In childhood, Maretta Ward J.D. ’94 was a busy kid—Girl Scouts, cheerleading, babysitting, track, and newspaper delivery. She attended UC Berkeley then Santa Clara Law. After two years of private practice, Maretta joined the California Department of Justice in the licensing section of the San Francisco office. She served as a Deputy Attorney General from […]

Rudolph Garcia ’94 was named chief credit officer for Beacon Business Bank in the San Francisco Bay Area. Previously, Garcia served as senior vice president at Beacon, and has decades of experience in the banking industry.

Wyman Yip ’94 is a King County Superior Court judge. Yip was appointed to the Superior Court by Gov. Jay Inslee at the end of 2022. Yip worked for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office since 1998. Most recently, he served as the office’s criminal division assistant chief deputy and was co-chair of the violent and […]

A team of Bronco attorneys won one of the highest wrongful death settlements for a case in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Nick Lezotte ’02, J.D. ’05 teamed up with Rob Bohn J.D. ’94 and Ram Fletcher J.D. ’05 of Bohn & Fletcher in San Jose to help a family who had lost their mother and wife […]

April Cobb ’94 completed her master of studies in law degree in corporate compliance from Fordham Law School in May 2023. She is currently in her second year as an associate director of IT quality systems for Organon Pharmaceuticals.

Born in Massachusetts, Jane Peattie M.A. ’94 spent much of her youth on Long Island and graduated from George Washington University. She moved to the Bay Area in the 1960s, had two children, and went back to school for a graduate degree in psychology at Santa Clara University. Jane died May 5, 2023.

Before earning his law degree from Santa Clara, Mark Grech J.D. ’94 had already earned a Master’s in Piano Performance through his exceptional musical abilities. Mark’s passion for music was evident in every note he played, and it shone in his love of Bach and Ragtime music. His art wasn’t limited to sound; Mark’s ability […]

In 2021, Mark Snyder ’94 moved his 58-year-old family retail business from California to Weatherford, Texas, a small town located just west of Fort Worth. In his off-time, Mark is learning to manage his new near-20-acre parcel of farmland. Harvesting hay, land leases for local Angus cattle, and his 6,000-square-foot pumpkin patch offers new and […]

Father V. Warwick James M.A. ’94 retired in July 2020, after 14 years of service as pastor of St. Simon Parish in Los Altos. Under his leadership, the pastoral plan was built from the ground up, including nine councils of volunteers that lead all aspects of the parish.  “We congratulate him on his 40th anniversary in […]

An interview with Alicia Ariatti ’94 was recently featured in the Louisville Edition of StyleBlueprint, one of the South’s fastest-growing digital media companies, which focuses on their mission of connecting women to their community. Alica is the Founder and President of both Ariatti Advising— a company specializing in project management, event planning and meeting facilitation—and […]

Christina Del Villar MBA ’94 is a Silicon Valley marketing executive, consultant, speaker, and author who enjoys helping companies transform, grow, and scale, leveraging technology with 25 years of experience at Fortune 100 companies and more than 20 startups. Christina has developed go-to-market and marketing strategies for exponential growth, new product launches, acquisitions and IPOs, particularly […]

Valary Miller JD ’94 practiced law in various areas and served as an Associate Dean at the Lincoln Law School of San Jose. She was known for the love she shared with family, friends, and dogs in her life, including Max, a 70 pound American Staffordshire Terrier who had been her companion for the past […]

Steven B. McLaughlin ’94 was selected for promotion to brigadier general in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Mark David Kirkland J.D. ’94 was born on Oct. 2, 1962, and passed away on Jan. 29, 2016 in Duarte, California. He is survived by daughter Kristina M. Kirkland ’11.

Born in Chicago on Jan. 24, 1945, to Lois (Tatter) and Samuel Rutherford McDill, a Baptist minister, Laurel Ruth (McDill) Gephart M.A. ’94 spent her childhood in the Chicago area. The family moved to Watsonville in 1961, where Laurel graduated from Watsonville High School in 1963. In April 1964, she married Bruce D. Gephart of […]

Cindy Robbins ’94, president and chief people officer at Salesforce, has joined the national board of directors for the nonprofit Year Up.

Deborah Heffernan Hinds ’94 is a senior communications consultant in the National Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity organization at Kaiser Permanente’s headquarters in downtown Oakland.

Pamela Villanueva J.D. ’94 was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court after serving as a deputy public defender at the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office. Previously, Villanueva was a deputy public defender at the Orange County Public Defender’s Office. At the time of her appointment, Villanueva served on the Pacific Juvenile Defender […]

Fernando Gutierrez J.D. ’94, former counselor at SCU from 1981 to 1987, was awarded a certificate of recognition from the Office of Family Life, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, in recognition of “outstanding work and commitment as a therapist in serving the People of God.”  

Gary Staiman M.S. ’94 was the dear son of Audrey Laufmann, loving brother of Lori (Lee) Patrick, adoring nephew of Patti (the late Jordan) Weigler, Joel (Linda) Miller, and Monte (Karen) Miller. He died Dec. 11, 2018, at age 52 of Fremont. Gary was preceded in death by brother Jeff Staiman. Further survived by many […]