Andy Ackerman ’78 is an executive producer for NBC’s Whitney, which the network gave a full-season order after the show’s success this fall. Whitney, starring standup comedian Whitney Cummings as an unmarried woman living with her boyfriend, has performed well at 9:30 p.m. Thursday following The Office. In its two airings, the show has held steady […]

Darby Winterhalter Lofstrand ’81 is a senior lecturer in Acting and Voice, at Northern Arizona University. As an actress she has worked in over one hundred productions in film and stage in Los Angeles, the San Francisco/Bay Area, and Portland, Oregon.  She has also developed and staged several performance art pieces, and she is the voice of […]

Samantha Potts ’03 is an inclusion specialist intern at High Tech High School, in San Diego, Calif. Combining her dual passions in exploration and education, Sam moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, for a year, post college to work as an intern in the Child Development & Diversity program at the same school Sam studied abroad with in […]

Patricia Mahan J.D. ’80 has been elected to the Santa Clara City Council. She was born and raised in Santa Clara. She owns a private practice, specializing in tax and estate planning. Patricia is married to John Boyles, a retired San Jose police sergeant, and they have one son, Colin, who is attending the Culinary Institute […]

James J. Rodriguez J.D. ’78 was recognized by Continental Who’s Who among Pinnacle Professionals in the field of law. James is an Attorney at Valley Law Center, Inc. Possessing over 35 years of experience representing clients across the area, James is a seasoned attorney in practice at Valley Law Center since 1996. A Tax Specialist, […]

Jeremy Herb ’08 is in his third year as a defense reporter for POLITICO Pro. Prior to joining POLITICO, he covered defense and national security for The Hill, and covered the Minnesota congressional delegation and 2012 Republican presidential primary as a Washington correspondent for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Herb is a native of San Jose, Calif.

Daniel Wilson ’97 is a dentist with Cascade Dental, in Vancouver, Washington.  He has been practicing in the Northwest since graduating from OHSU School of Dentistry in 2001.  He completed a General Practice Residency in 2002 at the VA Hospital in Portland, and has been in private practice ever since.  After struggling with 4 head […]

Tony Estremera ’72 began his tenure on the District 6 board of the Santa Clara County Water District in 1996, when he was appointed to fill out Pat Ferraro’s term after the District 2 representative resigned. The following year, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors appointed him to represent the North County. In 2001 and 2007 he served […]

Hans Schwarz ’80 is Qorvo’s corporate vice president of business development and strategy, responsible for facilitating company-level strategy development and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to the merger of TriQuint and RFMD to form Qorvo, Mr. Schwarz was RFMD’s corporate vice president of business development, a position he held since joining RFMD in October 2011. Prior to […]

Rose Hacking ’07 works in the Obama Administration as a deputy assistant secretary. "And yes," she writes, "I’m only 30. I started in Congress answering phones for Speaker Pelosi and it’s been a wild ride ever since. SCU helped me to cultivate a deeper understanding of social justice and now I work on refugee, unaccompanied children, […]

Tom Murphy ’83 is VP of Customer Sucess at LiquidPlanner. He leads all activities supporting the success of our customers, including on-boarding, enablement and adoption, professional services and customer support. Tom has spent his entire career serving customers at both management consultant and enterprise software firms. He began his career at Accenture where he focused on […]

Alex Potts ’89 is president and CEO of Loring Ward Group Inc. and of the SA Funds – Investment Trust. Previously, he was the COO of LWI Financial Inc. The Loring Ward serves and supports select financial advisors across the United States.

Seher Siddiqee ’14 is a chaplain-in-residence at Georgetown University and is a student at Hartford Seminary, where she is finishing her M.A. in Islamic Studies with an emphasis in Muslim-Christian Relations and Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy. She was born and raised in the Sunnyvale, California. She spent much of her free time at SCU in Campus Ministry […]

Gilroy Mayor Perry Woodward J.D. ’96 was interviewed by the Gilroy Dispatch, wherein he touches on his family history in Gilroy, answers some sticking questions on Caltrain scheduling, and addresses the recent controversy regarding some 721 acres north of town. He says, "I see being mayor as a rare opportunity to lead the city as our community resolves […]

Professor Elizabeth Cara ’70 is a faculty member of the Department of Occupational Therapy at San Jose State University. Dr. Cara’s clinical experience is primarily in mental health, infant mental health, and geriatric physical and mental health. She is the co-editor and co-author of a popular text, Psychosocial Occupational Therapy: A Clinical Practice, currently in its […]

Scott Middlemist ’91 is among the English department faculty at Brophy College Preparatory, in Phoenix, Arizona. Middlemist earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Santa Clara University and a Master of Arts in Education from Northern Arizona University. He has been a member of the Brophy faculty since 1994, and is a freshman football […]

Louise Pon-Barry ’01 is in her 14th year teaching and in her eleventh year at Kittredge School, in San Francisco. She earned her multiple subject teaching credential and MA in Education from the University of San Francisco. Ms. Pon-Barry enjoys working with kindergarten and first-grade children for their fresh and unique outlook on life. She strives to make the […]

Carol McCandless M.A. ’96 has been an enthusiastic adjunct associate professor teaching religion at San Joaquin Delta College, in Stockton, California, since 2000.

Damian Gerard Barnes ’97 teaches English at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland. A native of Sacramento, Calif., Damian most recently taught at Our Lady of Mercy School in Daly City, while completing his Master in English (The Writer’s Craft Program) from Holy Names University. Previously, Damian was a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps […]

Judith Maxwell Greig M.A. ’81, 60, of Belmont, has been appointed to the California Student Aid Commission by Gov. Gerry Brown ’59. Greig has been president at Notre Dame de Namur University since 2009, where she has held several positions since 1988, including provost, dean of the School of Education and Leadership and senior advisor […]