Feb. 11, 2000
Kirsten Nicholson could barely survive a 20-minute run two years ago. Now she has two marathons under her belt, a pack of new friends and fresh confidence.
And the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has $6,500.
An editorial assistant at the Boston Consulting Group, Nicholson is part of a new breed of fund-raiser enlisted by nonprofits: highly charged, on-the-go folks who are enticed into their own muscle-pulling, shin-splinting sacrifices to pull in millions for good causes.
C'mon -- who's not going to pony up money for a co-worker -- lawyers, accountants, construction workers, secretaries and the like -- whose fund-raisers demand a predawn or post-work run of 20 miles?
That's not only awakened individuals to their potentials but alerted other nonprofits to the financial possibilities.
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Friday, October 09, 2009
Search for spirituality leading mid-life execs to answer higher calling
April 21, 2000
There was no burning bush, no desolate wandering, nary a voice in the wilderness. But Polly Moore knew it was time to cast aside her 18-year Genentech Inc. career for a life serving God.
"As soon as I made the decision, everything just seemed right," says Moore, who will enter Berkeley's Pacific School of Religion this fall. "Kind of `ahhhhhhhh,' `yeahhhhhhhh.'"
Mid-career converters to the ministry for the past two decades have abandoned their highrise offices for contemplative seminaries, trying to make sense of their own lives, capture the meaning of life or simply respond to some deep inner urging.
And the 20- and 30-somethings of the Internet revolution -- after cashing in their stock options or watching their paper wealth wither away -- are expected to form the genesis of classes to come.
"What happens when the dot-commers sell their options and turn 35?" says Jennifer DeWeerth, director of recruitment and admissions at Pacific School of Religion. "They're going to wonder about their spiritual health."
Already, PSR's classes fill every year with doctors, corporate executives, even lawyers who have chucked the material life to pursue the divine.
There was no burning bush, no desolate wandering, nary a voice in the wilderness. But Polly Moore knew it was time to cast aside her 18-year Genentech Inc. career for a life serving God.
"As soon as I made the decision, everything just seemed right," says Moore, who will enter Berkeley's Pacific School of Religion this fall. "Kind of `ahhhhhhhh,' `yeahhhhhhhh.'"
Mid-career converters to the ministry for the past two decades have abandoned their highrise offices for contemplative seminaries, trying to make sense of their own lives, capture the meaning of life or simply respond to some deep inner urging.
And the 20- and 30-somethings of the Internet revolution -- after cashing in their stock options or watching their paper wealth wither away -- are expected to form the genesis of classes to come.
"What happens when the dot-commers sell their options and turn 35?" says Jennifer DeWeerth, director of recruitment and admissions at Pacific School of Religion. "They're going to wonder about their spiritual health."
Already, PSR's classes fill every year with doctors, corporate executives, even lawyers who have chucked the material life to pursue the divine.
Surprise in East Palo Alto: Banks
March 24, 2000
Eager to step into a fast-growing city, and win points with regulators to boot, financial institutions are lining up to go where few banks have gone before: East Palo Alto.
That's right. The same East Palo Alto that was for years a veritable no-man's land for economic development, the East Palo Alto with the dubious distinction as 1992's murder capital of the country, the same East Palo Alto left bank-less for a dozen years.
But thanks to a handful of commercial, office and residential developments and a declining crime rate, the city is slowly shedding its old image. And financial institutions now are virtually climbing over each other to get in on the ground floor.
Eager to step into a fast-growing city, and win points with regulators to boot, financial institutions are lining up to go where few banks have gone before: East Palo Alto.
That's right. The same East Palo Alto that was for years a veritable no-man's land for economic development, the East Palo Alto with the dubious distinction as 1992's murder capital of the country, the same East Palo Alto left bank-less for a dozen years.
But thanks to a handful of commercial, office and residential developments and a declining crime rate, the city is slowly shedding its old image. And financial institutions now are virtually climbing over each other to get in on the ground floor.
Wells tries to snatch San Francisco purse
Feb. 4, 2000
Wells Fargo wants to steal away the city of San Francisco's bank accounts from rival Bank of America, and it's raiding BofA's executive suite to do it.
The bank has lured Jim Thompson -- who oversaw San Francisco's accounts at BofA -- to spearhead the effort. Since October, he has built a seven-person government and education banking division, most of them also BofA émigrés, to boost the bank's business with California municipalities.
Not coincidentally, Thompson's hiring comes at a time when BofA's long-standing contract with San Francisco seems ripe for the taking.
Wells Fargo wants to steal away the city of San Francisco's bank accounts from rival Bank of America, and it's raiding BofA's executive suite to do it.
The bank has lured Jim Thompson -- who oversaw San Francisco's accounts at BofA -- to spearhead the effort. Since October, he has built a seven-person government and education banking division, most of them also BofA émigrés, to boost the bank's business with California municipalities.
Not coincidentally, Thompson's hiring comes at a time when BofA's long-standing contract with San Francisco seems ripe for the taking.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Past haunts founder of new thrift
March 31, 2000
A banker linked in court documents to questionable lending and accounting practices at two former Bay Area savings and loans in the 1970s and 1980s is leading a group that has applied to start a San Francisco thrift and loan.
Bruce Flanagan, who headed Pacific Coast Savings & Loan Association until federal regulators took control in 1988 and later sold its assets at a cost of $24 million to taxpayers, heads a group that wants to open Pacific First Bank by fall. The new institution is intended to serve small businesses in Haight-Ashbury, the Sunset and other nearby neighborhoods.
Prior to Pacific Coast, Flanagan led Civic Federal Savings and Loan Association, where government overseers claimed in court documents that he improperly inflated revenues.
Flanagan was never charged in connection with either institution and he denies the allegations.
A banker linked in court documents to questionable lending and accounting practices at two former Bay Area savings and loans in the 1970s and 1980s is leading a group that has applied to start a San Francisco thrift and loan.
Bruce Flanagan, who headed Pacific Coast Savings & Loan Association until federal regulators took control in 1988 and later sold its assets at a cost of $24 million to taxpayers, heads a group that wants to open Pacific First Bank by fall. The new institution is intended to serve small businesses in Haight-Ashbury, the Sunset and other nearby neighborhoods.
Prior to Pacific Coast, Flanagan led Civic Federal Savings and Loan Association, where government overseers claimed in court documents that he improperly inflated revenues.
Flanagan was never charged in connection with either institution and he denies the allegations.
Turning risks into rewards
Aug. 25, 2000
Like other wannabe business owners, Jon Thomas has watched whatever.com rake in millions without the promise of a profit. But when it comes to basic funding for basic businesses in this Silicon Valley island of poverty, capital is in short supply.
Yet that might be slowly changing, thanks to the sheer grit of teenagers like Jon and a grassroots effort spearheaded by Stanford law school grad Suzanne McKechnie Klahr.
Now 17 kids who a year ago were at risk of falling victim to all the stereotypes of poor, inner-city America stand ready to launch new businesses in a territory customarily dismissed by bankers and venture capitalists.
Like other wannabe business owners, Jon Thomas has watched whatever.com rake in millions without the promise of a profit. But when it comes to basic funding for basic businesses in this Silicon Valley island of poverty, capital is in short supply.
Yet that might be slowly changing, thanks to the sheer grit of teenagers like Jon and a grassroots effort spearheaded by Stanford law school grad Suzanne McKechnie Klahr.
Now 17 kids who a year ago were at risk of falling victim to all the stereotypes of poor, inner-city America stand ready to launch new businesses in a territory customarily dismissed by bankers and venture capitalists.
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