Candidate for
Board Member; Fresno Unified School District; Trustee Area 7

Dr. Joseph J. Penbera jpenbera@attbi.com

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Public Administration, American University, Washington, D.C. Dissertation in public finance.

• Master's in Business and Public Administration, Bernard Baruch School of Business and Public Administration. Baruch Fellow

• B.A., Rutgers College, N.J. Honors; Class President; President, Beta Theta Pi.

PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS, CSU, FRESNO

• Former Dean, Craig School of Business
• Eaton Fellow for Economic Development in CSU's first "think tank" during period of major endowment, research, facility and enrollment growth.

• Provide economic research & policy analysis to private firms, public entities & the media. Prepared major studies of professional sports franchises, airport, immigration, job development, land development and marketing plans.

• Cited as an authoritative source on economic issues by a variety of local, national and international newspapers. Appeared on ABC Nightly News with Peter Jennings, the BBC, and the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour. Profiled in The Business Journal as the "Sleuth of Economic Truth." "One of the best forecast economists in the nation" (Knight Kiplinger, editor-publisher of The Kiplinger Letter)

• Professional advisory firm, which includes The Consortium for Economic Research. FSC works to provide comprehensive Forensic Economic, Accounting, Auditing and Investigative Services in combination with Joseph J. Penbera, Ph.D., John A. Moffat, CPA and other professional firms.

• Provided over 100 sophisticated economic analyses and reports, consultancies and expert testimony to courts, law firms, banks, executives, boards of directors, and governmental and international agencies, to help resolve financial and business issues, commercial disputes, as well as a wide range of financial valuations.

• N.Y. Stock Exchange-listed retailer doing business in the Western U.S., with over $600 million in annual sales. Audit Committee Chairman; Compensation Committee member. Director since Gottschalks went public in 1986.

• One of the largest professional cleaning companies in the world with over 30,000 retail locations throughout the U.S., England, South Africa, Middle East and Asia. Audit Committee Chair; Compensation Committee member. Served as director since 1986, through a period of turnaround, restructure, significant growth and profitability.

• Founder of one of the first Central Valley technology infrastructure and solutions companies focusing, principally, on solutions in agriculture and energy. Board includes prominent national and regional business and technology leaders. BergMcAfee Companies purchased a controlling interest in 2001.

• SENIOR ECONOMIST, Cal Bank and Trust/Zion's Bank, Regency Bank. (`98-`00)

• SENIOR ECONOMIST, Bank of Fresno, Valliwide Bank, and Westamerica Bank (`94-`98)

• CHAIRMAN, The Consortium for Economic Research (`92-`98)

• DEAN, Craig School of Business, Cal State University Fresno (`85-`92)

• DEAN, College of Business & Public Administration, Franklin University ('81-85)

• ASST TO PROVOST / DEAN OF FACULTIES, University of Miami ('78-'81)

• CONSULTANT ON REENGINEERING, U.S. Presidential Cabinet Consortium and U.S. Dept of Education, Work Literacy Program (`93-`94)

• REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE, The Ohio Company; State Bond Companies (MN & CA);and Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith (`81-97)

• DIRECTOR, Vendo International (NYSE) ('86-'88)

• SENIOR CONSULTANT, Planning Secretariat of Brazil ('75-78)

• DIRECTOR, International and Special Programs Dept, U.S. Dept of Agriculture Graduate School, Washington, D.C. Liaison to the World Bank, Organization of American States, U.S. Agency for International Development and United Nations Development Program (`72-`75)

• DIRECTOR, National Assn of Schools of Public Affairs (`70-`72)

• ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Ford Foundation Management Program (`70-`72)

• MIDSHIPMAN, U.S. Naval Academy & U.S. Naval Reserves; Honorably Discharged, 1970.

• Quoted in U.S.A. Today, The Business Journal, The New York Times, and Kiplinger's.

• Appeared on ABC Nightly News with Peter Jennings, BBC, and McNeil-Lehrer News Hour.

• Presidential Commendation, California State University ('94)

• Recipient, Rotary's Paul Harris Medal ('90)

• Participant, White House Forums (`74, `80, '84 and '88.)

• CHAIRMAN, MAYOR AUTRY'S COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS

• Financial Advisor, Fresno County Office of Education

• Director Emeritus, River Parkway and Conservation Trust

• Founding Director, Fresno Tomorrow

• Director and Coach, Fig Garden and Clovis Baseball

• Official Population Forecast: Council of Governments, Fresno County ('00)

• Economic Forecasts for Central California to the Year 2010, CCFI ('98, 60 pp)

• E-Commerce, Economics and Regulation, Advanced Management Journal ('99)

• Driving Forces and Threats to Agriculture, Central CA Futures Institute (CCFI) ('98)

• Labor Market Information Survey, Economic Development Corp (coauthor, `98)

• Forecasts of Leading Economic Indicators, Valleywide, Regency, Westamerica banks ('95-'00)

• Job Multipliers Effects, Job-Related Purchase Power and the Tax Value of One Job, EDC '98)

• The Economic Map: A Statistical Abstract of the Central Valley, CCFI ('96, 288 pp)

• Forecasts to the Year 2010 and beyond

• The Statistical Abstracts for the region

• The officially adopted Population Forecast to 2025

• The regional Consumer Price Index (CPI-F), published quarterly by CSUF ('95-'00) and other economic indicators & reports

• Advisory Board, Advanced Management Journal ('92-`96)

• Editorial Advisory Board, The Global Finance Journal ('89-92)

• Editorial Advisory Board, Review of Business Studies ('90-92)

• Associate Editor, Journal of Small Business Finance ('91-'92)

• Registered Representative, National Assn of Securities Dealers

• Public Accountant, Ohio

• Member, Financial Executives Institute

• Distinguished member, National Forensic Center

• Registered Investment Advisor (1st filed with SEC under The Bernard Baruch Company)

• Finance & Accounting: Harvard University's Senior Financial Officers Program; Investment Institute, Georgia; University of Miami; National Assn of Securities Dealers, Series 7, Registered Representative

• Economics, Economics Planning & Forecasting: The World Bank's Economic Development Institute; The Brookings Institution; U.S. Dept of Agriculture Graduate School; U.S. Bureau of the Census Statistical Methods; Forecasting & Assessment

• Foreign Language & Culture: Universidad Ibero-Americana (Spanish); Liguaphone (Portuguese); Rutgers University (Italian); Vailsburg School (German & French)