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George Barry
Foss and Co.
Board Member 2009 |
Mr. Barry is a native San Franciscan and first joined the Olympic Club in 1964. A graduate of St Ignatius High School he went on to attend the University of California at Berkeley where he played intercollegiate soccer before attending obtaining a law degree from San Francisco Law School. As a licensed securities broker he is the owner of a securities marketing firm headquartered in San Francisco and with offices in Napa, Boston and New York. Mr. Barry joined Foss and Company in 1985 to develop marketing programs for tax incentive initiatives allowed under the Internal Revenue Code and its state counterparts. Mr. Barry has dedicated his practice to working with sponsors and developers in identifying the most suitable tax credit equity partners for Historic, LIHTC, Brownfield, Renewable and Alternative Energy including solar and clean coal, Film Production, NMTC and CAPCO transactions. Mr. Barry is the General Partner of a federal historic tax credit equity Fund and numerous state tax credit equity Funds. Mr. Barry is a frequent speaker at tax credit industry conferences on matters relating to corporate investments in tax credit transactions. |
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Mark Brosche
Borel Private Bank & Trust Co.
Senior Vice President
Board Member 2006
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Mr. Broche joined Borel Private Bank & Trust Company in 2005 as a Senior Vice President. His primary responsibility is to originate new banking relationships that focus on commercial real estate and corporate finance opportunities. Mr. Brosche has managed and owned lodging properties throughout the U.S. for over 25 years. He worked in management with Hyatt Hotels and in corporate and commercial real estate finance with Bank of America. Mr. Brosche has focused on advisory assignments to assist established lodging industry contacts who are seeking financing to facilitate development, acquisition and refinancing. Mr. Brosche graduated from Santa Clara University and attended Golden State University for post-graduate courses in finance. He has received professional status as a Certified Administrator from the American Hotel Association. |
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Steven Carnevale
Cypress Point Ventures
Partner
Board Member 2006
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Mr. Carnevale manages Point Cypress Ventures, a private investment firm. In addition, he manages Silicon Valley Strategies, a consulting firm which provides advisory services to entrepreneurial companies. He has been a venture capitalist and lead investor for more than 15 years in a wide variety of technology companies. Mr. Carnevale has been on the Board of Directors of numerous public and private companies. Mr. Carnevale is a graduate of the University of Michigan, College of Engineering and sits on the Board of their Center for Entrepreneurship. He is also involved with other education activities, including the University of San Francisco, School of Business and Management and the Charles Armstrong School, which teaches kids with language-based learning differences. |
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Michael Carr
British Petroleum Oil Co.
National Manager of Franchise Recruiting
Board Member 2009 |
Mr. Carr is a resident of San Francisco and is currently employed by British Petroleum Oil Company in the role of National Manager of Franchise Recruiting. This position has encompassed a dual role of developing and directing the business unit's franchise diversity and inclusion strategies. Michael was born in Germany and has had the opportunity to live and work in London, Central and Eastern Europe, Atlanta, Houston and Chicago. Prior to joining BP, he held the position of regional manager-fuel purchasing for Delta Air Lines in Atlanta, Georgia. His responsibilities included procuring annually over 800 million gallons of aviation fuel. He then served as chairman for both the Los Angeles and the Salt Lake City Fuel Corporations, successfully overseeing their 100 plus million dollar airport aviation fuel system construction projects. Michael proudly supports organizations such Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Children's Memorial Hospital and Literacy Chicago. Michael graduated from University of Augusta earning a Bachelors degree in Business Administration with a major in Economics and Marketing. He is married to Christine who is a successful home builder in Sonoma County. |
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Mike Carroll
Carroll and Co.
