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Measuring SuccessThe College of business (CbA) measures its success in various ways, starting with the most visible —its alumni.

In this issue of Business Futures, you will read some of those success stories. The first woman to graduate from our College is still using her business skills to support her community as a volunteer fundraiser;

one of our most recent female graduates earned the University’s President’s Award with her outstanding g.P.A. and extracurricular enterprises. Two of our alumni have made names for themselves in the competitive industry of wine-making. Another alumnus is recognized as a moving force behind alternative fueled vehicles, while a family of Sac State alumni has taken their moving business to a category of its own. All are powerful testaments to the CbA’s success in its goal to fully prepare graduates to support and better their communities through their own personal achievements.

Of course, the CbA also measures success with an objective eye. Its most recent Annual Report notes a 10 percent increase in enrollment in the MbA program. The on-going success of the MbA for Executives program is reflected in the graduation of two cohorts and the establishment of four new cohorts. An innovative International MbA (IMbA) is also well under way with sponsors signed up in Singapore.

we have added five new tenure-track faculty members to the existing framework of talented CbA educators. The college’s initiatives have also received strong support through corporate and individual giving with close to $202,363 in donations added to the $55,025 of revenue from the Spring Awards banquet. we will be awarding in excess of $100,000 in scholarships for the 2007–2008 academic year, and have programs being actively pursued to improve student retention, assist student advising, track graduate placements, and determine curricular needs to respond to market demands.

In short, the College of business is working with care and forethought to keep pace with future development while staying on target to reach its goals and fulfill its mission. I am happy to be able to share these measures of success with you, and invite you to support our endeavor however, and whenever, possible.

warm Regards,

Sanjay Varshney, dean College of Business Administration

Sanjay B. Varshney

Message from the Dean

Mission

The College of Business Administration at California State University, Sacramento is the Capital region’s educational institution of diversity that provides a strong foundation in business knowledge, skills, and values through collaboration among faculty, staff, and students in order to enrich their respective communities.

Vision

To be among the top business schools and destination colleges in the CSU system.

Dean

Sanjay Varshney

assoCiaTe Dean for faCulTySuzanne Ogilby

assoCiaTe Dean for unDergraDuaTe prograMs

Russell Ching

inTeriM assoCiaTe Dean for graDuaTe & exTernal

prograMsChiang Wang

College of Business aDMinisTraTion aDVisory CounCil

ChairDennis A. Gardemeyer

Chair EmeritusTom Weborg

Business Futures is published in the fall and spring of each academic year. The editorial office is in the College of Business Administration, Tahoe Hall 1010, Sacramento, CA 95819-6088. To contact the editorial office, send e-mail to: [email protected]

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On the COver: Jack Higdon, father of Dave and Chris Higdon of California Moving Systems (photo by Sam Parsons)


2 Message from the Dean

3 EMBA Graduating Class

4 Cover Story: California Moving Systems: Family Style

6 Alumnus Marc Mondavi: Blending Technology with Tradition

7 Alumnus Alan Sullivan: Roll out the barrels

8 Ed Huestis: Alumnus helps clear the air

9 Guest Lecturers from HP: Voices of Experience

10 New Faculty

11 Faculty Research: Managing Global Tax Risk

12 Student News » Top Scholars earn national award » SEA Showcase » Investing in the future

14 CBAC

18 Alumni Notes

19 Staff News

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ContentsEMBA Graduating class (Intel #1 Cohort)

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Congratulations to our second

John Patrick AvilaAdvanced Wireless Communications

Tiqula Bledsoe CA State Conference of the NAACP

Adrian Bogdan Intel

Raminder BolaCA Dept. of Transportation

Barbara BreckenridgeCPS Human Resource Services

Paula BrentsBlue Shield of California

Mitzi CaycedoIntel

Phetsamone ChanthalangsyAerojet

Kimberlee ChatignyBlood Source

Kevin ConlonIntel

David EadieCommunity College League of CA

Jennifer FarrAmerican Cancer Society

Gregory FinnBank of America

Sonya FoxCentral Valley Training Center, Inc.

Karna GockeUC Davis Medical Center

William Greydanus II CA Dept. of Transportation

Travis HagenCollet Construction Company

Erik HammerIntel

Steve HolvickIntel

Michael IrwinGenentech, Inc.

Robert JohnsonIntel

Aqeem KabirIntel

Ronald KamplingMercy General Hospital

Hafeez MohammadIntel

Meer NazirIntel

Lucinda ParkerRaleys

Jason RossIntel

Paramvir SahotaCA Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation

Ras SiddiquiJSI Microelectronics Inc.

Jill Simonsen-NoveloFirst Franklin Financial

Irwinder SinghIntel

Aaron Glenn SmithInvestors Bank & Trust

Michael SmithIntel

Nehemiah StoneHeschong Mahone Group, Inc.

Ana-Lisa ViescaCramer & Associates

Mark ZukowskiCisco Systems, Inc.


California Moving Systems (CMS) is a family business, whose business it has been for forty years to treat their customers as if they were family, too. The company’s philosophy reflects their success: “Exceeding our customers’ expectations is always our goal.”

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The moving company was started in 1967 by Jack Higdon and gerry Cryderman (who sold his part of

the business to the Higdons 10 years ago). Coming from a family of accountants, Higdon had graduated from Sac State in 1952 with his b.S. in accounting, but fate stepped in with a moving business for sale.

Jack’s sons Chris and Dave Higdon grew up with the company, cleaning offices and sweeping floors until they were old enough to work with the moving crews, and then experienced enough to work in management. Chris followed his father’s example, getting his business degree at Sac State in 1985.

The company has grown to employ 75 people, utilizing over 65 pieces of heavy moving equip-ment and huge storage facilities. Chris gives some background: “dad and gerry laid the groundwork for an ever-evolving business. They started with moving military families. but, in the late 60’s, they diversified, adding the delivery and removal of Xerox machines, computers and

x-ray equipment, as well as doing office and industrial moving. In the 70’s, they got away from moving military, and into commercial and national accounts. Now we’ve come full circle and are doing military family moves again.”

diversification has kept the Higdons flexible. One growing service is CMS Record Storage. despite the capabilities of computer hard drives, paper records still must be kept, and most companies find it more economical to store those records with professionals.

