Luis Lorenzana ’98 has been appointed to the San Diego branch’s office managing shareholder at Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management. Lorenzana represents a wide range of employers in complex, single plaintiff and class action employment litigation.

Christiane Sinclair J.D. ’98 recently joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as senior counsel. Sinclair handles insurance coverage matters, bad faith litigation, and commercial litigation related to construction and toxic tort claims. She also advises insurers on compliance with regulations related to claims handling practices, fraud investigations, roadside assistance programs, and training requirements.

John North ’98 is chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors for RV company LazyDays RV. John previously served as chief financial officer of Copart, Inc., a member of the S&P 500 and a leading provider of online auctions and vehicle remarketing services. He was also CFO of Avis Budget Group, […]

Kelley Paul JD ’98 has been appointed to serve as a judge in the Santa Clara County Superior Court. Paul has served as supervising attorney of the research division at the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office since 2021, and had been a Deputy Public Defender since 1999.

Oklahoma State University named Jeanette Mendez ’98 provost and senior vice president after a nearly 13-month nationwide search. Mendez graduated as a first-generation college student from Santa Clara in 1998. From there, she earned her master’s and a doctorate in political science from Indiana University in 2003. She has worked at OSU since 2005. Mendez served as the […]

Chanpone Sinlapasai ’98 was appointed to the Multnomah County Circuit Court. Sinlapasai worked at the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization and then as an anti-trafficking and domestic violence attorney at Catholic Charities. She currently practices federal immigration law.

Teju Deshpande ’98 and her team from legal IT specialist Oya Solutions have been added to Deloitte’s legal business services practice. Deshpande, now a principal based in Deloitte’s Chicago office, brings more than 25 years of experience in the technology and legal services industries.

Esmeralda Sanchez Moseley ’98 has departed as principal of Flowery Elementary in order to work as director of educational services of the Petaluma City School District. Moseley described her time at Flowery Elementary as the greatest joy of her professional career.

Lloyd Pierce ’98 was hired to be an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers. Additionally Pierce is working with Team USA as assistant coach for the 2021 Olympic Games. Prior to this Pierce was head coach of the Atlanta Hawks for the past two and a half seasons.

Nicole Rice J.D. ’98 was appointed the new president for the California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition (CNGVC). The CNGVC is an association of natural gas vehicle fleets, engine manufacturers, utilities, and fuel providers united in the belief that wider adoption of clean-running natural gas vehicles is key to helping California reduce greenhouse gas emissions, air […]

Kurt Busch M.B.A. ’98 was appointed to the board of directors for Mobix Labs, a radio frequency component company.

David Taghioff J.D. ’98 has a new position as the head of Library Pictures International, a film-financing venture. Taghioff has spent the last eight years as global content strategy division head of Creative Artists Agency, one of Hollywood’s top talent representation firms. Library Pictures is a spin-off company of Creative Artists Agency.

Aruna Ravichandran ’98, MBA ’09 graduated from the Kellogg Chief Marketing Officer program 2019. As a global marketing leader who is passionate about digital transformation, workplace transformation, and DevOps, she serves as VP/CMO of Cisco’s Webex Collaboration business. Ravichandran also enjoys blogging about technology, is an independent blogger for Forbes and other industry forums, and authored […]

Religious studies professor Socorro Castañeda-Liles ’98 recently shared her inspiring life story in Visión magazine, from a grim childhood in Mexico to a career in academia. She’s currently working on a book about the Catholic devotion of Latinas to be published by Oxford University Press, and co-editing a volume of stories by artists, academics, professionals, […]

Amber (Nixon) De Buizer ’98 has been elected to the 2015-2016 Board of Directors for the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) – Silicon Valley Chapter. She is currently Director of Development at Acterra in Palo Alto. She and husband James welcomed their son, Ryker, on November 18, 2013. The family lives in Santa Clara.

Lloyd Pierce ’98 is now a player development coach for the Memphis Grizzlies. Mr. Pierce, with more than 15 years of collegiate and professional basketball experience, joins the Grizzlies’ organization for a third NBA coaching job after a year (2010-11) with the Golden State Warriors, where he served as an assistant coach under head coach Keith […]

Nazly Siregar ’98 was made a partner with Deloitte Southeast Asia in January 2013.

Kyle Daniels ’98 recently joined Teles Properties in Residential Real Estate Sales in the Manhattan Beach office after a 22 year career with the LA County Fire Department Lifeguard Division and retiring as on Ocean Lifeguard Captain. He currently resides in Palos Verdes Estates with his wife, Colleen, and two children, Riley (5) and Isla […]

Armin Zoufonoun ’98, J.D. ’01 was profiled in the SF Gate article "Meet The Iranian Musician Who Hammered Out Facebook’s $1 Billion Instagram Deal In Zuckerberg’s Living Room" in April. Zoufonoun, Facebook’s director of corporate development, has only been at the company for a little more than a year. Before that, he worked for Google.   

Christy Aguirre ’98 recently received state and national awards for her contributions to the library profession. She was named 2012 Outstanding Librarian in Support of Literacy from California Libraries Association and 2013 Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers Community Builders from American Libraries Association. She attributes much of her success to her SCU education, "community building […]