FTB exec officer Gerry Goldberg retiring.

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Longtime Franchise Tax Board executive officer and CalCPA member Gerald Goldberg will retire Aug. 31.

Goldberg has been the FTB's executive officer since September 1980, a tenure that spanned six governors and 24 elected FTB members.

"I started with the Franchise Tax Board Sept. 1, 1980, so retiring Aug. 31 will make it 25 years exactly," Goldberg says. "It makes a good tale."

Goldberg graduated from Brandeis University with a bachelor's degree in economics and received an MBA from the University of Chicago. He left his job as a CPA in 1978, when the governor of Missouri appointed him director of the Missouri Revenue Department.

Under Goldberg's direction, FTB revenue collection climbed from $9.5 billion in 1980 to $48.6 billion in 2001. He also championed the FTB's new headquarter campus, which centralizes all income tax functions and facilities.

"Gerry Goldberg has always been a man of integrity. He has served the citizens of California with pride and professionalism," says Bruce C. Allen, director of CalCPA's Government Relations. "We will miss him and wish him well in his future endeavors."

In addition, Goldberg has overseen various FTB technological advances, including CalFile, the FTB's e-file program. CalFile grew...