Another busy growth area is the At Your door Self Store, in which residential or commercial customers can pack portable storage bins at their locations to be stored until a future deliv-ery date. CMS also provides storage and instal-lation services for hotel chains and hospitals.

Says dave: “80 percent of our competitors’ business is strictly residential. Instead, we offer a wide range of services.” Part of that range includes being a stockholder agent of Atlas Van Lines, Inc. which enables CMS to service

long distance moves in the U.S. and Canada. “when we sell a move—anywhere—we handle it personally, all the way through,” says Chris.

Their commit-ment to the personal touch has extended to their alma mater. both Jack and Chris are members of the Sac-ramento State President’s Circle. Jack was also recognized by the Alumni Association with a distinguished Service Award last year, while Chris serves on the board of directors for the Alumni Association and on the CbA Advisory Council. dave refers to himself as a “friend of the campus” in his support and commitment to education. dave’s son Justin graduated last year with his b.S. in Mechanical Engineering. The Hidgons proudly note that eleven of their immediate family members are graduates of Sacramento State. In fact, Chris met his wife Maria in a finance class. She graduated with him in 1985. n

Referrals or repeat customers make up 70-80% of California Moving System’s business.

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Founded in 1861 by Charles Krug , the winery has helped shape the devel-opment of Napa Valley into a world-renowned wine region. Purchased in 1943 by Italian immigrants Cesare and Rosa Mondavi, the winery was taken into the new century by the couple and their sons, Robert and Peter.

Marc Mondavi, Peter’s son, reminisces that he held his first official winery position at age ten. Today, Marc is Vice President and co-proprietor with his brother Peter Jr., continuing the traditions of excellence established by their grandparents. Representing the third generation of one of Napa Valley’s legendary winemaking families, they work closely with their father Peter Sr. on all strategic issues relevant to the family business.

Keeping the business growing apace with competition and advances in technology has meant combining education with tradition. Marc stud-ied viticulture and enology at the University of California, davis, and business administration and market-ing at Sacramento State. Angelina Mondavi, Marc’s daughter, graduated from Villanova University with a b.S. in chemistry and recently received her master’s of oenology from the University of Adelaide, waite Campus, Australia. She intends to make wine-making her career—a fourth genera-tion of Mondavi winemakers.

Marc Mondavi notes: “business is a perpetually changing environment and a strong education allows you to develop the discipline to address

those changes...Key to the continued development of our brands is an understanding of how to leverage our goals and expectations compared with the mega-companies and keep the attention of the distributors.”

New at Charles Krug, reports Marc, is a first-time harvest at the winery’s Howell Mountain Vineyard at Rocky Ridge. Also new is the recently earned California Certified Organic Farming Certifications for several of their vineyards.

working in the heart of the family winery since 1978, Marc Mondavi says that with a family business, suc-cesses and failures are very personal. However, without the cumbersome personnel of a huge corporation, decisions are made quicker, and it is easier to react to sales issues in a changing marketplace. Marc and his brother Peter are also very proud that they will pass on the family business to their children.

Maintaining a vital presence in the wine community, Marc is an active member of the wine and Food Soci-ety of San Francisco, and has served as secretary and member of the board of the winery workers Pension Fund and is a past president of the winery Employers Association. He is also a member of Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs - L’Ordre Mon-dial des gourmets dégustateurs. He has served on the boards of the wine Institute and the California wine Commission, and was logistics chair for the Napa Valley wine Auction in 1988 and 1989. n

B lending the perfect wine takes a nose and palate cultivated

through experience as well as knowledge. At the Charles Krug

winery, the Peter Mondavi family has been blending the latest in

technology with the intuitions and traditions of four generations.


Blending Technology with Tradition

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“Business is a perpetually changing environment and a strong education

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those changes…” —Marc Mondavi,

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Roll out the barrels

“A French oak barrel can cost between $600 and $900, and they can only be used for about three years. we knew that the cost of oak barrels was going to eventually get too much for many wineries to handle,” explains Alan (b.S. business Administration/Finance, 1985). So the two brothers made it their business to pro-vide alternatives.

StaVin Inc., formed in 1992, offers winemakers options. Operat-ing for over 18 years, it has grown a global customer base.

For high end wines, StaVin builds the Saint Jacques, a classic French oak barrel fashioned out of specially selected and pre-pared oak at a cooperage in the Cognac region.

To extend the use of existing barrels that have lost their ability to enhance the flavor of wine, the company offers options such as relining neutral barrels with StaVin’s three-year seasoned, fire-toasted staves. barrel Inserts, Infusion Tubes, Oak beans or Oak Segments are other ways of adding and controlling the amount of oak exposure for wine.

Perhaps the most imaginative alternative is the StaVin Tank System. Says Alan: “There has been a shift in wineries from barrels to stainless steel tanks which are cleaner, less expensive and require less employee hours to maintain.” The only things missing were the subtleties added by the specially prepared oak barrels. StaVin’s chemists found the answer—and have been able to reproduce the exact optimal barrel conditions within stain-less tanks through the use of micro-oxygenation and the finest StaVin oak products.

Proving that StaVin’s system can produce award winning wines led to the Sullivans’ own label: Maris Spillane. Selling at $50-60 a bottle, this varietal holds its own alongside $100 wines aged in traditional oak barrels. “This was our testing ground,” says Alan Sullivan.

Taking the concept one step further, the Sullivan brothers’ newest venture is Safe Harbour Wine. This huge facility will have the capability to oak/

enhance wine, monitor oxygen-ation, and store four million gallons of wine. Located in Napa, Safe

Harbour wine is meant to allow wineries to grow their brands without growing their expenses as well.

