Foundation 411

It's our first episode of 2021! In this episode, we sit down and talk with Director of Dining Services, Aaron Neilson. We learn about Aaron's path to the Foundation and what he's looking forward to most when we're safely out of the pandemic.  This episode also has a departmental update from the Bronco Bookstore as well as January birthdays. 

It's our last episode of 2020! In this episode, we share the last part of the Q&A session from the Foundation Town Hall meeting that took place on November 5, 2020.  We also include a few newly recorded questions that were answered by Executive Director, Jared Ceja.  This episode also has departmental updates from Dining Services as well as December birthdays. 

In this episode, we share excerpts from the Foundation Town Hall meeting that took place on November 5, 2020. The meeting excerpts include an introduction of Foundation's new Director of Financial Services and CFO Joanne Mathew, a financial update of the Foundation, and employee-submitted questions  for Foundation Executive Director and CEO, Jared Ceja. This episode also has departmental updates from Dining Services and the Bronco Bookstore, as well as November birthdays. 

In this episode, I had the opportunity to meet Stephanie Pastor and April Jimenez-Valadez. Stephanie and April both work within the university, are both serving on Staff Council, and have recently been made members of our Foundation board of directors. I was fortunate enough to sit down with them in a group conversation on zoom and learn more about each of them and their roles in the university. 

In this episode, we have departmental messages from the Bronco Bookstore and Foundation IT. I'll also be sharing my zoom chat as I check in with Lily Maciel. Lily shares with us her role in the Foundation and what has been keeping her busy outside of work. 

In this episode, we first recognize our September birthdays in building 55. Afterward, I sit down and have a zoom chat with Julie Ballesteros from accounting. I learn about her role in the Foundation, what she does in her spare time, and the what big things she has in store for her on the horizon.

In this episode, we have a departmental update from Dining Services. Afterward, I sit down and have a zoom chat with Jessica Lopez. We learn about her role in the Foundation and how she and her family have been doing during the pandemic. 

In this episode, we give our a shoutout to our Building 55 summer birthdays and I sit down and talk with former Executive Administrative Assistant Debbie Poe, who retired almost two years ago after working for over 21 years in the Foundation.

In this episode, we have departmental updates from Employment Services and Innovation Brew Works. Then, Al Padilla joins Arielle Torrez and myself for a chat. We check in with Al on how home and work life have been before discussing the return of Dodgers baseball.

I’m joined by Arielle Torrez as we check in with Juan Robles from IT. The three of us make recommendations on various small business restaurants in our hometowns that we’ve been supporting through the past few months. Before we get to that, we took some time to check in with Juan. We talked about how work has changed for him since the start of the working-from-home shift, but we also find out what he’s been up to outside of work.