Philanthropic Foundation Names Newest Board Members
Varied Backgrounds and Experience Provide New Perspectives
Business leaders Greg Bunch, Paul Folino, Debra Luther, Henry Mendoza and Steven G. Mihaylo have been elected to the Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation Board of Governors. Curtis Schlaufman, representing CSUF students as president of Associated Students Inc., also now serves on the board.
The mission of the foundation is to actively promote, pursue and steward private support for the advancement of Cal State Fullerton. It is responsible for the acceptance, receipting, processing and account management of philanthropic gifts to the university.
Upland resident Bunch, vice president, West Coast distribution for Ovation TV, was a four-year starter for the CSUF Titan basketball team during the 1970s. He led the team to victory in the Titan’s first conference championship in 1975-76. He played for one season in the NBA with the New York Knicks. In addition to the foundation board, Greg also serves on the university’s Titan Athletics Club Board of Directors.
Folino of Coto de Caza, president and CEO of Emulex Corp., began his career in sales at the Xerox Corp. Today, Emulex is the No. 1 worldwide market share leader in fibre channel host bus adapters (an adapter that connects a computer to other network or storage devices). He has served on the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics Dean’s Advisory Council, as well as on the boards of a number of other nonprofit institutions. Folino has the distinction of being the only Cal State Fullerton donor with a street on campus named after him.
Luther of Buford, Ga., is president of the largest franchise for Taco Bell Corp. in Atlanta. She and her partner, through their business, Exceptional Restaurant Co., own and oversee 28 Taco Bell, KFC, Long John Silver and Pizza Hut Express restaurants and employ about 700 people. ERC is among the 25 largest woman-owned companies in Atlanta. A Cal State Fullerton graduate, Luther (B.A. business administration – accounting ’80) chairs Taco Bell’s Committee for Community Development, which has raised money for local Boys & Girls Clubs.
Greg Bunch
Paul Folino
Debra Luther
San Clemente resident and Cal State Fullerton graduate Mendoza (B.A. business administration-accounting ’81) is the managing partner of Mendoza Berger & Co. In addition to managing the firm, he is responsible for overseeing its auditing and accounting services. With more than 19 years in public accounting, Mendoza deals with both large and small corporations and is experienced in reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission. He also gives of his time to a number of not-for-profit and government programs and is former chair of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce.
Mihaylo of Reno is the retired chairman and CEO of Inter-Tel Inc. Mihaylo founded the Phoenix-based company in 1969 — the year he graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He guided the company’s evolution from providing business telephone systems to offering complete managed services and software to enable businesses to facilitate communication, and increase customer satisfaction and productivity.
In January, Mihaylo presented the university’s College of Business and Economics with a $30 million gift. His generosity was recognized by the California State University Board of Trustees, which approved naming the college the Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics. His $30 million gift wasn’t the first to his alma mater. In 2004, Mihaylo donated $4.5 million to the college. His name also graces the campus’s new Steven G. Mihaylo Hall, which opened for classes this month with the start of the fall semester.
Diamond Bar resident Schlaufman, president of Cal State Fullerton’s Associated Students Inc., represents the student body on the foundation board. A political science major, Schlaufman has served in numerous roles in student government. Upon graduation, he hopes to attend law or graduate school.
Henry Mendoza
Steve Mihaylo
Curtis Schlaufman
This year’s foundation board officers are: Chair Annette Feliciani (B.A. business administration-finance ’80), president, AEF Systems Consulting Inc.; Vice Chair and Immediate Past Chair Leonard Dreyer (B.A. business administration ’72), retired chairman and CEO of Marie Callender Pie Shops Inc.; Vice Chair Margaret M. McCarthy (B.A. political science-public administration ’84), partner, Paradigm Ventures; Treasurer Katherine Fay Allred (B.A. business administration-management ’83), philanthropist; Secretary Jose Lara (B.A. business administration-management ’02), senior vice president of planning and development for SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union; and Executive Director Pamela Hillman, CSUF vice president for university advancement.
In addition to the six new members, this year’s board of governors includes: Wylie Aitken, founding partner of Aitken, Aitken, Cohn; Dan Black (B.A. physics ’67), chairman of ProThera Inc.; Marilyn Brewer, former member of the state Assembly; Milton A. Gordon, president of Cal State Fullerton; Julianne Greiner Weiser (B.A. business administration-management ’75), chairman and CEO of Macy’s Florida; D. Edward Hays (B.A. business administration-finance ’89), attorney-at-law, Rus, Miliband & Smith; Jerry Johnston (B.A. business administration ’71), retired chairman and CEO, Clorox Co.; Richard Muth, president, ORCO Block; Gregory Nelson (B.A. English ’74), director of commercial lines and risk management, Western Growers Association; Frank J. Quevedo, vice president, equal opportunity, Edison International; Kerri Ruppert (B.A. business administration-accounting ’82), senior vice president and chief financial officer of Children’s Hospital of Orange County; Christopher Schmidt (B.A. business administration-accounting ’81), president and CEO of Moss Adams LLP; Douglas Simao, president and CEO of Narratus Inc.; and Jim Volz, CSUF professor of theatre and dance.
Governors emeritus include: R. James Considine Jr., president and CEO of Ryder, Stilwell Inc.; Jerry Goodwin, retired owner of Goodwin Honda; Rudy Hanley, president and CEO of SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union; and Stephen Knott, retired general partner of Knott’s Berry Farm.
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