Sharon Diaz, the President and CEO of Samuel
Merritt University, saved podiatric medical
education in California at a time when our
future was not certain. And as though rescuing
us from the edge of the abyss wasn't enough, she
has since suffered through literally thousands
of hours of meetings with various podiatrists/
podiatric groups in order to steer the
California School of Podiatric Medicine (CSPM)
ship in the right direction. Well, now we have
the perfect opportunity and the perfect way to
say "thank you."
As of 2013, Sharon is celebrating 40 years of
service at SMU. If you ask her how she would
like to be honored for this milestone moment,
she will reply by asking you to contribute to a
podiatry student scholarship fund designated for
CSPM. So, I am asking you to honor her by making
a contribution to the 'Sharon Diaz, CaFFE
Student Scholarship Fund.'
If you have already established a scholarship
fund in your name, or you routinely give to
another established CaFFE fund - and you want to
make a contribution to that fund in honor of
Sharon's 40 years of service rather than making
a contribution to the 'Sharon Diaz, CaFFE
Student Scholarship Fund' - I assure Sharon will
not feel at all slighted.
If you have not visited the CaFFE website
(www.CaFFEpm.org) in a while, please do so.
Along with all of the answers to the questions
you have regarding the CaFFE, the website has
detailed instructions on: how to establish a
scholarship fund in your name, how to donate to
an established fund (e.g. Sharon Diaz, CaFFE
student scholarship fund); and how to make a
contribution with PayPal.
Dave Mullens, DPM, CaFFE Chair,
dmullens@mullenslawoffice.com