Even while running three businesses, Alan has made time to assist his wife Michelle Webb-Sullivan in marketing her com-pany as well. Supplementing her busy day job as the head of trading for the bank of Montreal on the west coast, Michelle’s new business, Agebest Basics, Inc., is all about keeping women healthy and vibrant. Says her enthusiastic husband: “I have always loved the marketing aspect of business, so this is great.” The couple has a nine-year old son, Michael.

Alan recalls his education at Sac State fondly, noting that the classes were small enough that everyone got to participate. “I picked all my professors based on their educational back-grounds,” says Sullivan. “If a professor was from a prestigious expensive university, I figured that I was getting as good an education as if I had attended there myself.” n

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A lan sullivan and his brother Steve grew up in Sonoma, home to some of

the finest winemakers, so it is no surprise that when they decided to start a

small family business for themselves, they chose something connected to the wine

industry. The surprise comes with the innovative directions that business has taken.

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be Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program Manager since we are now including the compressed natural gas vehicles as well,” says Hues-tis, “but there is just something unique about being the Electric Vehicle Program Manager.”

Huestis stays late many evenings, talking to people about the vehicles and incentive options. He even helps them plan fueling stops for long trips. “No other city in the nation is doing as much as Vacaville,” claims Huestis. And, in large part, that is driven by his own commitment.

His efforts to support and encourage the use of alternative fuel vehicle in Vacaville have received widespread acclaim. Among the many awards his work has received are the Association for Com-muter Transportation (ACT) Most Innovative Program of the Year Award (2000); the CALSTART blue Sky Award (2000); American Lung Associations of the bay Area Clean Air Award for Outstand-ing Transportation Program (2001); the League of California Cities Helen Putnam Award-grand Prize (2001); the Solano Transportation Authority Project of the Year (2002); the ACT International Leadership Award (2003); and the National Natural gas Vehicle Achievement Award from the Clean Vehicle Educa-tion Foundation and Natural gas Vehicle Coalition (2005).

Huestis invites anyone interested in knowing more about alter-native fuel vehicles and/or Vacaville’s incentive programs to con-tact him at [email protected]. n

Alumnus helps clear the aired huestis tried his first electric vehicle

in 1998—and was hooked. Today, his garage

houses a 2003 Toyota RAV4 EV (electric vehicle)

and a 2004 Honda Civic GX (compressed

natural gas vehicle).

by day, Huestis oversees grants administration for the City of Vaca-ville Public works department, but Vacaville’s alternative fuel vehicle incentive program is what keeps him in the office after hours. “I took this on of my own accord,” says Huestis of the program. “It has become my personal passion.”

This passion has roots in the years of commuting Huestis did between his home in dixon and his job in the defense industry at Mare Island naval yard. Liking what he saw of Vacaville as he drove through, he took a new position for the City as Transportation Systems Management Coordinator in 1992. being in the right place at the right time when he was first introduced to electric vehicles has made history.

Vacaville, dubbed “Voltageville” for having the most electric vehicles per capita in the United States, is also the first city in California to have a public incentive program for alternative fuel vehicles, thanks to Ed Huestis. The city practices what it preaches too, leasing 25 RAV4 EV’s for municipal employees, recharging ten of them at City Hall with solar panels.

Rising prices at regular gas pumps, however, are driving a renewed interest in alternative fuel vehicles. The benefits are undisputed: cleaner air, lower fuel costs, and better fuel econ-omy. And as the number of vehicles increases, the accessibility of fuel and the comfort of design will keep pace.

Having earned his b.S. in business administration at Sac State in 1988, Huestis also completed all of his coursework for his MbA. His master’s thesis on the effective marketing of electric vehicles reflected the focus of his life.

His current title in Vacaville is Transportation Systems Manager and Electric Vehicle Program Manager. “It should probably


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Fredrick Bernold and Victor Chow, foreign exchange

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Dean Varshney and Allison Williams

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Each semester in lecturer gene shlyakhov’s inter-

national finance class, students get the opportu-

nity to meet one of their possible future colleagues

face-to-face: a real world foreign exchange manager.

Jonathan Tunney, director of the foreign exchange division of the Hewlett Packard’s corporate treasury, made his first visit to the Sac State class four years ago. Since then—twice a year—either he or another foreign exchange professional with the industry giant makes the drive north from Palo Alto to Sacramento where they introduce students to the inner workings of the foreign exchange markets.

Shlyakhov says his initial intention was to increase his students’ interest in the field and expose them to career possibilities. “Ultimately students want to learn how to apply their newly acquired knowledge,” says the finance lecturer. “Meeting these professionals and establishing a

dialogue gives students an immediate understanding of

the applica-tion, and the appreciation of the impor-tance, of what they have learned in class.”

Visits are scheduled near the end of the semester so that students will have learned enough to be able to understand the subject matter and to pose informed questions for their guests. This spring, the class was fortunate to have two foreign exchange managers from HP address them: Fredrik Bernold and Victor Chow. Notes Shlyakhov: “It is always an incredibly interesting presentation as it ties all the things that the students learn in my class to the real life jobs, responsibilities and careers that are in their future. Students genuinely appreciate the time and effort these busy professionals put into these visits.” n

At the spring 2007 commencement, one graduat-ing senior was singled out who embodied Sacra-mento State’s ideals: Allison L. Williams. williams, who received her b.S. in business Administration

with concentrations in Accountancy and Finance, was presented with the third annual President’s Award by

Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez. Chosen from the recipients

of the deans’ Awards (one from each of the seven colleges), williams not only excelled academically, but her success gave testimony to the importance of striving to make a difference in the lives of others.

beginning her long history of community service in high school,

williams served as a peer counselor, volunteered at local hospitals, and pro-

moted drug education in elementary schools, to name just a few. She also made time to compete on the Track and Cross Country team and serve as

its captain, even while working part time.

during her university career, williams has been involved with Sutter Memorial Hospital, Make-A-wish Foundation, St. John’s Shelter for women and Children, Habitat for Humanity, and the American Cancer Society. She also volunteers time with Junior Achievement, teaching business concepts to elementary school children.

working full time, she still graduated with a 3.6 g.P.A. and served as the CEO for the undergraduate team in the International Collegiate business Strategy Competition.

