Rachel Olsen ’91 will be remembered for her impish smile and inserting joy everywhere she went. Growing up in Albany, she cherished her time at Central Grade School, where she played a crucial role in saving it from destruction in 1980. After graduating from Santa Clara University and briefly working as a chemist, Rachel moved […]

Christine Sakuda ’91 has been appointed by Hawaii Governor Josh Green as the state’s chief information officer. She is the first female and the first person of Native Hawaiian ancestry to serve in the role.

Ted Rivera ’91, MBA ’98 was recently published in the Journal of Risk and Financial Management. The research, “Ostrom’s Razor: Using Bitcoin to Cut Fraud in Hollywood Accounting,” was peer-reviewed and published in a special blockchain-themed issue on Triple Entry Accounting. The paper discusses the rampant fraud that exists in the Hollywood movie industry and […]

David Crank MBA ’91 married Leslie Canale in December 2023 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. The couple livse in Wake Forest, N.C. David is Tide International USA’s turf and ornamental manager and Leslie is a lactation consultant for Wake Med Hospitals.

A happy soul with many friends, Scott Corley ’91 was always ready for a good time. He had a real passion for football and his favorite team was the Green Bay Packers. In 1994, Scott married Sally Pennetta and they welcomed a daughter, Sabrina, two years later. He was diagnosed with an incurable disease in […]

Anita Smith J.D. ’91 was working as a paralegal for the computer network company 3Com when her employer sent her to school to become a lawyer. Anita attended Santa Clara Law School at night starting in 1987 and graduated in 1991. She started practicing law in 1993 and then became a lawyer at Adaptec for […]

After Santa Clara, Scott Parsons M.S. ’91 began his career as an engineer at General Electric, then spent 35 years at Lockheed. He retired in 2020. When not working, Scott enjoyed an active lifestyle, joining a bowling league and enjoying cycling and softball. Scott died on March 25, 2023. He is survived by his wife […]

Jeff Andreson MBA ’91 has been nominated to serve as a member of the Board of Directors for Ichor Holdings, Ltd. Previously Andreson has served as a director of Ichor, chief executive officer, and chief financial officer.

Darren Bouton ’91 was a long-time government affairs advocate in California and energy policy expert. He worked hard as deputy cabinet secretary to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to implement the governor’s energy, environmental and natural resources policy. Later in life, Darren worked for First Solar and Edison International before opening his own consulting firm, Bouton Strategy […]

Dona Winnowski ’91 started a nonprofit organization dedicated to the management and treatment of pericardial disease, along with her doctor from the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Allan Klein, and many other leaders in the field of pericarditis. Visit their website at pericarditisalliance.org. After open heart surgery in 2017, followed by pericarditis in 2019, Dona was inspired […]

Connecticut Historical Society research historian Dr. Karen Li Miller ’91 presented new research about Connecticut’s women of color who worked for women’s suffrage in a webinar in January. She taught about the role women of color played in the women’s suffrage movement and of the restrictions, stemming from systemic racism, that limited women of color […]

Peter Friedrich ’91 was awarded a grant from the Fulbright Finland Foundation. Friedrich will be using the grant to broker partnerships between college students and members of migrant communities.

Jane Rothbaler ’91 is living in Del Mar, California, with her 8-year-old twin boys, Declan and Tate, and is working as counsel for Crowell & Moring, LLP in Irvine.

Jeffrey Paul Baerwald, S.J., ’91 entered the Society of Jesus in 1983. He went on to teach at Fordham, Loyola College Maryland, and SCU. During his time at Santa Clara, from 2005 to 2017, Fr. Baerwald served as associate professor, chair of the graduate program in counseling psychology, assistant dean for Student Life, and Bannan […]

Stacy Ann (Hawes) Melle ’91 was born in San Francisco on Feb. 18, 1969, joining her parents, Anna Teresa Hawes and William John Hawes, and her older brother, William Jason Hawes—immediately winning the hearts of all those around her with her sense of humor, huge heart, and feisty spirit. After her family relocated to California […]

On Oct. 2, 2019, Jolene Bailey J.D. ’91 was admitted to practice in Indiana as well as in the federal courts for the northern and southern districts of Indiana.

Roland Pierre DuMaine Hon. ’91, the son of Nolan Amidee DuMaine and Mary Eulalia Burch, was born in Paducah, Kentucky, on Aug. 2, 1931. After attending Saint Mary’s Academy in Paducah and Holy Family School in Glendale, California, he entered St. Joseph’s College Seminary in Mountain View and St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park. Ordained a […]

Cheryl Dumesnil ’91 is a co-editor of We Got This, an anthology of stories and poems collected from more than 75 mothers raising children without partners, to be released Sept. 10, 2019. The anthology, which features a diverse range of stories (including one from Amy Poehler), is Dumesnil’s sixth book.

Longtime Bay Area Resident Lois H. Yoshida J.D. ’91 was born in Richmond on Feb. 13, 1953, and spent her early youth growing up in Berkeley. She graduated from Pinole Valley High School, receiving her B.S. from UC Berkeley and J.D. from SCU. Lois had a successful and distinguished law career, which included serving as […]

Michael Pina J.D. ’91 was born to Benita (Castro) and Domingo Pina in Bakersfield California, the third of four children. He grew up in a family that values hard work and education. He attended UCSB and Santa Clara, where he obtained a degree in law. Michael returned to Bakersfield after he suffered a stroke in […]