Emeritus Advisory Board

Art Agnos – Mayor of San Francisco (1988–1992); former Regional Head, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Jamie Allison – Executive Director, Walter & Elise Haas Fund

Nancy Barrett – Senior Vice President, U.S. Trust Bank of America

Jude Barry – CEO, Catapult Strategies, Verafirma

Joan Buchanan – Former Member, California State Assembly

Derick Brown – VP, Advancement and Partnerships, YMCA of Greater San Francisco

Sheila Burke – Strategic Advisor, Baker Donelson; former Undersecretary, Smithsonian Institute

Betsy Butler – Former Member, California State Assembly

Mary Ruth Carleton – Vice President, University Relations, San Diego State University

Sandy Chau – Director, Accela, Inc.

Rodney Chin – Retired Executive Director, Buchanan YMCA

Corey Cook – CEO, California Polytechnic State University, Maritime Academy; former Vice Provost, St. Mary’s College of California; former Director, McCarthy Center

Joseph W. (Joe) Cotchett – Attorney, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy

Frank Damrell – U.S. District Court Judge (ret.)

Sheryl Davis – Executive Director, San Francisco Human Rights Commission

Casey Farmer – Policy and Community Development Consultant

John Foran* – Former Member, California State Senate (1930–2014)

Alex Grab – General Counsel, Brilliant Earth

Holly Hogan – Associate General Counsel, Automattic/WordPress.com

Loretta Holstein – Community Leader, Holstein Scholarship Fund, USF

Eric Jaye – Founder and President, Storefront Political Media

Ralph Lane* – Founder/Chair, Sociology Department, USF (1923–2005)

Emily Lo Savio – Executive Director, Opportunity Impact

Joan Lubamersky – Manager, City of San Francisco

Antoinette M. Malveaux – Director, Casey Family Programs

Susan Marineau – Co-founder, Marineau Family Foundation

Leo T. McCarthy* – Former California Lieutenant Governor; Founder, McCarthy Center (1930–2007)

Hydra Mendoza – VP, Chief of Strategic Relationships, Salesforce

Alexandra Morgan – Retired CEO, Family House, Inc.

Patrick Murphy – Professor, Director of Urban and Public Affairs, USF; former Fellow, Opportunity Institute; former Director, McCarthy Center

William Newsom* – California State Appeals Court Justice (ret.); Financial Advisor, Getty family trust

Vicky Nguyen – Investigative & Consumer Correspondent, NBC Bay Area News; USF Valedictorian 2000

Stephen Pearce – Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Emanu-El

Mary Rosenblatt Powell – Former Chief Development Officer, San Francisco Opera

Stephen Privett, S.J. – Chancellor and Former President, USF; Co-founder, McCarthy Center

Perla Rodriguez – CEO, Voler Strategic Advisors

Shari Roeseler – Executive Director, Society for the Blind

Ronald Rose – Principal, LoopLender Inc.

Jaime Rossi – Communications Strategist & Partner, Storefront Political Media

Catarina Schwab – Vice President, buildOn

Don Sebastiani – Founder, Don Sebastiani & Sons; former Member, California State Assembly

Scott Shafer – Senior Editor, Politics and Government, KQED

Rhonda Smira – Sloat Higgins Jensen and Associates

Jack Smith – Former Mayor of Hayward, California (1927–2008)

Richard Spohn* – Lawyer, Nossaman LLP (ret.); Founding Director, McCarthy Center

Kevin Starr* – Historian; University Professor, USC; former California State Librarian (1940–2017)

Dominique Tan – Director of Business Intelligence & Budgets, Unical Aviation, Inc.

James Taylor – Professor, San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee, USF

Joe Trippi – Founder, Trippi and Associates

Suzanne Troxel – CEO, Pivot Point Capital

Jennifer Turpin – USF Professor of Sociology; former Provost & Academic Vice President

*indicates advisor is deceased