Matt Fong

As founder and president of Strategic Advisory Group (SAG), Mr. Fong develops corporate strategies and advises such organizations as Lennar, one of the largest homebuilders in the United States, and YCS, a privately held company with multi-million dollar real estate and corporate interests worldwide.
A member of the board of advisors to RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy, Matt provides advice on defense, economic, and social policies between the U.S.
and Asia.
He also serves on the Toffler Advisory Board and works with the world’s leading futurists, Alvin and Heidi Toffler.
Mr. Fong is an independent director for Trust Company of the West, a complex of mutual funds, and Vialta, a home entertainment products company.
He serves as a regent for Pepperdine University and sits on its investment committee.
Previously, Mr. Fong provided strong fiscal stewardship in California’s fiscal affairs as vice chairman of the State Board of Equalization (California’s tax agency) and state treasurer (the state’s chief financial officer).
He also served as a trustee of CalPers and CalStrs Pension Funds, with over $200 billion in investment assets.
President Bush appointed Mr. Fong to serve as chairman of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Advisory Committee, which provides fiscal oversight and corporate governance to a $36 billion investment portfolio protecting America’s workforce enrolled in defined benefit pension plans.
Mr. Fong earned his B.S.
degree from the United States Air Force Academy, an MBA from Pepperdine University, and a JD from Southwestern University.
He is licensed to practice law in California and Washington D.C.
Mr. Fong holds a FAA Certified Flight Instructor License (CFI-I), a Commercial Pilot License (SEL) and Glider rating.