Gloria Duffy

Gloria Duffy
Duffy in 2017
Born
Gloria Charmian Duffy

(1953-09-04) September 4, 1953 (age 71)
NationalityAmerican
EducationOccidental College (BA)
Columbia University (PhD)
OccupationCEO of the Commonwealth Club of California
Known forU.S. Department of Defense official
SpouseRod Diridon Sr.

Gloria Charmian Duffy (born September 4, 1953) is a former U.S. Department of Defense official, businesswoman, social entrepreneur and nonprofit executive. Since 1996, she has been the president, CEO and a member of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Club of California, America's largest and oldest public forum, founded in 1903.[1][2] From 2010 to 2017 she led the acquisition, financing, design, entitlements and construction of the club's first headquarters building, at 110 The Embarcadero in San Francisco. The grand opening for the club's new building took place on September 12, 2017.[3] The building received a 2016 California Heritage Council award for historic preservation.[4]

In February, 2022 Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi appointed Dr. Duffy to serve as a member of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States.[5] The Strategic Posture Commission submitted its report to the Congress and the Executive Branch in October, 2023.[6]

  1. ^ "Commonwealth Club CEO Gloria Duffy Has Built a Career Out of Showcasing Viewpoints". sanfran.com. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  2. ^ "Commonwealth Club: Gloria Duffy". commonwealthclub.org. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  3. ^ Dineen, By J. K. (2017-09-13). "Commonwealth Club moves into new home". Sfgate.
  4. ^ "Welcome to the California Heritage Council. The Oldest Preservation Organization Statewide".
  5. ^ https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2022/02/15/168/30/CREC-2022-02-15.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ https://armedservices.house.gov/sites/republicans.armedservices.house.gov/files/Strategic-Posture-Committee-Report-Final.pdf [bare URL PDF]