Already employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers as an assurance associate before graduation, williams plans to sit for the CPA exam in december. n

Business grad earns president’s award


Beomjoon (Peter) Choi received his MbA from Seoul National University. His Ph.d. in marketing was completed at the University of Kansas with a dissertation titled, “Essays on Mail-In Rebates.” Choi’s teaching interests include consumer behavior, promotion, and advertising, while his research encompasses promotion, advertising, electronic commerce, and behavioral decision theory. He has pub-lished in International Journal of Electronic Commerce and presented at Associations for Consumer Research.

Jai Joon (Jay) Lee received his Ph.d. in Strategic Man-agement at the Katz graduate School of business, Uni-versity of Pittsburgh in August 2007. He also holds an MbA from the University of Rochester and a b.S. from Purdue University. His research interests cover competi-tive strategy; strategic alliances and M&A activities in the global telecom industry; and telecommunication policy and management. Prior to his doctoral program, he had more than 13 years of telecom policy and IT manage-

The College of Business Administration welcomes five new members to its faculty this fall:

ment research experiences as a research fellow at the Korea Information Society development Institute (KISdI) in Seoul, Korea.

Eric Lin is a Ph.d. candidate in Finance at the University of North Texas. He received an MbA from Kansas State University and a b.S./b.A. in finance from Xavier Univer-sity. His teaching and research interests are in insurance/risk management, financial planning, and investments. Lin was formerly a member of a financial consulting team at a leading brokerage firm providing financial planning and investment management services to both household and business clients. He held the National Association of Securities dealers Series 7 and Series 63 licenses. He is currently a member of the Financial Man-agement Association International and the Association for Financial Professionals.

Pingsheng Tong received both her Ph.d. in marketing and an MbA from washington State University. She also holds a M. S. in sociology from Iowa State University with a minor in statistics and a b.A. in education from Capital Normal University in beijing, China. Her research

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Managing Global Tax Risk“Research engenders more research,”

says Sacramento State professor

Haroldene F. Wunder. “I started this

project, which represents a new research

theme for me, almost two years ago but

the broadening scope of responses I

received has developed it into something

much larger than it began.”

wunder’s research theme has already gar-nered interest. Her manuscript “Tax Risk Management in the Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Era” received the Accounting II (Audit/Financial/Tax) Track best Paper Award at the 36th annual conference of the western decision Sciences Institute last spring.

She writes: “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), the most significant piece of legislation pertaining to the accounting profession since 1934, ushered in a new era of financial reporting and governance reforms. It raised exponentially the inter-national financial community’s awareness of the importance of risk management and internal controls. Tax risk manage-ment and related internal controls have been accorded less focus than risk man-agement generally.”

The accounting professor’s research compared tax risk management policies in U.S. and non-U.S. multinational enter-prises and explored the existence of a global view of tax risk management.

Surveying chief financial officers (CFOs) of the Fortune 500 companies and the 453 non-U.S. corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), wunder advances the following data: 34 percent of responding U.S. firms and 54 percent of responding non-U.S. firms reported having a documented tax risk manage-ment policy either in place or in process. Responses from both groups were not statistically different on the question of rating seven different types of tax risks in terms of their effect on their firms.

wunder is delving into uncharted waters in her research. Very little has been written thus far regarding the management of tax risk within the shrinking global community. but, this much can be concluded both at home and abroad: companies are realizing that they all need to put documented tax risk management policies in place. They all share similar risks.

“The world is so global now that domestic and multinational firms share the same risks...As reflected in The World is Flat (by Thomas Friedman),” says wunder. “There are no longer borders to conducting business, so we can’t think within borders anymore. Culture is having less and less impact on the way businesses operate in a global economy.”

wunder says she was drawn to her field of taxation in part because of its seemingly unending supply of topics to study, and she continues to be drawn forward to focus on the global impact of taxes. Com-pleting her master’s degree in account-ing and her doctorate with a major in accounting and minors in taxation and law at the University of South Carolina, she has taught at a number of universities including the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Massachusetts at boston. n

interests include competitive mar-keting strategies, business-to-busi-ness marketing, strategic alliances and M&A, retail management, and market research methodology. Tong has published in Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing.

Yang Sun is completing his Ph.d. in industrial engineering at Arizona State University with a dissertation titled “Strategic and Operational Product Allocation in Semiconduc-tor Supply Chains.” He has an M.S. and a Six-Sigma black belt certificate from Arizona State, as well as a b.E. from Tsinghua University. Prior to his graduate studies, he was with NEU-SOFT as a project manager. He has published in Computers & Industrial Engineering and the International Journal of Operations Research. n

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The FAME scholarships were instituted in 2006 as part of the charitable and educational orga-nization’s initiative to develop future leaders by financially supporting students in the field of risk management and insurance. The organization was founded in 1994 to promote leadership and excel-lence in the agent/broker community through agency management education, training, and research. It is administered by the washington d.C.-based Council of Insurance Agents & brokers, a premier association for commercial insurance and employee benefit intermediaries both nationally and internationally.

Last year, CbA student Mandy Holden was one of four students recognized nationally by this scholar-ship. This year, the College is represented by two top academic achievers:

Allison Kotchevar, who plans a spring 2009 grad-uation, carries a 3.94 gPA while taking full advan-tage of the opportunities inherent in living on campus. She participates in intramural soccer, plays the clarinet in both marching and concert bands, and is an active member of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, the Financial Management Association, the Institutional Investment Society, the Habitat for Humanity, and the newly formed Sac State women in business student organization. She speaks Spanish and plans to add French to her language base, a plan she believes will give her an edge in the ever growing world of finance.