Owner
Board Member 2009 |
Mr. Carroll was the Founder of Carroll/Cahill Associates and is presently the owner of Carroll & Company, a business firm that provides consulting services to professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area. Carroll & Company also specializes in the appraisal, sale and acquisition of professional practices. To that end the firm acts as a liaison between the client and various legal, accounting, real estate and other specialists, which are retained by the client. Since 1984 Mr. Carroll has also been a seminar leader for the Practice Valuation Study Group, a national organization whose purpose is to disseminate and exchange information regarding the valuation and sale of professional practices. He also contributed to many publications on such topics as purchasing a practice, how to determine the value of a practice, transitions, and associate ships. He has testified in Superior Court as an expert witness in San Jose, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda and Placer County and has never been disqualified. He has sold or appraised 1,500 practices over the years. |
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Jack Coan
Renaissance Technologies, LLC
Managing Director
Board Member 2007
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Mr. Coan is a Managing Director with oversight responsibility for institutional business development and investor relations for Renaissance Technologies, LLC, New York-based registered investment advisor specializing in quantitatively managed hedge funds. He has been a member of the Olympic Club since 2002. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Mr. Coan and his family have resided in the Bay Area since 1992. He is one of eight children, all of whom were active in athletics through college. Their collective experience instilled his belief in the Olympic Club Foundation's philosophy that participation in athletics enriches the lives of young men and women. Mr. Coan graduated from Harvard University in 1988 with a BA in Economics. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ross School Foundation and the Advisory Committee of the Friends of Harvard Hockey. |
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Matt Coan
Presidio Benefits Group
Co-Founder and Principal
Board Member 2009
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Mr. Coan is one of the Founders and Principals of Presidio Benefits Group, an employee benefits and organizational wellness consulting firm based in San Francisco. At Presidio Mr. Coan has oversight responsibility for new business development and strategic partnerships. The company was formed in 2006 and has quickly developed into one of Northern California's fastest growing and most successful benefits consulting firms. In 2008 he joined the Olympic Club and its Foundation Board. Born and raised in Massachusetts, he is one of eight children, all of whom participated in athletics through college. He graduated with Honors from Wesleyan University in 1989, where he was a three sport letterman and tri-captain of the football team. He currently serves as a Board member of Wesleyan's Cardinal Club and actively supports the Cardinal Scholarship, a fund raising initiative supporting the financial needs of Wesleyan student-athletes. |
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Jane A. Cook
Vice President
Senior Client Administrator
Whittier Trust Company
Board Member 2008
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Ms. Cook was the founder of The Whittier Trust Company's San Francisco office, which she managed for 14 years. She is now a Senior Client Administrator handling complex issues for high net worth clients. She has over 25 years experience in the financial services industry, mostly in trust and estate administration. She is a member and former Board member of the San Francisco Estate Planning Council and is a member of the Northern California Planned Giving Council. In addition to completing the American Bankers' Association Graduate Trust School, she holds a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor (CTFA) designation. She also has a BS degree in Business Administration from Illinois State University. She joined the Olympic Club in 2006 to be an active member of the Tennis Section. She is a member of the California Tennis Club and The City Club of San Francisco. When she is not working or playing tennis, she serves as a Board member and Chair of the Gift Planning Committee at Grace Cathedral. Ms. Cook has served on a number of civic and cultural boards and committees. Music is of particular interest to her. She grew up in Springfield, Illinois and lived in Portland, Maine for a few years, prior to moving to San Francisco in 1993. |
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Fred Dame
Beam Wine Estates
Director of Prestige Accounts
Board Member 2005
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Mr. Dame, a Master Sommelier brings a blend of experience, expertise and enthusiasm to the world of wine. He is the first American to have served as President of the Court of Master Sommeliers Worldwide. One of just 76 Americans to have passed the Master Sommelier Examination, Mr. Dame was the first to successfully pass all three parts in a single year. This feat and his high score won him the coveted Krug Cup of the British Guild of Sommeliers. He founded the American Branch of The Court of Master Sommeliers and has played an active role in the expansion of the Master Sommelier program throughout America. He is currently serving as the President of the Guild of Sommeliers Education Foundation. A sixth generation Californian, Mr. Dame graduated from Washington and Lee University with a degree in journalism and communications. |
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Michael Delagnes
Delagnes, Linder & Duey LLP
Partner
Board Member 2004
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Mr. Delagnes is a San Francisco native and a long time member of the Olympic Club having served on the O.C. finance committee and is a past chairman of the O.C. Tennis Section. He currently practices in San Francisco as both an attorney and a CPA specializing in the area of taxation. Mr. Delagnes is active on a number of for profit and non-profit boards in the Bay Area and was the co-founder of San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Society. Mike's education is local as he attended St. Ignatius High School and then went on to USF on a baseball scholarship. He received his MBA from the University of Santa Clara before attending USF Law School. Mike has been a long time advocate of using sports to mentor and guide youth and is looking forward to advancing the foundations core principles. |
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John Espiritu
Highland-Ferndale Partners, LLC
Principal
Board Member 2007
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Mr. Espiritu is a co-Founder and Partner of Laurel Village Realtors, a San Francisco residential brokerage firm specializing in luxury real estate in San Francisco. Prior to that he was a founding partner of Highland-Ferndale Partners, a real estate investment firm. Prior to this, he was a banker with Western State Bank, United Overseas Bank, and Chicago First National Bank. He also specialized in audits with Price Waterhouse. He serves on numerous boards in the Philippines involved in real estate development, insurance, financial consulting, and gaming and as Chairman of The Philippine News publication in San Francisco. He is currently the secretary for the Board of St. Mary's Medical Center Foundation and is also a member of the Parish Council of St. Ignatius Church. Mr. Espiritu graduated from The University of Michigan with a BA degree in Business and Accounting. He received his MBA in Finance from The University of Michigan. Mr. Espiritu is an avid golfer. He and his wife, Maria are busy raising five children. |
