the Executive
Lunch and Learn Series, during which the
interns have an open discussion with the
chief executive officer of Amgen and learn
Amy Swanson serves two roles in the Orfalea
College of Business’ Advising Center: She is
the newest academic advisor for students,
and she fills a new role as industry liaison
for the College.
As an academic advisor, Swanson helps
Cal Poly students with the change-of-major
process. The college is transitioning to a new
process, and Swanson will be instrumental
in facilitating that transition.
But it is as industry liaison that Swanson
hopes to have the greatest impact for students.
She will provide outreach and establish
relationships with employers to help
create more internship and career opportunities
for business students while working
closely with Career Services, members of all
advisory councils in the College, faculty,
community members, and alumni.
Swanson will provide an internal point
of contact for employers who are interested
in business students, and she plans to bring
about their career potential at the company.
Amgen also sponsors a banquet for interns,
a Dodgers baseball game, and a variety of
other social activities. The company culture
was very compelling to Khan.
“I wanted to work at Amgen because the
people are not only really smart, but also
very nice. I felt really good about working at
a company where they were really helping
improve people’s lives,” notes Khan.
After completing her internship, she
returned to campus in the fall and formally
applied to Amgen for employment. She
interviewed twice with the company, received
an offer of employment, and signed
her offer letter in December. She chose to
begin working in mid-July, noting that
Amgen offers flexibility in start dates.
Now that she has been working for
almost two years, Khan is an information
systems associate. She encourages every
student to make the commitment to find
an internship.
“It was a wonderful learning experience,
and enjoyable as well,” says Khan. “It really
helped me to find my career path.”
Wearing two hats
Amy Swanson’s helping hand extends across campus and off
in new career programming
for students such
as workshops and
networking events.
Swanson received
her bachelor’s in
psychology at Chico
State University before
coming to Cal Poly for
Amy Swanson
her master’s in counseling
and guidance. She chose Cal Poly
because of the program’s excellent reputation,
but also because she had been coming
here for years with her family and wanted to
live here. She had hoped to be able to stay
after completing her master’s, and is thrilled
to find a position in the College that so
perfectly suits her training.
Swanson is looking forward to linking
students and employers. She enjoys meeting
with students, helping with internships, and
facilitating career choices.
Companies: You’re invited
to College Awards Banquet
For the first time, the Orfalea College
of Business invites companies to
sponsor a table and attend the annual
College Awards Banquet, set for Friday,
May 16, at 6 p.m. in Cal Poly’s
Chumash Auditorium.
The event is held every spring to
recognize business students and faculty
for their outstanding achievement and
contributions to the College, university
and community.
Sponsoring a table will allow each
company the opportunity to host six
students at the banquet dinner and to
network among Cal Poly’s top students.
The company’s name will also be published
in the Orfalea College of Business
2007-08 Annual Report. More than
22,000 copies of the publication are
distributed to College alumni, donors
and friends.
The event will recognize an Outstanding
Senior from each of the college
areas – Accounting, Economics, Finance,
Industrial Technology, Management,
and Marketing. Other awards include:
Academic Excellence; the Delta Sigma Pi
Scholarship Key; Contributions to the
Objectives and Public Image of the
College; Contributions to the Objectives
and Public Image of Cal Poly; Service to
the SLO Community; the Distinguished
Service Award; and the Dean’s Award.
Students will also recognize faculty
members they have voted as Most
Outstanding in both tenure and adjunct
categories from each area. A Faculty
Emeritus Award and a Distinguished
Faculty Award will also be given.
Business student clubs will honor
their Outstanding Member of the Year,
and the Business Student Council will
honor a Club of the Year for the college.
There are a limited number of tables
available for this event. Cost to sponsor
a table is $1,000. A maximum of three
representatives per company may attend.
Please contact Leslie McKinley at
805.756.2219 before May 1, 2008, to
sponsor a table. We hope you will plan
to sponsor one today!
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Cal Poly students Take It SLO
Take It SLO, an a capella vocal jazz group of
Cal Poly students from a variety of majors,
performed at the Wheelchair Foundation Gala
to help raise funds for Malawi.
James Huang, Accounting (center, back),
and Josh Burroughs, Business Administration
(right), of the Wheelchair Foundation,
arranged a special song for the group to sing
at the event. That’s entrepreneurial spirit!
Business plus biofuel equals blog
Orfalea College of Business sophomore
Caitlyn Arigo of San Luis Obispo was among
a group of college students who set out from
San Luis Obispo recently on a 15-day crosscountry
tour in a bio-fueled Ford truck. The
travelers stopped at restaurants instead of
gas stations to fuel up along the way and
blogged about their trip.
“It’s a good way to be environmentally
friendly,” Arigo said of the biofuel promotion
in The San Luis Obispo County Tribune.
“It’s also a fun trip to do with friends.”
The group of six women raised $3,000 in
sponsorships and donations for their tour,
which started in Santa Monica and wound
through New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas,
Iowa, and Ohio, ending in Pougkeepsie, NY.
Read the group’s blog, complete with pictures,
at http://veggiegirls.livejournal.com.
Career Services votes Eisenberg
Co-op Student of 2007
Adam Eisenberg (center), an International
Business senior from Agoura Hills, was
honored by Career Services as Best Co-op
Student of the Year for 2007 for his work
at Cisco Systems.
With Eisenberg when he received
the award were Cisco Systems’ Glenn
Martin (left), manager of Technical
Services, and Bob O’Connor, senior
manager, Customer Advocacy Information
Technology Architecture.
For more information about the Co-op
program in the Orfalea College of Business,
contact Amy Swanson at 805.756.2601 or
aswanson@calpoly.edu.
Cal Poly Accounting Club enjoys
record attendance numbers
The Cal Poly Accounting Club (CPAC) is
having an extraordinary year with a record
number of members as well as attendance,
according to James Huang, CPAC president.
“Professionals from the Big 4 accounting
firms, mid-tier accounting firms, private
industry, as well as CPA review organizations
have shown their continued support at our
meetings, giving great presentations that
have further cemented CPAC’s success,”
says Huang.
The club has hosted other events to
further the professionalism of its members,
including an Open Session that addresses
resumes and interview techniques, as well as
an etiquette lunch.
“We are very excited about the rest of
the year, as we have many more dynamic
speakers set in our roster, as well as our
annual Spring Banquet,” says Huang. The
banquet is set for Saturday, May 31.
For more information about the banquet
or Accounting Day in the Park, please contact
Norinne Morris at nlmorris@calpoly.edu.
Students place first and second in
national packaging competition
Cal Poly students placed first and second at
the third annual Paperboard Packaging
Alliance (PPA) Student Design Challenge in
Las Vegas in October 2007, beating students
from 23 other colleges and universities.
This year’s challenge was to create a
promotional carton for a fictitious company
that makes on-the-go meals. Winning first
place were Brian Calcagno, Industrial Technology;
Jesse Dundon, MSI&TS; Brandt
Haener, Industrial Technology; Angelica Li,
Graphic Communication; and Steve Munio,
Industrial Technology, with the “Noodler Pack
– The Ultimate Convenience.” The team, led
by Professor Jay Singh, will receive $1,500.
Cal Poly’s Packaging Program will receive
$2,500 for the first place prize.
In second place were Rebecca
Giordano, Marketing; Parker Milhous,
Industrial Technology; Erik Rheinisch,
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The “Berserker”
trike on a test spin
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
STUDENTS TRAVEL
Off-
Road
A Cal Poly Industrial Technology instructor
and graduate students of the Orfalea
College of Business began testing the
RIDING COMFORT OF A newly developed off-road
tricycle around campus on Feb. 15-16. Cal Poly
Industrial Technology (IT) graduate and adjunct
faculty member Adam Stephens designed a new longtravel,
full suspension off-road tricycle as part of his
graduate work while at Cal Poly.
IT Professor Jay Singh and his students from the
Advanced Packaging Dynamics for Distribution course
will apply distribution environment mapping technology,
with the help of field data recorders donated by
Lansmont Corporation, to test the trike for vibration and
shock ruggedness. Singh has performed many studies
mapping the shipping environments of packages in Asia,
North America, South America and Western Europe,
monitoring the temperature, humidity, pressure, vibration
and shocks that packages often withstand.
Lansmont President David Huntley (Industrial
Technology ’96), is working closely with Singh and the
students, providing SAVER field data recorders that will
capture information on drop height, impacts, vehicle
motion, vibration, temperature and humidity.
IT Area Chair and Professor Lou Tornatzky is excited
about the trike and the team’s use of an adaptive technology
for alternative purposes.
“The SAVER sensors are normally used to monitor
the distribution hazards packages often get exposed to,”
says Tornatzky. “By using packaging testing technology
to test a human-powered vehicle, we’re essentially
‘packaging’ a human being in an off-road bike.”
Such observations, as on the effect of a rider’s weight,
surface conditions and “peddle-induced bobbing,” will
be made in relation to the performance of the bike.
Stephens fabricated the trike to absorb shock rather
than the rider. For the frame, he used a standard aluminum
alloy to keep the trike light, provide rigidity in an
off-road environment and allow it to track well. The
wheel spindles are made of high chromium stainless
steel – traditionally used for machines.
“The stainless steel is a harder alloy and will take
more abuse than typical steel, and it minimizes weight
while being strong enough to support a single-sided
axle,” says Stephens. “The idea was to design a vehicle
that would allow people with back problems the ability
to navigate off-road
Dave Huntley (IT ’96)
was recently elected
president of the
Lansmont Corporation.
He is the company’s fifth
president in 37 years,
and the youngest.
Huntley is joined on the
senior management team
by Peter Brown (IT ’91),
vice president of operations,
Eric Joneson, vice
president of technology,
and Patti Monahan, cheif
executive officer.
Huntley and his wife,
Teresa (Haberman)
Huntley (Recreation
Administration ’97), have
a daughter, Caden.
terrain in comfort.”
The 26-year-old
instructor says he suffers
from chronic back pain
from a disc he injured
after jumping off of a
sand cliff and missing
a landing.
The “Berserker” trike
sports two front wheels
and one rear, all with
their own shock absorbers.
It also has a larger
front wheel than most
traditional tricycles.
The handle bars are
positioned under the
seat, and riders pedal
with their feet.
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Industrial Technology; and Chris Hamblin,
Industrial Technology, with “Gravity Feed
Display Box.” That team, also advised by
Singh, received $1,000, with Poly’s Packaging
Program receiving $1,500 for that entry.
Paperboard is used to package products,
such as milk, frozen foods and soap.
VITA offers tax prep on Central Coast
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
program, offered by Orfalea College of Business
accounting students and faculty, has
served the Central Coast for many years,
assisting community members with income
tax preparation.
Tax forms are filled out by students and
reviewed by local CPAs who volunteer their
time to ensure the work is done completely,
accurately, and according to the law.
The program was begun by retired
accounting faculty Janice Carr and Jack
Robison, who still come to the college to
assist with the program. Advisor for the
students is Michelle Bissonnette, who
coordinates the program with the students.
Delta Sigma Pi demonstrates
community involvement
Delta Sigma Pi members stay busy with
events that fulfill the organization’s three
pillars – professionalism, community service
and brotherhood.
The group has hosted speakers from
Protiviti, Chevron, and KPMG who addressed
career opportunities. Members also toured
San Luis Obispo-based TV station KSBY to
learn about broadcast news.
Outreach in San Luis Obispo has included
collecting clothes for the needy,
making meals for the homeless and making
cards for men and women in the military.
Delta Sigma Pi will host its Fifth Annual
SLO Tour charity golf tournament in late April
to benefit the Big Brothers, Big Sisters of SLO
County and the Work Training Program of
SLO County.
“Although we are busy helping the
community and furthering our professional
VITA participant and San Luis Obispo CPA
Faye Russo (Accounting ’96) works with
Accounting seniors Yi Zhang (standing) and
Jeremy Wakamiya, both of Sacramento.
development, we still find time to enhance our
bond as brothers,” says Ashley Mikami,
Delta Sigma Pi president. “At the end of
January, we went on a snow trip to Shaver
Lake. We also host potlucks, mud football,
pizza days and movie nights.”
For more information about the organization,
visit www.slodeltasig.com.
Packaging students show flexibilility
Students from Cal Poly’s Packaging Program
once again walked away with top prizes in the
national 2008 Student Flexible Packaging
Design Challenge, sponsored by the Flexible
Packaging Association (FPA).
First place was awarded to Colin Gibbs
of Santa Rosa, Teddy Phan of La Mirada,
Alana Riparbelli of Saratoga, and Andrew
Shrum of Santa Barbara for development of a
Flexible Shampoo or Conditioner Pouch.
Judges found the pouch to be a “novel
idea, a great expansion of flexible packaging,”
and thought it incorporated “good material
substitutions that could help reduce packaging
waste in landfills.”
Second place in the challenge was
awarded to Jeff Elkins of Redding, Ryan
Delariva of Castro Valley, Nathan Finch of
San Luis Obispo, and Paula Durongwong of
Walnut for development of the Chem-lite.
Judges found the product to be a “neat
idea making the package the product.” Team
members will receive $500 and commemorative
plaques for each member. Prizes will be
distributed in March 2008.
American Marketing Association
restructures with success
This year, Cal Poly’s American Marketing
Association (AMA) has undergone significant
changes, restructuring its board in an effort
to become more productive, and growing
its membership, says Lauren Iwanaga,
AMA president.
“With our extra efforts targeting incoming
students during Week of Welcome (WOW),
we were able to attract many freshmen,” says
Iwanaga. “We also ran a ‘Real Men Join AMA’
campaign in the fall to appeal to the male
students of the Orfalea College of Business.
Both proved to be very successful.”
AMA continues to bring in guest speakers
from companies such as Cisco Systems,
Enterprise, and Apple. “We have just
launched a corporate sponsorship program, in
which we plan to build relationships with local
businesses by providing various marketing
services in exchange for a donation to our
club,” says Iwanaga.
The most rewarding part of the year has
been involvement with the community, she
says. Last October, AMA participated in Howlo-ween
Hoopla as part of San Luis Obispo’s
Downtown Farmers’ Market, where the group
ran a carnival game for children. In February,
members visited San Luis Obispo’s Manse on
Marsh retirement community to decorate
Valentine’s Day cookies with the senior citizen
residents.
“During the spring, we look forward to
participating in the Special Olympics held at
Cuesta College,” says Iwanaga.
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Cal Poly Greek Week Board and Inter-Fraternity Council, Panhellenic Association, United
Sorority and Fraternity Council reps (from left): Marissa Chin, Lauren Pimentel, Mickela
Gonzales, Michelle Accetta, Anton de Leon, and Sameer Pangrekar, with the Wheelchair
Foundation’s Nick Bedell and Josh Burroughs. Below: an Argentine wheelchair recipient.
The Cal Poly chapter of the Wheelchair
Foundation picked up momentum in
2007-08 with the addition of two new
partners – the campus Greek community
and four Central Coast Rotary clubs.
Having raised over $90,000 to provide
wheelchairs to Argentina last year,
the chapter wanted to reach out to include
more people in the organization,
but also more items in the distribution.
Its first outreach was to Rotary International
in San Luis Obispo. Chapter
members met last summer with representatives
of local Rotary clubs, and all
agreed that they would like to partner
with Cal Poly’s Wheelchair Foundation.
Rotarians from the Rotary Club of San
Luis Obispo, Daybreak Rotary Club of
San Luis Obispo, Morro Bay Rotary Club
and Templeton Rotary Club meet
monthly with the students to help
strategize fundraising efforts and plan the
Malawi, Africa, distribution for August.
