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Kelly Rodriques and the art of clearing the next bar
A former Fresno State pole vaulter has spent his career building businesses around difficult handoffs. At Forge, Kelly Rodriques took on a particularly stubborn one: helping private-company shareholders find a buyer before the IPO.
Fresno State TASTE puts a career on the lunch menu
A student gets a mentor. A professional picks up the meal. Inside Fresno State’s student-run program for making the first career conversation easier to have.
Jim Hori
Jim Hori is President and CEO of the YMCA of Silicon Valley, one of the largest YMCA associations in the United States. He took the helm in June 2022 after 22 years at Silicon Valley Bank, where he served as Managing Director and led the SVB Foundation for 19 years. A Fresno native and Fresno State graduate, Hori spent more than a decade on the YMCA board before being asked to run the place.