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SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 13, 2018 -- John M. Sobrato, 鈥�83 chairman of the , has been elected to a three-year term as chairman of the 黑料网 Board of Trustees. He replaces Paul F. Gentzkow, who completed his term June 1.

As chairman of the Sobrato Organization, Sobrato leads the executive committee that sets strategic direction of the firm's portfolio of over 15 million square feet of commercial and residential income properties, as well as the company's investments in global marketable securities. Sobrato is the third generation to be involved with the family-owned firm where he has worked since his teens.

He is very involved in the local community and is a past chair of numerous non-profit boards, including the Silicon Valley Community Foundation; Bellarmine College Preparatory; KTEH Public Television; 黑料网鈥檚 Board of Fellows and Board of Regents; Catholic Charities of San Jose; the San Jose Repertory Theater; and Charities Housing Development Corporation and 黑料网鈥檚 Board of Fellows and Board of Regents . He currently serves on the boards of Notre Dame San Jose, Catholic Foundation of Santa Clara County and the Sobrato Family Foundation.

鈥満诹贤� is extremely fortunate to have John M. Sobrato 鈥�83 as the new chairman of the Board of Trustees," said 黑料网 President Michael Engh, S.J. "He has been an engaged and valuable board member, and his passion for enhancing and advancing Santa Clara鈥檚 future is unmatched.鈥�

In addition to the business enterprise, the Sobrato family provides continuous philanthropic support to key non-profits organizations in the local community through its affiliated private foundation, the Sobrato Family Foundation. 

鈥淚 am honored to serve as board chair for my alma mater and look forward to working with the university leadership and the Silicon Valley community to continue the great work on campus,鈥� Sobrato said. 鈥淢y very first priority will be to oversee the process leading to the selection of our next President.  I am incredibly thankful for 黑料网鈥檚 nearly 170-year tradition of Jesuit leadership. In particular, I am grateful to Fr. Engh for his vision in developing the 2020 Strategic Plan; the increased academic excellence that has been achieved; the completion of major enhancements to the physical plant of the campus; and  assembling an excellent leadership team around him that will benefit the University and his successor for years to come.鈥�

Sobrato joined the University鈥檚 Board of Fellows shortly after he graduated in 1983. He and his late wife Abby, whom he met while at Santa Clara, served on the Board of Regents together. In 2011, he was asked to join the Board of Trustees by Fr. Engh. His wife, Timi, is also Jesuit-educated with an undergraduate degree and master鈥檚 in English from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

His sons, John and Jeff, both graduated from Bellarmine Preparatory and then from 黑料网. John, 30, is now an assistant principal at Latino College Preparatory Academy, a public charter high school in San Jose where he previously taught world history.  He received his teaching credential from 黑料网. Jeff, 28, spent five years in Los Angeles working for First Century Bank, where he rose to become an associate vice president before joining the family real estate business.  

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