The students then reached out to the
Greek community on campus and have
partnered as their philanthropy for Greek
Week. Through the Wheelchair Foundation’s
“Angel” program, sororities and
fraternities have the opportunity to win a
Wheelchair
Foundation
picks up
momentum
free trip on a wheelchair distribution to
either China or Mexico if they meet their
fundraising goals by the end of April.
With this united goal, the students
are working to raise $150,000 for wheelchairs,
water wells, medical supplies,
clothing, food and educational scholarship
endowments for an orphanage in
Malawi. They are collaborating with a
Rotary International club in Malawi to
assure that needs are profound, and
students are paying their own way to
accompany the distribution.
“We know that this ambitious goal
will be a stretch for the team this year,
says Josh Burroughs, 2007-08 project
manager for the Cal Poly Wheelchair
Foundation. “But we feel that with the
collaboration with Rotary International
groups, the Greek community,
and the hard work of our 25 students,
our goal is attainable. Our advisor,
Lynn Metcalf, has inspired us all with
her passion for the program. We WILL
make it happen!”
If you are interested in making a
donation to the Wheelchair Foundation
for 2007-08, please contact Lynn Metcalf
at 805.756.2010 or lmetcalf@calpoly.edu.
International business club
fosters international internships
For the AIESEC International Business Club,
the top priority this year has been to generate
awareness about the club and interest in
the innumerable opportunities it offers.
Weekly meetings provide students with
opportunities in professional development,
community involvement, and occasions to
hear from previous AIESEC trainees in the
community and from other AIESEC groups.
Bi-quarterly Culture Nights offer members
multicultural experiences via traditional
foods, drinks and music.
“A recent Culture Night, coordinated
with the Hispanic Business Student Association,
celebrated Mexican culture,” says
Brittan Millhollen, AIESEC director of
marketing and public relations. “A couple of
our members even danced ballet folklorico!”
The primary goal of AIESEC is to foster
understanding between cultures through
international internship opportunities,
says Millhollen.
“While not all current members are
gearing up for an AIESEC traineeship, we are
proud to say that quite a few are,” she says.
That prospect has led many members to two
West Coast Regional Kick-Off Seminar
Conferences, one last fall and one held in
February, that allowed prospective trainees
to learn more about the international organization
and connect with other members
from nearby schools.
Millhollen says the club is looking
forward to meeting with all AIESEC alumni
at an event during the upcoming Cal Poly
Open House weekend in April.
AIESEC executive committee (from left):
Brittan Millhollen, Allison Plante, Dylan
Rudney, Danielle Sanzari and Alex Massie.
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Business Student Council promotes
professional development
Striving to promote professionalism among its
peers, the Business Student Council of the
Orfalea College of Business brings top-level
business leaders to campus to share their
messages with students.
Jennifer Azzi, Olympic gold medalist
and a member of Stanford University’s national
championship basketball team, encouraged
hard work, commitment and balance.
Azzi’s appearance provided the opportunity
for the council to collaborate with students in
Athletics. The event’s success won recognition
for the council.
On Parents’ Day last November, the
council invited Apple CEO Peter
Oppenheimer (AgBusiness ’85) to speak
about his career. Approximately 200 business
students and their parents attended.
“To have someone of Mr. Oppenheimer’s
stature come to our campus and
speak to the students is amazing,” said
Andrew Flachner, council chair. “It allows our
students to see firsthand how their success
will be driven by their own initiative and
dedication.”
Alpha Kappa Psi visited
San Francisco in January
Speakers continue to encourage working
hard, professionalism, presentation, and
personal integrity, says Flachner.
The final professional development
speaker for the year will be Tim O’Brien,
CEO of The Personal Branding Group
(www.thepersonalbrandinggroup.com). A
popular speaker in last year’s series, O’Brien
has been invited back to present an intensive,
all-day workshop.
The council is also reaching out to the
business community in an effort to expand the
annual college awards banquet. Traditionally,
the banquet has included students, faculty
With Paul Orfalea (center)
are the council executive
committee members (from
left): Andrew Flachner,
chair; Kyle Brockman,
director of activities;
Samyak Shah, vice chair;
and Eric Walden, director
of finance. Not pictured:
Jessica Kwong, secretary;
and Kelly McEachern,
director of publicity.
and families, but this year the council is
inviting companies to buy a table at the event
and send company representatives to attend
and meet with students.
If your company is interested in attending
the banquet, contact Leslie McKinley at
lmckinle@calpoly.edu.
Alpha Kappa Psi builds traditions
Last fall, Alpha Kappa Psi (AKPsi) invited its
faculty members to dinner in downtown San
Luis Obispo to introduce newly initiated
members to them while maintaining existing
relationships with mentors.
“Everyone had an excellent time,”
says Nathan Leis, AKPsi president, “so
AKPsi plans to make the faculty dinners a
quarterly tradition.”
AKPsi has adopted Sinsheimer Elementary
School as a long-term community outreach
effort. Every Friday, members visit the
local elementary school and help as recess
monitors, classroom assistants, and office/
clerical assistants. Members also volunteered
at the school’s annual Halloween Carnival
fundraiser, working food and game booths
and face painting.
In January, the group hosted its first
annual “Alumni To-Go” excursion to
strengthen personal and professional networks.
Members drove to San Jose and San
Francisco to meet alumni members, socialize
with current and past members, and tour
Novellus Systems, Inc. to learn about the
semiconductor manufacturing industry.
“This event was considered a great
success, and will also become a group
tradition,” says Leis.
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FRE popularity grows
New campus real estate club
is off to an exciting start
Students interested in the real estate
industry have formed The Future of Real
Estate (FRE), a new Cal Poly club.
Founded last spring, FRE has grown
immensely over the past year and has
proven to be a great success, according to
Melissa Markos, club historian.
“From bi-weekly meetings hosting
experts from the real estate industry, to
gathering for a learning experience with
cash-flow board game nights, FRE offers
many activities and venues for students to
meet and learn,” Markos says.
FRE’s plans for the year include community
outreach and “giving back” by working
with children in an after-school program to
teach them basic financial skills, says
Markos. The club also plans a trip to San
Francisco for the Real Estate and Wealth
Expo to hear speakers such as Donald
Trump and Anthony Robbins.
FRE brings experts in the industry – both
local and from out of town – to campus to
speak to members. It also co-founded an
annual event with the Financial Management
Association (FMA) to bring Finance
Day to Cal Poly.
“Six Cal Poly alumni came from around
the country to speak about various careers in
finance and real estate,” says Markos. “Over
175 students attended.”
FRE is working to gain exposure in the
community and the real estate industry by
working with Amy Swanson, the industry
liaison for the Orfalea College of Business.
FRE hopes to attract internship and job
opportunities for members by bringing
companies to Cal Poly, says Markos.
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The FRE executive committee at a
Distinguished Speaker Series event,
(from left): Kyle Brockman, director
of publicity; Niharika Singh, director
of membership; Kristin Lendvay,
Business Council representative;
Melissa Markos, historian; and
Andrew Flachner, president.
Graduate Student Speaker Series connects students with industry professionals
The Graduate Students Speaker Series is
one of many ways the Orfalea College of
Business connects students to industry
leaders and business professionals.
The 2007-08 program is led by three
MBA students: Tai Massion (Biopsychology,
UCSB 2003); Ashley Smith (Criminology,
Law and Society, UCI 2005) and Ryan
Moore (Social Science, Cal Poly, 2003). The
students are responsible for coordinating
campus guest speaker events that enhance
understanding of business.
The Speaker Series team provides business
students with the opportunity to meet
successful local business men and women.
These industry professionals offer practical
advice and guidance to students, assist them
in making decisions about their career
paths, and help increase their awareness of
business opportunities available to them.
During this academic year, the Speaker
Series has hosted three such meetings to
prepare students for the end-of-year business
trip to China and India. These meetings
are also the first of several to be held
throughout the year to educate
students on the importance of these two
countries’ global business practices.
This year’s speakers included Cal Poly
history professor and China specialist
Andrew Morris, who spoke on the history
of China and its current position as a rising
force in global business, and Cal Poly
Industrial Technology professor Jay Singh,
who lectured on India’s growing economy
and emergence as a powerful source of
workers for businesses worldwide.
In addition, the Speaker Series has
hosted a salary negotiations seminar led by
Jane Johnson of Cal Poly Career Services
and a seminar on business consulting with
guest speaker Joseph Weltner from RLG
International.
“I never knew the consulting business
had so many interesting facets,” said MBA
student Brandi Eng-Rohrbach from
Emmaus, PA (Environmental Studies,
Oberlin College 2006). “It’s inspiring to
hear directly from people who do consulting
and see the passion they have for their work.”
The team also coordinated events during
winter quarter, including a “meet-andgreet”
in the Performing Arts Center lobby
with Orfalea College of Business graduate
student job fair participants and seminars by
professionals from high-technology industries,
including Google and Intuit.
If you are interested in participating in
the speaking series, contact Ryan Moore at
rwmoore@calpoly.edu.
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International Career Conference
highlights sustainability issues
For the benefit of students and communities
on the Central Coast, the International
Career Conference (ICC) team coordinates
three annual events – an auction, a wine and
cheese reception, and a career conference.
The 13th Annual International Career
Conference was held Feb. 2 at the Embassy
Suites in San Luis Obispo. The event attracted
over 250 attendees, including students
and professors from Cal Poly and
neighboring cities.
Professionals from San Francisco to
Vancouver, Canada, participated as panelists
and Riyad Mansour was keynote speaker. A
United Nations Ambassador and Permanent
Observer of Palestine, Mansour likened the
skills he utilizes in the U.N. to key traits that
are necessary in successful international
relations and business.
Two workshops were introduced this
year to highlight the ICC’s theme of
Sustainability. Topics such as Becoming
International, Corporate Social Responsibility,
Cultural Adaptation & Expatriation,
International Finance, Investing for the
Future, Marketing to A Global Audience,
and Minimizing Ecological Footprints were
covered. The workshops were moderated by
Cal Poly professors Michael Geringer,
Management, Orfalea College of Business,
and Linda Vanasupa, Materials, College of
Engineering.
Panelists included Uta Birkmayer,
Xsense Experiential Design; Ron Cogan,
Green Car Journal; Michele Dedic (CENG
’78), United Airlines; Norm Getty, Revolution
Electric Cars, Elizabeth Green (International
Business ’00), Northrop Grumman;
Marjorie Green (International Business
’05), Deloitte Consulting; Amy Kardel,
Clever Ducks; Alex Littlewood (Marketing
’04), Liquid Agency; Fuad Mansour, John
Hancock Financial Network; Faith
McKinney, Concordia University; Thomas
Neuhaus, Sweet Earth Organic Chocolates;
Top triangle (from left): Tiana Graham,
Maureen Walsh, Hilary Frimond, Jonathan
Clark, Eric Walden, Jeffrey Spicer, Laura
Gunderson, Aquiles Landaverde and Heba
Mansour. Center (from left): Stephanie
Sullivan, Lauren Grana, Kelly Anne Cheung,
Nat’e Basile and Martha Doromal.
Tim Nicolazzi, Edward Jones; Kim
Pimental, Chevron; Scott Secrest, Natural
Investments; and Jane Thorne, Crosby
Property Management.
Before the conference, the ICC team
collected over $10,000 in donations and
raised over $4,500 at a silent auction held at
the Madonna Inn in November. The event
was attended by over 100 students, parents,
professors and community members in
support of Cal Poly students.
Student shares rich experience
of Beta Gamma Sigma forum
Communication, career advice, ethical business
leadership, team building and leadership
skills were among the valuable topics discussed
at a Beta Gamma Sigma student
leadership forum, held last November.
Jaclyn Regan, a senior marketing management
student at Cal Poly, attended and
found the experience a rewarding one.
“I met students from universities all over
the U.S. who are also accredited and have
active Beta Gamma Sigma chapters,” says
Regan. “This forum gave me the opportunity
to network with my peers who will make a
difference in the future.”
Several leadership sessions were
hosted by S. Alyssa Groom, Ph.D. (http://
www.communication.duq.edu/facGroom.html),
who touched on investment of time, talent
and energy in careers, and company relations.
The 30-year-old speaker “offered
advice about finding a career that suits you
and your aspirations,” says Regan.
The second speaker, Debra A. Arvanites,
Ph.D. (http://www.villanova.edu/business/
undergrad/societies.htmmail=debra.arvanites
@villanova.edu) focused on management
essentials, leadership and team building.
“Her exercise helped the group focus on
things that will engage and motivate a team
rather than hold them back,” says Regan. “I
From left: President of Beta
Gamma Sigma John T.
Wholihan, Loyola
Marymount University;
Alexandra Myer, James
Madison University;
Timothy Weatherby, Beta
Gamma Sigma director of
communications; Chauntell
Bobo, Loyola Marymount;
Jessica Roberson, North
Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University;
James Viehland, Beta
Gamma Sigma executive
director; Jaclyn Regan, Cal
Poly; and Donald Parker,
Oregon State University.
learned so much about myself and different
career aspirations that I had never thought
of prior to attending this event.” She encourages
students to seek an invitation to
join Beta Gamma Sigma.
For more information about Beta
Gamma Sigma, contact advisor Lisa Simon
at lsimon@calpoly.edu.
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alumni news
‘Top 20 Under 40’
Three Orfalea College alumni are honored by The Tribune
The annual “Top 20 Under 40” feature in
San Luis Obispo County’s newspaper, The
Tribune, highlights young professionals in
the county who are considered to be “making
a difference” in their respective businesses
and communities.
Three of the 20 individuals selected for
2008 are Orfalea College of Business
alumni – Cathy Cachu (Finance ’92); Craig
Darnell (International Business ’03); and
Rob Garcia (Finance ’98).
■ ■ ■
Cathy Cachu, vice president and commercial
banking officer for Rabobank, N.A.,
(which bought Mid-State Bank & Trust in
2007), began her banking career after high
school. The Nipomo native worked as a
part-time teller while taking classes at the
Orfalea College of
Business. She has a
commercial lending
degree from Western
Banking School.
Cachu was nominated
for the “Top 20
Under 40” honor by
Cathy Cachu
Cindy Blankenburg
(CLA ’85), who noted Cachu’s exceptional
dedication to work.
“When I can help a business accomplish
its goals, that motivates me to work
even harder,” said Cachu.
Cachu’s hobby business, Creative
Creations by Chillo, evolved from making
gift baskets for the bank to donate to
charity events. She is also active in the
Rotary Club of Nipomo, the Nipomo
Chamber of Commerce, and the Board of
the South County Education Foundation.
Cachu and her husband, Jose, live
in Nipomo.
■ ■ ■
Managing $125 million in assets at age
27 might sound daunting to some, but not
to certified financial planner Craig Darnell.
At age 22, after interning at Blakeslee
& Blakeslee, Darnell bought a practice with
the help of the San Luis Obispo financial
management company and named it
Darnell Financial Planning Team.
“Craig is a home-grown success
story,” said Diane Blakeslee Brocato,
Blakeslee & Blakeslee founder. “It was
through focus and hard work that he has
achieved his goal of business ownership.”
As a Cuesta College student, Darnell
served as president of Associated Students
and created the Cuesta College Career
Connections office to connect students
with employers. He
studied international
business and economics
at the Orfalea
College of Business.
Darnell is a member
of the Rotary Club
of San Luis Obispo
Craig Darnell
Daybreak and supports
ALPHA and Family Care Network.
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With offices in San Luis Obispo and
Templeton, financial planner Rob Garcia
is “one of those rare people that can
balance his career, community service
and family life successfully,” says his
wife, Deborah Donnelly (MBA ’00).
“He is a great role model for young
professionals.”
From the Sacramento area, Garcia
earned a Cal Poly business degree and
accrued experience at a brokerage firm
before starting his own company, the
Rob Garcia Wealth Management Group.
