Douglas E. Goldman | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 72–73) San Francisco, California, US |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine (MD) |
| Occupation(s) | Physician Businessman Philanthropist |
| Spouse | Lisa Goldman |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Rhoda Haas Goldman Richard Goldman |
| Family | Susie Goldman Gelman (sister) John D. Goldman (brother) Richard Goldman (brother) Peter E. Haas (uncle) Walter A. Haas, Jr. (uncle) Peter E. Haas Jr. (cousin) |
Douglas E. Goldman (born 1952) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Haas family. [1] [2]
Goldman was born to a Jewish family, [3] the son of Richard and Rhoda (née Haas) Goldman. [1] [4] He has a sister and two brothers: Susie Goldman Gelman, John D. Goldman, and Richard Goldman (deceased). [5] [6] His grandparents were Elise and Walter Haas Sr. [1] Goldman earned B.A. in psychology from University of California, Berkeley [1] and then graduated from medical school at Tel Aviv University. [7] After school he worked as an emergency room physician at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco. [1] He developed the software to establish a genetic repository for Jews at the Museum of the Diaspora in Israel; it later became the Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center. [1] He later founded the software firm Certain Inc., which develops event-management software which assists companies in planning, promoting, and managing events. [1]
In 1992, [8] Goldman and his wife established the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund [2] which supports organizations that promote democracy and civil liberties, education and literacy, and the environment. [1] He previously served on the board of the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund (which has donated $700 million to more than 2,500 grantees since 1961) founded by his parents. The fund was dissolved in December 2015 and its $280 million in assets was transferred to separate foundations belonging to the couple’s three children. [2] [9] He also serves on the board of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund (founded by his grandparents) [1] and the Stern Grove Festival Association (named after his great-grandmother Rosalie Meyer Stern). [7] He is president of the Goldman Environmental Foundation which annually awards the $150,000 Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots environmental activism, [1] [3] is a member of the Haas School of Business Board, and is a trustee of the UC Berkeley Foundation. [1] The Lisa and Douglas Goldman Plaza is named in his honor after he made a $10 million gift to Cal Athletics intercollegiate program. [10] [11] Goldman strongly supports Jewish causes including financial support for the Moishe House. [2] In 2015, he was awarded the Jewish-Civic Leadership Award. [3] He worked with his father to successfully defeat a resolution made by the University of California Student Senate to divest from Israel. [3]
Goldman has a daughter, Jennifer, and twin sons: Jason and Matthew, who both sit on the boards of the Haas School's Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund. [1] [12]