Daria Surducan is carrying a 4.00 gPA forward to her spring 2008 graduation. She volunteers time with the Romanian Orthodox Church of Sacra-mento, the Romanian Red Cross, and the Interna-tional Humanitarian Charity Association; she is a member of the Institutional Investment Society, the Sacramento State Associated Students, Inc., and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. She aspires to a position with an international company in the insurance investments field, hoping for an opportunity to apply and enhance the knowledge and experience she has gained in both the United States and in Europe. n

Top scholars earn national award

Allison Kotchevar and Daria Surducan, business

majors with concentrations in risk management

& insurance and finance, were honored this spring

by receiving Foundation for Agency Management

Excellence (FAME) Scholarships.

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Top scholars earn national award

Five fortunate student members of the Sac State

financial Management association (FMA) won the

lottery this spring—the prize being the opportunity to

attend Redefining Investment Strategy Education, the seventh

Annual RISE Global Student

Investment Forum held at the

University of Dayton, Ohio,

March 29, 30 and 31, 2007.

Accompanied by Sac State FMA advisors, Professors Anna Vygo-dina, Denver Travis, and Li Min, students Paul Dickey, Rajdeep Bahia, Charles (Chad) Moor, Justin Coldiron, and Adam Valine traveled to the forum.

The highly successful RISE Forum has grown to over 1700 attend-ees coming together from all over the world for discussion panels and networking with over a dozen of the top professionals in the field, executives such as Ralph Alvarez, President and COO of Mcdonald’s Corp.; Liz Ann Sonders, Chair of Investment Strategy Council of Charles Schwab & Co.; Jan Hatzius, Chief U.S. Economist for goldman Sachs; Peter Coors, Chairman, Molson Coors brewing Company; and Knight Kiplinger, editor in chief of the Kiplinger Letter, to name just a few. n

SEA ShowcaseThe Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy (SEA) supports students with entrepreneurial ambitions from Sacramento area colleges, providing a reality-based edu-cational program designed to prepare participants for business ownership and help them gain the confidence to succeed. They learn what it takes to start and run a business and spend an academic year developing a busi-ness plan. Seasoned entrepreneurs share their expertise, experience—and financial support. during its 21 years of operation, the Academy has graduated more than 500 future entrepreneurs, many of whom have gone on to start his or her own business.

At the SEA Spring Showcase, the keynote speaker was Darian Rodriguez Heyman, executive director of Craig-slist Foundation; the title of his talk was, Giving Back; Les-sons learned from a Serial Entrepreneur who is Bridging the Gap between the Business World and the Non-Profit Sector.

Heyman began his entrepreneurial career by co-founding the global digital advertising agency Beyond Interactive, which was later sold to grey global group. Craigslist Foundation was designed particu-larly to educate, empower and connect emerging nonprofit lead-ers and entrepreneurs by produc-ing free and low-cost educational programs and online resources. The Foundation is part of Hey-man’s decision to devote his life to philanthropy and the arts.

The SEA Class of 2007 provided Heyman with an appreciative audience. The class also pre-sented its business plans at the event which was attended by more than 150 people. n

Paul Dickey and Keynote speaker Peter Coors, Chairman, Molson Coors Brewing Company

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Albert P. GAmbetti, Jr., President/CEO of Integra Group Administrators, has led his company to become a leader in setting up and administer-ing self insured, private workers’ compensation funds. gambetti is recognized as an expert in the field by the California State

department of Industrial Relations. He also works as a private consultant, bringing to bear a wealth of knowledge in marketing, management, and insurance acquired over his almost 20 years of experience for such companies as New York Life Insurance, Mariposa Press, and Liberty Mutual Insurance group.

gambetti returned to finish his formal education after having already establishing himself in his field, graduating cum laude with his b.S. in Finance/International busi-ness/Risk Management and Insurance from the College of business Administration at Sac State. He maintains mem-bership in both the business and insurance fraternities on campus, and teaches insurance law and code at a local industry center. He believes strongly in volunteerism and has been very active with the boy Scouts of America.

Joining the CbA Advisory Council in 2003, gambetti says, was one way he could give back to his alma mater, to help make a difference. “The University pro-vides exceptional educational opportunities for people of all ages in this region,” he went on to say. “And the College of business Administration not only embodies a great resource for local businesses, it attracts new business to the area as well.”

Dennis A. GArDemeyer presently holds four titles: he is CEO and co-owner of Zucker-man-Heritage, Inc., and Zucker-man Family Farms, Inc., diversi-fied agricultural businesses headquartered in Stockton; he is co-owner of the Heritage Land Company, Inc., a land and

investment holding company; and he is Chair of the Board and co-owner of Delta Growers, Inc., a chemi-

cal and fertilizer company in central California. In more than 30 years, gardemeyer has only held one non-ownership job, and that one gave him wide latitude in responsibilities and decision-making.

Completing his b.S. in Finance at Sacramento State in 1971, he came within one or two units of completing his MbA as well before the pressures of work interfered. An active advocate of education, he has supported the University with service as vice chair of the board of Fiscal Matters, as chairmanship of the CbA Advisory Council, and as commencement speaker. He was named Outstanding Male graduate of the University upon graduation in 1971 and Alumnus of the Year for the College of business Administration in 2000.

“I am so thankful for the education I received. There is little doubt in my mind that what successes I have obtained are due in no small measure to the opportunities granted me at Sac State. I and many thousands of others have been provided an affordable, yet quality, education. This University and the hope it holds for further generations is worth our continued financial support.”

WilliAm J. mArtin, President and CEO of the Bank of Sacramento, has been in banking for more than 35 years, much of that time in the Sacra-mento region. beginning as an MbA officer trainee, Martin moved up in increasingly responsible positions of community bank

management and corporate banking at such institu-tions as the former Crocker bank, wells Fargo bank, Point west bank, First Interstate bank, and the bank of San Francisco. He is well-known for his emphasis on customer service. Martin’s educational preparation has supported his career success with a b.A. in history from UC Santa barbara and a M.S. in Finance from UCLA.