Garcia has served on boards of directors
for the American
Legion of San Luis
Obispo, Big Brothers
Big Sisters of San Luis
Obispo County, and
the Cuesta College
Foundation. A committee
member of the
Rob Garcia
San Luis Obispo
Community Foundation, he supports the
Growing Together Initiative. He is also
active with the San Luis Obispo Chamber
of Commerce and has participated in
Leadership San Luis Obispo.
The Garcias have two sons, Brandon
and Jakeb.
Real estate keeps Strickfaden busy
Chris Strickfaden (Business Administration
’86) has joined Jones Lang LaSalle to continue
building the firm’s leasing
and investment sales in
the South Bay and lower
Westside submarkets in
Southern California.
Specializing in
agency leasing, tenant
representation and
Chris Strickfaden office building sales,
Strickfaden will work in
the firm’s recently opened South Bay office
in the Rosecrans Corridor.
Strickfaden worked previously at PM
Realty Group for 17 years, where he recently
served as senior vice president responsible
for the oversight of brokerage activities in
the Southern California region. His 22-year
career in commercial real estate also included
work at Prentiss Properties and
Grubb & Ellis.
Strickfaden holds an MBA in finance
from Loyola University. He serves as cochair
of the Los Angeles Commercial Real
Estate Association’s (LACRA) annual Los
Angeles Broker Challenge and as a member
of LACRA’s executive board.
Green enjoys speaking engagements
Beth Green (International Business ’00)
made a presentation on Decision Making
and Information Processing
last October at the
Society of Women Engineers
Conference. She
also served on a Student
Leadership Luncheon
committee to organize a
forum for student leadership
from universities
Beth Green
nationwide to share ideas
about section offerings, networking and
professional development.
Green works in the program execution
and integration area at Northrop Grumman
Corporation in El Segundo. She has over 10
years of diversified and progressive responsibility
in integration, implementation and
business practices in commercial, military
and public sectors.
Green also participated as a presenter at
the International Career Conference held by
Cal Poly in February at the Embassy Suite in
San Luis Obispo.
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alumni news
Stewart relates homecoming
experience after duty overseas
This was submitted by Carl Stewart, CAPT,
SC, USN (Industrial Technology ’79) upon
his return home to Pacific Grove after a tour
of duty in Iraq.
“Time flies” when you are having fun or
working 14 hours a day, six to seven days a
week. Despite the seemingly endless weeks
of sun-filled “Ground Hog” days, my tour of
duty finally came to an end on Nov. 17, 2007,
when I boarded my “Freedom Flight” from
Kuwait City to Dulles International for the
first leg of my trip home.
I slept most of the way on this 14-hour
flight due to the emotional drain of a sevenday
turn-over with my replacement, saying
goodbyes to all of my battle buddies and
packing for home. I sat next to an East Coast
newspaper reporter who had been imbedded
with a combat brigade in Iraq. It was
interesting to compare notes. We both
agreed that the U.S.
military had done a
good job suppressing
the sectarian violence
and that it was now
up to the Iraqi people
Capt. Carl Stewart
to control their own destiny. Simple words
for a daunting challenge due to the complexities
of the situation.
My arrival at Dulles was routine until
U.S. Customs temporarily confused me with
a drug runner with a similar name and held
me over to reconfirm my identity. Once
correctly identified, I was moved to the front
of the line for my baggage inspection and
on to my next flight to Harrisburg, PA, for
my command HQ debriefing.
What greeted me in Harrisburg was at
minimum, a 60-degree temperature differential
from my environment of six months
and strange, white flakes falling from the
sky. Yet another shock to my already
stressed system. After adjusting to the climate
trauma and performing a mental data
dump of six months of experiences and
recommendations, I was off to Monterey,
via O’Hare and LAX.
I must admit that traveling in uniform
does have its benefits. I found myself
enjoying several free seat upgrades and
offers for free adult beverages. Perhaps
traveling close to Thanksgiving brings out
the best in people.
I would occasionally have flashbacks of
my previous military flights into Iraq on
various cargo planes or helicopters, wearing
my 50 pounds of body armor, helmet and
weapon. Just one of those flights makes one
appreciate the comfort and safety of our
commercial flights, even if they are sometimes
a little late getting you there.
Touchdown at the Monterey airport was
another special moment, as I knew my wife
of 25 years was waiting for me. Once I was
off the plane and into the terminal, Donna
and I reunited and reenacted the famous
1945 VJ Day sailor-nurse kiss, according to
onlookers. Yes, another emotional shock to
my system, however, a very good one this
time. My wife looked beautiful, and I enjoyed
every moment of our very public
embrace. Although absence does make the
heart grow fonder, it is not without its
emotional cost. I would prefer not to pursue
this means of fondness enhancement, but
also realize that it is a necessary way of life
for our military families.
After a brief dinner celebration at the
airport with close family and friends, it was
time to finally set foot in our Pacific Grove
cottage, which Donna had decorated with
welcome home signs and balloons. The cats
recognized me after a brief inspection, but
not my desert cammie uniform or my Navy
seabag with all of its new and interesting
desert smells and contents.
There is no doubt that a seven-month
separation from family and home will make
one recalibrate life’s priorities. I am now
even more thankful for my wife, family,
friends and all of the freedoms, comforts
and pleasures that we enjoy in the United
States and especially here on the Monterey
Peninsula. Thanksgiving was extra special
this year.
Special thanks are due to Joan Bizzozero
and her Operation: Yellow Ribbon volunteers
on the Monterey Peninsula; Julie
DeMaria and her Operation: Care and
Comfort volunteers in San Jose; and the
other many wonderful church, school and
community volunteer groups who continue
to ship hundreds of care packages to our
deserving troops overseas every month.
Attorney Finch practices and
teaches business law in Alabama
F. Lane Finch (Finance ’84), attorney with
Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, in
Birmingham, AL, maintains a diversified
civil litigation practice with a particular
focus on representing businesses in commercial
litigation, insurance coverage issues,
directors’ and officers’ liability, employment
matters and intellectual property protection.
He also advises clients on issues relating to
doing business in China.
Finch is an adjunct professor at the
University of Alabama at Birmingham’s
School of Business. He
served in 2006 as a
visiting professor at
Anshan Normal University
in Anshan, Liaoning
province, China, teaching
American Business
Law and Intellectual
F. Lane Finch
Property Rights.
Active in the American Bar Association
and professional education matters, Finch
serves as co-chair of the Directors and
Officers Subcommittee and co-chair of the
Programming Subcommittee of the Insurance
Coverage Litigation Committee of the
bar association’s Section of Litigation. He is
a frequent speaker and author on litigation,
insurance coverage and intellectual property
topics, as well as on doing business
in China.
Finch was recognized in the Birmingham
Business Journal’s 2006 “Best of the Bar” poll
for workers’ compensation law and is a
fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America
(LCA), an honorary society of trial lawyers
established to reflect the new face of the
American bar. Last August, he was honored
as a charter fellow of the counsel.
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alumni news
Edwards’ CaseStack is fulfilling
Tracy Edwards (Accounting ’79) is the
COO/CFO of CaseStack in Santa Monica.
CaseStack provides logistics outsourcing
services to mid-sized consumer packaged
goods companies that
sell products to retailers,
distributors and other
manufacturers. The
company combines an
advanced transportation
and warehousing system
with proprietary Webbased
software to pro-
Tracy Edwards
vide end-to-end fulfillment services. The
results: Customers reap the benefits and
economies of a sophisticated, global logistics
system with lower infrastructure costs.
Edwards is a member of the Industrial
Technology Advisory Board of the Orfalea
College of Business. He and his wife,
Nicola, have three sons.
Silacci celebrates 25 years with AT&T
Mike Silacci (Finance ’81) spent two nights
in 1982 sleeping outside Placement Services
at the CSU Chico campus to ensure an interview
with Pacific Telephone.
He figured that he
had two job options – in
management at Pacific
Telephone or in sales at
NCR – and he was most
interested in the former.
The company’s
Mike Silacci highly competitive fasttrack
management program was considered
high-risk; at the end of nine to 15 months, if
you hadn’t met its stiff criteria, you were out.
Twenty-five years later, Silacci is confident
that he made the right decision. He is
still with the phone company, now AT&T,
doing work that he continues to find interesting,
challenging, and highly motivating.
Silacci has worked in management in
areas of accounting, finance, information
systems, project management, regulatory
business compliance, and for the last 10
years in external affairs. He is currently area
vice president of external affairs, serving as
representative to government and elected
officials in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa
Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties.
The San Luis Obispo native lives in
Thousand Oaks with his wife, Liz, and their
two children, Natalie and Michael.
Kristen Ewing enjoys living and working in scenic Australia.
Ewing takes marketing career to Sydney, Australia
Kristen Ewing (Marketing ’05) says she
spent “four wonderful years at Cal Poly,”
studying abroad in Cal Poly at Sea,
Thailand, and London Internship programs,
working on the AMA board,
serving as a Student Ambassador, and
making lifelong friendships.
“Like many students, I had no clue
what I was going to do with my life after
graduating,” says Ewing. “But one thing I
did know is that I wanted to travel.”
In search of new travel opportunities,
she looked into working on cruise ships,
participating in the Peace Corps, and
carving hiking trails at national parks in
Ecuador. She put her search on hold to
take a job as an assistant online media
buyer and worked hard, “but I loved every
moment,” she says. “Advertising is an
excellent career move for young graduates
because the industry is full of young
people and events, and it gives a very
Michael Lea is VP at Seattle’s CoolEarth Software
Michael Lea (MBA ’90) is vice president of
business development and sales for CoolEarth
Software in Seattle, WA.
After receiving his MBA at the Orfalea
College of Business, Lea worked for the
British footware company HE-TEC. He then
worked at Boeing for about seven years,
developing plant operations in South Korea
and across Asia.
Lea has been with CoolEarth for five
years. The software company is a leading
holistic vision on what it takes to make
companies successful.”
After spending the past two years
working on Toyota Scion and T-Mobile
accounts, Ewing decided to take her
career overseas.
She chose Sydney, Australia, as her
first choice, researched the ad industry
career opportunities there, started making
contacts, and flew out for a number
of interviews she had lined up.
“After all the work and research was
complete, I landed a job!” says Ewing.
“The biggest take-away is that anything is
possible. My friends live and work all
over the world, from South Africa to
China, and each of their experiences
began with wanting to make a change
and step outside their comfort zones.
Traveling is the most valuable growing
experience you will ever have, and it’s
one thing you will never regret.”
provider of supply chain
execution solutions to
food and beverage,
chemical, and other
process manufacturers
(www.coolearth.com).
Lea and his wife,
Holly, also stay busy
Michael Lea with their two young
children, but still find time to visit Morro
Bay. They hope to retire here some day.
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alumni news
Alum stays ‘local’
at Diablo Canyon job
Damon Nishimura
(Industrial Technology
’06) was hired at Diablo
Canyon Nuclear Power
Plant in Avila Beach as
a nuclear operator.
Damon Nishimura
Nishimura’s position
involves routine checks and inspections of
power plant equipment to ensure its proper
working order.
Sara Asalone, Scott Allan and Kathryn Songco
Small world at Ernst & Young for alums
When Scott Allan (Information Systems
’05) transferred to the San Francisco office
for Ernst & Young, his new manager was
Kathryn Songco (Information Systems ’01).
After working together for awhile, they
learned that they were both Orfalea College
of Business alumni. It took a while longer
for them to discover that they had also both
been Student Ambassadors for the College.
They had a bond.
Allan and Songco now travel to San Luis
Obispo together to recruit for Ernst & Young
and tell their story to students at the College.
Sara Asalone (Information Systems ’04), a
colleague from the Irvine office, joined
them for January’s recruiting effort.
When asked by students about the
biggest transition to the working world, the
alums replied, “Getting up early every day!”
In Memoriam
Cindy (Voss) Brand (International
Business Management ’90), died of cancer
in Colorado Springs, CO, in April 2007.
Cindy is survived by her husband, Jeff.
■ ■ ■
Andrew R. “Andy” Cone (Accounting
’72) died April 8, 2007. He was 57.
A rich heritage of faith, family, love,
humor and Boy Scouts helped to make
Andy the man he was. Andy was born in
October 1949 in Oakland to Don and
Doris Cone, the second of three children.
He lived his first 10 years in Berkeley,
moving to Palo Alto in 1959. After graduating
in 1967 from Palo Alto High
School, he moved to San Luis Obispo to
attend Cal Poly, and upon graduating in
1972, made San Luis Obispo his home.
Andy became active in the Church of
the Nazarene and met his wife-to-be,
Leslie, in the Everlasting Family choir.
The couple married in 1975 and in years
to come raised three children – Jimmy,
Daniel and Lara Rose.
Andy joined San Luis Obispo CPA
firm Knight, Towle, Sage and Johnson in
1975, received his CPA license in 1978,
became a partner, and then managing
partner. The firm merged with the CPA
firm of Barbich, Longcrier, Hooper and
King of Bakersfield in 1989.
He was also a partner in Forden’s, a
store in San Luis Obispo, past president
of Kiwanis, and was on the board of
SESLOC Federal Credit Union for 18
years, recently serving as its chairman.
■ ■ ■
Ross Alan Crabill (Business Administration
’06), of Woodbridge, died March 6,
2007. He was 23.
Ross was born on Feb. 24, 1984 in
Lodi. He attended Reese and Lakewood
Elementary schools, Woodbridge Middle
School, and graduated with high honors
from Lodi High School, class of 2002.
Ross attended Swinburne University
in Melbourne, Australia, in 2005, before
moving to the Central Coast. He
graduated from Cal Poly in December
2006 with a Bachelor of Science Degree
in business.
An avid sports fan, Ross especially
enjoyed cheering on the San Francisco
Giants and the San Jose Sharks.
Ross grew up attending the Christian
Science Church in Lodi. He enjoyed
skiing, soccer, golfing, traveling, listening
to music, and spending time with
family and friends.
Ross will be best remembered by all
who knew him as a thoughtful, caring
person with a wonderful sense of humor.
He was a loving son, brother,
grandson, cousin, and friend.
■ ■ ■
George Robert Hofman (Industrial
Technology ’76) died on Jan. 30, 2007.
He had been diagnosed with a lung
disease – fibrosis – approximately six
months earlier.
George is survived by his wife,
Marilyn (M.S. Home Economics ’79);
son and daughter-in-law Timothy
Joseph and Julie, and their children,
Ariel and Owen; and sons Thomas
Zachary, and Michael James.
George worked at Simonds
Machinery Co., a pump distributorship
in South San Francisco, since he
graduated from Cal Poly in 1976 with
a second B.S.
Regards to “Smitty.” According to
his family, George would have loved to
have touched base with him.
Santa Barbara spells success for a pair of Nightingales
Tim Nightingale (Finance ‘96), vice president
of Northern Trust Bank in Santa Barbara,
graduated with honors from The Pacific Coast
Banking School last August. (He says the
program is similar to a master’s degree in the
banking industry.)
Tim’s dad, Rick (Accounting ’71), is
a partner at Damitz Brooks Nightingale
Turner & Morrisset and one of the hosts of
the Santa Barbara alumni reunion. Rick is a
member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for
the Orfalea College of Business.
Tim and Rick Nightingale at the Santa Barbara alumni reunion
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alumni news
Kovarik active in oil and gas industry
Ellen “Chambers” Kovarik (Industrial
Technology ’94) was on hand to honor
retired Industrial Technology faculty Nelson
L. “Smitty” Smith III
last May.
