Erin Pearson ’05 released a new album, FIRE. Pearson was a music major and soccer player at Santa Clara, playing on the 2001 National Championship team. Her junior year, she made the tough decision to put her boots away and pursue music full-time as depicted last fall in a Santa Clara Magazine article. In 2014 Pearson […]

Cheryl Oreglia MA ’05 resides in Campbell with her husband Larry ’82, where they have raised four vivacious kids, two loyal dogs, and one arrogant cat. Once the nest was empty, Cheryl pursued her passion for writing which resulted in a popular blog called Living in the Gap. Cheryl’s first book, Grow Damn It!, published […]

Erica C. Paul JD ’19 took on a new role as the political and development director at Local 393 – Plumbers, Pipefitters, Steamfitters, and HVACR Technicians. She says she is honored to have the opportunity to advocate for the rights for workers in Silicon Valley. The three-time Bronco attributes her success and mindset to her […]

Aside from being on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nick Johnson ’05, an emergency physician at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, was a key member of the team that saved a hiker who’d been declared dead for 45-minutes after getting lost in below-freezing conditions on Mt. Rainier in November 2020.

Annie Selak earned her Ph.D. in systematic theology from Boston College. She is now working at Georgetown University as the Associate Director of the Women’s Center.

On August 18, 2018, Daniel L. Dow J.D. ’05 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard. He began his military career as a private in the Army in 1989. Dow serves as the District Attorney for San Luis Obispo County.

Joshua Sbicca ’05 published his first book, Food Justice Now! Deepening the Roots of Social Struggle (University of Minnesota Press).

Konstantine Demiris J.D. ’05 is an attorney at Demiris Law Firm, which has offices in Walnut Creek and San Ramon. His practice involves inheritance disputes, trust and probate administrations, conservatorships, guardianships, and elder law litigation. Demiris’ law firm is staffed with eight attorneys and three Santa Clara alumni, including Christopher M. Moore J.D. ’06 and […]

Jennifer Ernst MBA ’05 joined the governing board of FlexTech Alliance, a company focused on developing the electronic display and flexible, printed electronics industry supply chains. Jennifer Ernst is currently vice president of North America for ThinFilm Electronics, a supplier of printed non-volatile and flexible memory products. She works closely with clients and partners to fulfill […]

Thai-Huy "Peter" Nguyen ’05, upon graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a Ph.D. in education in May, will be joining the faculty of Seattle University’s College of Education as an assistant professor of Student Development Administration in fall 2015. He and his partner will be moving to Seattle this summer.

Erin Pearson ’05 (music major & soccer player), released an Amazon bestselling book: 10 Reasons Your Kids Don’t Practice Their Music: And What Parents Can Do About It. This book takes a unique and interdisciplinary approach to the problem of music practicing frequency in beginning grade school age music students. Drawing on concepts from neuroscience, […]

Ben Taft ’05 was pinned as an RN on April 13, 2014. He graduated from the accelerated Nursing Class of Samuel Merit University School of Nursing. Currently, he is taking classes from Kaplan to prepare himself for his state licensing test.

Elizabeth Simas ’05, daughter of Ted ’70 and Rita Simas, earned her Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Davis in June 2011. She has a accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor at the University of Houston.

Javier Gonzalez ’05 was appointed by the United States Commission on Civil Rights to serve on the California State Advisory Committee on June 20, 2014. The State Advisory Committee members assist the Commission with its fact-finding, investigative, and information dissemination functions. Javier lives in San Jose.

Jennifer Bradford ’05 transitioned this year from the Chicagoland area back to Silicon Valley. She is a new adjunct lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Dance at SCU. Bradford is excited to connect and work with so many other SCU alumni in the Bay Area as a project manager, performer, and on the alumni […]

Matt Weyand ’05 has been promoted to division chief at the Louisville Metro Public Defender. In his new role, he will supervise a team of public defenders.

Elizabeth Budd ’05 is in her second year of the doctoral program at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. She studies nutrition and physical activity among youth and adolescents.

Patrick Grenter ’05 was named executive director of the Center for Coalfield Justice in Washington, Pa. He is leading that organization’s fight to protect citizens from the harmful effects of coal mining and natural gas extraction in southwestern Pennsylvania. Patrick receievd his B.S. in poltical science from SCU and his law degree from the University […]

Chris Wall ’05 is an attorney at Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP in the Pacific Northwest. He lives with his wife, Claire, on Vashon Island.

Courtney (Dimpel) Shipman ’05 is one of the newest members of the women’s racing team Vanderkitten-Focus. This famous international bicycle racing team showed up at Aptos High School in March with women from New Zealand, Australia, the East Coast, and the Bay Area. They have 25 members of the team representing them worldwide. The Vanderkitten-Focus claim […]