Joe Allanson ’85 delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of University of San Francisco School of Management in December 2023. Joe spoke to the graduates about the importance of bringing your true and authentic self to the workplace each and every day, and said in order to change the world, their differences combined […]

John McPhee ’85 has been appointed CEO of Chilewich. The New York City-based company focuses on designing products for residential and commercial spaces around the world. In addition to assuming day-to-day leadership of the company, McPhee has joined the Chilewich board of directors.

Santa Clara City reserve police officer Edward Karl ’85 shared the inspiration for his service—officers he met in high school—in a recruitment campaign for the department.

Virginia “Ginny” Gennaro Farley ’85 J.D. ’88 has lived in Bakersfield since 1988. She has been the City Attorney there since 2004. She frequents the Bay Area to visit her son Patrick Farley ’16.  

After completing a second tenure as the presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, McGregor Scott ’85 joined the law firm of King & Spalding LLP as a partner in the Sacramento office. His practice will focus on white collar criminal defense and internal investigations. McGregor served as the United […]

Todd (1985) and Maureen (1985), founders of Cornerstone Structural Engineering Group, Inc. in 2004 with offices in Fresno and San Francisco, have divested all of their shares in Cornerstone as of January 2021 and are enjoying life “semi-retired”. Todd and Maureen continue to work part-time with the firm, Todd as Chairman and Maureen as CFO. […]

Damien Palermo ’85 retired from the Mountain View Police Department as a Reserve Sergeant with over 33 years of service. He continues to work as an engineering section manager at Raytheon Applied Signal Technology in Sunnyvale. He lives in Mountain View with his wife Cindy, where they lived for 23 years and raised three children […]

Clinical psychologist Meg Van Deusen ’85 has written a new book, Stressed in the U.S.: 12 Tools to Tackle Anxiety, Loneliness, Tech-Addiction, and More. Van Deusen takes a look at the cultural phenomena and events that have occurred in the United States over the past two decades and makes sense of why Americans are experiencing […]

Joseph Alvarnas ’85 is a hematologist working at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center as the vice president of government affairs and senior medical director for employer strategy. He has also been promoted to clinical professor in the Department of Hematology/Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. He recently completed two national research trials in the treatment of […]

Noel Cook J.D. ’85 has joined the firm of Hanson Bridgett LLP as a partner. He is a member of the firm’s intellectual property practice. He concentrates on trademark and copyright enforcement, litigation, counseling, prosecution, and licensing.

Bret Hillman J.D. ’85 was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to a judgeship on the Tulare County Superior Court. Hillman has been partner in the firm Hillman and Lew in Tulare.†

Jennifer Stuhr Smith ’85 was promoted to Bureau Chief of the Taxpayer Advocate Office with the Employment Development Department in April 2011. She and her husband Angelo live in Redding, Calif., with their children, Nyjel and Emily.

Jennifer (Stuhr) Smith ’85 has been promoted to the Chief of Audit Section with the Employment Development Department in Sacramento, Calif. Jennifer and husband Angelo reside in Redding with their children, Nyjel and Emily.

Andrew Bewley ’85 has picked up stakes and moved to Tennessee, where he will be taking a position as Director of Sales for the Compass Efficient Model Portfolios, an institutional and retail asset manager. He and his wife are expecting their first child together, and seventh overall, in December. They reside in the Chattanooga area, […]

Todd Goolkasian ’85, president of Cornerstone Structural Engineering Group, received an award for outstanding civil engineer in community service from the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was awarded for his outstanding community service. Goolkasian has been and Fresno-based Cornerstone Structural Engineering Group have been serving the community professionally and personally for 25 years. He […]

Miguel Lopez-Pereira MBA ’85 writes, "After earning my MBA in agribusiness at SCU in 1985, I went on to earn a Ph.D. in agricultural economics at Purdue University in 1990. I was encouraged to continue my studies by Dr. Charles French, former director of the agribusiness department at SCU at that time. Then I worked […]

Brian Harrison MBA ’85 is president and CEO of Solyndra Inc., a manufacturer of cylindrical solar panels for commercial rooftops.

Brad Pizer J.D. ’85 is a lawyer at Pizer & Associates, APC in Beverly Hills. He is a member of the American Bar Association Committee on Credit Unions. He maintains the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell (AV). From 1995 through 2009, he has been the featured speaker presenting Silverman’s Legal Update for California Credit Unions. He […]

Stephanie Bass Kerkorian ’85, lives in Phoenix with husband John Kerkorian ’84 "(who I met at SCU). I am in Oncology Device Sales," she writes. "Our son Jack Kerkorian ’18, is currently a sophomore at SCU. Our daughter Kate graduated from Mizzou and works in PR in LA."

The Silicon Valley Business Journal named Mike Blach ’85, president and CEO of Blach Construction, one of its first ‘Power Executives.’ The journal cited Blach’s successful leadership of the company, as well as his commitment to many community nonprofits, as reasons for his inclusion on its inaugural list of Silicon Valley’s most influential business leaders.   Blach, […]