PALO ALTO, Calif., December 17, 2010 – The Silicon Valley Chapter (www.feisv.org) of Financial Executives International (FEI), the pre­em­i­nent asso­ci­a­tion for finan­cial exec­u­tives, announced the names of 10 local col­lege stu­dents who were selected as the win­ners of the 2010 FEI Silicon Valley Chapter Scholarships.

The schol­ar­ships are awarded to stu­dents who show tal­ent and apti­tude for cor­po­rate finance or account­ing and demon­strate poten­tial to serve as future lead­ers in these fields. Each of the win­ners has received schol­ar­ship awards of $3,000, as well as recog­ni­tion and net­work­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties at din­ner meet­ings of Silicon Valley FEI mem­bers held this past Fall.

“We are inspired by the remark­able achieve­ments that all of our schol­ar­ship win­ners have demon­strated in their col­le­giate pur­suits – both in and out of the class­room,” said Greg Overholtzer, chair­man of the schol­ar­ship com­mit­tee for the Silicon Valley Chapter of FEI. “These young men and women are the future lead­ers of the cor­po­rate finance and account­ing pro­fes­sion and we are so pleased to have rec­og­nized them for their excep­tional work and dedication.”

The win­ners of the FEI Silicon Valley Chapter 2010 Scholarships include:

California State University East Bay

• Xie Jienan
• Parris Moore

San Jose State University

• Ariadna Jimenez
• Elizabeth Le

University of California, Berkeley

• Emily Tung
• Kelly Cao
• William Buster
• Graeme Lazarus

Santa Clara University

• Yi Dennis Ding
• Tracy Akashi

During the 2009–2010 aca­d­e­mic year, stu­dents who were enrolled as juniors or con­tin­u­ing seniors with account­ing or finance majors at San Jose State University, UC Berkeley, Santa Clara University and California State University East Bay were eli­gi­ble to receive the schol­ar­ships. For more than 10 years, FEI’s Silicon Valley Chapter has awarded as many as 12 schol­ar­ships annu­ally to local col­lege stu­dents at these four uni­ver­si­ties. The major­ity of funds for the schol­ar­ships are raised through mem­ber dona­tions, a silent auc­tion event,  and the FEISV Scholarship Golf Tournament, held annu­ally at the Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club.

The process for select­ing schol­ar­ship win­ners included reviews of appli­cants’ resumes, cover let­ters and other mate­ri­als by edu­ca­tors and FEI Silicon Valley Chapter mem­bers on the schol­ar­ship com­mit­tee, fol­lowed by inter­views with stu­dents. Committee mem­bers eval­u­ated the aca­d­e­mic records of stu­dents as well as their extracur­ric­u­lar activ­i­ties, work/internship expe­ri­ences, and com­mu­ni­ca­tion and lead­er­ship skills to deter­mine the winners.

Students who are inter­ested in apply­ing for schol­ar­ships from FEI’s Silicon Valley Chapter dur­ing the 2010–2011 aca­d­e­mic year should con­tact their university’s schol­ar­ship office.

About FEI Silicon Valley Chapter

Financial Executives International — Silicon Valley Chapter is the pre­em­i­nent pro­fes­sional asso­ci­a­tion for senior finance exec­u­tives in Silicon Valley. With over 500 mem­bers, the Silicon Valley Chapter attracts promi­nent local and national speak­ers at its monthly din­ner meet­ings, which pro­vide net­work­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for chap­ter mem­bers and spon­sors. Chapter mem­bers also have the oppor­tu­nity to par­tic­i­pate in the FEI national career ser­vices job board and monthly lunch meet­ings, and local high-quality con­tin­u­ing pro­fes­sional edu­ca­tion (CPE) sem­i­nars. The chap­ter offers mix­ers with local busi­ness and pro­fes­sional asso­ciates and a locally pub­lished chap­ter newslet­ter. Visit www.feisv.org for more information.

CONTACT: John Beck of BeckCFO, mobile, +1–408-605-8580,

John@BeckCFO.com, for FEI Silicon Valley