Ben Fargo ’99 and Allison Fargo ’99 celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in 2024. They live in Pleasanton, Calif., with their two sons, Rick (15) and Andy (11). Ben is a senior vice president at Comerica Bank, where he oversees credit risk management for the bank’s technology and private equity lending groups across the western […]
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Long Time in the MakingMarina Iatomase ’14 married her high school sweetheart
in the same place her parents wed
nearly 30 years earlier: the Mission Church.

After meeting as sophomores in 1996, Ben Fargo ’99 and Allison (née Brandt) Fargo ’99 celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in August 2024. Ben is a senior vice president at Comerica Bank overseeing credit risk for the bank’s Technology and Life Sciences and Equity Fund Services divisions for the western region. Allison is the business […]
Read more..As of February 1, 2023, Cassandra Joseph J.D. ’99 has joined Ivanhoe Electric as vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary. Ivanhoe is an American technology and mineral exploration company that is re-inventing mining through renewable energy storage solutions and electric metals projects.
Read more..Philip Favro J.D. ’99 is serving as a court-appointed expert advisor on electronic discovery issues in a California state court action. Favro is a leading expert on issues relating to the discovery of electronically stored information. Phil serves as a court-appointed special master, expert witness, and trusted advisor to law firms and organizations on matters […]
Read more..Christopher Monahan ’99 joined the Faegre Drinking firm in D.C. as a partner in the customs and international trade practice. Monahan advises U.S. and international clients on law and policy affecting complex international transactions across a range of industries. Monahan will be helping clients navigate highly technical and regulated international transactions.
- 11 Jan 2022 Read more..Cassandra Joseph J.D. ’99 was appointed to Cypress Development’s board of directors.
Read more..Nicole (Moscini) Soluri ’99 was named Chief Executive Officer of the Professional BusinessWomen of California. Nicole began her career as a lawyer with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, and most recently served as an appointee of Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown ’59 in key positions within the state of California, including Chief […]
- 01 May 2021 Read more..Michael Thomas ’99 has entered the seminary after feeling called to the priesthood in law school at Boston College. After earning his bachelor’s degree at SCU and obtaining his JD, he was a District Attorney representing the State of Utah, prosecuting felonies and misdemeanors. He was also a trial attorney at a large law firm […]
Read more..Gary Berg ’99 was named Campbell’s new police chief. Berg began his career with Campbell’s police department in 1994 as a police explorer before becoming a community services officer in 1996. By 2000, Berg was hired as a police officer and was promoted to captain in 2014. As a captain, he oversaw all three divisions: […]
Read more..Scott Shipman ’99 was named chief legal officer (CLO) of AppLovin Corporation, a mobile games company and Silicon Valley unicorn that builds the technology fueling many of the world’s most popular mobile games. As AppLovin’s CLO, Shipman is responsible for overseeing legal, human resources, risk, compliance, and data protection. He previously served as general counsel […]
Read more..Megan Barbier ’99 is vice president of people operations at Wrike. She is an enthusiastic human resources professional with over 20 years of experience leading HR in large, small, and emerging organizations. In August, she was interviewed by Thrive Global, in which she shared her unique insights on business and hiring new prospects.
Read more..Neda Mansoorian J.D. ’99 has been recognized as a 2019 Northern California Super Lawyer for the sixth year in a row (2014–19). Mansoorian is co-founder and managing partner at Oleander Law Partners LLP in Los Gatos and officially launched her mediation practice this year.
Read more..Judson Werner ’99 and his wife, Amelie (Glon) Werner ’99, traveled to Guatemala this past winter with their kids Tristan (age 8) and Gisele (age 6) on a volunteer dentistry trip. They provided free dentistry to kids and adults in rural areas who don’t otherwise have access. Judson and Amelie have done trips like this before in Jamaica […]
Read more..Keith Wattley J.D. ’99 has been awarded Santa Clara Law’s Alumni Special Achievement Award. As an attorney in Oakland, he has been advocating for the rights of people in prison and parolees for nearly 20 years. Prior to launching UnCommon Law in 2006—a nonprofit specializing in helping prisoners with a potential life sentence win parole—Keith […]
- 29 Mar 2019 Read more..PDC Energy has appointed Nicole Larsen Martinet ’99 to general counsel, senior vice president, and corporate secretary. She will be responsible for corporate and tactical legal initiatives and governance for the board of directors.
- 08 Feb 2019 Read more..Aaron Weast ’99 is the founder and CEO of Drink Shrub, a natural soda company, which was recently named one of Oregon’s 16 most interesting food startups. He is also Nike’s director of innovation engineering.
Read more..Sachi Sambandan MBA ’99 has been appointed senior vice president of engineering at Gigamon, a leader in traffic visibility solutions. Sambandan joins Gigamon from VMware, where he recently served as vice president for the company’s R&D Hybrid Cloud Services, responsible for all aspects of product development as well as building and managing a team of approximately […]
Read more..Jennifer Betz ’99 appeared in the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 2014 40 Under 40 list. She is the executive director, manufacturing finance, at Maxim Integrated, where, last year, Betz led the strategic planning process, which brings analyses of macroeconomic trends and internal data into a cohesive form for all decision makers and business groups in the company. Senior leadership relies […]
Read more..Amy Warner ’99, M.S. ’00 was recently elected as vice president of Precision Analog. As such, Warner is responsible for setting and driving strategy for the Precision Analog team with the goal of sustainable growth and profitability with differentiated analog signal chain products designed for the industrial, energy and communications markets. In previous roles at […]
Read more..Nicole (Moscini) Soluri ’99 was appointed by Gov. Brown to serve as Chief Counsel to the California State Lottery. She and husband Patrick Soluri also welcomed a baby boy, Connor, on February 24, 2012. The family lives in Sacramento.
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