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Kevin Fitzgerald
U.S. Advisors LLC
Chief Executive Officer
Board Member 2007
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Mr. Fitzgerald is CEO of a real estate investment firm that operates a nationally diversified portfolio of properties currently valued at $2.5 billion. He moved to San Francisco in 1972 and has been an Olympic Club member for more than 25 years. Mr. Fitzgerald currently resides in Napa with his wife and two young children. He is a founder of Brave Kids, a national organization that supports chronically ill children and their families. He is self-educated and began his real estate career following a service in the United States Marine Corps. |
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John Hendrickson
SRRi LLC
Managing Partner
Board Member 2008
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Mr. Hendrickson resides in San Francisco with his wife and their five children. He is a managing partner with SFRi LLC, an independent investment and advisory firm specializing in insurance and related sectors. Mr. Hendrickson's charitable activities include membership on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Opera, and serves as the co- chair of the investment and executive committees. He is a member of the Board of Overseers of St. John's University School of Risk Management, and member of their education committee. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Children's Day School in San Francisco, and a Trustee of the Stanford Water Polo Foundation. Mr. Hendrickson received a B.A. in History and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University in 1983. He is an avid swimmer, water polo player and skier. |
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Dave Hultman
Davidson Investment Advisors
Vice President
Board Member 2005
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Mr. Hultman is a Vice-President responsible for Business Development with Davidson Investment Advisors which is headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. He serves on the Board of Directors NYSE Arca and is the current Chair of the Northern California Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He serves on the Advisory Board of the School of Business and Management at the University of San Francisco, and the Stewardship Committee at St Ignatius Church. He earned his BS in Agricultural and Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis where he was a member of the tennis team. Mr. Hultman and his family are active in the Tennis Section of the Olympic Club. |
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Chuck Joseph
Senior Partner/COO
I-Qube Technologies
Board Member 2009
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Mr. Joseph has over twenty-five years of executive leadership and general management experience in various technology centric industries. He served in senior executive capacities for six startup companies as well as multinational Fortune 1000 enterprises. Mr. Joseph is currently Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer of I-Qube Technologies, LLC. Prior positions held were with companies serving customers in the automotive, gaming, personal navigation/tracking systems, and information technology infrastructure industries. Mr. Joseph was Senior Vice President and General Manager of Immersion Corporation, the leader in Haptics Technology Solutions, senior Vice President for BlueArc Corporation, a provider of high performance unified network storage systems, President and COO of SeeItFirst.com, a video streaming Internet service provider and Executive Vice President and General Manager of Trimble Navigation. Mr. Joseph holds Bachelors and Master's degrees from Marquette University. He has been an Olympic Club member for 20 years and an active member of the Olympic Club's Tennis Section. |
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Leo Loane
American Airlines
Regional Director of Sales
Board Member 2005
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Mr. Loane has been with American Airlines since 1979, and is currently the Regional Director for Sales & Marketing for Northern California. He is an active member of the Bay Area Business Travel Association, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and Silicon Valley Business Travel Organization. Mr. Loane served on the San Jose Convention & Visitors Board, and previously served on the Board of the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco. He is also an active fundraiser and material provider for many other non-profit organizations including the United Way, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Mr. Loane received his BS in Public Administration at San Diego State University. |
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Judith Lucius
William Wilson Management
Chief Financial Officer
Board Member 2006
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Ms. Lucius is the CFO of William Wilson Management Company specializing in tax, accounting, cash management and real estate development. In her prior career she was the CFO of VantagePoint Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Ms. Lucius has also worked as a high school teacher, an executive assistant and a buyer at Southern Hills Country Club Golf Shop. Mrs. Lucius graduated form Southern Illinois University and was married to Olympic Club Legendary Golf Pro Jim Lucius. Together they worked diligently towards mentoring young people's interest in golf. |
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Larry Nejasmich
Marelich Mechanical
Founder
Board Member 2008 |
Lawrence P. Nejasmich a member of the Olympic Club since 1962 is a 1965 graduate of Saint Ignatius College Prep and a 1969 graduate of Seattle University. He and his wife of 33 years, Mary Jo, live in Hillsborough, California and have three children, Matt, Danny, and Katie. Upon graduation from college, Mr. Nejasmich served as an officer in the Army and was awarded the Bronze Star while in Vietnam. From 1972 to 2008, he worked in the Mechanical Contracting industry. From 1983- 2008 Mr. Nejasmich served as President and CEO of Marelich Mechanical, one of leading providers of mechanical contracting services on the west coast. He is a past president of the Mechanical Contractors Association of California and Director of the Bay Area Sheet Metal and Air conditioning Contractors National Association. Presently he is semi retired and consults throughout the Construction Industry. Besides from the Olympic Club foundation Mr. Nejasmich also serves as a Seattle University Regent and on other charitable boards including St. Vincent De Paul Society. He an avid golfer can often be found at Lakeside or at Peninsula Golf and Country Club. |
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Marcus Newbury
21st Century Home Improvement
Principal & President
Board Member 2006
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Mr. Newbury made his was to California from Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 18. Twenty years ago, he began a tremendously successful home improvement business venture. He is the Principal and President of 21st Century Home Improvement located in San Francisco. Mr. Newbury is married and has four children and two dogs. He is an avid Red Sox and SF Giants Fan. He has been an Olympic Club member for three years. He loves to play basketball, ice hockey and golf. He also loves to ski, and enjoys traveling, music and theater. |
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Mark Ohleyer
Clearwater Paper Co.
