Ben Guthrie:  

Here is what I've been doing since high school: After Merced High I went to Merced JC and then on to SF State. As a starving student, living in SF was too expensive, and most of my fellow students commuted to school two to three days a week from their home towns in the bay area. Although I had a great set of roommates, none were accounting majors and it was tough to develop a solid study network outside of the classroom¿ due to the commuter aspect of the school. I spent a couple of weekends in Chico visiting friends from Merced and got hooked. I really liked the town, the people, and the feel of the community, so after three semesters at SF State (and a few more weekend trips) I transferred to Chico. I graduated in 1981 with a degree in accounting and started working for Chevron in their Walnut Creek office. I've been at Chevron since then. I have changed jobs at least a dozen times (accountant, finance analyst, HR Employment Coordinator, Finance Manager, Business Services Manager, Project Leader, etc.) I've moved throughout the Finance and Marketing functions, and am now in the Strategy and Planning group. I have done some travel to Texas, New Jersey, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Singapore, London, Bangkok, but my home base has always been the San Francisco Bay Area (Concord, SF, Walnut Creek, and San Ramon). We like living close to San Francisco so we can go to the Symphony, Theater, and, occasionally, the Opera (saw Wagner's Ring cycle this year). I married Ann Taylor, from Boulder, Colorado, in 1987. We were married in the little chapel in Yosemite Valley. We get back to Yosemite at least once a year to celebrate and do some bike riding. Ann was another bean counter at Chevron. We have twin daughters who are about to start their senior year at Chico State. During their high school years, they traveled with me a few times to Chico. I'm on the Business Advisory Board for the College of Business, and we meet on campus...Expand for more