John D. Goldman

John D. Goldman (born August 18, 1949) is an American businessman and philanthropist in San Francisco, California. He is a member of the Haas family through his mother.

Biography Goldman was born to a Jewish family on August 18, 1949, in San Francisco, After his mother died in 1998, he served as a trustee of the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund.

Philanthropy In 2000, he was named chair of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco where he has served since 1987 (including as campaign chairman in 1991 and chairman of the Israel and overseas committee since 1998). Goldman and his wife have established three separate charitable funds, the John and Marcia Goldman Foundation (with a focus on needy and disadvantaged youth in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties), the Serrano Foundation (a public fund), and the Jewish Community Endowment Fund (limited to Jewish agencies).

Goldman also serves on the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College, the Board of Governors of the Insurance Industry Charitable Fund (IICF), the Stanford University Athletic Board. He serves as a trustee of several of his family's foundations: the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, and the Goldman Environmental Foundation. who is also Jewish. They have two children: Aaron Goldman (born 1980) and Jessica Goldman Foung (born 1983). His wife is an autism educator and serves as director of education with the Pacific Autism Center For Education in San Jose. The couple are members of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco.