Karim Allana ’83, founder and CEO of the architectural engineering firm Allana Buick & Bers (ABB), was recently featured in a small business entrepreneur profile in the San Francisco Business Times. His award-winning company comprises “engineers who specialize in the exterior elements of buildings as well as energy conservation.” Allana founded the Palo Alto-based firm […]

Peter Verbica ’82, J.D. ’99 has become a co-owner of Silicon Private Wealth as of January 1, 2024. In addition to his role as a principal, he continues to serve as a managing director. Verbica hosts the popular Verb Presents Speaker Series, which has featured the former deputy director of the NSA (on cybersecurity), the […]

Mary Ratcliff ’83 had a head for numbers and birds. Mary excelled in school and her keen math skills led her to a long career in software engineering and development. After retiring, Mary spent most of her time volunteering for several non-profit organizations, including the Lake Oswego Sustainability Network, Portland Audubon, and the Willamette Women […]

From his early years, Donald Blauvelt M.A. ’83 knew he wanted to give his life to teaching. Donald found his calling among the Brothers of Holy Cross and worked as an educator across the U.S. He had a prestigious career serving at St. Edward’s University as the executive director of the Holy Cross Institute, the […]

Barbara Simmons MA ’83 has published work in SCU’s literary magazine and in literary journals nationally. Recently Simmons published a volume of poetry. The book, Offertories: Exclamations and Disequilibriums is available on Amazon and reflects her life as someone always seeking truth, hope, and illumination in the daily occurrences as a parent, partner, and educator.

Richard Bissen ’83 is running for Maui County mayor. Previously, Bissen served as a Maui County judge. Helping run Bissen’s campaign is childhood friend and fellow Bronco Charlene Schulenburg ’83, a former actress and movie producer.

For 30 years, Nancy Castro M.A. ’83 was a second grade and special education teacher at various schools in Santa Clara County, then served as a medical transcriptionist until she retired. She also was an active volunteer for Open Doors and Saint Vincent De Paul charities for many years. Nancy died on February 10, 2022. […]

From the beginning to the very end, Marilyn Roberts M.A. ’81, ’83 was fiercely independent and self-sufficient. She was frugal and taught herself to do many things including making her own furniture and fixing anything. Marilyn held a passion for teaching and had the ability to teach anyone to read. As an educator she worked with […]

Strong-willed Veronica Cotariu M.A. ’83 refused to continue high school after the tenth grade, insisting she did not need further education. When the U.S. entered World War II, Ronnie went to work at General Electric to support the war effort by filling positions vacated by young men. In 1944, Ronnie enlisted in the Navy.Her primary […]

Diane Slinger J.D. ’83 joins Michigan-based business law firm Jaffe Raitt Huer & Weiss, P.C. as a partner in the estate and wealth planning practice group. Slinger brings a robust set of skills and technical experience to Jaffe, including more than three decades of providing estate planning counsel and examining changes in related legal policies. […]

Michonne Ascuaga ’83 was featured in a Nevada Today article about how, as an advisory board member of the Center for Basque Studies, she led an effort to relocate the Basque Sheepherder sculpture from the Nugget Casino Resort to the University of Nevada Reno campus. The Center hosted an event celebrating the unveiling of the statue […]

At SCU, Christopher (Chris) Jonathan Bednar ’83 met his future wife, Karen Bednar ’83. Together they would have two daughters. After graduation, Chris received the Elijah Watt Sells Award for outstanding performance on the CPA Exam. He began working for Big Eight accounting firm Ernst & Whinney, the first of many accounting and finance positions. Chris […]

John Kao ’83 is CEO of Alignment Healthcare Inc., which went public and raised approximately $500 million in an initial public offering.

Pat Gelsinger ’83 took the helm of Intel as the company’s eighth chief executive officer, returning to the company where he spent the first 30 years of his career. Gelsinger is a veteran in the technology industry with more than four decades of leadership experience. He brings SCU’s competence, conscience, and compassion values to the forefront in his […]

Law school friends of James “Jeff” Egan J.D. ’83 recall several group adventures in Ensenada and Jamaica. He is missed by his friends and clients. Jeff died on May 22, 2021. He practiced with several defense firms in San Jose before striking out on his own. Jeff relocated to Hawaii, where he continued his practice. […]

Deborah Bradley Construction & Management Services Inc. (DBC) has hired Wayne Repich ’83 to serve as the firm’s president. In his new role, Repich will be responsible for the continued growth and visibility of the 27-year-old firm’s three divisions: General Contracting, Construction Management and Electrical. “We are delighted to welcome Wayne to our team,” said […]

Marriott International, Inc. announced the appointment of Felitia Lee ’83 as controller and chief accounting officer, effective August 28, 2020. Ms. Lee will be the Company’s principal accounting officer and report to Leeny Oberg, executive vice president and CFO. Ms. Lee joined Marriott in May 2020 supporting management of the company’s accounting operations.

Jannamarie R. (Baxter) De Lorenzo ’83 died in December 2018, after battling cancer for several years. Janna received her B.S. in biology from Santa Clara, then her MBA in finance in 1990 from Loyola Marymount University. She worked for several companies in Southern California as an analyst/accountant, then rose to senior financial analyst for Beckman Coulter […]

Devoted husband, father, son, brother, and friend Michael Patrick Hamill ’83 died suddenly on January 1, 2021, of apparent heart failure. His love for his family was abundant, and his warm smile, deep laugh, playful sense of humor, inherent kindness, and wise counsel touched all who knew him. Michael married Wendy Heavner in 1995 and […]

Peter Coe Verbica ’82, J.D. ’99 joins Silicon Private Wealth and Viant Capital, respectively, as a Managing Director. In his spare time, he moderates a series of popular monthly virtual meetings, bringing in subject matter experts on taxation, law, political affairs, U.S. manufacturing, cybersecurity, and foreign policy. For log-in information for his next Verb™ Presents […]