Martin has been actively involved in community and civic organizations since 1971, supporting the works of such organizations as The Salvation Army, Sutter Hospital, the YMCA, and the American diabetes Asso-ciation since 1981.

In this issue we are pleased to introduce just a few of the outstanding business leaders who have

joined the CBA Advisory Council (CBAC). We appreciate the dedication of all CBAC members.

CBA Advisory Council members make a difference

welcome To our new

aDVisory CounCil MeMBers

Caroline Drakeley Founder & VP Marketing

Infopros

ramona farrell Managing Partner

Ueltzen & Company LLP

Toosje KollCPA, Managing Director

Resources Global Professionals

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christoPher P. mcclAin, as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of SAP Amer-ica, Inc. since 2004, is responsible for the western region and the telecommunications and utili-ties business units. McClain has more than 20 years of experience in high tech industry sales and operations, moving up the ladder

of administrative success with positions of increasing responsibility with such notable industry leaders as Siebel Systems, Annuncio Software, PeopleSoft, Oracle Corpora-tion and Unisys Corporation.

McClain began his successful career with a b. S. in busi-ness administration/management information systems/and productions operations management from Sacra-mento State. “Sacramento State allowed me entry into corporate America and has served as a good base for my success,” says the executive. wanting to give back to the community and to his alma mater, he joined the College of business Administration Advisory Council in 2005.

His commitment to community has also translated into vol-unteerism at the Sacto Food bank and his donation of time and experience to two Sacramento-based start-up compa-nies: Alight Planning Software and Coversant Corporation.

DAnA c. smith, Vice President/Real Estate Industries Group of the Union Bank of California, has been in banking for over 22 years, with all but three years spent with the Union bank of Cali-fornia in Sacramento. For the past seven years, he has been in charge of marketing for new business and dealing with loan portfolios.

Smith got his education at Sacramento State under his belt early in his career, earning his b.S. in business Admin-istration in 1982 and his MbA in 1984. In 1995, the Man-agement department of the College of business Admin-istration at Sac State recognized him with their Alumni Honors Award. He serves on numerous boards including Mercy Healthcare Sacramento and Methodist Hospital as well as the CbA Advisory Council and the advisory board for Sacramento State’s CbA Small business Center.

steven h. Weiss is Vice President of Marketing and Public Affairs for The Sacra-mento bee, a daily newspaper serving the greater Sacramento. Joining The Bee in 1998, weiss has handled all aspects of marketing for the award-winning paper and plays an active part in growing the business to be a more diverse

provider of news and information.

Active in community and civic work, weiss volunteers time to, and sits on boards of, numerous organizations. “I enjoy public involvement in my community…it’s reward-ing to be able to support worthy organization’s and help them develop and have impact in our region,” says weiss.

weiss holds a b.S. in agricultural and managerial eco-nomics from UC davis and a MbA in marketing from golden gate University. He has been a member of the CbA Advisory Council at Sac State since 2004, saying that “Sacramento State is an important part of the equation for this region to continue to develop. It makes good business sense for The Bee to be involved in the growth and development of the University.” The executive also makes time to visit Sac State marketing classes as a guest lecturer, saying that the students help keep him in touch with the needs of younger news readers.

DebrA sleiGh is currently Vice President of Information Technology and CIO of Clinical Applications for Sutter Health, one of the largest Integrated delivery Networks in the United States. Located in Northern Cali-fornia and Hawaii, Sutter Health has more than 43,000 employees, 28 hospitals, 9 clinics as well as other health care facilities.

A Sacramento State graduate with a M.S. in business Administration with an emphasis in management infor-mation systems, Sleigh has more than 27 years experi-ence in information technology and health care ranging from distribution to payer and provider clinical services. She was recently recognized by Computerworld Maga-zine as one of its “Premiere 100 IT Leaders for 2007.”

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Maintaining close ties with her alma mater, Sleigh sits on the College of business Administration’s Advisory Council and is a guest lecturer for graduate level MIS and EMbA courses. Sleigh’s community commitment includes personal involve-ment with the Sacramento CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocacy) Program for children; the Sugarloaf Fine Arts Foun-dation; the Rescue Volunteer Firefighters Association; and the Ponderosa High School Fine Arts nationally ranked performing arts program.

“Sac State’s College of business Administration has always produced good products,” says Sleigh. “what I got from my education was invaluable… and all my classmates have been successful as well. Right now, our industry needs all types of business majors across the IT world. This is a fun time to be involved in all the new things.”

mArGAret lombArD is the Vice President of Marketing for Raley’s Family of Fine Stores. Managing a staff of 47 people, she is responsible for all corporate marketing initiatives and advertising communications for over 120 supermarkets operat-ing under four banners (Raley’s, bel Air, Nob Hill Foods and Food Source) spread out through California and

Nevada. Over her 16-year career with Raley’s, she had held positions from promotions and marketing to sales and mer-chandising.

Lombard holds a b.S. in design from UC davis and an Execu-tive MbA from Sacramento State. “The EMbA has helped me have a better rounded view of business,” she says. “It was incredibly invigorating to attend classes and brainstorm with other working professionals. I now try to approach business challenges from many perspectives.”

Further addressing the advanced degree program for execu-tives, Lombard said, “I think the program has already enriched the region’s business community; within my organization alone, we have three EMbA graduates. The EMbA program has filled a void in this community by offering a practical, relevant and affordable educational experience for working profession-als who want to further their education and business acumen.”

michAel obermire, director of customer service, planning and logistics for USS-POSCO Industries, carries the responsibility for customer service, planning, logistics and various other functions in this multi-billion dollar, California-based manufacturing corporation.

