About the Foundation

Our core objective is to advise, govern, oversee policy and direction and assist with the leadership and general promotion of the Foundation to support the organization’s mission and needs.

Board of Directors

The Foundation of CSUMB is an auxiliary organization of The California State University ("CSU") and serves as the philanthropic arm of the university. It is governed by the California Education Code §8900 et seq. and the administrative regulations of The CSU as outlined in Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.

The Foundation’s 2025-2026 Board of Directors:

Greg Gonzalez, Chair

Director of Central Coast Farming, Foley Family Farms

Ian Oglesby, Vice Chair

Mayor of Seaside, CA

Cyd Crampton, Secretary/Treasurer

RBC Wealth Management Consultant

Jeanne Adams, Director

Former curator, Ansel Adams Gallery

Robert Behl, Director

Entrepreneur, Member of the Auxiliary Investment Committee

Stefanie Corgel, Alumni Director

Strength and Conditioning Coach

Arlene Haffa, Faculty Director

Professor, Member of the Auxiliary Audit Committee

Melissa Jarnagin, Director

Vice President of Administration and Finance, CSUMB

Steve Keller, Director

Morgan Stanley Wealth Advisor

Susan Lansbury, Director

President, Berkshire Foundation

Caroline MacDonald, Director

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Pebble Beach Company

Michael LaPlante, CEO of Foundation of CSUMB

Vice President of University Advancement

Jonathan Merrill, Director

Ranch Manager, Merrill Farms

Andrew Nino, Student Director

Associated Students Vice President of Financial Affairs 

Eric Peterson, Director

Driscoll District Manager of the Northern District

Vanya Quiñones, Ph.D., Director

President of California State University, Monterey Bay

Debbie Sober, Director

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula/Montage Health Chief Nursing Officer

Our Mission and Purpose

The Foundation is organized for the following public and charitable purposes:

• Foster, encourage, and promote the goals and purposes of California State University, Monterey Bay (“CSUMB”) including providing strategic advice and counsel to the president and other university officers;
• Promote a greater and better understanding in the community of CSUMB’s role and policies as they relate to CSUMB’s higher education mission;
• Administer gifts, bequests, devises, endowments, trusts and similar funds, and provide short and long-term management of these investment funds; and
• Play an active role in fundraising and development processes in support of CSUMB;
• Provide financial assistance to CSUMB and its goals and purposes through gifts, loans, and allocations to CSUMB and its controlled affiliates;
• Do any other act or thing and engage in and carry on any other activity in any manner connected with or incidental to, or calculated to promote, assist, aid, or accomplish any of the aforesaid purposes.