Robert M. Harper is currently serving as Interim Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs. Prior to his current appointment, he served for ten years as Dean of the Craig School of Business, four years as Associate Dean, and seven years as department chair for the Department of Accountancy. During his term as Dean, the […]

John Harris owns and manages Harris Ranch, a diversified agricultural company in California and also includes the Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant. He also has been active in breeding and racing thoroughbred horses for almost 50 years, producing several California bred champions. John is active on boards of several organizations including the Pacific Legal Foundation, […]

Melissa Frank is Senior Counsel/Director of Government Affairs for The Wonderful Company. In that role, Ms. Frank manages government relations for The Wonderful Company and its related affiliates, including Wonderful Citrus, Wonderful Orchards, Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds, POM Wonderful, Fiji Water, and Justin Vineyards. Before joining The Wonderful Company in 2009, Ms. Frank was an […]

Jim Costa represents California’s 16th Congressional District. He has served the San Joaquin Valley in the U.S. House of Representatives since January of 2005. Raised on a dairy farm in Fresno’s Kearney Park area, Congressman Costa is a third-generation family farmer. As a Member of Congress, Costa has applied his farming background to fighting for […]

Sue has led the philanthropy program at Memorial since 2007. She is also the Policy & Advocacy Liaison for Memorial as well as the Mission Leader. She graduated Magana cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in political science and earned her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law. After practicing law […]

 Joseph I. Castro has served as the eighth president of California State University, Fresno since 2013. He is the first Californian and first Valley native to serve in this position. In 2017, Fresno State was ranked Number 17 in the nation by Washington Monthly and recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of […]