Distinguished Alumni Award- College of Business Administration

The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented by the Cal Poly Pomona Alumni Association to honor those who have shown outstanding achievement in a profession or a vocation. Through their generosity, these alumni have also engaged in servicing local, national, or global communities and to their alma mater, Cal Poly Pomona.

2014 Joe Guerra — Class of '85

Distinguished Alumnus Joe Guerra

While a student at Cal Poly Pomona, Joe Guerra’s studies left him little free time to hit a few golf balls. These days, the man Golf Magazine proclaims as one of the most powerful people in golf does more than swing a club. He oversees one of the top ten golf companies in the world as founder, president and CEO of Georgia-based Sequoia Golf Holdings, which owns a portfolio of country clubs that includes 50 properties.

After earning his business degree, Guerra worked in the real estate industry before being named co-president and chief executive officer of Santa Monica-based American Golf Corp. His next move was to Georgia, where he founded Sequoia in 2003.

Along the way, Guerra has made time for his alma mater and philanthropic pursuits. He sits on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Business Administration. In 2011, in an effort to build awareness for the game of golf and its values to youth, Guerra announced the launch of the Sequoia Charitable Foundation

He and his wife, Amy, have four children: Kim, Lauren, Joey, and Hayley, and one granddaughter, Charlotte.

Past Awardees

YEAR HONORED	FULL NAME	DEGREE	GRADUATION YEAR
2014	Joe Guerra	Finance, Real Estate and Law	1985
2013	A. Barry Hirschfeld	M.S. Business Administration	1964
2012	Victor Stenger Tanon	Finance, Real Estate, and Law	1994
2011	Mahvash Yazdi	Business Administration	1974
2010	John Finton	Finance, Real Estate, and Law	1989
2009	Lawrence Taff	Accounting	1980
2008	Kathy Lynn Tully	Marketing Management, MBA	1976, 1980
2007	Steven P. Cesinger	Accounting	1985
2006	Viggo Butler	Business Administration	1964
2005	Bruce Ray	Business Administration	1965
2004	Dorothy L. Roberts	Business Administration, M.S. Business Administration	1968, 1978
2003	D. Scott Mercer	Accounting	1976
2002	Lance Calvert	Marketing Management	1969
2001	Ronald W. Gregoire	Accounting	1974
1999	John B. Pollara	Accounting	1974
1998	Mark S. Segal	Accounting	1980
1997	Dennis Pope	Accounting	1980
1996	J. Douglas Ramsey	Finance, Real Estate, and Law	1982
1995	Douglas G. Wageman	Operations Management	1984
1994	Marie Porter	Marketing Management, Human Resources	1984
1993	Barbara A. Henderson	Accounting	1970
1991	Nolan H. Spencer	Accounting	1979
1990	Carolyn D. Beaver	Accounting	1979
1989	Donald N. Ecker	Accounting	1968
1988	Dudley W. Williams	Business Administration	1966
1987	Linda L. Holmes	Business Management	1982
1986	Joseph G. D'Oliveira	Accounting	1974
1985	Lolita G. Beltramo	Business Management	1969
1984	Richard A. Yardley	Data Processing	1971
1983	Alford B. Neely	Accounting	1972
1982	Frederick Gallegos	Data Processing	1972
1981	Duane C. Slocum	Business Administration	1963
1980	Karen Dillon	Business Administration	1971
1979	Jay Bonacci	Accounting	1963
1978	James R. Smirl	Business Administration	1970
1977	Clifton C. Booth	Business Administration	1964

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Distinguished Alumni Award- College of Business Administration

2014 Joe Guerra — Class of '85

Past Awardees