Ron Pelosi

Ronald V. Pelosi
Born	Ronald Virgil Pelosi (1934-11-02) November 2, 1934 San Francisco, California
Nationality	United States
Ethnicity	Italian-American
Alma mater	Stanford University, 1956
Home town	San Francisco, California
Title	Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Term	1968-1980
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Belinda Barbara Newsom, 1956-1977 (divorced); married Susan Ferguson in 1979
Children	Carolyn and Cynthia Pelosi (d. 1970) Brennan Pelosi Matt Pelosi Laurence Pelosi (born 1971) Andrew Pelosi (b. 1981)
Relatives	Paul Pelosi (brother) Nancy Pelosi (sister-in-law)
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Ronald Virgil Pelosi, known as Ron Pelosi, (born 1934) is an American businessman and public figure in San Francisco, California.

Biography

Pelosi was born in San Francisco in an Italian-American family on November 2, 1934, and was reared in that city. He has a brother, Paul. He earned a bachelor's degree in American history from Stanford University in 1956, the same year he was married to Barbara Newsom in 1956; they were divorced in 1977. He was remarried in 1979, to Susan Ferguson. His children were Carolyn and Cynthia (died 1970), Brennan, Matt Pelosi, Laurence (born 1971) and Andrew (born 1981).

He is the brother-in-law of Nancy Pelosi, minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and its former Speaker. He is the uncle of California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom.

Business experience

Finance

Pelosi engaged in the securities industry with Hambrecht & Quist, Dean Witter & Co. and was a partner in Korn Ferry International, an executive search firm and president of the Longwood Company, a member firm of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

He was also president of Forward Funds, a diversified mutual fund group, of Webster Investment Management, registered investment advisers; and Trenholm Associates. Pelosi is on the Board of Trustees of the Pacific Corporate Group, a private equity fund and executive director, of Pacific Asset Management.

Mediation and arbitration

Pelosi was a mediator or arbitrator for the American Stock Exchange, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Futures Association, New York Stock Exchange and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. He was a panel member of the American Arbitration Association and the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange.

Public service

Pelosi was a member of the San Francisco City Planning Commission, and of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1968 to 1980, of which he was president from 1978 to 1980. He was chairman of the board of the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System and was on the boards of directors of the Association of Bay Area Governments, Golden Gate Bridge District and the League of California Cities.

He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for California's 9th State Senate district in 1972. He took just 40.1 percent of the vote against Republican Milton Marks, who had 59 percent.