Earning his b.S. Industrial Engineering from Fresno State, he completed his Executive MbA at Sacramento State in 2007, graduating summa cum laude. He was also voted outstanding EMbA student for Pride Cohort. “In general,” says Obermire, “the EMbA experience has made me more open to different ideas, and better in analyzing and problem solving. The contacts and friendships developed during the program will benefit me for years in the future.” He further notes that

Thank you CBAC!Roger AkersPartnerAkers Capital LLC

Gilles Attia Attorney at LawDLA Piper

James E. BeckwithPresident & CEOFive Star Bank

Douglas BuschVice President & Co-Chief Information OfficerIntel Corporation

Christopher CadyDivision PresidentPulte Home Corporation

John P. Caffrey Chairman (retired) SWRCB

Dale CarlsenOwnerThe Sleep Train

Patricia CochranChief Financial OfficerVision Service Plan

Matt ColognaVice PresidentGrubb & Ellis Company

Bob CrouchSenior Vice President, No. California Director of Community & Government RelationsWells Fargo Bank

Suzanne Diers PMO Leader— Western Hemisphere Downstream IT Chevron

Frank Dinsmore Chief Executive OfficerREsource Capital

Caroline DrakeleyFounder & VP MarketingInfopros

Crystal EkanayakeCertified Public AccountantS.J. Gallina & Co. LLP

Ramona FarrellManaging PartnerUeltzen & Co. LLP

Albert Gambetti, Jr. President & CEOIntegra Risk & Insurance Svcs

Dennis Gardemeyer Chief Executive OfficerZuckerman-Heritage, Inc.

Thomas M. GilbertCertified Public AccountantGilbert Associates, Inc.

Kurt GlassmanPresidentLeadershipOne Business Transition Specialists

Ed Graves PrincipalEd Graves’ Consulting

Barbara Hayes Executive DirectorSACTO

Chris HigdonPresident & Chief Executive OfficerCalifornia Moving Systems

Ted HoffmanManaging PartnerAlliance Ventures

Toosje KollCPA, Managing Director Resources Global Professionals

Sotiris K. KolokotronisFounder & OwnerSKK Developments

Margaret LombardSenior Director of Marketing Raley’s Family of Fine Stores

Kenneth MaciasFounder & Managing PartnerMacias, Gini & OConnell LLP

Robert MacIntoshPresident & Chief Executive OfficerPIER 39

Matthew MahoodPresident & Chief Executive OfficerSacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce

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Developing relationshipsRebecca Thompson, who serves as the interim assistant vice president for development at Sacramento State, is the major gifts officer for the College of business Administration.

Like many Sacramento State alumni, she is a first generation college graduate who understands the difference scholarships can make in the life of a young person. And, with more than 12 years experience in development, she brings expertise and commitment to assisting the College in achieving its goals. Thompson is seeking private support to help:

» recruit and retain top teachers through fellowships and endowed chairs;

» support diversity in the educational experience;

» facilitate collaboration among faculty, students, staff and community members; and

» increase available scholarships and internships.

To educate and develop future business leaders who will be prepared to enrich their communities, the College and its students need support financially, academically, and professionally.

Thompson, as a development professional, can assist in filling these needs by providing vehicles through which individuals and businesses may best support the University, and by fostering mutually beneficial relationships that can help the College not only reach, but surpass its goals.

Alumni and friends of the University are welcome to contact Rebecca at 916.278.3493 or [email protected].

CBA Advisory Council members“the eMBA experience has made me more open to different ideas, and better in analyzing and problem

solving. the contacts and friendships developed during the program will benefit me for years in the future.”

—michAel obermire, director of customer service, planning and logistics for USS-POSCO Industries

William MartinPresident & Chief Executive OfficerBank of Sacramento

Chris McClainSenior Vice President & General ManagerSAP America Inc.

Michael R. MeceySenior Manager Moss-Adams LLP

Trong D. NguyenOwner & PresidentWorld of Good Tastes, Inc.

Kevin Nobuo NakanoCBA Alumni PresidentRealtor & Mortgage BankerNakano Realty & Mortgage

Michael Obermire Director of Business Planning & Customer ServiceUSS-POSCO

Garry OrsoliniR & D Manager—HP EducationHewlett Packard

Lee Overstreet Managing PartnerPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Tim RayExecutive Director, External Affairs No. CA AT&T

Robert RiviniusChief Executive OfficerCalifornia Building Industry Association

Randall SaterSenior Vice PresidentTeichert Land Company

John R. SegalePresidentPrecision Public Relations

Dana C. Smith Vice President/Real Estate Industries GroupUnion Bank of California

Debra Sleigh VP of Information Technology and CIO of Clinical Applications Sutter Health

Sandra R. SmoleyPresident & Chief Executive OfficerThe Sandy Smoley Group

J.D. StackChief Executive OfficerSacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance (SARTA)

Elliott TroshinskyPresident & General ManagerKCRA TV—Channel 3

Kingman Tsang Regional PresidentFirst Bank

Dave F. WardSenior Account ExecutiveInterWest Insurance Services, Inc.

Tom Weborg Co-FounderJava City

Steven H. WeissVice President—Marketing & Public AffairsThe Sacramento Bee

Tim YamauchiChief Financial OfficerPRIDE Industries

he joined the CbA Advisory Council because “the experience during the EMbA program was so good that I wanted to be a part of the program.”

Obermire’s professional affiliations include member-ship in American Iron and Steel Institute; beta gamma Sigma, the international business school honor society; and the International Trade Policy Committee of the California Chamber of Commerce. Community involve-ment includes supporting the Junior Achievement Foundation and the California Musical Theater.

Says the busy executive: “The employers of Sac State students are basically the people of the Sacramento region. Existing and future business leaders and man-agers must understand the importance of Sac State to their businesses, and make supporting Sac State a key component of their business plan.” n


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alumni notes2000–Present

lori King, b.S. business

Administration/Human

Resources Management, Sac-

ramento State 2003. King has

been promoted to business

development officer at Sonoma

National bank loan production

office. There, she will generate

commercial real estate and SbA

loans in the Central Valley area.

Jennifer leeper, b.S. busi-

ness Administration/general

Management, Sacramento

State 2006. Leeper has been

promoted to mortgage planner

for discover Home Mortgage,

Inc. Formerly, she was a loan

officer, and was recently certi-

fied as a mortgage planning

specialist by the CMPS Institute.

