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.
Details coming soon about our next meeting at Michael's Restaurant at Shoreline in Mountain View
Thursday, January 12, 2012
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.
BayCFO offers meetings with exciting speakers on current topics relevant to you as CFO. Recent speakers have included Lou Lavigne, Jr., former and legendary CFO of Genentech, Inc; 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; Michael's Restaurant at Shoreline in Mountain View, The Hotel Sofitel, Capital Club in San Jose, and the Stanford Park Hotel in Menlo Park. .
BAYCFO NEWS!Recently, at the historic Payne Mansion, Steve Workman, CFO of Finisar Corporation spoke on "War Stories and Lessons Learned From a Lifetime of M&A."BayCFO members and guests who attended our event at the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood Shores heard Lou Lavigne, legendary former CFO of Genentech, and Winner of the 2006 Bay Area CFO of the Year Hall of Fame - Lifetime Achievement Award speak on the Relationship between the CFO and the Board, with particular emphasis on the Audit Committee relationship. This was a unique opportunity to get insights from a Bay Area legend and once again, another BayCFO success! If you missed this one, well, don't let that happen next time! Stay tuned for details of our next BayCFO event, scheduled for January 12, 2012 at Michael's Restaurant at Shoreline in Mountain View. Mark your calendars for this next BayCFO event and be sure to be there! Come and see what BayCFO is like!
Our BayCFO dinner, held at Michael's Restaurant at Shoreline, in Mountain View was a sell-out! Our dinner speaker was David Chun, CEO of Equilar, Inc., a widely sought -out executive compensation expert who spoke in depth on CFO Compensation. We had almost 90 attendees at our event - a great turnout at a beautiful venue. If you missed this dinner, don't be left out again - make sure your contact information is current!
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The Payne Mansion, with Steve Workman
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If you would like to update your membership information,
please contact Genie Hawkins, BayCFO Administrator at
BayCFO Members and President Joe Pelayo
California GOP Head
Duf Sundheim at a recent BayCFO event
Speaker Guy Kawasaki and
BayCFO President, Joe Pelayo
Our venue at the Hotel Sofitel, Redwood City
At the SF City Club where SF Mayor Gavin Newsom was speaker
June '06 Speaker Tom Vertin and Joe Pelayo
California Governor Jerry Brown
before his talk to BayCFO Members
Now California Governor and then Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown
was a great speaker!
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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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