Peter Oppenheimer

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The Learn by Doing philosophy of Cal Poly had two very large impacts on my life and my career, and I think, who I am. First, I had two internships with Wells Fargo and that caused me to vector my career more directly into corporate finance. The second experience that I had was through the enterprise projects through the ag school. I loved the couple of years that I spent on the feedlot project and in the meats project. Peter brings to life that intersection between the University and private industry. And I have been a participant in his passion and dreams to help Cal Poly be the very best it can be. Recently, Dean Thulin wanted to rebuild the Meat Processing Center and Mary Beth and I were very proud to be the largest donors to the facility and today, Cal Poly has the best meat processing center of any college campus in America and we are so proud that the students today are getting such a great experience in this state of the art center. People often ask me what Peter is like. He's a quiet, thoughtful leader who's driven, intelligent, giving of his time and money. He has a passion and love for his family, for Apple and for Cal Poly. I sit on the Foundation Board and the President's Council and we are working very hard to raise more funds to improve the student experience even more and Mary Beth and I are also very involved in the meal voucher program, helping students that are in need so they can continue to be successful while on campus and we'll look to help in any other way that we can. Peter, thanks so much for all you do for Cal Poly and for The College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. On behalf of all of us in the college, I want to say we look forward to many more great years working with you and Mary Beth.