Saturday, March 26, 2011
at the Croatian American Cultural Center in Sacramento.
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CSF Excecutive and Advisory Board
OFFICERS:
President
- Marijana Pavic
The CSF Executive Board welcomes Marijana as a President who served the organization as a secretary the past few years. Marijana has recently retired after a long career as a Division Dean at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California. Marijana has had a most distinguished career teaching in the field of Alied Health and understands the importance of higher education. Like Vice President Nina Jurjevic, Marijana and her husband, Zeljko were born in Croatia, and with her education background in teaching and working with young college students will be invaluable to the CSF program. Her husband, Zeljko recently retired as a professor at San Jose State University and will providing additional leadership to the CSF program. The Pavics have a son, Brian who is a resident in Internal Medicine in Portland Oregon and a daughter Andrea who graduated with MS degree from the Dominican University in San Rafael, California.
Vice
President - Nina Jurjevic
Vice President Nina Jurjevic has served as an officer for the CSF since the inception and has held various positions on the Board. Nina has been at the forefront in promoting the scholarship program and has served on the Student Selection Committee, the Annual Dinner-Dance Fundraising Committee, Finance and Budget Committee, and other noteworthy committees during the past 19 years. Nina has met with CSF students on numerous occasions during her annual travel to Croatia and has met with benefactors who support the CSF program in Croatia. Nina and Tony have two children, son Michael who lives in Sacramento area and daughter Cecilia married to Slavko Miskic. They have six grandchildren . Nina's husband Ante is retired from the Lucky Stores Inc.
Secretary - Barbara Jagiello
The CSF Executive Board welcomes Barbara Jagiello as the new secretary.
Treasurer
- Chip Kumparak
The CSF Executive Board welcomes Chip as the new Treasurer. He follows his late father George on the Board who, prior to his passing was one of the 4 original founders of CSF.
Chip previously served as Assistant Secretary, and Secretary in 2008/09 after serving in an unofficial capacity since 2007. His early career as Director of Operations in air bearing & hard disk test
equipment led to President and CEO positions for a privately held international company for laser interferometry based inspection technologies. He currently serves as President of his local Chapter for his clock collecting hobby,
having also served positions on his HOA Board. He has been instrumental in soliciting silent auction items for the Fundraising Committee, and is a member of the Finance, Newsletter, and Student Selection Committees.
Assistant Treasurer - Branko Barbir
Branko is no stranger to the CSF as he is recognized as one of the original founders of the program. Branko has been the mainstay and driving force of the CSF since its inception that has become one of the most highly recognized and successful Croatian organizations in the United States the past ten years. He has distinguished himself as being the most dedicated and committed member of the Executive Board and is passionate about helping young Croatian students in Croatia to attend a university in their country. Branko and his wife Ana have four outstanding children that help in various areas to assist the CSF with their skills and abilities that enable the CSF to enjoy continued success.
At Large Member - Marina Sertic
The CSF Executive Board welcomes Marina Sertic as an Executive Board Mermber at Large.
At Large Member - Joe Cindrich
The CSF Executive Board welcomes Joe Cindrich as an Executive Board Mermber at Large.
Administrative
Assistant - Vesna Brekalo
Vesna...........
ADVISORY BOARD:
Gary Allen, Joseph Cindrich, Ph.D., William Cumbelich, Vera Duplancic, Zeljko Pavic, Alan Saracevic, Darko Sertic, Tony Ujdur, Lydia Vidovich