Retired CEO, California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA)
Although Loretta Doon (M.A., ’73) graduated from San Francisco State with a Master of Arts in Elementary Education, much of her career has been in the accounting industry. In 2019, she retired after more than thirteen years as the CEO of the California Society of CPAs (CalCPA), where she grew the society to more than 45,000 members and sat on the board of the CalCPA Education Foundation. She has also worked with the California Teachers Association, as an auditor at Ernst & Young, and as a controller at North American Reassurance Life Service Company.
Loretta was a visionary in her field and is dedicated to adapting to change. She was recognized by Accounting Today as one of the 100 most influential persons in accounting and was named by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the most influential women in business. She is a member of the Dean’s Development Council at the Lam Family College of Business.
Loretta has played an important supportive role to colleges and accounting students across California, especially for minority groups and women. She is a passionate mentor and philanthropist with an unwavering dedication to her community and Alma Mater. In 2020, she established the Loretta Doon Scholarship Endowment in Accounting at the Lam Family College of Business to ensure that future accounting students have the means to persist towards graduation. By providing this scholarship to deserving students, she hopes that recipients will be able to minimize their financial aid debt and avoid having to work multiple jobs to pay for college so that they can focus on their education.