The Scholarship Program, which was set up in memory of Cathy L. Miller, a perishable foods expert who created and managed sales campaigns for pizza, meats, salads, soups, and Mexican foods. Cathy died of a heart attack December 19, 1998. She was a director of the Deli Council of Northern California for her last two years.

Originally from Ohio, Cathy worked at Food Bowl Market in 1975, later became a deli manager at P.W. Super Markets. Then she joined Crestar Foods Co. to train service deli pizza programs. She created and implemented custom pizza programs for retailers in six western states.

Cathy created a fresh pizza program, training salespeople and designing recipes for Columbus Distributing. She joined Select Trade Sales in 1995, and Gilardi Foods in 1996. A friend at Gilardi Foods said, "Cathy had such a wonderful, infectious way about her, and she was very good at what she did."