Campus News 2006-2007 Academic Year

Pitzer College Board of Trustees Welcomes Two New Members to its Board of Trustees

Claremont, Calif. (March 23, 2007) – Pitzer College has announced that Paula B. Pretlow and Charles K. Woo have joined its Board of Trustees.

Paula Pretlow, whose son is a member of Pitzer’s Class of 2008, is Senior Vice President of Client Relations for Capital Guardian Trust Company in San Francisco. Pretlow earned her Masters in Business Administration and her Bachelor’s Degree from Northwestern University. Currently, Pretlow serves as the President of the College’s Parent Leadership Council and is a member of its Residential Life Project Fundraising Committee. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Making Waves Education Program and a former member of the Larkin Street Youth Services Board of Directors.

Charles C.K. Woo is the Chief Executive Office for Megatoys, which is a Los Angeles private toy manufacturing, import/export, wholesale and retail company. In 1999, Megatoys was honored with the “Minority Manufacturing Firm of the Year” award by the City of Los Angeles, and was recognized as one of the seven outstanding businesses by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in 1998. Woo’s professional affiliations are as follows: Member, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce board of Directors (Chairmen in 2001); President, Workforce Investment Board of the city of Los Angeles; Member, Advisory Committee to Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe on International Trade and Investment; Member, Advisory board to the California Assembly Select Committee on Asia Trade; and former Commissioner, California Commission for Economic Development. Woo received both his bachelor of science degree and master of science degree in physics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Woo’s charitable service is extensive throughout the Los Angeles region.