Kovarik is a senior
engineer and business
development specialist
with T. J. Cross Engineers
in Bakersfield and is very
active in the oil and gas
Ellen Kovarik
industry. She is the area
coordinator for oil and gas projects and
project development for Occidental Petroleum
and related oil and gas clients.
Kovarik and her husband have horses,
dogs, cats and many foster children,
including a teenager who joined the
couple in 2007. Kovarik is a member of
the Industrial Technology Advisory Board.
Hidahl in JD Powers product consulting
A laptop allows Clif Maclin to work abroad in such exotic locales as Paris, France.
Maclin maintains busy lifestyle in community and abroad
Clifton C. Maclin, Jr. (MBA ’73)
founded Maclin International Inc. in
1986, a Nevada corporation for venture
capital and investment management.
In 1987, he became licensed as
a registered investment advisor.
Maclin is also a lecturer on personal
finance, investing, and destination
history for the Celebrity Cruise
Ship Company.
Active in his community, Maclin is
a member of the Carson City Chamber
of Commerce; the Carson-Tahoe
Hospital Board of Trustees and its
Finance and Budget Committee; and
the Western Nevada Community
College Foundation Board of Directors
and its Finance and Investment Committee.
He is past president and vice
president of Viet Nam Veterans of
America, Carson City Chapter #388;
has served on U.S. Senator Richard
Bryan’s Military Academy Selection
Committee; and is a past member of
the Carson-Tahoe Hospital Foundation
Board of Directors.
Maclin writes weekly columns for the
Nevada Appeal, Sierra Sage and Reno
Gazette Journal and hosts “Maclin On
Money,” a twice-weekly TV program on
personal finance, investment, and private
business entrepreneurship.
Maclin is also the co-founder of the
Carson City Chamber of Commerce
High School Career Fair; an instructor
in the Nevada State Prison Bureau of
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program; and
an adjunct professor of Finance, Investment,
and Accounting at Western
Nevada Community College.
His community awards include the
1990 Carson-Douglas County Teacher’s
Award for Friends of Education and the
1999 Award for the Best Information
Program on CAT-10 Public Access TV.
Maclin was named the Honored
Alumnus of 1978 by the Orfalea
College of Business.
Rachel Hidahl (Marketing ’05) works for
J.D. Power and Associates as a senior solutions
analyst for the
Automotive Product
Solutions group.
Hidahl started working
for J.D. Power in
2005, upon graduation
from Cal Poly, and was
initially responsible for
Rachel Hidahl
producing large syndicated
automotive market research studies.
She has since moved from market
research into the company’s product consulting
realm. Her primary responsibility is
working with automotive manufacturers
worldwide to evaluate pre-production and
production vehicles and provide analysis to
aid them in product development and
marketing decisions.
Brooks’ firm hosts alumni reunion
Tom Brooks (Accounting
’74), a partner at Damitz
Brooks Nightingale
Turner & Morrisset,
welcomed alumni at the
Santa Barbara alumni
reunion. His firm has
hosted the event for
Tom Brooks
several years.
Brooks is an Orfalea College of Business
Accounting Advisory Board member.
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alumni news
class of...
Class of 1964
Walt Parrish (Industrial Technology) lives in
Fresno and is a retired regional sales engineer
for the Peerless Pump Company.
Class of 1966
Lawrence Leckband (Industrial Technology)
and his wife, Marilyn, live in Oakley. Lawrence
is a retired senior R & D engineer for Ciphergen
Biosystems.
Dennis Pisila (Industrial Technology) lives in
Walnut Creek and works as an electrician/
docent for the Golden Gate Railroad Museum
in Redwood City.
Class of 1968
Francis “Frank” Crowe (MBA) lives in
Carpinteria with his wife, Sandra (CLA ’72). He
is a retired senior manufacturing engineer from
the Raytheon Company.
Class of 1970
Larry Brunk (Industrial Technology) lives and
works in Paso Robles. He is a system specialist
for the FAA.
Class of 1973
Ken Minton (Accounting) retired in 2006 and
lives in Templeton with wife, Sharon. He
worked as a manager at Pricewaterhouse-
Coopers; a CFO at two companies; president of
Hind Sportswear; and president/CEO of PML
Microbiologicals, a publicly traded company in
the northwest. The couple has two grown
children and one grandson.
Ed Dias (Industrial Technology) lives and works
in Visalia. He is a real estate broker for Grubb &
Ellis/Pearson Commercial.
Class of 1974
Robert Newell (Industrial Technology) is senior
project manager with Constellation Wines in
Madera. He lives in Fresno with his wife, Vickie.
Charles Boone (Industrial Technology) lives
in Buena Park with his wife, Suzanne. He is
an engineer and owner of Machine Control
Systems in Cypress.
Class of 1975
Tim Banducci (Information Systems) was a
guest speaker at a Future of Real Estate (FRE)
club meeting on campus in
January. As president of
California-West, a property
management company, and
a member of the college’s
Executive Partners Program,
Banducci was asked to share
with students the story of his
Tim Banducci career path and profession.
Carol Knappe Mayes (Management) lives in
Pleasanton with her husband, Charles “Bud”
Mayes (BUS ’76), and 16-year-old daughter,
Colleen. Last October, Carol became head of
global sales compensation for Syngenta, a
The Boggs family
The Boggs family: maintaining a Cal Poly connection
The Boggs family is keeping Cal Poly in the family. Father, Steve, graduated from the
College of Architecture and Environmental Design in 1971 and is division president
of Standard Pacific Homes. Wife and mom, Jan, is the official cheerleader for the
Mustangs. Oldest son, Scott, graduated with a degree in restaurant and beverage
management from Johnson & Wales University and is an organic farmer at
Hudson’s Vineyards in Napa. Daughter, Jeanne, graduated from the Orfalea College
of Business in 2000 with a concentration in marketing and is senior manager of
Global Allocation Strategy for Gymboree Corporation. And son, Robert, arrived at
the Orfalea College of Business as a freshman in 2007.
Business, engineering alums celebrate Cal Poly roots
Socializing at the Santa Barbara alumni reunion are (from left): Patty Colman (Business
Administration ’78), a real estate broker for Coldwell Banker in Santa Barbara;
Jim Appel (Business Administration ’80), a senior financial analyst for ATK in Goleta;
Joseph Musarra (CENG ’68), a retired Naval officer; and Ron Oftebro (CENG ’67,
MBA ’71), president of RKO & Associates in Santa Barbara.
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alumni news
Auditing in San Jose
Michelle (Myers) Albertson
(Accounting ’96), CPA, was recently
promoted to director of internal
audit at PMC-Sierra, a global provider
of broadband communications
and storage ICs for access, metro,
wireless infrastructure, enterprise
and customer premises equipment.
She recently became a certified
fraud examiner.
Albertson and her husband, Eric
(Mechanical Engineering ’97), live in
San Jose with their daughter, Grace.
Basel, Switzerland-based company that develops
agricultural chemicals and seed products.
Carol and Bud plan to move to Switzerland after
Colleen graduates from high school.
Class of 1976
Robert Maloy (Accounting/Real Estate) is a
partner in Bartlett, Pringle and Wolf, a CPA firm
in Santa Barbara.
John Hapke (Accounting) and his wife, Kim,
live in Newport Beach, where John is the CFO
of Rockwater Hedge, LLC.
Class of 1977
Joe Roy (Business Administration) lives in
Carpinteria and works for SAP America.
Class of 1978
Tim Flaherty (Economics) lives in La Crescenta
with his wife, Debbie, and their two cocker
spaniels. Debbie is department head of rehabilitation
at Northridge Hospital. Tim is in his 27th
year of working in aerospace. He is business
manager at Northrop Grumman Corp.
Class of 1979
Jan (Mallum) Lauerman (Marketing) is a
realtor in Simi Valley for Troop Real Estate.
Tom Schneck (Business Administration) lives
and works in Sausalito as vice president of
solutions engagement for If & Then, Inc., a
Business Eco-Intelligence company.
Marketeers reunite in SLO
Several marketing alumni got together recently in San Luis Obispo for a reunion at
the Embassy Suites. From left: Dru Torvend (‘05), Jennifer Clarke (‘90), Morgen
Marshall (‘05), David Furrer (‘89), Terri Furrer (‘91), Scott Joerger (‘89), Loreen
Dye (‘90), and Janelle Jacoby (‘89).
The Hetyonks (left) and David Godfrey
Bonnie Miller (Production & Operations Management)
lives in Mountain Ranch and works as
a safety manager for Wolin & Sons, Inc. After
20 years of inspecting public works projects,
she now works for a contractor, ensuring
construction integrity and personal safety, for
which she thanks Industrial Technology.
Joseph Brady (Human Resources Management)
is president of The Bradco Companies
(Victorville), Coldwell Banker Golden West Real
Estate (Barstow) and Alliance Management
Group (Barstow). He recently received his
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
designation, joining 3,100 SIOR’s worldwide.
Class of 1980
Gary Burns (Accounting) was recently promoted
to senior manager with KPMG in Los
Catching up in Santa Barbara
David Hetyonk (Math ’74, MBA ‘75)
and his wife, Catherine, live in Santa
Barbara, where he is director of facilities
and operations for the Santa Barbara
School District. Hetyonk has fond
memories of his days at Cal Poly and
Delta Sigma Pi fraternity activities.
At the Santa Barbara alumni
reunion, the couple visited with David
Godfrey (Accounting ’77), who works
as a CPA in Carpinteria.
Angeles, where he is responsible for managing
and delivering information technology advisory
services for global clients. He has experience in
consulting in the area of general controls and
internal controls over financial reporting. Gary
and his wife, Nelia, have three children.
Bob Smith (Accounting) is a marketing data
analyst for Food Services of America in
Seattle, WA.
Class of 1981
Mark Gillette (Management) lives and works in
Dinuba, where he is general manager/partner of
Gillette Citrus Co.
Class of 1982
Nancy Turner (MBA) and her husband, Steven,
(College of Science and Mathematics ’71) live in
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Time out at tax time
Taking time out for some fun during
busy tax season are (from left): Denny
Clark (Accounting ’00), a senior accountant
with Damitz Brooks Nightingale
Turner & Morrisset in Santa
Barbara; Heather McQuitty (Accounting/Finance
’05), an associate with
Damitz Brooks Nightingale Turner &
Morrisset; Khanh Dinh (Information
Systems ’02), a buyer for Sysco Food
Services of Ventura; and Steve Powell
(Information Systems ’02), a global
database market specialist for QAD Inc.
Dana Point. Nancy is a project manager at
Boeing in Anaheim.
Class of 1984
Pat Allen (Accounting), retired president of
Roth Capital Partners, is enjoying retirement
with his wife, Sandy, in Newport Coast.
Class of 1985
Tarrik Shawa (Industrial Technology) lives in
Huntington Beach with his wife, Paula, and is
an engineer for Boeing.
Maria Tringali (Marketing) lives in Seattle, WA,
and is enjoying her new role as an account
executive for Satori Software.
Class of 1986
Rachelle Agatha (Accounting) is a corporate
controller for Sharp Healthcare.
Josh Goodman (Accounting) is the director of
recruiting with BridgeGate LLC in Orange.
Class of 1989
Rene Randel (MBA) lives in Camarillo and is
the president of his own CPA firm.
Class of 1990
Tom Major (Management) lives in Aliso Viejo
and is a technical analyst at Volt Information
Sciences in Orange.
Class of 1992
Susan Shea (Industrial Technology) lives in
Aliso Viejo and is a regional sales manager
for Bookham.
Class of 1993
Jesse Ouwens (Industrial Technology) lives in
Oceanside and is a senior staff engineer/
NASSCO Co. for General Dynamics Shipbuilders
in San Diego.
Class of 1994
Scott Johnson (Marketing) lives in Seattle, WA,
and is an account executive for Satori Software.
Greg Shelden (International Business) lives in
Garden Grove and works in sales support at
MOL America, Inc. in Long Beach.
Really red on Valentine’s Day
Tania (Remillard) Arnold (Accounting/Finance
’01) works for the
San Luis Obispo County Regional
Transit Authority. She and her
husband, Matt (Biochemistry ’03),
welcomed their first child, Anna
Sylvie, on Jan. 29.
Class of 1996
Brad Howard (International Business/Finance)
is a senior vice president at Oaktree Capital
Management. Before joining
Oaktree in 1999, Howard
was a senior sccountant at
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, where he specialized
in auditing investment management
companies and
performance verifications.
Brad Howard Howard graduated with a
dual concentration in finance and international
management, with a minor in economics.
Class of 1997
Sherry Schmandt (MBA) lives in Santa
Barbara and works for Easton Architects.
Class of 1998
Mark Funke (Finance) is an attorney and
counselor at law. He has his own firm in
Seattle, WA.
Stephen Moore (Accounting) and his wife,
Danita, welcomed their first child, Makenzie
Grace, last Nov. 24. Stephen is a vice president
of recruiting and training for Comerica
Bank in San Jose and a member of the
Accounting Advisory Board for the Orfalea
College of Business.
Sean Payne (Industrial Technology) lives in
Cypress with his wife, Amy, and their baby girl.
He works for Edward Jones Investments and
recently became a certified financial planner
practitioner, with an office in Seal Beach.
Mark Yubeta (Accounting) lives in San Clemente
with his wife, Sally (CLA ’00). He is an insurance
field agent for the Knights of Columbus.
Class of 1999
Paige (Gilmore) Hallett (International Business)
is manager of Compensation for Freedom
Communications, Inc. Headquartered in Irvine,
the company publishes 28 daily newspapers
and 37 weekly publications. The newspapers’
combined daily circulation is more than 1.2
million subscribers.
Ty Smith (Finance) lives in Seattle, WA, and
works as a financial advisor for Morgan
Stanley Company.
Class of 2000
Keala Anderson (Industrial Technology) works
as a product development manager at
Patagonia in Ventura.
Ruth Holmes (MBA) works for Santa Barbara
City College in Santa Barbara.
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Varcak’s ship has
come in at Dole
Melissa Varcak (Marketing
’02) works at Dole Food
Company in Westlake
Village as an associate
business manager, “enjoying
the job’s challenges and
the company’s varied
opportunities.” She recently
completed her MBA at the
University of California at
Irvine in Orange County.
Bay Area-based Ambassador alumni reunite in San Francisco
The Orfalea College of Business held an
Ambassador Alumni reunion on Feb. 25
in San Francisco for all Student Ambassadors
who live or work in The City.
Leslie McKinley, director of College
and alumni relations, met with the group
to catch up on their activities.
Present were (far left): Herb Rowland
(CAFES ’06); Mara Correa (Marketing
’07), wine club representative with
Gally Vineyards; and Sarang Bhatt
(International Business ’07), service
sales specialist, AdvanTel.
Back row: Mark Loewenstein (Finance
’05), technology and investment banking,
Piper Jaffray Foundation; Jarret Weis (BS -
IT, 03, MSITS, ’04), senior engineering
manager, Speck Products; Troy Monken
(Finance ’07), Apple Computer; Chelsea
Drennan (Int’l Business/Information Systems
’05), project engineer, Navis; and Scott
Allan (Information Systems ’05), tax staff,
Ernst & Young.
Bottom Row: Terry Duong (Finance ’05),
senior accountant, Sephora USA; Lauren
Etcheverry (Finance/Accounting ’04), analyst,
Callan Associates; Kelly Creeggan (Accounting
’06), PricewaterhouseCoopers; Sarah
Clark (Accounting ’03), senior operational
reporting analyst, PG&E; Kathryn Songco
(Information Systems ’01), Ernst &
Young; Marissa (Deffebach) Gauss
(Marketing/Human Resources ’07),
human resources analyst, Cisco Systems;
Lianne (Liu) Law (Management ’00),
senior cost analyst, The Clorox Company;
Garrett Perez (Finance/Accounting
’05), WTAS LLC; Chris Esparza
(CENG ’07); Vanessa Slavich (Marketing
’07), intern, Deutsche Bank of London;
Kelly Neary (Managing People ’07), Apple
Computer; Jeremiah Rosenthal (Marketing
’07), Peterson; and McKinley.
