Marylou Shockley, a professor in the College of Business at CSU Monterey Bay, has been elected chair of the Grower-Shipper Association Foundation board. She will serve a one-year term. The foundation is the non-profit arm of the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California. It works to educate the community about the agricultural industry. Its programs include AgKnowledge, an executive leadership program, and A Greater Vision, a series of forums on agriculture-related issues important to the community. Philanthropy is an important part of the foundation’s mission. For example, since June 2012, it has donated more than $75,000 to pay for salad bars in Chualar, Gonzales, Greenfield, Monterey and Salinas schools. Dr. Shockley joined CSUMB in 2006. She teaches management and international business; her focus is on leadership, diversity and corporate governance from a social responsibility perspective. She holds a doctorate from the Said School of Business at Oxford University, an M.S. from Stanford as a Sloan Fellow, and an MBA from the University of Southern California. She has been a member of the Grower-Shipper Association Foundation board for six years. Read more faculty news.