From financial insight to student empowerment: Overmire gift advances financial literacy at SFSU

Author: Jim Muyo, University Development
June 30, 2026
SFSU donors, Charlie and Diane Overmire. A couple dressed casually standing outside with trees in background.

(Photo: Diane and Charlie Overmire (B.S., International Business, '87) 

This article was originally published on the SFSU Development website on April 28, 2026.

After seeing how many young people struggled with basic financial concepts, SFSU alumnus Charlie Overmire (B.S. International Business, '87) and his wife, Diane, established an endowed internship that helps students build financial knowledge, confidence and healthy money habits.

Throughout his career, Charlie Overmire saw firsthand how many young people struggled with basic financial concepts. As he approached retirement, he and his wife, Diane, decided to address the problem.

In 2025, they established the Overmire Family Endowed Internship in Finance and Economics at San Francisco State University. The program enhances the Finance and Economics Department curriculum with content, events, and activities that promote financial literacy and healthy money habits, helping students become more confident and responsible decision-makers.

SFSU Economics faculty and students standing in front of TV monitor

(Photo: Economics Professor Venoo Kakar and SFSU students)

Read the full article on the University Development website.

For more information about donating to the Lam Family College of Business, contact Sukhie Bal, Senior Director of Development, Lam Family College of Business at sukhie@sfsu.edu or call (415) 338-3723.