Corporate Governance, Not-for-Profit Board

Chairman
San Diego Foundation
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Bruce G. Blakley retired June, 2005 after a career with the CPA firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Diego, California, the last 23 years as a partner.  He has been on the board of the San Diego Foundation for ten years and held positions as Chair of the Finance Committee, Audit Committee, Organizational Success Working Group, and serves on the Executive, Compensation, Governance and a number of other committees.

Bruce was born and raised in New Jersey and graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1967.  He then served four years as a U.S. Navy junior officer, serving as assistant supply officer on the hospital ship USS Repose during the Vietnam conflict, then as a staff officer in San Diego.  Following his military service, he worked for U.S. Financial in San Diego for 2 years.  In 1973 he joined the San Diego office of Coopers & Lybrand.  In 1982 he was admitted to the partnership, and the Firm then merged in 1998 to become PricewaterhouseCoopers. Bruce was the managing partner of the San Diego office of Coopers & Lybrand at the time of the merger.  His career as an audit partner with the Firm involved him with a variety of businesses in San Diego, including manufacturing, distribution, retail, and service businesses.  During this period he assisted with numerous public offerings of securities and mergers and acquisitions.  He made numerous presentations on subjects related to accounting matters, business strategies and current business developments throughout his career, and was extensively involved in campus recruiting activities.

Bruce’s involvement in community affairs has been extensive, including service as a board member and chair of the Mission Valley YMCA, and board member of  the San Diego Venture Group, the Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana, the Point Loma Foundation, and Lead San Diego.  He is a 1988 graduate of the Lead San Diego program. 

Bruce and his wife Linda live in San Diego and have two daughters, Meredith and Lauren, and one granddaughter.