1990–1999

aliCe pereZ, b.S. business

Administration/Finance and

Insurance, Sacramento State

1999. Perez has been promoted

to manager of customer strategy

at Sacramento Municipal Utility

district. before

joining SMUd,

she success-

fully launched

U.S. bank’s

multicultural

banking group.

She has been

recognized with

a Sacramento

State distin-

guished Service Award for her

service to the local community

by her involvement with the Sac-

ramento Asian Pacific Chamber

of Commerce, the Sacramento

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce,

the California Student Aid Com-

mission, the Center for Fathers

and Families, and more.

A L U M N I

Wanetta Rose does not remember notic-ing that she was the only woman in her

graduating class in 1949; she did not realize that she was the first woman to graduate

from the College of business Admin-istration at the fledgling Sac State,

either. She was just determined to get an education, and busi-ness is what interested her.

Almost fifty years later, she walked into Arco Arena with four other members of her class to help celebrate the golden anniversary of the University.

Rose was taking classes at Modesto Junior College when world war II was declared. “That changed everything,” she says. work-ing in the war industry, she

tried again to go to school, this time at UC berkeley, but

with no financial support, it was too difficult.

Then along came a U. S. Navy recruiter, dressed smart and talking fast. Rose and her friend dorothy quickly found themselves on a troop train headed east. Her three-year hitch was unplanned, but she received advanced schooling while stationed at Cornell Uni-versity in upstate New York, where she worked as a disbursement clerk for Navy personnel attending schools in the region.

After the Navy, she returned to UC berkeley where she met her future husband, who hailed from Sacramento. They married and both attended Sacramento State.

“My education left me well prepared for a lot of things,” said the octogenarian. “And I am proud that I went to Sacramento State.” Rose remembers attending classes held in private homes near the new campus site. She also remembers homework with very long math problems that needed to be worked out without the benefit of the now-ubiquitous calculator.

Her business skills were put to good use in her volunteer work over the years as she ran fundraisers and served on multiple com-munity boards. She has been an active member of one particular school board for over 40 years.

Around 1970, finding herself back in the job market, she took a position as probation officer with Stanislaus County and returned to school to earn her master’s degree in correctional counseling. She retired from that job after 20 years of helping others.

Her three children, Patricia, david and Mark all live within driving distance of their mom. n

Share Your news!If you would like to share news about important life changes and professional accomplishments in an upcoming issue of the CBA Business Futures magazine, please contact Carol Rumley in the Dean’s Office at 916.278.7291 or [email protected]. We would love to hear from you.

F E A T u R E D A L u M

A College of Business Original

The College of business Administration

welcomes Caitlin Caso to its Undergraduate business Advisory Center (UbAC). As an academic evaluator, Caso will help steer business students safely through their mandated curriculum to graduation. A recent

Sac State graduate herself, Caso uses her degree in graphic design in her own part-time design business. She also recently joined a local band, the Sacramento Lonely Souls, to play bass guitar. Caso worked as a gE advisor as a student and decided she liked helping students along in their education. About her position with UbAC, she says, “I am really enjoying the community feel of the College; everyone seems happy to be here.”

Nancy Thomp-son has joined the College of

business Administration as the director of the self support programs of graduate and External Programs. As director, she is responsible for the MbA for Executives program as well as the

master’s programs in taxation and accountancy and the certificate for advanced business studies. Prior to joining the Sac State CbA, Thompson was director of the MbA for working professionals at UC davis. with more than 10 years of experience in managing education programs and seven years in marketing and sales, she excels at providing exper-tise in strategic and innovative planning for new programs. Her commitment to providing personal client service and creating solutions for challenges has earned her a solid reputation for delivering superior results.


Staff newsKeVin sTarKey, b.S. business

Administration/Accountancy, Sac-

ramento State 1998. Starkey has

re-joined accounting firm Macias

gini & O’Connell LLP as an audit

director in Sacramento. He joined

the firm in 1997 as an intern and

then as audit manager, and later

worked in 2006 as a managing

accountant for the department of

audit controller for Placer County.

1980–1989DonalD Keller, b.S. business Administration, Sacramento State 1981. Keller is now regional man-ager of the builder/developer services division for Placer Title Co. in Folsom. Prior to joining Placer Title, he ran a brokerage services firm, Keller Land Co.

riCharD MaTTeis, b.S. busi-ness Administration, Sacramento State 1984. Matteis has been named administrator for the California Farm bureau Federa-tion in Sacramento. Previously, he was chief executive officer at the California grain and Feed Association.

John sTone, b.S. business Administration/Finance, Sac-ramento State 1985. Stone has been appointed chief executive officer for Freepath, Inc., a firm that designs tools for face-to-face and web communications. He was previously founder of PowerSchool Inc. which was sold to Apple Computer in 2001 and later acquired by London-based Pearson Education Inc.

1970–1979John KnighT, b.S. business Administration, Sacramento State 1979. Knight is now a car sales account executive at Enter-prise Rent-A-Car in Rancho Cor-dova. He joined Enterprise as a management trainee in 2005.

1960–1969ViCTor yee, b.S. business Administration, Sacramento State 1965. Yee has been named a senior business consultant for Exchange bank in the Sacra-mento area. He previously served as a senior vice president at Sac-ramento Commercial bank.

S T A F F

eMBA Graduates’ news

MarC feChner, Executive MbA, Sacramento State, spring 2007, began a new career opportunity this July. Leaving his position as stra-tegic business manager with the Hewlett-Packard Company, Imaging and Printing group, he has taken on the responsibility of supply chain and logistics manager for VSP (Vision Service Plan).

TiMoThy rohr, Executive MbA, Sacramento State spring 2007, has been promoted to director of manufacturing for Carpenter Technol-ogy Corporation which manufactures specialty alloys for a wide range of applications. He will be responsible for sites including the Auburn area, the bay Area, and Australia. n

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