ClassNotes

Katherine Hesseltine '90 still lives in Tustin, Calif. with husband Dave and daughters Holly, 10, and Page, 7.

Jane Hawley '90 has been appointed to the position of Director of Business Development at My Eye Media in Burbank, Calif.  Prior to joining My Eye Media, Hawley spent her career at Vidfilm International Digital as Vice President, Global Account Management.

Michael Harp '90 celebrated with his wife Marci and daughters Emily, 10, and Cameron, 9, the sixth year of his company, Michigan Group Benefits. He also taught his first class as adjunct professor of economics at Baker College in Jackson, Mich.

Adrienne M. Grover J.D. ’90 was appointed by Gov. Gerry Brown ’59 as associate justice of the Sixth District Court of Appeal. Grover has served as a judge for the Monterey County Superior Court since 2002. She served as county counsel for Monterey County from 1999 to 2002 and as deputy county counsel from 1995 to 1999. She worked for Calaveras County from 1992 to 1995, serving first as assistant county counsel and then deputy county counsel. Grover was an associate attorney at Long and Levit LLP from 1990 to 1992.

Theodore Gonzalves ’90 is now the department chair of the American Studies department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is also serving on the search committee to fill the position of dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and is teaching two courses on Asian American experiences.

Bryan D. Flint '90 became, in January, Director of Communications and Outreach for Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark, a statewide elected official who heads the Department of Natural Resources, and a Washington State agency that manage 5.7 million acres of Public Lands. Previously Bryan was Executive Director for the Pierce County Chapter of the Audubon Society. He lives in Tacoma, Wash.

Joe DiNunno MBA '90 is the manager of research at FiduciaryVest, an institutional investment consulting firm based in Atlanta. Joe lives in Peachtree Corners, Ga.

Nora Denzel MBA ’90, senior VP of Intuit, will be a keynote speaker for the 12th annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, in October. The world's largest gathering of women in computing in industry, academia, and government, the four-day technical conference is designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Over 250 speakers and 150 technical poster presenters will include leading researchers and industry experts discussing their current work, while special sessions focus on the role of women in today's technology fields, including computer science, information technology, research, and engineering. Co-presented by the Anita Borg Institute and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the conference has expanded this year to now feature more than 95 sessions including panels, workshops, technical papers, Ph.D. forum, new investigators, technical posters, and "birds of a feather" sessions across nine tracks, invited technical speakers, and the ACM Student Research Competition.

Nora Denzel MBA ’90 joined the board of directors of FirstRain, an analytics software company.

Denzel has more than 25 years of technology and leadership experience. Most recently, she was senior vice president for big data, social design and marketing at Intuit. Prior to Intuit, she was senior vice president of Hewlett-Packard's global software business, served as senior vice president of product operations at Legato Systems (acquired by EMC) and held several engineering, marketing and executive positions during 13 years at IBM.

She  also serves on the board of directors for Overland Storage Inc., Saba Software and the Anita Borg Institute.

Arthur Bresnahan '90 was named managing partner of Zumpano Patricios & Winker, P.A., in the Chicago office.

Kristi M. Bowers ’90, MBA ’97 has joined SCU’s Board of Trustees. Bowers is marketing director for King Mountain Vineyards, a family business that is a French-style, sustainably farmed vineyard in Woodside, Calif. She is a director for The BASIC Fund, which has awarded $55 million in scholarships to more than 17,000 children over the past 14 years. A devoted SCU alumna who is highly involved in University events, since 1999 Bowers has served as an advisory board member for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, which was created by her parents, Linda and A.C. "Mike" Markkula, a founder and former CEO of Apple. She is also director of the family's philanthropic arm, the Markkula Foundation.

Christopher R. Bowen ’90 was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Contra Costa County Superior Court. Bowen, an attorney with the Contra Costa County Public Defender's office, lives in Richmond. He has worked for the county public defender's office for 16 years and is an appointed member of Richmond's Historic Preservation Advisory Committee. A former board member of the county Bar Association, Bowen earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree from Santa Clara University. "I am very honored and humbled to be chosen to serve my community," Bowen told the Bay Area Reporter during a phone interview following the announcement of his selection Monday, October 18.

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Faris Yamini '91 writes: "I continue to live happily in Novato, Calif., with my wife of 10 years Holly and our daughters Karina (8) and Thalia (6.5). I am a partner in a boutique ebusiness consulting firm in San Francisco and look forward to celebrating our Grand Reunion in October with everyone. Has it REALLY been 20 years??"

Carrie Woerner MBA '91 is a candidate for the 113th State Assembly District in New York. The 50-year-old Round Lake resident serves on the Round Lake Village Board and the Malta Planning Board. She operates a software division of a publishing company in Saratoga Springs. Woerner worked as executive director of the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation from 2002 to 2007, and is a member of the board of directors of Saratoga Arts and other organizations.

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Tiffany (Brown) Vara '91 writes: "I've been a full-time mom since leaving active duty with the Army as a captain in 1998. The eldest of my five children is now an SCU junior - yikes - you may have seen Chase in his stroller around campus our senior year. Our second son, Kyle, is a college freshman this year, with their twin brothers, RJ and Matt, starting high school. My precious, brave daughter, Abigail Faith, has lead me on the journey of a lifetime through her brain injury at 2.5 years old, in 2004. Much of my time is devoted to advocacy and community service in this vein. I am married to a wonderful man, Ray, who runs a health system in Hawaii, and feel so fortunate to be raising my family in Honolulu. Looking forward to seeing old friends this fall!"

Tracy Thiem M.A. '91 is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Somatic Therapist, & Spiritual Counselor in Petaluma, California.

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Iris (Corenevsky) Tashjian '91 writes: "I'm back in the Bay Area after 10 years in Chicago -- glad to be back by the mountains and ocean (and away from the long, cold winters)! I've been a Massage Therapist since 2004 and have been grateful ever since for finding my professional calling."

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Lisa (Secan) Strain '91 writes: "I have been living in Marin County, CA for the past 8 years. John and I have 2 kids (10 and 8 years old). I am definitely going to the reunion and look forward to seeing familiar faces and hopefully lots of the Brown House Girls! I can't believe it has been 20 years."

Bryon Stevens '91 was named senior vice president of investor relations and capital markets of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. Stevens most recently managed the Alternative Capital Markets Group at UBS Securities, where he was responsible for raising capital for companies in privately arranged transactions. Prior to UBS, Stevens was a vice president in the M&A Group at JP Morgan Securities.

Mark Silacci MBA '91 is owner of Swenson & Silacci Flowers in Salinas and Monterey.

Swenson & Silacci Flowers opened as Swenson Flowers in 1945, and Edward Silacci, Mark's father, became a partner in 1966. After Mark received his MBA from SCU, he worked in advertising and at Household Credit Service before joining his dad in the family firm in 1993. Today, Mark oversees the operation, but his father still remains active in the business.

Named one of the Top 50 florists in the nation by FTD, Swenson & Silacci has also been honored by the Wholesale Florist and Florist Association as the National Retail Florist of the Year in 2004.
 

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Mary (Sweet) Sheehy '91 is currently a stay-at-home mom in Glen Ellyn, Ill. She and husband Brendan have two boys, Frankie and Nolan.

Frankie Roohparvar M.S. ’91 was named CEO of Skyera Inc., provider of enterprise solid-state storage systems. Roohparvar brings nearly 30 years of industry experience to Skyera. For the last 13 years he served in various senior engineering and executive positions at Micron. He was also one of the founders of Micron Quantum Devices, an early provider of NOR flash memory.