San Diego State Fowler College of Business
JFS’S chief financial officer Bernadette Griggs — who earned her undergraduate accounting degree at SDSU while working full-time and raising two sons — is profiled by the Fowler College of Business. A math whiz, Bernadette grew up in a home with no running water or electricity in the village of Hopkins, Belize. She came to the United States as a teenager, which helps her empathize with young immigrants and DACA participants. “JFS was a perfect agency for me to join because of the invaluable work it does in the community,” she says. Bernadette was recently named CFO of The Year in the nonprofit sector by The San Diego Business Journal.