Not shown: Taylee Rounds (Accounting
’00), CPA, Armanino McKenna LLP.
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Networking work in the Great Northwest
Jeromy Markwort (IT ’04), his wife, Samantha, and the couple’s three kids
moved to the tri-cities in Washington in December 2005, where Jeromy took a
job as a wireless network engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
The lab is run by Battelle Memorial Institute for the Department of Energy,
the premier employer there. Jeromy is working on the campus-wide wireless
network, camera system and location services using RFID.
“It’s not bad here,” says Jeromy, “but I miss the Central Coast!”
Down the aisle SLO-ly
Bonnie (Cheng) Hanson (International
Business ’01) is account/
production coordinator with Verdin
Marketing in San Luis Obispo. She
married Tyler Hanson (Construction
Management ’04) on Sept. 2,
2006 at the Monday Club in SLO.
Lisa (Skercevic) Dillon (Industrial Technology)
recently married Scott Dillon and is living in
Dublin. Lisa is the senior manager of customer
development for Network Appliance, Inc.
Ryan “Slinky” Lehman (Industrial Technology)
is a flight instructor at Mauna Loa Helicopters in
Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. He
says that “life is good.”
Taylee Rounds (Accounting
’00) married Dan Donohue in
May 2007 at The Cliffs in
Shell Beach. The couple lives
in San Ramon, where she is
a CPA with Armanino
McKenna. She was a charter
Student Ambassador for the
Taylee Rounds
Orfalea College of Business.
Vanessa Salcedo (Marketing) lives in Merced
with her husband and son. She works as a
public benefits and major accounts manager for
Merced Irrigation District.
Roxanne Cuba (Industrial Technology) lives in
Orange and is an account executive for Encore
Credit in Irvine.
Class of 2001
Andrew Field (Accounting) lives in Tustin
and is a senior accountant with Ernst &
Young in Irvine.
Debra Fuccio (Industrial Technology ’01) has
been “working in various creative capacities
over the past six years in order to spend time
overseas.” She taught ESL for about a year in
Vietnam and for a few months in San Francisco,
with some contract work on the side for Yahoo!,
Pleasant time in Pleasanton
Kirsten (Husak) Lewandowski
(Marketing ’00) and Todd
Lewandowski (Marketing ’99) are
the proud parents of Brooke Ashley,
born June 14, 2007.
Todd is in pharmaceutical sales at
Schering-Plough and Kirsten works
in payroll sales at Automatic Data
Processing, Inc. (ADP).
The family moved to Pleasanton,
“and we love it,” says Kirsten. “It
seemed like the perfect area for us to
raise a family, and we are still close
to our own families.”
before heading for South America in February
for another year abroad. Visit her Web site at
www.travelgoddess.ne to learn more about
Fuccio’s teaching and travels.
Paul Wildermuth (Finance) lives in Lake Forest
and is manager of PIMCO Funds for PIMCO in
Newport Beach.
Class of 2002
Jon Sandrock (International Business) lives
and works in Newport Beach. He is an account
manager for Alliance Healthcare.
Cynthia Wilshusen (Accounting) was promoted
to director of the Small Business Development
Center at Cuesta Community College in
December 2006. She lives on 10 acres north of
Paso Robles with her husband of 10 years, Jim,
their children, Codie, Jenna and Clay, plus
horses, cows and chickens. Wilshusen earned
her master’s degree in 2005 and has been
teaching business education and computer
applications at Cuesta College since 1999.
Class of 2003
Ryan Black (Management/Finance) completed
an MBA in 2005 and is living in Seattle, WA.
He works for The Boeing Company in the
finance department.
Justin Cox (Marketing ’03) is a life coach and
organizational behavior consultant. He also
works at Publicis & Hal Riney, an ad agency,
where he is responsible for strategic planning
on several accounts, including Altoids, Hungry
Man, Beringer wine and several new business
pitches. His strategic planning work includes
ethnographic research, brand positioning, and
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Reuniting in Seattle
Ryan Black (left) (Management ’03),
Alex Brodd (Information Systems ’04)
and Angie Supathanasinkasaem
(Information Systems ’04) attended
the Seattle Alumni Reunion hosted by
Darran Littlefield (Business Administration
’85) at the Columbia Tower
Club. Littlefield and his company,
Point B Solutions Group, have sponsored
an alumni reunion in Seattle for
the past three years.
For 2007, Littlefield and Point B
Solutions Group graciously opened
the reunion to the entire Cal Poly
Alumni Association. Provost Durgin
and his wife, Kathy Smith, welcomed
more than 70 attendees.
If you are interested in having an
Orfalea College of Business alumni
reunion in your area, please contact
Leslie at lmckinle@calpoly.edu for
more information.
portfolio management. Cox’s work also
includes new product development and
documentary filmmaking.
Zach Dostart (Economics/Finance) lives in
New York City and works in the Global Real
Estate Group at Lehman Brothers in Manhattan.
In 2007, he completed the JD/MBA at
Pepperdine University and the Graziadio School
of Business, and he passed the California State
Bar exam.
Jacquelyn Knapp (Management Information
Systems) is a strategic planning analyst with
WaMu Corporate in Fremont. Knapp recently
returned from a two-year stint with the Peace
Corps in Guyana, South America, where she
was an information technology educator. Her
primary project was to prepare students for a
Caribbean standardized test in information
technology, but Knapp also took on a remedial
reading program and wrote several U.S.-funded
grant proposals. Her last was a $35,000 grant
proposal through Educare to alleviate child
A taxing time in training
Accounting ’06 alumnus Will Weatherford (second from right) attended
PricewaterhouseCoopers “boot camp” Tax 1 training in Washington, D.C.
Weatherford completed his master’s degree in tax at the University of Denver
last summer and started work with PwC in September, just after the CPA exam.
Weatherford received the Dean’s Award as an outstanding graduate in 2006.
Oregonians check in
Nathan Chapel (Industrial Technology
’01) lives in Portland, OR, and
manages production at Frito Lay. His
wife, Jasmine (Jean) (BA English ’01),
is applying to grad school at Portland
State University to work toward a
master’s in English. The couple’s son,
Malcolm, will be in “Cal Poly class
of 2029, or around that,” says Nathan.
labor and maximize young adults’ potential. This
entailed using the school facilities after hours as
a vocational school for 100 dropouts (ages 14-
18) to learn technical skills such as computer
basics, carpentry, leather craft, etc. Last she
heard, the project is still going strong. Knapp
hopes to return soon for more Hindu weddings
and fireside cook-ups.
Josh Greenbaum (Accounting) is living in
Los Angeles, where he recently joined Larkin
Business Management. Since graduation,
Greenbaum has dabbled in entertainment and
technology industries, accounting, management,
business and organizational planning. His
sister, Joanna, is studying marketing in the
Orfalea College of Business.
Roham Medifar (Marketing) lives in Costa
Mesa and is a structure analyst for PIMCO in
Newport Beach.
Joe Saltzman (International Business) is
enrolled in the MBA program at UC Davis, with
an emphasis in entrepreneurship and finance.
Prior to graduate school, Saltzman was a
commercial real estate investment broker for
three years at Grubb & Ellis in San Diego.
Class of 2004
Alexis Nagle (Economics) lives in Goleta and
works for Monteato Water District as a financial
computer specialist.
Alina Nisenzon (Marketing) left Triage Consulting
after a year to go to law school. She finished
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Meet the newlyweds
Tom Erginsoy (Accounting/Finance
’05) and Mary Block (Accounting/
Finance ’05) were married in
Northern California in September
2007. They met as freshmen in the
dorms at Cal Poly. Mary is an
external reporting manager at
SunPower Corporation in San Jose,
and Tom works as an auditor at
PricewaterhouseCoopers.
her third year in 2007, in San Francisco.
Nisenzon has accepted an offer to work for a
mid-size law firm in the real estate department.
The work will entail mostly secured commercial
transactions (financing on development or other
projects secured by a deed of trust on real
property). Nisenzon says she’s excited to finish
being a student, “but not excited about the bar.”
Jaime Petty (Marketing) lives in Mission Viejo
and is a pharmaceutical sales representative for
Novartis Corp.
Angie Supathanasinkasaem (Information
Systems) is a procurement agent for The
Boeing Company in Kent, WA.
Scott Thompson (Accounting) is a senior
associate at BDO Seidman, LLP in Seattle, WA.
James Whitaker (Business Administration),
formerly of Left Coast Enterprises, sold his half
of the business to his brother, David, and set
out on a two-to-three-year trip around the world.
Currently in Berlin, he has started an online
business called DubCorp that specializes in
creating e-commerce businesses. There are
four live sites – www.greekhoodies.com,
www.soulgear.net, www.vectortees.com and
www.3minutetees.com – with a few more in
development, all in the clothing industry. “We
have developed a proprietary e-commerce
system that will allow us to launch and manage
as many e-commerce businesses as we want,
but from the same infrastructure and back-end
administration system,” says Whitaker.
Class of 2005
Ian Andersen (Information Systems) lives in
San Clemente and owns TruBlue Pool Service.
Mr. Spencer goes to Washington
Matt Spencer (Accounting ’07) works
at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Spencer
attended job-related training last
September in Washington, D.C.,
where he also did a little sightseeing.
Melissa Brasko (Management ’05) is in the
U.S. Army and engaged. “My fiancé, Scott, and
I live in Manhattan, KS, and are stationed at
Fort Riley, KS,” says Brasko. A first lieutenant
quartermaster officer, she is currently deployed
in Baghdad, Iraq, with the 1st Infantry Division
from Fort Riley. Serving as her company’s
executive officer, Brasko coordinates and
manages logistics and oversees company
resources. The 100-soldier company supports
an infantry battalion of 500 soldiers.
Rita Case (Accounting) is an associate
auditor with the Deloitte & Touche Foundation
in San Jose.
Terry Duong (Finance) took
a job at Pricewaterhouse-
Coopers after graduation,
but left last July 2007 for a
senior accountant job at
Sephora, a retail cosmetic
company. Duong loves living
in San Francisco, but says
Terry Duong she sometimes misses SLO!
Carissa Nepstead (Marketing) became the
media account coordinator for Verdin Marketing
in San Luis Obispo, in July 2007.
Beth Parker (Industrial Technology) lives in
Redondo Beach. She began her career with
Pepsi Bottling Group as production supervisor.
After a year and a half, Parker changed her
focus and joined the Lean Team at LAX for LSG
Sky Chefs. After working with the local team,
she was promoted to regional lean manager
and is responsible for lean implementation at
kitchens across the country.
Jon Pierotti (Marketing/
Accounting) works at
PricewaterhouseCoopers
in Los Angeles. He says he
doesn’t dress like this for
work, but only when he is
an usher at a wedding for
college friends!
Jon Pierotti Tim Ryan (Marketing) lives
in Huntington Beach.
Heidi Spink (Accounting)
is an associate with
PricewaterhouseCoopers
in San Francisco. This
former soccer star can be
found hanging out around the
city with her Orfalea College
of Business friend and
Heidi Spink
fellow former Ambassador
Katie Shield (Marketing ’05), a district manager
for E&J Gallo Winery.
Class of 2006
Robert Berger (Finance) lives in Costa Mesa
and is a financial advisor with the Tax &
Financial Group of Newport Beach.
Travis Day (International Business) lives in
Bothell, WA, and is the general manager for
marketing and sales in Washington and Oregon
for Rinaldini Distribution Inc., Enomatic USA.
Evan Garabedian (Information Systems) lives
in Fresno and is engineer, co-founder and
president of Pelco/Sagar Innovations.
Michelle Henke (Marketing) lives in Costa
Mesa and coaches basketball at Mater Dei High
School. Michelle is engaged to Jim Erickson
(‘05 - IT/Master’s).
Jacob Howell (Marketing ‘06) took a job with
Consolidated Graphics in Irvine after graduation.
He worked as a management trainee for
nine months, during which time he married
Erika. The couple moved to Westlake Village
last September, where they plan on working
toward master’s degrees at California Lutheran
University. Jacob works for Edward Jones
Investments as a broker’s assistant and Erika
works as an elementary school aid. They also
manage the apartment complex they live in.
Class of 2007
Sandy Wolf (Finance) lives in San Francisco
and works as a Financial Analyst for Gap, Inc.
We’d love to hear your career news! E-mail
details to Leslie at lmckinle@calpoly.edu.
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honor roll of donors
Thank you, donors!
In recognition of those who made contributions to the Orfalea College of Business in 2007
Corporations & Organizations
The Orfalea College of Business would
like to thank the following corporations
and organizations for their generous
support for gifts made during the 2007
calendar year. The names are listed by
groups based on their total level of
support including direct cash and in-kind
gifts, matching gifts, and support
provided through contracts, grants and
EMP (Engineering Management Program)
Partner fees.
$100,000 to $500,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
$10,000 to $99,999
Bert W. Martin Foundation
Boeing Company
Chevron Corporation
Fidelity Investments
KPMG LLP
Microsoft Corporation
Northrop Grumman Corporation
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Syncon Homes of California, Inc.
United Technologies Corporation
$5,000 to $9,999
American Forest & Paper Association
Coors Brewing Company
Damitz Brooks Nightingale Turner
& Morrisset
Ernst & Young LLP
G A L Equities
HSBC - North America
International Corrugated Packaging
Foundation
Orfalea Family Foundation
PMMI Education & Training Foundation
Western Packaging Association, Inc.
$1,000 to $4,999
Aetna, Inc.
Amgen, Inc.
Bank of America Corporation
Canon Communications LLC
Computer Associates International, Inc.
Dun & Bradstreet Foundation
Deloitte & Touche Foundation
E*TRADE
Edison International
Employees Charity Organization ECHO
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation
Fastenal Co.
Fluor Enterprises, Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Company
IBM Corporation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
Outland Research
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
ProLogis
R. R. Donnelley
Top Oil Products Company
U.S. Bancorp
Vision Service Plan
Wells Fargo & Company
$1 to $999
Accenture, Inc.
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Aegon Transamerica Foundation
America’s Charities, Inc.
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Anixter & Oser
Aramark Corporation
AT&T Corporation
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Begovich & Haug Architects
Breckenridge Technologies, LLC
Brian King Properties, Inc.
Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund
CAC Construction
Cal Poly Career Services
California Bank & Trust
Callaway Golf Company
Charter Brokerage &
Investment Company
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Citrix Systems, Inc.
City Bean Coffee
The Clorox Company
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Comerica, Inc.
Conexant Systems, Inc.
Crossrhodes Promotions
Cuesta Community College
Dennis P. Maher Attorney
DLE Construction
EAM Services, Inc.
EB Consulting
eBay, Inc.
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Federated Department Stores, Inc.
Ferrini Enterprises
First Quadrant LP
Five C’s Financial
Franklin Resources, Inc.
E & J Gallo Winery
Gap, Inc.
Gary F. Nelson Associates
General Electric Company
Gilderman and Company
GlaxoSmithKline
Global Impact
Golden Gate Mansour
Golden State Tax Service, Inc.
Google, Inc.
Grant Thornton Foundation
Installation & Repair Technology
Intel Corporation
Intuit
Jim’s Drafting Service
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
Juniper Networks
Kais Consulting
Law Office of Ryan D. Childers
Robert E. Lee Construction Co.
Leider Commercial Real Estate
Linda Marie Walker Trust
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
McKesson Corporation
Medtronic, Inc.
