Alum Profile

New Board Members

Wildcats on the Move

California State University, Chico's Alumni Association has added thirteen new board members and is headed in an ambitious new direction to serve the university's alumni. Ten new board members were elected in June 1998 and three more were elected in October 1998.

Alumni and Parent Relations Director Jack Fox, who took over the director's post March 19, 1998, said one of his first priorities as director was to add new members to the board. He said the new board members reflect an eagerness on the part of CSU, Chico alumni to strengthen the association, increase activities within the chapters, add an international travel program, revive the tradition of Homecoming, and bring more alumni in touch with their alma mater. "We are excited about the members we have brought onto the board," Fox said. "They will complement our current members and lead us aggressively into a new era of alumni support for our students and the campus."

New Alumni Association board members elected to three-year terms last June are 1971 alumnus Steve Beckley, executive vice president, California Fertilizer Association, a resident of Woodland; 1977 alumnus Jim Branham, undersecretary, California Resources Agency, a resident of Carmichael in the Sacramento area; 1968 alumna Maureen Dunn, member of the legal counsel for the State Legislature, a resident of Gold River in the Sacramento area; 1969 alumnus Robert Kittridge, managing partner, Price Waterhouse, a resident of Woodland; 1966 alumna Sheryl Lange, school and civic volunteer, a resident of Chico; 1976 alumnus Bob Linscheid, vice president/general manager, Chico Heat, a resident of Chico; and 1980 alumna Tamilee Webb, president, T. L. Webb International, a resident of Rancho Santa Fe in the San Diego area.

New board members elected to two-year terms last June are 1950 alumna Betty Porter, a resident of Chico; 1966 alumnus Glen Toney, group vice president, Applied Materials, a resident of Palo Alto; and 1978 alumnus Russ Woody, award-winning writer-producer, Para-mount Pictures, a resident of Los Angeles.

New board members elected to two-year terms last October are 1968 alumnus Ted Howard, deputy secretary general for CONCACAF, which coordinates world soccer in North, Central, and South America for FIFA, a resident of Larchmont, N.Y.; 1982 alumna Natalie Birk, director of public programs for the National Holocaust Museum, a resident of Washington, D.C.; and 1977 alumnus Joe Fonzi, businessman and sportscaster, a resident of Danville.

Continuing members are 1970 alumna Marla Forrest, Chico Unified School District elementary school teacher, a resident of Chico; 1942 alumna Carmelita Lantz, a resident of McCloud; 1941 alumnus Art Nason, a resident of Yuba City; 1989 alumna Ginny Heimann, buyer, CSU, Chico Procurement Services, a resident of Chico; and 1982 alumnus Jeff Finck, branch manager, LPL Financial, a resident of Redding.

The Alumni Association formed in 1892. CSU, Chico has more than 89,000 alumni worldwide.

Joe Wills, Public Affairs