Finance Leaders Dinner

Eric Chan joined Clippers in Fall 2018 as Chief Financial Officer of LA Clippers.  He has a diverse background with various executive and operational roles in both startups and large corporations which span across technology, consumer packaged goods, media and entertainment industries.  

Eric started and sold an enterprise software company to HP at the age of 22.  He spent 6 years at Cisco Systems, with the last role being the General Manager and running one of their media & entertainment focused business units.  He also spent 6 years at Mattel, with his last role as Divisional CFO reporting directly to the President.  He was in charge of finance and operations for all business units across the world.  The 3 years prior to the Clippers, Eric was the CFO of Loot Crate, the Fastest Growing Startup in the U.S. according to Inc Magazine in 2016.  He was also the COO/CFO of The Bouqs Company, the leading e-commerce flower startup.  

Eric holds an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and a MBA from Harvard.

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Bill Foltz serves as the Chief Financial Officer for the Anaheim Ducks, Anaheim Arena Management and H&S Ventures, the entity that manages the Samueli Family Office and the various other holdings of the Samuelis. In his role he oversees the financial teams for each of the operating entities of the Samueli family holdings. He is also responsible for all treasury, banking, strategic planning and taxes for the various companies.

Foltz joined H&S Ventures in 2015 and subsequently assumed the CFO roles for the operating companies in 2016. Foltz has extensive experience gained over a 30-year career that covers professional sports, hospitality, private equity and consumer products. Early in his career he served the O'Malley family as CFO of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and subsequently joined Platinum Equity, LLC, a Beverly Hills private equity fund where he oversaw the initial fundraising effort in 2004, resulting in the largest first-time fund raise of that year. He then joined the Wonderful Companies, the holding company for consumer products companies Pom Wonderful, Wonderful pistachios and almonds, Halos mandarin oranges, Fiji Water and floral interchange Teleflora. While with the Wonderful Companies, he negotiated and closed the acquisition of the iconic Fiji Water company. Most recently, Foltz was CFO of Oakwood Worldwide, LLC, the world's largest provider of temporary housing where he sourced, negotiated and closed a multi-billion dollar joint venture with Singapore's Mapletree Investments.

A native of Southern California, Foltz is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance. He began his career with the Big 4 accounting firm Ernst & Young where he obtained his CPA certification.

Foltz has served on Board of Directors for the Catholic Big Brothers, where he also was a "big brother" for 15 years. He also started the Lunada Bay Little League "Challengers" program bringing special needs children together with mainstream "buddies" to play baseball throughout the baseball season. Foltz currently serves on the Board of Directors for Pediatric Therapy Network, which serves special needs children and their families through the critical early development stages. Bill and his wife, Robbie, have four children: Bill, Daniel, Francesca and Zachary. The family resides in Palos Verdes Estates.

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