Merck & Company, Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.
Millipore Foundation
Morgan Stanley
National Corporate College Consultants
National Semiconductor
Netsmith
Nicholson Construction Company
Nike, Inc.
Omega Concrete
Oracle Corporation
Oregon Christmas Trees
Packaging Alliance of Texas, Inc.
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Peha & Associates
PepsiCo, Inc.
Precision Ag, Inc.
Qualcomm, Inc.
Raytheon Company
Redwood Construction
River Star Vineyards
Russell H. Johnson, CPA
Safeco Insurance Companies
San Benito Realty, Inc.
The Charles Schwab Corporation
The Schwab Fund For Charitable Giving
Seagate Technology
Tom See and Associates
Sephora USA
Sheffield House
Splash Cafe Artisan Bakery, Inc.
Sprecher Brewing Co, Inc.
Star Wares Collectibles
State Farm Companies Foundation
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Temple-Inland, Inc.
Thomas C. Dorst, Jr.
Time Warner, Inc.
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
TransUnion
Union Bank of California N.A.
UNISORB
United Way of Orange County
United Way of the Bay Area
Visa International
Vista Brake Service & Supply, Inc.
Wachovia
The Walt Disney Company
Washington Mutual, Inc.
Clark Witter & Company
Xerox Corporation
Xsense
Individual Donors
The Orfalea College of Business would
like to thank the following individuals for
their generous gifts made during the
2007 calendar year. All individual donors
are given recognition for their support at
a designated level.
$1,000,000 & Above
M. Richard and Joyce J. Andrews
$200,000 to $999,999
John R. and Marcia L. Lindvall
Richard A. Bergquist and
Lynn A. Loughry
$20,000 to $199,999
Kenneth E. and Marietta M. Alexander
R. James and Sally Ann Considine
Richard C. and Julie M. Hood
James R. and Esther A. Landreth
Kirk Perron
$10,000 to $19,999
Barry R. Banducci
Thomas S. and Judith E. deRegt
Brad and Jill Doskocil
Brian L. and Victoria Hanly
Chip Hanly
Donald I. and Kristina Hanly
Rush N. and Linda B. Hill, II
B. Quentin and Maryam Lilly
John S. and Janice B. Maher
Steven D. and Renee C. Nash
Matthew M. and Leslie A. Pease
Eldon D. and Karen B. Shiffman
$5,000 to $9,999
Tom and Judi Brooks
Lee A. and Elizabeth I. Nilsen-Doble
Frederick T. and Judi A. Honoré
Steven R. and Susan W. Kitson
Darran S. and Janet R. Littlefield
Ronald J. and Dixie K. Lopes
Marc L. and Anette Harris-Loupé
Mike and Dolores Mantle
Steve and Laurie Mullen
Russell P. and Kimberly B. Nash
Philip J. and Klina Oberti
Paul and Natalie Orfalea
Peter M. Oser
Garrett A. Rajkovich
Gregory A. Rodrigues
James H. and Pamela L. Young
$1,000 to $4,999
Mark H. and Carolyn S. Alexander
Stanley Anders
Jana L. Barsten
Eric J. and Kara S. Baysinger
Lawrence C. and Kate S. Bello
Robert T. Berg
Nan Ater and Bryan J. Blancett
Douglas L. Blankenship
Stephen E. and Janice H. Boggs
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honor roll of donors
Patrick J. Bowen
Thomas A. Burhenn
Lisa R. and Michael A. Chalfin
Craig T. and Ann M. Chrisney
Lincoln and Theresa M. Clark
Thomas J. and Lori Condon
J. Scott and Laura A. Cooper
Kenneth T. and Maria S. Cornyn
Lori A. DeMatteis
Mark S. and Catherine L. Devereaux
Wendy L. Drummond
Deanne A. and John D. Ebner
John B. and Rachel R. Edwards
Steven J. and Kim Renee Espinosa
George A. Famalett
Donald R. and Linda S. Fischbach
Rik and Carol M. Floyd
Colette A. Frayne
David E. and Karen R. French
Steve and Gricelda Garcia
J. Michael Geringer
Jeremiah J. and Leslie J. Hench
Michael L. and Michele L. Henry
Patrick A. Hyek
Katherine Fanoe and Winston Jaeb
Duane K. Kakazu
Todd J. and Sarah S. Kallman
David V. and Stacey W. Kinney
Lynette L. Kragness
Thomas J. Lamoureux
Elisabeth A. Lippuner
William T. and Delayna D. Luffee
John F. and Marilyn A. Marthens
Gary H. and Jill K. Matuszak
Michael E. and Donna M. McConnell
James K. and Mary K. Mitchell
Barry R. Mora
David W. and Bianca N. Mossman
Edward G. Nelson
Torran B. and Michelle Nixon
J. Martin O’Malley
Robert J. and Meredith Park
Joan C. Passovoy
Alyssa Plicka
Todd A. Refnes
John F. and Jodie Russi
Thomas H. and Carol A. Ryan
Horacio and Lynn Saavedra
Edward J. Schuller
James A. Segner
Brian M. Serafino
Martin J. and Diane M. Skrip
Charles E. Smith
Jeffrey M. Stought
David M. and Christine M. Sullivan
Teresa A. Swartz
Michael T. and Jeanne L. Tate
Robert W. and Christine Terpening
Debra A. and Robert E. Wacker
Laurence B. and Susan Westall
Robert D. and Mona Whitley
G. Arthur and Roberta Wood
Alan and Laura Parks- Woolery
Kristen J. and Robert M. Yetter
Lawrence A. and Leslie J. Zwissler
$1 to $999
Anonymous
Martin A. Acampora
Phillip F. Acker
Calvin J. Acord
Lilly D. Acuna
Teri W. and Andre B. Adam
Lorraine M. Adams
Cathy L. and David J Akers
Elena L. Albertoni
Donna D. and Ernest H. Alcorn
Linda R. Alexander Tavlian
John K. Swinnerton and
Heather Alexander
Scott R. Allan
John P. Allawos
Andrew M. and Deborah A. Allen
Shelby W. and Dean Alms
Patricia J. and Willard H. Altman
George and Sharon P. Alvarado
Jane L. Anderson
Lois M. and Russell A. Anderson
Richard B. Andrade
Matthew G.and Sarah M. Witkin-Andrus
Norman R. Angell
Lawrence M. Annis
Glenn M. and Ingrid A. Antoniszyn
Peter D. and Audrey Arancio
Tracey D. Arnold
Patrick T. Arredondo
Michele L. Auman
Robert C. and Cynthia A. Austin
John W. Axt
Melissa G. and Rudolph C. Bachmann
Nancy E. Baker
Karen Balbier
Fred D. and Robin B. Baldini
Karen A. Baldwin
Susan P. and Michael R. Ballantyne
Dean A. and Kathy A. Balough
Matthew Bangert
Nathanial D. Banton
Stephen J. Barbaccia
James M. Barboza
Anthony G. and Alison I. Baril
Kristen A. Barnes
Carmen R. and Joseph D. Barone
Dale and Michelle Barthel
Scott W. Barton
Jerome S. Baruck
Robert E. Barwick, II
Thomas J. and Wendy C. Bastis
Joseph M. Basuino
Gina M. Batali-Brooks
Bruce and Terri L. Batinich
Scott A. and Teresa L. Battenburg
Jameson R. Battson
James J. and Mary M. Baucher
Bryan C. Baum
Cynthia K. Bayless
Adele E. Beaudreau
Richard P. and Nicole L. Beaumont
Coleen M. and Frank T. Beavers
David G. and Lisa A. Beck
Barbara A. Beeger-Kanner
Kaz Begovich
Debra A. and Mark D. Beisecker
Leona L. and Thomas C. Belcher
Dana F. and Samuel R. Bello
DeAnne M. and Ernest M. Bello
Robert A. and Summer R. Belloni
Kenneth E. Benell
Bardin E. Bengard
David E. and Debra J. Benson
Joseph W. and Susan Benson
Donald A. and Sandra R. Berezin
Jo Ann Berger
Barbara and Bryan Bergsteinsson
Barbara A. Bethel
Dina L. Bettinsoli
Gino A. Bettinsoli
Steven G. and Janet L. Betts
Lori L. and Randy Betz
Rafael E. Beyer
Danny L. and Linda R. Biesel
Charles K. and Imelda C. Birkett
Evan P. Sims and Melissa S. Bishop
Ronald L. and Julie Black
Edward F. and Betsy C. Blalock
Norman H. and Rita Blumstein
Anne T. and Sinclaire W. Blythe
Patricia M. Boaz
David M. and Anne C. Boccignone
Stephen R. Boehm
Blake A. and Gretchen H. Bolton
Enrico P. and Ines Bongio
Jack and Debra Boogard
Connie L. Booth
Robert L. and Keri L. Borda
Norm A. and Angela Borin
Robert Bosschart
Michael D. Bouquet
Thomas E. Bouton
Charles A. and Jeanne Bove
Stacy L. and John D. Bower
Andrew N. Bradley
Jarrett A. Brady
Joseph W. and Deborah K. Brady
Charles Braithwaite
Randall S. Brame
Douglas L. Brantley
Neil E. Bray
Erling A. and Karen M. Breckan
Dawn R. and Matthew S. Brenner
Dixie A. and David Brigantino
John M. and Vicki L. Brigantino
Dominic B. and Jennifer I. Brignetti
Chad J. Brock
Alexander Y. Brodd
Barbara L. and Kevin R. Brooks
Damien P. and Carolyn Brooks
Oliver A. Brouse
Elizabeth C. and Timothy J. Brown
Piper A. and Robert C. Brown
Roderick R. Brown
Patrick R. Clifford and
Therese A. Brunelle
Scott J. and Tracy Bryars
Brian K. and Madeleine U. Bucher
Steve F. and Greta Buckley
Joyce S. and Norman R. Buller
George F. and Kimberley A. Bullman
Michael C. and Rebekah R. Burgess
William F. and Barbara Burkart
Caren E. Burris
Megan F. Burtness
James G. Smith and Yvette K. Burtschell
Scott R. and Ann E. Busch
Jerald N. Busick, Jr.
Michael D. Butala
Byron W. and Amy A. Butler
Richard J.and Christina Orr-Cahall
James W. Cahill
Jack P. and Jeanette L. Calandra
Richard L. and Doris M. Caldwell
Carol C. and Florentino P. Calip
Erin J. Callahan
Michael J. Callahan
Michael A. and Muna F. Calvert
Mark L. Cameron
Al B. and Evelyn Campbell
Jennifer G. Campbell
Stephen J. Campbell
Cathy J. and Jim Canaday
Marisa J. Hurlbut and
Christopher M. Canoles
Michael R. Cappetti
Brian F. and Susan Cardello
Gail B. and Pamela A. Carlson
Janice P. Carr
Al A. and Marianne Carrasco
Jeremy W. and Lisa A. Carrasco
Nancy C. Carrell
Marcus A. and Jamie L. Carson
Jeanine G. Carson-McCreary
Frederick R. and Martha M. Carter
Jennifer A. Carter
Abigail N. and Cory A. Casteel
Edward C. Castle
Elisa C. and Ronald J. Cauchi
Andrew J. Chaffee
Henry K. and Sandra J. Chang
Henry V. and Inell A. Chase
Vilma L. Chau
Andrea S. and Randy L. Chavez
Chich C. and Lee C. Chen
Ryan D. Childers
William L. and Sheri L. Chillingworth
Susan L. and Randall Chritton
Corey and Carissa Chu
Gerard Clancy
David A. and Christina M. Clark
Richard D. Clark
Julie Clarke Servatius
Barbara J. Clarke
Jennifer L. Clarke
William H. and Dannielle R. Clemens
Karen G. and Heath S. Clements
Andrew M. and Elsbeth P. Cloninger
John R. and Diane M. Codding
Anne E. Colbeck
Jeffrey E. and Rosa A. Colby
Kurt A. Common
Matthew G. and Megan E. Condron
James R. Conner
Christopher A. and Sharon D. Connors
Emily C. and Michael A. Considine
Joy E. Cook
Derek M. Cooper
Gary S. and Melissa M. Cooper
Mark A. Cooper
Sean R. and Cindy A. Cooper
Douglas R. Cope
Tony Cordova
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honor roll of donors
Michael A. Costa
Krista L. Couch
Kim A. and Phil E. Couchee
Stephen A. Coutts
Christopher S. Couture
John W. and Linda M. Creech
Katherine A. Cronan
Duane L. and Ann M. Cropsey
Jill A. Crothers
Robert W. and Amy L. Croxall
Lisa D. Cruciotti
Gary E. Cunningham
Susan M. Curran
Joanne and Ross Currie
David A. Curtis
Robert J. Curulla
Anthony T. Custudio
David L. Duncan and
Carol J. Dahlhauser-Duncan
Glenn W. and Pamela F. Daly
Karl M. Darr
Barbara C. and H. J. Datter
Annette M. Davide
Ronald J. Davis
Scott L. Davis
Laura D. and Rick D. Dawley
Susan E. deHaas
Stephanie Y. and Tom DeBruler
Donald L. and Rita M. Decker
Jill C. Deems
Amanda C. and James F. DeFerrari
Sheryl L. Deigert
Ben A. and Suzanne DeJong
Tiffeni R. DeLash
Donald S. and Paula Delay
Robyn T. and Christoper J. Delfino
Patrick M. and Christina M. DeLong
Stephen M. Dennis
Gregory A. and Sylvia M. Desin
James D. and Jennifer B. DeSpenza
Gregory F. and Jean D. Dessel
Liane K. and Jason Detering
Michelle S. Dettelis
Richard E. DeVaney
Jason P. DeVera
Dan Devoy Dickens
Elizabeth D.
