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contributions(‘A father’s inspiration’ … continued)Audra Wisetial scholarship. He soon told his youngdaughter that he thought the scholarshipwas the best deal in town. Today,she is his legacy of inspiration. In June2005, Audra graduated from Cal StateSan Bernardino with honors and a degreein biochemistry and by August shehad started her first year at Loma LindaUniversity’s School of Medicine. She isthe first in her family to attend medicalschool, and is CSUSB’s first PAES graduate,finishing her bachelor’s degree inthree short years. ●Keeping it localWith a long history of working withnonprofit organizations, Bonnie O’Connoris the new director of development in theCollege of Business and Public Administrationat Cal State San Bernardino, whileRichard Jarvis has taken over the sameduties for the university’s College of Artsand Letters, and Stephanie White as thechief fundraiser for corporate and foundationrelations.O’Connor, who was born in Riversideand raised in Fontana, has served in thenonprofit sector for the past 16 years.Most recently, she was a consultant fornonprofit organizations under her ownO’Connor Consulting Services.Named the 2003 Executive of the Year bythe Community Foundation of Riversideand San Bernardino counties, O’Connoralso was the 1999 outstanding graduatestudent for CSUSB’s College of Businessand Public Administration. She receivedher master’s in public administration fromCSUSB, her bachelor’s degree in businessand management from the University ofBonnie O’ConnorRichard JarvisRedlands and a certificate in non-profitmanagement from the University of California,Riverside.Richard Jarvis earned his B.A. in educationadministration from Vanguard University.His work before arriving at CSUSBwas as executive director for the First 5 ofChildren and Families Commission in SanBernardino. He’s also worked as developmentdirector for the biomedical sciencesdivision at UCR and for the AmericanHeart Association. He also served as assistantprincipal and a teacher at CalvaryChapel Christian School in RedlandsStephanie White has moved from herpost as development officer for CSUSB’sCollege of Social and Behavioral Sciences.Now, instead of focusing on one collegeor division, she concentrates on constituencygroups – corporations and privatefoundations. Her main focuses right now,she adds, are the Presidential AcademicExcellence Scholarships and the Collegeof Education Campaign. ●Stephanie White22 | summer 2008