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June 6, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ron Tierney, (415) 345-7540

SAN FRANCISCO — The Board of Directors of the Fort Mason Foundation has announced four new members and a slate of new board officers, said the foundation’s executive director, Alexander Zwissler.

The new directors are Sam Britton, Vice President, Goldman, Sachs & Company; Andrew Mecca, President, California Mentor Foundation; Herbert Myers, Regional Managing Director for Business Banking, San Francisco Bay Region, Wells Fargo Bank; Howard Nemerovski, retired senior partner, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk, and Rabkin.

The new board officers are: Chair—Mark Johnson, President and Creative Director, Understanding Business; Vice Chair—John Trauth, Housing and Community Development Consultant; Secretary—Emily Moto Murase, Executive Director, City and County of San Francisco Department on the Status of Women; and Treasurer—Marston Nauman, former President, California Casualty Management Company.

Appointed as Co-Chairs of the Fort Mason Foundation Advisory Board are Martin Quinn, mediator, arbitrator, and private judge and Laura King Pfaff, Chair of Bonhams Butterfields.

”Fort Mason Center provides many challenges for our board,” Zwissler said. “One is to preserve these wonderful, historic buildings—and they are in need of serious work. Another major challenge is to expand our programs and increase nonprofit resident space so that we can continue to serve and excite Bay Area residents. In that spirit, we welcome the insight, the ideas, and the energy these new board members and officers will bring us.”

Fort Mason Foundation manages Fort Mason Center in partnership with the National Park Service.

Located on 13 waterfront acres near San Francisco’s Marina District and the Golden Gate Bridge, Fort Mason Center is a successfully converted military base that is both an historic landmark and an ever-changing reflection of the dynamic Bay Area community. The Center, operated by the Fort Mason Foundation, houses 35 permanent nonprofit residents, including four museums, six theaters, and City College of San Francisco’s Art Campus. More than 15,000 events take place here each year, and more than 1.5 million people visit annually.