Michael K. and Ana R. Difley
Jeffrey T. Dimercurio
Kerry E. and Patrick J. Dolan
Kevin O. Dolan
Debra and Stephen Dombrink
Bryan J. Dornon
Thomas C. and Vicki L. Dorst
Craig R. and Nola L. Dosch
Michael J. and Traci L. Dougherty
Bruce B. and Gari A. Douglass
Ginn W. Downing
Ruth Drandell
Jason J. Dudum
Walter G. and Lisa C. Duflock
Paul B. Dumas
Cynthia L. and Stephen F. Dummit
Donald G. and Susan L. Duquette
Mary C. and William O. Dussell
Thomas M. Dyer
Noa L. Dykstra
Thad E. Eaton
Amy K. and Michael R. Edmondson
Kimberley J. and Tad W. Edwards
John and Lynn Efutich
Scott E. and Suzanne E. Ekman
Kathleen H. and Leon Elwell
Douglas V. and Joan Enns
Thomas G. and Harriet S. Erbes
Barbara J. Erdmann
Scott D. Erickson
Terry W. Erickson
Richard A. Erkelens
Steven A. Ernst
Christopher B. Escher
David J. and Bonnie I. Eskenazi
Rico M. and Lisa Maher Evaristo
Jane L. and Robert L. Ewing
Gustavo and Delores A. Ezcurra
Jonathan R. and Leena M. Faerber
Robert M. Fairchild
Kenneth G. Fall
Theodore A. and Patti C. Fallati
Mark W. and Sheri Y. Farley
Kevin M. and Kim M. Farrell
Melissa C. Feider
Ronald C. and Nancy Felder
Sharon M. and James C. Fereira
Douglas A. Ferguson
William T. and Christine Ferioli
Mark R. and Cara G. Fernandez
Felton Ferrini
William N. and Jennifer J. Field
Gennaro F. and Kathleen J. Filice
Sonia J. Fiorenza
Craig B. Firpo
Jeff L. and Peggy E. Fischer
Barbara M. and Gerald J. Fitch
Barbara L. and Ira E. Fleischer
Tamara A. and Harold D. Fletcher
Adam R. Flood
Laurie H. Flores
Leanne and Rod Flores
Beth Floyd
Steven R. and Jane M. Fly
David C. and Robin L. Foorman
Janet L. Ford
Michael J. Fortino
Brad and Inetha Foster
Steven J. and Mary Kay Z. Frank
Jeffrey H. and Linda S. Fredericks
Debra L. and William Frederickson
Dean L. Fredgant
William P. Fredrickson
Clavery E. Freeman
Shawn G. and David R. Freeman
Jennifer A. and Justin M. Frere
Amy M. and Andrew C. Friedman
Burt E. Fugate
Mark C. Fugate
Edna T. and Goro I. Fujiwara
Judy L. and Jack T. Gabriel
Robin E. and Paul M. Gage
Cary Gaidano
Jose R. and Ligaya R. Galicinao
Christine P. Nolte and Gregory M. Gallant
Lynette A. Garcia
Steven E. Garcia
Jody J. and Kevin C. Gaspar
Mark Gay
Kathryn J. Calafato and Dennis P. Geary
David M. Gentry
Lucianne R. Geroge
Linda C. and Steven J. Giacomi
Judith G. Gibbs
Marianne and Robert L. Gibbs
John C. and Rebecca A. Gilbert
Scott M. Gilderman
Alan Gin
Jackie A. Golden
Cathy P. and Timothy K. Gonzalez
Brandon T. Gooch
Roger T. and Kim L. Good
Martin T. Goppelt
Michael P. Gorski
Robyn S. Gottheiner
Lora E. and Rex A. Goulding
Lance H. and Tracy Goulette
Joshua M. Grace
Edward J. Graham
Ian A. Gray
Stephen L. Gray
James D. and Lois S. Green
Thomas P. Green
Samuel M. Grijalva
Robert G. and Carol Grosse
Jeffrey A. Growney
Jennifer M. Gudeli
Kirk E. and Rae A. Gularte
Mark W. Gustafson
Robert J. and Therese A. Guthrie
William H. Dailey and
Margarita G. Gutierrez-Dailey
Patricia A. and Paul C. Gwizdak
Alesia J. Haas
Laura E. and Jeffrey D. Hacker
John D. Haigh
Lawrence L. and Jennette L. Hall
Curtis C. and June B. Hamblin
Carl F. and Joanne K. Hammer
Jon R. and Sylvia O. Hanes
Matthew D. Hanna
Gregory M. and Donna G. Hannah
Curtis W. and Dana L. Hansen
Jess V. and Joan Hansen
Stephen F. Hansen
Dorothy V. Harden
Marianne O. Harmer
Christopher L. and Tami J. Harmon
Michael J. and Karen L. Harper
John B. and Mary Jo Harrell
James G. and Margery J. Harris
Steven J. Harris
Mary L. and James P. Harvey
Arthur M. Haselkorn
John P. Hatcher
Garrett T. Hayashida
Daniel T. and Samantha G. Healy
Angela M. and Stephen M. Hedberg
Marianne Heinen
Gerald L. and Sherry E. Heinrich
Brian J. and Shiella Hellenga
Tiffany A. Helmich
Brian D. and Nannette G. Henderson
John M. Nocero and Nancy E. Henderson
Breanne L. Hendrickson
Julie E. Henley
Lisa R. Herman
Diane C. and Michael A. Hernandez
Steven B. and Nancy K. Heymann
Robert D. and Kelly R. Hicks
Perri P. and H. John Hightower
Nancy J. Hilker and Jeffrey M. Hilker
Bradley R. Hill
Casie E. and Travis A. Hill
Mark J. Hilleary
Chana K. and Paul K. Hiranaka
A. Barry and Arlene Hirschfelt
Ann and Michael Hix
Janet K. and William E. Hodge
Randy B. and Lynne M. Hoffman
Ronald E. Hoffman
Jason E. Hofman
Robert B. Hogue
Scott M. Hokama
David L. and Brigitte A. Holling
Vincent C. Holloway
Douglas W. and Michelle M. Holmes
Fred C. and Susan A. Holmes
Merrill D. Holmes, II
Michael P. and Bridget Hoover
Carlen D. and Jennifer Hoppe
Susan B. Horn
Cindy L. and William Horner
Veronica Huerta
Edward N. and Elizabeth Hugo
Gary P. and Karen W. Hunt
Bruce D. and Linda L. Hurst
Merri A. Hutchison
William R. and Christina L. Huth
Anh T. Huynh
Patrick L. Ibbs
Donald D. and Janis Idler
Jennifer L. Ignacio
Dan and Becky Inskeep
Robert J. Isaacs
Kevin G. Jackson
Sarah C. and Trevor L. Jackson
William L. Jackson
Carol A. Jacobson
Ronald M. and Tawny M. James
Brian J. and Pamela S. Jemelian
Brian G. and Tamara L. Jenkins
Daniel G. Jenkins
Natalie N. Jenkins
Victor D. and Helen C. Jennings
Andrew J. and Krista L. Jepson
Delfina V. Jimenez
Keith Jobe
Gerry Johnson
Harold F. and Lynn K. Johnson
Kevin and Mary Johnson
Patricia T. and Robert B. Johnson
Randa Johnson
Robyn E. Johnson
Russell H. Johnson
Leslie A. and William T. Johnston
John E. Jones
Bonnie E. and Verner R. Jorgensen
Edward M. Joseph
Jeremy J. Juse
Vikas K. Kabra
Diana B. and Stephen A. Kadash
Popi C. Kaddas
Betsy F. Kais
Barry C. Kane
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honor roll of donors
David T. Kanner
David C. Kapic
Bijan P. Karimi
Chad J. and Julie A. Karsting
Doreen Y. and Matthew G. Kasson
Anita N. Kaufman
Traci M. Kawaguchi
John W. and Diane Keaton
Jennifer L. and Peter Keith
Paige N. and David P. Kenigsberg
Dianne K. and Greg S. Kerr
Vahid Keshtgar and Lynn Metcalf
Brian E. Keyser
Mariam W. Khan
Jeffrey Y. and Lisa H. Kikumoto
Angie L. and Brian D. King
Eric A. King
Regina E. and Jay D. King
Michael D. and Jody M. Kirkpatrick
Jovita D. Klatt
Brandi L. and Gary W. Klintworth
Jennifer M. and Kyle R. Klopfer
Leigh J. Knudson
Deborah M. Koch
Joseph W. and Andrea C. Koch
William J. and Judy L. Konvalinka
Chris P. Koris
Julieta Korper
Kristen M. and Russell D. Kozaki
Heidi I. Krahling
Clifford S. and Stella L. Kramer
Beverly A. Kretz
Douglas E. Kulper
Joseph F. Kusick, Jr.
Bryan T. and Tomoyo Kyle
Jon and Marty L. Lalanne
Mark Lampert
Seona A. and Jeffrey B. Lampman
Kathryn A. and Charles A. Lancaster
Michele T. and Mark H. Landrith
George M. and Charlene K. Lane
Frances J. and Jerry L. Langley
Ann M. and Stephen T. Lanza
Kurt A. Larcher
Andrew A. and Melanie F. Larkin
Alan G. Larsen
Amy C. and Matthew C. Larsen
Suzanne W. Lautze
Dennis D. Law
Lianne G. Law
Shelby A. Lawson
Martha L. and Sam C. Lazarakis
Lorenzo Lazaro
Gordon and Karen D. Lazarus
Michael A. Lea
Alexandra K. League
Todd S. Leavey
Julie C. and Thomas F. Lebens
Michael A. Lederman
Jay C. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Dawn M. Davis and Samuel V. Lee
Kyle Canum Leet
Stephen and Colette Leider
Jeffrey D. Leonard
Addy and Matthew B. Lerner
Rebecca L. Levikow
Kenneth K. and Judith Levine
Donna L. and Kevin D. Lewis
Mark C. and Verna J. Lewis
Thomas M. Lieberenz
Richard C. and Shelley M. Lierly
Tim W. Lile
Mark D. and Mary H. Littlefield
Mark D. Loewenstein
Gabriela Rosales and David J. Lomasney
Derald J. Herinckx and Anita S. Long
Yelena Slutskiy and Boris S. Lontsikh
Richard S. and Donna M. Loraine
Mark D. Losson
Lisa M. Loucks
Victor Louie
Robert S. Love
Dina Gonzalez and Christopher P. Lowe
Dorothy A. Ludington
Douglas J. Thornley and
Susan J. Lundquist
Paula L. Lupatkin
Kenneth J. Lynch
Michael L. Lynch
Patricia A. Lynn
Jean E. Lyons
Fred W. and Rita Ma
Jason A. MacDuff
Michael R. and Monica MacFaden
Frank L. Maciel
Devon R. and Kristi L. MacLeod
Catherine F. Magana
Elwin Magill, Jr.
John T. Magorian
Leon W. and Lida R. Magur
Dennis P. Maher
Jenny Mak
Mina Malek
Jeffrey N. Malkovich
Melinda H. and James J. Mallon
Edward Manash
Harold W. Maneth
Stephanie S. and Thomas E. Marianos
Dean J. and Deborah Marietta
Jennifer O. and Mike Marinchak
Donald R. and Victoria L. Marsh
David J. Marshall
Vanessa A. Martell
Gary V. and J. Dawn Martin
Michael C. Pickett and Sallie A. Martin
Anthony E. and Leslie A. Martindale
Mark V. Martinet
James and Janice Marvin
Amy L. Marzich
James B. Mastin
Christina M. and Evan D. Masyr
Jennifer A. Matson
Christine M. Mattson
Noreen T. and Fredrick Mayfield
Anne B. Mazur
Jennifer L. McIntire
Colleen A. and Michael R. McAntee
Joanie M. and Steve McCarthy
Michael L. McCloskey
Pamela McClure
Ann N. and Stephen W. McCoid
Heather C. and Joseph D. McCollum
Micheal L. and Jeanie G. McCombs
Diana S. McCook
Jacqueline L. McDonald
Angela A. McDonnell
Christina H. and Paul V. McEnroe
Mark J. McEnroe
Daniel P. McEntee
David L. McEntush
James E. Collins and
Dorothea A. McFarland
Barbara J. and Robert M. McGrath
Michael R. McGroarty
Mark P. and Tamara L. McInerney
Catherine L. McKenna
John T. McKenna
Kristina I. McKinlay
Leslie A. McKinley
J. Nick McLaughlin
Debbie W. and John P. McManus
John B. McManus, IV
David F. and Dai T. McPherson
Denise A. and Kevin G. McQuiston
Peter B. McRae
Douglas K. Niizawa and Mary J. McTighe
Charles L. and Mardy N. Meadows
Roham Medifar
Joseph D. and Lori R. Mello
Julia M. Meyers
Katherine A. Middleton
Tad and Patricia A. Miller
Holley M. and Christopher S. Miller
Jody K. and Ben Miller
Linda L. Miller
Melissa B. Miller
William G. Mills
Colleen M. and Damon Mintzer
Rubbee H. Miranda
Ashley N. Mitchell
Michael E. Mitchell
Melvin M. Miyasaki
Laurie K. and Eric R. Moller
Christopher J. and Wendy Moniz
Mary C. and Brian Monroe
Christopher J. Monteilh
Alison E. and Thomas R. Moore
Russell G. Moore
Patricia C. and Richard Mora
Lorie H. Moran
Richard A. and Catharina S. Morefield
Deborah L. and Daniel R. Moreno
Steven D. Morgan
Kelly M. Moriarty
John E. Morley
William A. Moses, Jr.
Sam S. Mosunic Mosunic
Helen K. Mott
Daniel M. Mount
Anthony J. and Jacquelyn G. Moyes
Daniel J. and Olivia Moynihan
Lewis M. Mozzini
John B. and Jennifer A. Muhlner
Rocky J. Munari
Robert G. and Tamara K. Munger
Virginia M. and Robert R. Murach
Jeffrey S. Murdock
Bob J. and Vicki Murphy
Lacy K. Muyrrell
Stanley J. and Maria K. Nakaso
Inocencio R. and Lisa E. Narez
Mandana Nasseri
Jennifer T. and Thomas A. Neale
Gary F. Nelson
Julie A. and Christopher C. Nelson
Mark A. and Susan K. Nelson
John R. Williams and Rebecca M. Nelson
Toni Y. Nelson
Pamela D. and Ronald R. Nepstead
Michael T. and Roselle C. Nerney
Mara R. and Ryan Nicholson
Michael S. Nicholson
Richard A. and Diane C. Nightingale
Maria K. Junge and James R. Nix
Elizabeth A. Nolan
Donald E. Nordensten, Jr.
Elizabeth A. and Nicholas E. Notti
Jean Y. and John Nowa
Tammy A. Nunez
Kenneth R. Nurisso
Kimberly A. Nuss
Kathleen E. and Michael J. O’Connor
Danny C. and Judy A. O’Day
Brian D. O’Neal
Bruce A. Odelberg
Ronald C. and Gloria L. Olivas
Lynn M. and Kenneth D. Olson
Jane S. Orr
Joan C. Orr
Elysa Rosenfeld-Ortiz and
Charles P. Ortiz
Jeannee L. Ow
Jim and Alison Pangburn
Maryruth G. Park
Sherri Y. and David S. Parkins
Kenneth M. Walker and
Frances M. Parrish
Rebecca L. Partridge
Douglas A. Paul
Amy L. and Sean A. Payne
Charles A. and Kathryn L. Pearson
Nancy E. PeBenito
Gary and Rosalee Pechersky
Julie K. and Larry C. Peha
Joan O. and Steven G. Perdue
Celina T. Perez
Santiago Perez
Nancy A. Perkins
Lauren L. Perley
Laura J. and Mitchell W. Perry
Robert J. and Sheri R. Perry
David N. and Karen S. Pessin
Susan M. Peters
John M. and Malissa A. Petrov
Garald F. Pettersen
Jaime A. Petty
Lisa G. and Scott D. Phelan
Mary K. Pierce
Kimberly M. Pilger
William P. Platz
Gregory R. Plumlee
Jenna M. Pobor
John B. and Mary A. Poe
Philip E. Poindexter
Jeanne Pollock
Steven C. and Karen T. Popp
Albert V. and Anna M. Posner
Gregory L. Potter
Darla J. and Stephen W. Powell
Samuel R. Prada
Kathleen A. and Thomas Prager
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honor roll of donors
Bill A. Price
Robert P. and Kelli Primavera
Joseph B. Prochot
Blair S. and Jane M. Pruett
Michael J. and Cristina S. Pugh
Carol A. and Stephen H. Pulford
Thomas M. and Sandra Pulido
Andrea D. and Christopher E. Pulver
Jeffrey N. Punches
Alexis H. Purcell
Carole A. and John D. Purdie
Debra J. Pursell
Ryan P. Quinnan
Kelli M. Rader
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Kurt R. and Veronica P. Raffetto
Steven R. Rahe
Cyrus A. Ramezani
Christina R. Ramirez
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Bejhan P. and Gail E. Razi
Michele A. and John A. Rediger
Brian W. and Karen A. Reed
Gerald S. and Kim A. Reed
Robin M. and David Reese
David M. and Jodie Reff
Joy D. and Silvio Reggiardo
Scott A. Rehner
Jane K. and Mark Reilly
David A. and Michelle R. Remillard
Gisele C. and Stephen W. Rhodes
Henry W. Rible, III
Tim A. Ridout
Margaret L. Riegel
Matthew J. Rink
Jason O. Rissanen
Christina M. Risse
Ronald L. Ritter
Matthew J. and Terry J. Roberts
Kati M. Robertson
Alan S. and Paula B. Robitaille
Daryl and Carol A. Rockholt
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David A. Rogrs
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Michael D. Besket and
Jodi M. Romano-Besket
Mike and Teresa M. Rombach
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Ethan T. Rose
Arlene R. and Gordon P. Rosete
Sharon A. and Stephen E. Rowenhorst
Rony D. Ruano, Jr.
