President – Barbara Jagiello

Barbara Jagiello attended Yale Law School and USC. Upon graduation she developed an active trial practice in San Francisco which she maintained for forty years. For her work in uncovering one of the greatest financial frauds in California, she was awarded California Attorney of the Year. Her legal talents were put to use for CSF in bringing about a recovery of over $2 million. She has been with the Croatian Scholarship Fund since the 1990s and has held the position of Secretary, Treasurer and now President. Barbara has sponsored several students and frequently meets with students when she is in Croatia.

Vice President – William (Bill) Cumbelich

CSF welcomes William as a Vice President

Secretary – Serge Barbir

CSF welcomes Serge as a Secretary

Treasurer – Vera Duplančić

Vera Duplančić has been with the CSF for nearly two decades serving on the Executive and Advisory Boards. Currently, she serves as the CSF Treasurer.
She was born in Split, Croatia, and left her home country to pursue education in the United States. Vera values and understands the importance of providing higher educational opportunities to young Croatian students in Croatia and developing them into leaders in many areas of the country’s life and economy. And this is what CSF does, sponsoring hundreds of talented and deserving Croatian students every year. CSF’s accomplishments, esteemed reputation, and successful track record in educating many young Croatians motivated her to become a CSF volunteer.
Vera spent her professional career in the banking and finance industry. She spent most of her professional career at Bank of America, San Francisco, as Senior Economist and Vice President of International Sovereign Lending. She and her family live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Student Coordinator – Mary Ann (Marijana) Pavić

Marijana Pavić is a CSF’s former President. Prior to accepting this position, she served as the Vice President and Secretary for the organization. Marijana has had a long career in education, in the field of Health Sciences. She finished her career as a college administrator serving as a Dean of Biological and Health Sciences at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California. Marijana is retired and with her background in teaching and working with young college students, she is able to devote her time to the CSF program.

Marijana and her husband Željko were both born in Croatia and hold a deep feeling for their homeland. They are proud to be part of the CSF program and their contribution to CSF’s success.

Board Member– Nina Jurjević

Nina has served as an officer for the CSF since the inception and has held various positions on the Board. Nina has been at the forefront in promoting the scholarship program and has served on the Student Selection Committee, the Annual Dinner-Dance Fundraising Committee, Finance and Budget Committee, and other noteworthy committees during the past 19 years. Nina has met with CSF students on numerous occasions during her annual travel to Croatia and has met with benefactors who support the CSF program in Croatia. Nina and Tony have two children, son Michael who lives in Sacramento area and daughter Cecilia married to Slavko Miskic. They have six grandchildren . Nina’s husband Ante is retired from the Lucky Stores Inc.

Support Staff

Student liaison/administrative assistant – Josipa Verkić

CSF welcomes Josipa as a student liaison/administrative assistant.

Graphic Desing – Slavica Skračić

Slavica was born in Požega, Croatia, and came to America when she was five years old. She first lived with her family in St. Louis, Missouri, and then in the Bay Area, California where after completing high school in San Mateo, attended the Academy of Art College in San Francisco focusing on Illustration and Figure Drawing. Thereafter, she completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Art and Design at Cal Poly State University. She is married to Bruno Skračić and is a proud mother of two teenage daughters. Slavica enjoys being a part the Croatian Scholarship Fund providing them with graphics and administrative assistance over the years. She believes CSF is a great organization to be part of knowing how many Croatian youth CSF is continually helping to realize their dream of attaining a college education.