The SF State Foundation is governed by a board of directors who work closely with the University to reach out to alumni, friends, and businesses in the community to build commitment and funding for San Francisco State University. The Foundation directly manages the University's endowment by determining acceptable risks in the portfolio, maximizing investment returns, minimizing investment expenses and improving endowment reporting and stewardship. The Foundation is incorporated as a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Board Officers
Jeff Jackanicz
President, SF State Foundation
Vice President, University Advancement
Mary Huss
Chair
Former president and publisher, Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times
Donald “Don” Endo
Vice Chair
Former Managing Director, BDO USA, LLP
Neda Nobari
('84) Immediate Past Chair
Founder and President, MOZAIK Foundation
Venesia Thompson-Ramsay
Secretary/Treasurer, SF State Foundation
Associate Vice President, University Advancement
Board Directors
Vincent R. Anicetti ('77, '87)
Sr. VP at Coherus Biosciences
Cynthia Bengier ('78)
President, The Bengier Foundation
Kimberly Brandon ('84)
SVP, Morgan Stanley (Retired)
Leona M. Bridges ('79)
Commissioner, SFERS
Amy Chan
Legal Consultant, Attorney
Dana Corvin (’73)
Community leader
Greg Cosko
CEO, Hathaway Dinwiddie
John Gumas (’84)
President, Gumas Advertising
Tina Herrera
CMO, Sharper Granite
Teri L. Jackson
1st District Court of Appeal, Justice
Gulshan Kumar ('16)
Partner & Vice President, PATH
Fred Levin
Philanthropist
Delroy Lindo (’04)
Actor
Judy Marcus ('62)
Philanthropist
Debra Plousha Moore (B.A., '75)
Principal, Plousha Moore Group
Don Nasser ('63)
President, Bay Properties, Inc. (Ret.)
Dan Neumann ('82)
Neumann Capital Management
Okorie Ramsey ('92)
VP of Sarbanes/Oxley (SOX) at Kaiser
Marsha Rosenbaum ('72)
Director, Drug Policy Alliance (Ret.)
Karim Salgado ('00)
Owner, Carmelina’s Taqueria
Patricia (Patty) Y. Siguenza ('87)
VP at Genentech
Coraetta Smith
Senior Director, Office of the CIO, Zendesk
Russ Stanley ('88)
Managing VP, SF Giants
Chris Wachira ('06, '11)
CEO, Wachira Wines
Lisa White ('84)
Director of Education, Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley
Jim Wunderman ('84)
President & CEO, Bay Area Council
San Francisco State Representatives
Lynn Mahoney
SF State, President
Amy Sueyoshi
Provost, VP for Academic Affairs
Jeff Wilson
VP, Administration and Finance
Sheldon Gen
Faculty Representative
Iese Esera
Student Representative
Brandon Foley
Student Representative
Directors Emeriti
Lee Blitch
Community Leader
Willie L. Brown Jr. (’55)
Former San Francisco Mayor
Professor Emeritus Philip King
Retired Professor & former vb
Philanthropist
Don W. Scoble (’61,’71)
Community Leader
Camilla Smith
Community leader