Marsden L. Rudd
Leslie O. Rugh
Edmund J. Ryan
Harris F. Ryan
Sanny N. Ryan
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Dimitria I. Sakelarios
Michelle K. and Robert J. Salem
Herb E. Salinger
Bryan E. Salway
Gary S. and Rina Salzer
Janie H. and James Samuel
Charles W. and Julie A. Sanders
Karl R. and Susan L. Sanders
Hali M. Sandschulte
David F. and Lesa R. Sanino
Richard B. and Maria T. Sarabia
Robert W. Sator
Ray S. Saturnino
Marissa J. Sawyer
Mary Anne Scaglione
Michelle F. and Uwe Schaefer
Benjamin D. Schein
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Kurt C. Schroeder
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Richard J. Schuyler, Jr.
Charles H. and Nancy M. Schwager
Kristin A. Schwartz
Eric J. and Traci L. Schwefler
Thomas B. See
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David and Julie A. Servatius
Elizabeth B. Servatius
Greg and Patricia Servatius
Joan M. Servatius
John J. Servatius
John K. and Teri R. Shaffer
George M. Shaheen
Nasir M. Shakouri
James A. Shammas
Limor Shapira
Tarrik Shawa
Jared N. Shawlee
Charles W. and Brenda Shearon
Brenda S. and Don W. Shelley
Elizabeth A. Sheppard
Jui-Te and Zou-Shan Shih
Armen R. Shirinyan
Donald D. Shrum Siefkin
William C. and Deborah O.
Alexandre L. Siegel
Ronald E. Silva
Tyler R. Simmons
David J. Simon
Kelly M. Simoni
Savina M. and William M. Skeehan
David E. Skovgard
Marion N. Slater
Erik C. and Camille Slayter
Anna K. Smith
Bruce A. and Margie J. Smith
Byron F. Smith
Henry C. and Judith W. Smither
Stuart A. Snyder
Gary R. and Jane K. Sobczak
Michael A. and Susana C. Sollazzo
Randall D. Sommer
Jennifer M. and Scott S. Sorenson
Susan K. Speedy-Humphreville
Lindsay M. Spencer
Russell D. and Lorraine A. Spitz
Deborah A. Spooner
Jay R. and Jeanne M. Spowart
Christopher M. and Jamie Staskus
Michael J. Stastny
Carol Stathopoulos
Lori L. Stauffer
Steven D. Stecher
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Derek D. and Erin M. Steiner
Richard D. Stilleke
Edward R. Stimmel
Bruce F. and Sharon L. Stokes
Lawrence G. Stone
Georgan L. Stottlemyre
Gail J. and John A. Stratton
Chris A. Strickfaden
Robert A. and Nancy E. Stump
John K. and Leslie A. Stumpf
Steven M. and Denise K. Styerwalt
Jack E. Suite
Megan A. Summers
Marianne and Patrick J. Sunseri
Kevin J. and Wendy A. Surber
Karen Quick-Suryan and
Steven J. Suryan
Theresa M. and Richard Surynt
Michael V. and Judith E. Swanson
Cynthia L. and Matthew C. Swinnerton
Everett J. and Jean M. Sylwanowicz
Julie K. and Terry A. Taira
Carol Z. Talbot
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Jane A. Van Dyke
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Cynthia D. and James D. VanHorne
Mark T. Vanoni
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Alexia Victor
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Frank and Tiffany R. Vigario
Jack Vincent
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Katherine M. and Bradley J. Vogt
Sandra D. Vu
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Angela B. and James P. Wagoner
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Linda M. Walker
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Dean and Karen Wang
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Cameron and Mary B. Weaver
Ian A. and Louise K. Webb
Dongchuan Wei
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Marcus H. Wilkins
Mark S. Williams
Scott A. Williams
Trina E. Williams
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Linda L. Hanson-Wimp and
Richard W. Wimp
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Maynard S. and Roxy Woodard
Gerald Woodcock
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Eugene R. Wyllie
Michelle K. Yamaguchi
Donald K. and Linda Yamakawa
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Valerie L. Young
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ORFALEA BUSINESS ❚ COLLEGE & ALUMNI MAGAZINE ❚ 43

Orfalea College of Business Directory
Dean: Dave Christy, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs: Brian Tietje, Ph. D.
Associate Dean, Graduate Programs & Faculty Development: Chris Carr, J.D.
Administrative Analyst/Specialists: Dolores Flores, Karel Floyd
Director of Advancement: Pamela McClure, CFRE
Director of College & Alumni Relations: Leslie McKinley, CFRE
Administrative Support Coordinator - Advancement & Alumni Relations: Tamara Vassey
Dean’s Office: 805.756.2705
Faculty Areas
Accounting
Chair: Doug Cerf, Ph.D. ................................................................................................805.756.2871
Director, MSA/Tax: Eddy Quijano, J.D. ........................................................................805.756.1369
Administrative Assistant: Norinne Morris ......................................................................805.756.1543
Economics
Chair: Steve Hamilton, Ph.D. ........................................................................................805.756.2555
Administrative Assistant: Sheila Smith ......................................................................... 805.756.2783
Finance
Chair: Cyrus Ramezani, Ph.D. ......................................................................................805.756.1168
Administrative Assistant: Sheila Smith ......................................................................... 805.756.1472
Industrial Technology
Chair: Lou Tornatzky, Ph.D. ..........................................................................................805.756.2680
Administrative Assistant: Sandy Edar ...........................................................................805.756.2676
Management
Chair: Rami Shani, Ph.D. ..............................................................................................805.756.1756
Administrative Assistant: Sandy Edar ...........................................................................805.756.2012
Marketing
Chair: Lynn Metcalf, Ph.D. ............................................................................................805.756.2010
Administrative Assistant: Norinne Morris ......................................................................805.756.1543
Graduate Program Offices
Director: Chris Carr, J.D. ...............................................................................................805.756.2657
Assistant Director: Victoria Walls .................................................................................. 805.756.2637
Administrative Assistant: Paige Wells .......................................................................... 805.756.2708
Teaching and Learning Support Services
Media Presentation Specialist: Stephen Hughes .........................................................805.756.2983
Instructional Design: Teresa Cameron .........................................................................805.756.1605
Assessment Program Assistant: Mark Grimes .............................................................805.756.1768
Administrative Services
Supervisor: Jeannie Souza ...........................................................................................805.756.2048
College Computer Services
Director: Richard Asplund .............................................................................................805.756.6740
System Administrator: Joe Emenaker ..........................................................................805.756.5129
Lab Supervisor: Maria Rorabough ................................................................................805.756.2688
Advising Services
Director: Kris McKinlay .................................................................................................. 805.756.2601
Advisor: Charity Romano .............................................................................................. 805.756.2601
Industry Liaison/Advisor: Amy Swanson ......................................................................805.756.2601
General Information
College information: ......................................................................................................805.756.2704
Web site: ............................................................................................................www.cob.calpoly.edu
Fax: ................................................................................................................................ 805.756.5452
Editor: Leslie McKinley ❚ Photography: Bob Anderson, Tony Hertz, Stephen Hughes, Leslie McKinley
This publication is not printed at state expense.
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advisory councils
Dean’s Advisory Council
Rush N. Hill, II - Chair
(Business Administration ’69, CAED ’69)
Chairman - Hill Partnership Inc., Architects
Kara W. Blakeslee (Marketing ’87)
General securities principal -
Blakeslee & Blakeslee
William L. Chillingworth
(Business Administration ’78)
President/CEO - Circle C Enterprises
Lori deMatteis
(Business Administration ’85)
Assistant vice president -
Satyam Computer Services, Ltd.
Thomas S. deRegt
(Business Administration ’80)
Partner - New Cities Development Group
Walter G. Duflock (Accounting ’89)
Consultant
Robert W. Ehlers (Marketing ’85)
President - Hautespot Networks
Donald R. Fischbach
(Business Administration)
Attorney - Baker Manock & Jensen
Rik Floyd (Economics ’79)
Associate vice president, investment properties -
Colliers International
Stephen J. Giusto (Accounting ’85)
Executive vice president, CEO -
Korn/Ferry International, Inc.
Fred T. Honoré (Business Administration ’63)
Owner/partner - H&H Properties
David V. Kinney (Accounting ’85)
Partner - Madison Street Partners
Steve Kitson (Accounting ’74)
Partner - PricewaterhouseCoopers
Stephen Leider (Business Administration ’77)
Owner/founding partner -
Leider Hayes Commercial Real Estate
B. Quentin Lilly (Business Administration ’83)
President, Home Entertainment Services -
Technicolor, Inc.
Darran S. Littlefield
(Business Administration ’85)
Partner - Point B Solutions Group
Marc Loupé (Accounting ’76)
Senior vice president, Finance - XOJet, Inc.
Mike Mantle (Business Administration ’79)
Executive vice president/CEO -
One Economy Corporation
Richard Nightingale (Accounting ’71)
Partner - Damitz Brooks Nightingale
Turner Morrisset, Certified Public
Accountants & Consultants
Peter M. Oser (Business Administration ’79)
President - Anixter & Oser
Gregory A. Rodrigues
(Business Administration ’84)
Owner - Western Land Financial LLC
Horacio Saavedra
Senior business manager, Program Planning -
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Martin J. Skrip
Federal tax partner - KPMG LLP
Bruce A. Smith (Marketing ’79)
Western Division vice president -
Vision Service Plan
Joanne M. Smith
(Business Administration ’82)
Senior vice president, In-Flight Service & Global
Produce Development - Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Linda M. Walker
(Human Resources Management ’77)
VP/Human Resources - Parker Aerospace,
Parker Hannifin Corporation (retired)
Dean’s San Luis Obispo Community Advisory Council
The Orfalea College of Business
values the assistance and support of
business, community and civic leaders
through their involvement with the
Dean’s Community Advisory Council.
We wish to extend our gratitude to
the following individuals for their
commitment of time, assistance, and
dedication to the Orfalea College and
our students.
Diane Brocato
Senior vice president - Blakeslee & Blakeslee
Lee Ferrero
President/CEO - Private Industry Council of
San Luis Obispo County
Dave Garth
President/CEO - San Luis Obispo
Chamber of Commerce
Brad Hair (Accounting ’78)
Director - Glenn Burdette Phillips & Bryson
Mike Manchak
President/CEO - Economic Vitality Corp.
of San Luis Obispo County
Marco Rizzo
(Economics ’88/MBA ’95)
Owner - Café Roma
Anita Robinson
President/CEO - Mission Community Bank
Bob Silva
(Business Administration ’68)
Chief Financial Officer - Specialty Construction
Chip Visci
president/publisher - The Tribune
Kristen Yetter
(Business Administration ’81)
General manager - Promega Biosciences, Inc.
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advisory boards
Accounting Advisory Board
Mark Lynch - Chair
Manager - Chevron Corporation
Tom Brooks (Accounting ’74)
Partner - Damitz Brooks
Nightingale Turner Morrisset
Mike Byrd (Accounting ’82) -
(retired)
Patti Capell
Frank Rimerman & Co., LLP
Al Carrasco
Area director of human
resources - Ernst & Young
Kenneth S. Caveney
(Accounting ’89)
Director of finance -
San Jose Sharks
Thomas Condon
(Accounting ’83)
Vice president/treasurer -
The Capital Group
Companies, Inc.
Lance Cowart (Finance ’90)
Director - Glenn, Burdette,
Phillips & Bryson
George Famalett
(Accounting ’86)
Partner -PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mark Fernandez
(Accounting ’94)
Ernst & Young
Ron Gong
Director - Harris-myCFO
James Hughes
(Accounting ’00)
Grant Thornton
David Kanner
(Accounting ’76)
Partner/owner -
Seiler & Company LLP
Mandy Leastman
(Accounting ’95)
Executive vice president/
chief financial officer -
Founders Community Bank
Wayne Longcrier
Partner - Barbich, Longcrier,
Hooper & King
Ron Lopes (Accounting ’88)
Senior accountant -
KPMG LLP
Stephen Moore
(Accounting ’98)
Vice president - Western
Division - Comerica Bank
Mike Mueller
Recruiting manager -
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Cecil Robbins
Partner - Hayashi & Wayland
Jeff Sokol (Accounting ’94)
Partner -
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Industrial Technology Advisory Board
Blair Pruett - Chair
(Industrial Technology ’79)
Chief estimator, Structural Steel
Division - Global Fabricators, Inc.
Mark H. Alexander, Jr..
(Industrial Technology ’71)
Consultant
Barry Banducci (CENG ’60)
(retired)
Michael Bickel
(IT’95, MSI&TS ’02), President -
Rantec Power Systems Inc.
Michael Butala
(Industrial Technology ’78)
President/CEO - CAL Lighting
Greg Campbell
Area senior VP -
Arthur J. Gallagher Risk
Management Services, Inc.
Christopher Connors
(MBA ’75)
General manager -
WILKINS-A Zurn Company
Stuart Crosby
(IT ’96, MSI&TS ’03)
Staff program manager -
Qualcomm
Tracy A. Edwards (Accounting ’79)
CFO - CaseStack
Gary Ervin
Sector vice president -
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Forrest Fleming
(Industrial Technology ’78)
CEO - True Vision Systems, Inc.
Rodney Greenelsh
COO - California Fine
Wire Company
Ellen Kovarik
(Industrial Technology ’94)
Senior engineer -
TJ Cross Engineers, Inc.
Eric p. Linkugel
(Industrial Technology ’01,
MS&TS ’02)
Manager - Los Padres Division
service & sales - Pacific Gas
& Electric Co.
Joan Passovoy
(Industrial Technology ’76)
Senior manager of board
operations - Applied Micro
Circuits Corp
Steven Ricklefs
Director, operations
engineering - Pratt &
Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc.
Steve Shiromizu
(Industrial Technology ’78)
Technical associate supervisor -
Lawrence Livermore Labs
Thomas Spengler
(Industrial Technology ’98)
Chief Executive Officer - Granicus
John Turner
(retired)
Ken Ueltzen
(Industrial Technology ’83)
VP of supply chain services -
Comtek Computer Systems
Peter Brown - Chair
(Industrial Technology ’91)
Vice president -
Lansmont Corporation
William Archibald - (retired)
Bill Armstrong
Technical development manager -
Sealed Air Corporation
Kerry Azelton
(Industrial Technology ’90)
Senior packaging engineer -
Logitech
Cindy Baker
Vice president - Scope Packaging
Scott Cernosek
President/owner -
Primary Package, Inc.
Edward Church
Executive director - International
Safe Transit Association
Sean Gallagher
(Industrial Technology ’03)
Account manager - Owens Illinois
Bob Mallon
President - RGM Associates
James Murphy
Account manager - Lavel Solutions
Group - Altivity Packaging
Packaging Advisory Board
Tony Palandrani
(Industrial Technology ’98)
Sales engineer -
Garvey Corporation
Ryan Parsons
(Industrial Technology ’89)
Reg. business development
manager - SIEMENS
Energy & Automation
Paul Russell
Senior global packaging manager -
Applied Biosystems Group
Rob Salinas
(Industrial Technology ’85)
Director of Packaging Operations -
Morning Star Company
Greg Tucker
President/CEO - Bay Cities
Container Corporation
HONORARY MEMBERS:
Herb Schueneman
Director - San Jose State
University Packaging Program
Paul Singh
Director, Michigan State University
Packaging Program
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