Director of Sales & Marketing
Board Member 2005
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Mr. Ohleyer is the Director of Sales and Marketing for the forest products company, Clearwater Paper (Potlatch Corporation). His responsibility includes segmenting customers and markets to provide business direction to enhance volume and profit performance, oversee company prospecting for acquisition of new business, creating company sales strategies and promotional tools and direct new company products. An active member of The Olympic Club since 1980, Mr. Ohleyer has been a consistent supporter of The Olympic Club Foundation. |
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John Ringgenberg
Holland/Ringgenberg Wealth Strategies
Managing Partner
Board Member 2006
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Mr. Ringgenberg has been a Business, Estate and Financial Advisor since 1985 providing expert analysis for individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations. His primary expertise and focus is Comprehensive Wealth Management. Mr. Ringgenberg is a published author and lecturer and has been active in many social, professional and industry groups, including CFA Institute, CFP Board of Standards, Rotary Club of San Francisco, Boys Scouts of America, USF Business Advisory Council and BAYCAT. A graduate of the University of California with a degree in Economics he received his Masters in Finance from the University of San Francisco. Prior to forming HRWS, Mr. Ringgenberg was employed by Credit Suisse, Mellon Private Wealth Management, Bank of America's Private Bank and CIGNA Financial Advisors. |
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Tony Salvadore
Broadcast Consultant
Board Member 2005
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A veteran of the radio business for 41 years. Mr. Salvadore recently retired as Senior Vice President and Market Manager/Cumulus Radio for KNBR, KFOG, KSAN, KTCT and KFFG, the 5 Cumulus station's in the Bay Area. His stations have won many national industry awards, including a National Association of Broadcasters, Marconi Radio Award, "Legendary Station of the Year" for KNBR and "Rock Station of the Year" for KSAN. He is a member of the Board of the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame and was honored with the Dauer Award for extraordinary contributions. Serving two terms as Chairman of the Board for the Northern California Broadcasters Association, he has been recognized as "General Manager of the Year" by Radio Ink magazine. Raised in Upstate New York Mr. Salvadore has worked in Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago before coming to the Bay Area in 1982. |
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Brad Solso
Ashwood Management Partners
Founder & Managing Partner
Board Member 2009 |
G. Bradford Solso is the founder and managing partner of Ashwood Management Partners. He holds a BA degree in business administration from San Francisco State University and is a certified public accountant. Mr. Solso began his career at KPMG where his clients included financial services companies and investment funds. Mr. Solso was the Senior Vice President at Visa International where he was responsible for all capital markets activities. He was a member of the team that negotiated and executed Visa's sponsorship of the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary, Canada and Seoul, Korea. After Visa, Mr. Solso has managed transactions, valued at over $1 billion, including the initial public offering of Preview Systems and sell-side mergers, advised venture funds on investment transactions in the technology and financial services industries, and assisted Boards of Directors and management of numerous private and public companies with business strategy, financing strategy, exit strategy and stock option pricing. In addition to his business activities, Mr. Solso has serves on the Board of Directors of Community Gatepath, a non-profit that provides services to children and adults with disabilities, on the Board of Directors of the Guardsmen, an organization that provides campership and educational opportunities to disadvantaged children and on the Northern California Chapter of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Mr. Solso is currently the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 42nd International Children's Games. |
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Michael Stecher
Watson & Lanctot LLP
Partner
Board Member 2007
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Mr. Stecher is a native San Franciscan, where he attended Saint Ignatius College Preparatory and the University of San Francisco where he received his BS in Accounting. He is a graduate of the Golden Gate University College of Law and in 1970 was admitted to the California Bar. Mr. Stecher is a partner in the law firm of Watson & Lanctot. In practice for 34 years he has also taught transportation law courses at Golden Gate University. His practice specializing in business, probate, estate planning, administrative and transportation. He has also served as Judge-Pro-Tem in Contra Costa County. He is serving as the current president of the Saint Ignatius College Preparatory Alumni Association. Mr. Stecher and his wife Pat have 5 children. Mr. Stecher has been a member of The Olympic Club since1965 and has served on the Board of Directors of the Club. |
