Graduate of Berkeley (University Medalist), Harvard Business School (Soros Fellow), and Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)

CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Finchwood Capital, an investment firm in San Francisco

Board of Directors of Ceiba Public Schools and Omprakash.org

Strauss Scholar 2002; the award funded his project "Bridging the Digital Divide" focused on getting underprivileged youth computers and a computer education

Selected as one of the first Strauss Scholars to serve on the Board of Trustees

Graduate of UCLA

Former Admissions Testing Consultant for Campbell Hall School, North Hollywood, CA

Board Member, Rock 1 Kidney (www.rock1kidney.org) an online website that promotes organ donation

Award winning Quilter

Lifelong friend of the Strauss family.

Graduate of UC Davis

Former journalist/critic for the Los Angeles Times

Co-owner of Strauss-McGarr Entertainment - manages comedians, operates a comedy club

Hosts Talking Animals, an NPR radio show about animals and animal issues

Graduate of Stanford University and NYU Medical School

Formerly on psychiatry faculty at UCLA Medical School

Currently practices and teaches psychiatry at University of Louisville

Swims for exercise; indulges taste for gourmet food to overcome the beneficial effects of swimming

Graduate of Vassar College and California Western School of Law

Attorney practicing in San Diego

Son of Gordon Strauss and eldest grandson of Don and Dorothy Strauss

Inherited Don and Dorothy’s love of playing in the ocean

Graduate of UC Santa Barbara

M.P.H. from San Diego State University

Trying to become proficient in Spanish

Has the Strauss love of travel

Graduate of Loyola Marymount University (Summa Cum Laude) and University of Sussex (Rotary Scholar)

Former Chief of Staff to California EPA Secretary & Senior Policy Advisor to Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Managing Partner of Mozaic Media & Communications, a national Public Relations & Advocacy Firm 

2005 Strauss Scholar - Project focused on Bringing Education & Career Opportunities to Juvenile Hall Youth in LA County (2005 National Telly Award Recipient for Documentary Aram produced on his journey)

Selected as one of  the first Strauss Scholars to serve on the Board of Trustees

UCLA Professor in the Honors Program for 35 years; recently retired

Held leadership positions and received awards for teaching, advocacy of writing in the curriculum, and contributions to the special series of courses called the Honors Collegium

Believes that commitment to the public good very much includes discovering what it means to live a significant life

As the campus representative for the Strauss Scholarship, launched all 25 of the UCLA Strauss Scholars in the first 20 years of the Foundation.