GUITA SHARIFI
CFO, LIFELONG LEARNING ADMINISTRATION
WHY: Joined Lifelong Learning Administration, a Lancaster-based nonprofit that manages charter schools across the U.S., in October 2019 after serving in the healthcare field, including the CFO spot at Radiant Health Centers in Irvine.
IN THE NEWS: Honored at the Business Journal’s CFO Lifetime Achievement Award May 9; won the nonprofit award at the Business Journal’s 12th annual CFO of the Year event in 2019.
NOTABLE: Fled from Iran shortly before the 1979 revolution, eventually earning a doctorate in Chicago and now managing finances for a public charter school network.
QUOTABLE: “Given, I lived through the unrest in Iran, during the Iran and Iraq war (of the 1980s) studying under no electricity, constant sirens. I learned from the challenges and became stronger to accept change and use the situation as opportunities to be a better individual.”
