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BayCFO - the only private club for CFOs in the SF Bay Area


BayCFO is an organization devoted solely to CFO's with a focus on San Francisco Bay Area economic and business environment issues. We are significantly connected into the political as well as the business spectrum of the Bay and provide a forum for interchange of ideas.

Our purpose is to provide networking, education, mentoring, discussion and recreation, as well as to make introductions to leaders in Northern California politics and business.

 

  
 


BayCFO is the largest private club for CFO's in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its purpose is to provide a forum for networking, education, mentoring, discussion and recreation as well as for making introductions to leaders in Northern California politics and business. Membership currently consists of 500 CFO's including the CFO's of companies such as Clorox, Credence, 3Com, Genentech, Wind River, Williams Sonoma, and The Oakland Raiders.

Over 200 of the Bay Area's public company CFO's are BayCFO members. BayCFO holds 4-5 events each year
and an annual golf event. Our dinner events are usually held the first Thursday of every third month, or quarterly.

BayCFO is rapidly growing; adding on average 20-25 new BayCFO members each month.
Membership is by invitation only via nomination by an existing BayCFO member.

    
 

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BayCFO offers meetings with exciting speakers on current topics relevant to you as CFO. Recent speakers have included San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom; Oakland Mayor and California Attorney General Jerry Brown; California GOP Chairman Duf Sundheim; Garage Technology Ventures' Guy Kawasaki; and Silicon Valley Bank's Performance Specialist, Tom Vertin; expert panelists on current hot topics - just to name a few. BayCFO events are held at various venues around the San Francisco Bay Area in order to accommodate all our members: The San Francisco City Club; Oakland's Washington Plaza Hotel, Kuleto's Trattoria in Burlingame; The Hotel Sofitel, Capital Club in San Jose, and the Stanford Park Hotel in Menlo Park. .

     


UPDATE!

We're now taking reservations for our latest BayCFO Event - to be held August 21 , 2008 at Michael's Restaurant at Shoreline, in Mountain View! Our dinner speaker will be David Chun, CEO of Equilar, Inc., a widely sought -out executive compensation expert.

Compensation – it’s a complex and emotional question.  That’s why BayCFO has invited David Chun, CEO of Equilar, to go in depth on CFO compensation on August 21st at Michael's Restaurant at Shoreline, in Mountain View, CA. David will be on hand to discuss with us an extensive new series of trends discovered in a recent case study on CFO salaries which was highlighted in CFO magazine. He will also discuss:

    • Base salary medians for CFOs in the USA and the Bay Area
    • Bonuses - low, medium and high
    • Comparisons of CFO pay to that of the CEO and other executives
    • Stock options, performance shares, and other forms of equity compensation
    • Other hot topics in executive compensation, including severance, and change-in-control agreements, ownership guidelines and internal pay equity

For more information, see our BayCFO Dinner Announcement - Coming to our Members' Email Soon!

If you're ready to make your reservation NOW, please use this link

http://www.acteva.com/go/baycfo


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If you would like to update your membership information,
please contact Genie Hawkins, BayCFO Administrator at

 
Some recent speakers at our BayCFO Events -
BayCFO Members at one of our very first events.
 BayCFO Members and President Joe Pelayo		 Duf Sundheim, California GOP Chief, at BayCFO
California GOP Head
Duf Sundheim at a recent BayCFO event
Guy Kawasaki and BayCFO President Joe Pelayo
Speaker Guy Kawasaki and
BayCFO President, Joe Pelayo		   Our last venue at the Hotel Sofitel
Our venue at the Hotel Sofitel, Redwood City
     
Mayor Gavin Newsom was an interesting speaker.
At the SF City Club where SF Mayor Gavin Newsom was speaker
 
Tom Vertin at BayCFO
June '06 Speaker Tom Vertin and Joe Pelayo		  
Oakland Mayor Jeff Brown at our BayCFO dinner!
Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown
before his talk to BayCFO Members
    Mayor Jerry Brown
Now-California Attorney General and then-Oakland Mayor
Jerry Brown was a great speaker!		        
                       
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BayCFO’s Charter Is To Facilitate:


Networking – Meetings, events and group culture are designed to facilitate interaction. In addition, BayCFO's private website can assist with networking, polling and idea exchange. The Website includes a members’ directory, bulletin board, event calendar and polling site. The polling site and bulletin board assist with broad communications between the general membership including resource referral, industry practices research, opinion exchange, surveys, general networking, etc.

Education – Events are designed to facilitate education on matters of importance or interest. These include dinner meetings, regional workshops and special or ad hoc meetings which have the option of using the Group’s clubhouse at the City Club.

Recent Bay CFO events have been held at the Silicon Valley Capital Club, Oakland's Washington Plaza Hotel, and the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood City. Our speakers have included industry experts on hot topics relevant to CFO's and political figures such as Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, and California GOP Head Duf Sundheim.


Mentoring– A primary mission of BayCFO is to engender a culture of approachability, openness and generosity. We will continue to be thoughtful regarding ways to foster this type of ethic among our members and sponsors.

Discussion – Interaction is a significant component of all meetings with additional facilitation by the Website. Meeting areas (the “Clubhouse”) will be available at the City Club for broad usage. In addition, there are rotating breakfast meetings hosted by members at their respective facilities or other locations.

Recreation – BayCFO is an organization with a smile. Our intent is to have fun. We pay special attention to the little things that optimize the enjoyment of our events. We also plan at least one annual event that includes spouses or guests where we can be free to relax and enjoy.
 

BayCFO is an organization devoted solely to CFO's with a focus on San Francisco Bay Area economic and business environment issues. We are significantly connected into the political as well as the business spectrum of the Bay and provide a forum for interchange of ideas.

Membership in BayCFO is by invitation only. To be eligible to join an individual must be a Chief Financial Officer or equivalent in an entity with a Bay Area presence. Candidates for membership must be sponsored by at least one member and are approved by the BayCFO Board. The recommended dress code at BayCFO events is business formal.

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