See What Our Alumni Are Doing

Here are what a few of our alumni are doing:

Winter 2012 Issue

• Rhovylyn Cansino Antonio ('06) is Chief of Staff for San Jose Councilman Pete Constant.
• Joshua Barousse (MPA '10) is Chairman of the San Jose Human Rights Commission.
• Travis Casper ('99) has completed a Master of Public Affairs degree at Indiana University, South Bend.
• Roy Christman, Emeritus Professor, writes Sajeonogi, a political blog.
• Darren Deffner ('96) is Director of Policy for the Solar Electric Power Association.
• Rolanda Pierre-Dixon ('77) serves as chairwoman of the Santa Clara County Domestic Violence Council; she retired after 30 years with the District Attorney.
• Bill Ekern ('92, MPA) is Community Development Director for Redwood City, CA.
• Aimee Escobar ('96) completed a Master of Urban and Regional Planning in 2010.
• David Field ('95) is Development Coordinator with the Office of Development, Stanford University Major Gifts Team.
• Patricia Gardner ('79) received United Way Silicon Valley's Community Builder Award in September.
• Greg Gillam ('73) is Director of Finance for Arbor Commerical Mortgage in Manhattan Beach, CA.
• Allen Ishibashi (MPA '07) has joined the real estate division of the Mid Peninsula Open Space District.
• Gisela Jara ('03) completed her law degree at Lincoln Law School, passed the bar and is now practicing law.
• Joel Johnson ('01) completed his PhD at UC San Diego and is in his second year as an assistant professor at Colorado State University Pueblo.
• Mami Kobayashi ('08) is a news reporter for NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation).
• Nanci Klein (MPA '90) is deputy director of San Jose's Office of Economic Development.
• Thomas Malone ('75) practices commercial litigation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a partner in the law firm of Barna, Guzy & Steffen and teaches Business Law in the MBA program at the University of St. Thomas.
• Steven Neese ('09) has joined the American Leadership Forum of Silicon Valley as an executive assistant.
• Darren Ponce ('07) is Annual Fund Manager for the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
• Corinna Reyes ('08) is founder of the Golden State Care Collective "Affordable Clinic."
• Rich Robinson ('82) has written a novel,  The Shadow Candidate.
• David Ross ('99) manages the "Sweat Equity" program for the Washington, D.C., Department of Human Services, featured on CNN News and in the Washington Post.
• James Rowen ('84) is a member of Santa Clara's Charter Review Committee determining the need of district elections and ethnic issues in Santa Clara. He has successfully managed four campaigns in the Bay Area from 2008 to 2011 and is editor of Mission City Lantern, principal blog concerning the 49ers stadium election.
• Chris Schwarz ('06) has joined Canyon Snow Consulting, a government relations and corporate sustainability consulting company in Los Gatos. He is also on the board of directors at Sustainable Silicon Valley.
• McKenzie Taylor ('10) is Human Resources/Immigration Coordinator at the international law firm of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bersen & Loewy.
• David Terrazas ('92) was awarded his J.D. by Santa Clara University in 2006 and now serves as a member of the Santa Cruz City Council.
• Ben Troy ('06) is Director of Supply Chain at HCA (a healthcare provider).
• Alex Vassar ('04) has a new blog at www.onevoter.org.
• Roland Velasco ('97) is a policy aide to Santa Clara County Supervisor Mike Wasserman.
• Jose A. Villarreal ('96) is Acting Executive Director of The Vasconcellos Legacy Project.
• Susie Wilson ('76) was presented the Silicon Valley Leadership Group's "Shattering the Glass Ceiling" Award to honor the Women Who Led the Way in October.

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Winter 2013 Issue

• Victor Arranaga ('73) is a principal with Arranaga Government Relations with offices in Sacramento and San Jose
• Jack Barbour (MA'75) is a Professor of Political Science, MPA Director and Department Chair at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas.
• Domingo Candelas ('12) worked on Jim Beall's successful campaign for state senate and has now joined Jim's senate staff.
• Brian Chapman ('05) is Employment Support Specialist at Provail, a muli-service agency for people with disabilities in Seattle, Washington.
• Cindy Chavez ('87) is Executive Director for Working Partnerships USA, a San Jose based progressive think tank.
• Ron Conway ('75) is owner and founder of SV Angel and has invested in more than 300 Internet startups.
• David Doerr ('64) is the author of California's Tax Machine (2nd edition, 2008, California Taxpayes' Association) which has been praised as "Dave's bible on CA taxes'' (Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee) and "an invaluable resource" (State Controller John Chiang).
• Laura Enderton-Speed ('02) is Governmental Relations and Legislative Officer for Sacramento County.
• Barbara J. French ('75) is Vice Chancellor for Strategic Communications & University Relations for the University of California, San Francisco.
• Frederick Griefer ('05) is working for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC as a Senior Policy Analyst.
• Elnaz Ilkani Masoon ('05) is an attorney practicing in San Jose.
• Domingo Juan ('12) interned with Congressman Mike Honda in Washington, DC, and has subsequently accepted a position as Legislative Coordinator for Stateside Associates, a lobbying firm in Arlington, VA.
• Karim Kamel ('07) was awarded an MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies by the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 2010 and recently interned with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in Vienna, Austria.
• Jonathan Kerman ('12) and Kathryn Wood ('92) published "The Failure of Democracy Building in Modern Iran" in the journal Mediterranean Quarterly 23-4 (2012).
• Matthew Lee ('10) won a Merit Scholarship to the University of California's Hastings College of Law.
• Evan Low ('03) is the Mayor of Campbell.
• Fernando Enciso-Marquez ('10) is completing an MPA at the University of San Francisco and working at USF's Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good where he is overseeing the USF in DC internship program (after interning in Washington in 2010 supported by our department's Ward Washington Scholarship.
• Candace Joy ('11) is a Field Representative for Senator Joe Simitian. She has also started her own political consulting firm, The Joy Group, and served as Campaign Coordinator for Simitian's successful campaign for Santa Clara County Supervisor.
• Anurag Pal ('12) was a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Virginia.
• Omar Torres ('11) is Executive Director for the Santa Maria Urban Ministry in San Jose.
• Ben Tripousis (MPA'98) is the Northern California Regional Director of the California High Speed Rail Authority.
• Jo Zientek (MPA '95) is Deputy Director of Environmental Services for the City of San José.