Maddy Associates
The Maddy Associates provide financial support the Institute and host luncheons featuring a diverse array of distinguished state and national speakers to discuss topics of importance to our region, state and nation.
In June of 2005 The Maddy Institute officially launched the Maddy Associates program to bring together a diverse array of distinguished state and national speakers to discuss topics of importance to our region, our state and our nation. Modeled after the Commonwealth Club of California, the Maddy Associates program has been designed to be the key public affairs forum to for Central California – a place where community leaders and those concerned about our region can learn and debate issues of public concern.
The 2011-2012 Maddy Associates program includes:
- The annual “Sacramento Update” with State Senate and State Assembly members from throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Past participants have included Assembly members Linda Halderman, Kristen Olsen, David Valadao, Juan Arambula, Bill Maze, Nicole Parra, Mike Villines, Danny Gilmore, Connie Conway, and Senator Dave Cogdill. The program is designed so that the Maddy Associates will have the opportunity to meet with each of the legislators in small groups to learn and discuss the regional issues currently being addressed in Sacramento.
- The annual “DC Update” with Members of the Valley’s Federal Delegation. Past participants have included Congressman Jim Costa, Congressman Devin Nunes, Congressman George Radanovich and Congressman Dennis Cardoza. Members are able to meet with their Federal Legislators in a small and intimate setting to discuss topics of regional importance to them. Members are also updated on the most recent dealings in Washington, D.C.
- The San Joaquin Valley Newspapers Editorial Round Table: What will be making news in the Valley and State in the current year? A conversation with the Editorial Boards of the region’s leading newspapers from Bakersfield, Visalia, Fresno and Modesto on the key issues impacting the San Joaquin Valley. With Fresno Bee editorial editor Jim Boren, Visalia Times-Delta senior editor Paul Hurley, Modesto Bee editorial editor Judy Sly and former editorial editor of the Bakersfield Californian Dianne Hardisty for our 2011 San Joaquin Valley Newspapers Editorial Round Table.
| First | Last | Organization | Individual | Organization | Public Entities |
| Juan | Acosta | BNSF Railway | ✔ | ||
| Joe | Alberta | Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians | ✔ | ||
| Bruce | Albright | Albright Cotton | ✔ | ||
| James | Aldredge | ✔ | |||
| Darius | Assemi | Granville Homes | ✔ | ||
| Debbie | Astone | CSU Fresno Association, Inc. | ✔ | ||
| Henry | Barkett | ✔ | |||
| Barry | Bedwell | California Grape and Tree Fruit League | ✔ | ||
| Ed | Bedwell | PG&E (Sacramento) | ✔ | ||
| Kaye | Bonner-Cummings | Bonner Family Foundation | ✔ | ||
| Mark | Borba | Borba Farms | ✔ | ||
| Holly | Carter | Carter & Co. Communications | ✔ | ||
| David | Casner | Castech Pest Services | ✔ | ||
| Dave | Cogdill | Cogdill for Assessor | ✔ | ||
| Jim | Coleman | E & J Gallo Winery | ✔ | ||
| TJ | Cox | Central Valley Fund NMTC | ✔ | ||
| Joe | Criscione | ✔ | |||
| Kuyler | Crocker | PG&E | ✔ | ||
| Daniel | DeSantis | Fresno Regional Foundation | ✔ | ||
| Dan | Doyle | Central Valley Community Bank | ✔ | ||
| Larry | Dutto | College of the Sequoias | ✔ | ||
| Sharon | Farmer | Foster Farms | ✔ | ||
| Arnold | Gazarian | ✔ | |||
| Sam | Geil | Geil Enterprises, Inc. | ✔ | ||
| Luz | Gonzalez | California State University, Fresno | ✔ | ||
| Jack | Hall | Comcast | ✔ | ||
| James | Hallowell | ✔ | |||
| John | Harris | Harris Farms | ✔ | ||
| Don | Jackson | ✔ | |||
| Mark | Keppler | California State University, Fresno | ✔ | ||
| William | Lyles | Lyles Diversified | ✔ | ||
| Phillip | Maroot | ✔ | |||
| Ed | McIntyre | Landmark Real Estate | ✔ | ||
| Marvin | Meyers | ✔ | |||
| Christopher | Brown | Dowling Aaron Incorporated | ✔ | ||
| Karen | Morais | Baker, Peterson & Franklin | ✔ | ||
| Joel | Murillo | Law Offices of Joel Murillo | ✔ | ||
| Don | Perrachi | PR Farms | ✔ | ||
| Walt | Plachta | Blackburn Consulting | ✔ | ||
| Melissa | Poole | Paramount Farms | ✔ | ||
| Larry | Powell | Fresno County Office of Education | ✔ | ||
| Scott | Rhodes | Wells Fargo Bank | ✔ | ||
| Michael | Rubio | ✔ | |||
| Sal | Russo | Russo, Marsh & Associates, Inc. | ✔ | ||
| Janet | Ryan | ✔ | |||
| John | Taylor | Community Medical Centers | ✔ | ||
| Kole | Upton | ✔ | |||
| Cal | Watkins | Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Rudd, & Roma | ✔ | ||
| Richard | Watters | Miles, Sears, & Eanni | ✔ | ||
| John | Welty | California State University, Fresno | ✔ | ||
| Richard | Zacky | RZ Management Company, Inc. | ✔ |
Membership
Annual membership dues for the Maddy Associates, which are tax-deductible, are $1,000 for individuals or $2,500 for organizations (entitling them to 3 individual tickets for each event).
Membership in the Maddy Associates will entitle you to a:
- Invitation to the “Sacramento Update”
- Invitation to the “Washington, D.C. Update”
- Invitations to at least 2 other discussions with high profile, national politicians/public policy experts
- Recognition on the Maddy Institute web site (organizational membership will include a link to the organization’s website)
- Recognition at all Maddy Institute events
All money raised by the Maddy Associates is used to support the programs of the Institute, including our work involving fact-based policy analysis, increased civic engagement and improved government leadership through training for elected officials and public managers.
We hope you join us in supporting the work of The Maddy Institute to help make our community, our state and our nation a better place for all of our citizens.
To learn more about the Maddy Associates program please contact The Maddy Institute at (559) 278-1133.
Past Maddy Associates Programs have included:
- California High Speed Rail: On Track?: What is the status of High Speed Rail? With Roloef van Ark, Executive Director, California High Speed Rail Authority, Professor David Brownstone, UC Irvine Economics Department Chair, Congressman Jim Costa, Congressman Jeff Denham, Assemblymember Cathleen Galgiani, Julia Berry, Madera County Farm Bureau.
- Reforming California: How do we fix the Golden State? With California Forward Executive Director Jim Mayer, former Senate Republican Leader Dave Cogdill, former Assembly Republican Leader Mike Villines, and UC Merced Professor of Political Science, Nathan Monroe.
- Dan Schnur, Former Executive Director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California and current Chairman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission.
- An Evening with Ben Stein, University Lecture Series
- “Alternative Energy/Energy Independence” with V. John White, Exec. Dir. of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies and Dr. Jeff Wright, Founding Dean of Engineering at UC Merced
- “Reporting from Sacramento” (with John Meyers. Sacramento Bureau Chief – KQED and Anthony York, Editor of the Capital Weekly and Special Correspondent for the LA Times)
- “California’s Legislative Analyst: Speaking Truth to Power” Update (with California’s LAO, Mac Taylor)
To learn more about the Maddy Associates program please contact The Maddy Institute at (559) 278-1133.