Newsroom

CSUN Foundation Board Elects Five New Directors

Cal State Northridge officials have announced the election of five new members to the university’s Foundation Board of Directors.

As a non-profit auxiliary of Cal State Northridge, the Foundation receives and oversees the management of private donations to the university. Among its roles is to raise money for the enhancement and support of programs that would not normally be funded by the state.

The 36-member volunteer board includes some of Southern California’s leading business and community leaders.

“We are delighted to welcome this distinguished group of new directors to the Foundation Board and we are grateful for their strong support and service on behalf of Cal State Northridge and its students,” said Vance T. Peterson, CSUN’s vice president for University Advancement and president of the Foundation.

The newest members of the foundation board include:

•    Harvey A. Bookstein, of Encino, is managing partner for Roth, Bookstein and Zaslow, LLP, a Los Angeles-based public accounting firm.

•    William C. Griffeth, of Park Ridge, N.J., is a financial journalist and anchor for CNBC.

•    Mark Lainer, of Encino, is a partner with the real estate company Lainer Investments of Van Nuys.

•    Philip J. Mundy, Jr., of Calabasas, is president of Calabasas-based Mundy Medical Marketing, Inc.

•    Milton G. Valera, of Woodland Hills, is president of the Chatsworth-based National Notary Association.

The board’s executive committee includes Earl Enzer, managing director of Goldman Sachs, who serves as chair; Cal State Northridge President Jolene Koester; Peterson; and chief financial officer of the Foundation Geetha M. Thomas.

Other executive members include Sanford Paris, owner of Paris Industrial, chair of the foundation’s finance and investment; Todd Reinstein, attorney for Ervin, Cohen and Jessup, LLC, chair of development; and former chair Philip S. Magaram, attorney and principal with the law firm of Valensi, Rose and Magaram, who serves as chair of the board membership committee.

California State University, Northridge has more than 36,000 full- and part-time students and offers 64 bachelor’s and 50 master’s degrees as well as 28 teaching credential programs. Founded in 1958, CSUN is among the largest single-campus universities in the nation and the only four-year public university in the San Fernando Valley. The university serves as the intellectual, economic and cultural heart of the Valley and beyond.