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Steven Ashby ’82, director, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; former Senior Vice President, Battelle; Board Member, Tri-Cities Development Council

Michonne R. Ascuaga ’83, former CEO, John Ascuaga’s Nugget casino; former commissioner, Nevada Gaming Commission; board member, Plumas Bank, Northern Nevada Medical Center; chair, Washoe K-12 Education Foundation; Vice chairman, Truckee Meadows Community College Institutional Advisory Council

Paul Aquino ’65, MBA ’67, president, Green Core Geothermal Inc.; former president and CEO, Energy Development Corporation

Alex Austin '07, co-founder and CEO, Branch Metrics; former founder and software engineer, Kindred Prints, Cogwheel Labs

Robin (Senigaglia) Beck '77, lead engineer, NASA AMES Research Center; Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, Santa Clara University School of Engineering

Mary Bitterman ’66, Ph.D., president and trustee, Bernard Osher Foundation; former president and CEO, The James Irvine Foundation; former president and CEO, KQED Broadcasting; chair, PBS Foundation Board; former director, East-West Center Institute of Culture and Communication; former director, Voice of America (VOA)

Margaret (Peggy) Bradshaw ’72, executive vice president and chief banking officer, Bridge Bank; former executive vice-president, Comerica Bank; named one of Silicon Valley’s Most Influential Women by “Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal”; former chair, Santa Clara University Board of Regents; investment board member, California Economic Lending Initiative; board chair, Family and Children Services; recipient, Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., Award, Santa Clara University

Roger Brunello ’63, former owner and chairman, Le Boulanger Inc.

William Carter ’71, M.S. ’95, emeritus fellow and former chief technology officer, Xilinx; recipient, SCU’s Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award (1996)

Lewis Chew ’84, former CFO, Dolby Laboratories; former CFO, National Semiconductor; former partner, KPMG; member, board of directors, PG&E, Cadence Design Systems, and Arista Networks

Peter Claussen MBA ’93, COO, Seinnheiser

Peter Draeger ’80, CFO, Draeger’s Supermarkets Inc.

Edward Dowd '72, founder, San Jose National Bank, Commerce Savings and Loan, EMD Properties; former vice chairman, California State Athletic Commission; real estate developer; investor; philanthropist; multiple sclerosis advocate

Gary Filizetti ’67, MBA ’69, president, Devcon Construction

Robert J. Finocchio Jr. ’73, audit committee chair director, Nuance Communications; director, Vistage, JustAnswer.com, Skyfront; former president, 3COM; former CEO, president and chairman, IBM Informix; Dean’s Executive Professor, Santa Clara University 

Geoff Fox ’62, founder and chairman, Fox Racing; member, Motorcycle Hall of Fame

Joseph Franzia ’64, MBA ’65, co-president and co-founder, Bronco Wine Company and Classic Wines of California; partner, Panther Rock Wine Company; wine judge, Orange County Wine Society

David Fry ’83, CFO and co-founder, Fry’s Electronics

John Fry ’78, CEO and co-founder, Fry’s Electronics

Randy Fry ’80, president and co-founder, Fry’s Electronics

Pat Gelsinger ’83, CEO and former chief technology officer, Intel; former CEO, VMware; former president and chief operating officer, EMC

Michele Goins ’83, president, Asilomar Consulting LLC; professor, Santa Clara University; former senior vice president and chief information officer, Juniper Networks; former vice president and chief information officer, Hewlett Packard

Rebecca Guerra ’73, MBA ’78, former vice president of human resources, Infoblox, Extreme Networks, Adobe, and eBay; member, Silicon Valley Community Foundation Board of Directors; member, Santa Clara University Board of Trustees

William Holt M.S. ’79, former EVP and general manager, Technology & Manufacturing Group, Intel Corporation

Rebecca Jacoby MBA ’95, former senior vice president of operations and former chief information officer, Cisco

Walter Kaczmarek ’74, former president, Heritage Bank of Commerce

Charles Kissner MBA ’73, chairman, Rambus; CEO, Digital Pillars; member, board of directors, Rambus; former board member and former chairman, ShoreTel; former chairman and CEO, Aviat Networks; former chairman, KQED

Roberto Kriete ’76, president, Grupo Kriete Investment Company and Agape; chairman, Avianca; former president, Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association

Thomas A. Lacey MBA ’88, former CEO, Tessera, G2 Technologies Inc., and International DisplayWorks; former vice president, Intel; board member, DSP Group 

Jack Lazar ’87, former chief financial officer, GoPro; board member, Silicon Labs , Resideo Technologies, thredUP, Box, GlobalFoundries, Tonal, Santa Clara University Accounting and Finance Advisory Board; former board member, Casper, Tile, Mellanox Technologies, Quantenna Communications, eero, TubeMogul, Inc.

Paul Lunardi ’83, president and CEO, Lunardi’s Super Markets

Ramon Machado J.D. ’93, vice president and chief risk officer, First American Financial Corporation; adjunct professor, Chapman University

Chris Malachowsky M.S. ’86, co-founder and senior vice president of engineering and operations, Nvidia

Judith Martinez' 14, CEO, InHerShoes, Inc. ; Award recipient, Intersectional Social Impact Leader

 

Andrew Miller ’82board director and audit chair, iRobot Corporation; former executive vice president and CFO, PTC; former executive vice president and CFO, Cepheid; former vice president and chief accounting officer, Autodesk; former SCU Business School Board of Advisors; board of directors member, Vontier, Verint, iRobot

Michael Mondavi ’66,  founder and president, Folio Fine Wine Partners; former chairman, president and CEO, Robert Mondavi Corporation; co-founder, Michael Mondavi Family Estates

David Mooring ’80, investor, entrepreneur, and venture director, Pillar Ventures; former CEO, WIMM Labs; former director and president, Rambus

Prakash Muppirala M.S. '02, executive vice president of platform solutions and customer success, Fabric; former chief technology officer and president of digital innovations, Restoration Hardware; former senior vice president of Global eCommerce, Merchandizing, and Customer Experience, Staples; former director of product development and managed marketplaces, eBay

Rathi Murthy M.S. '95, CTO and president of services, Expedia Group; former CTO, Verizon Media; former senior vice president and CIO, American Express; former senior vice president, chief technology officer, Gap, Inc.; board member, PagerDuty

Peter Oppenheimer MBA ’87, former senior vice president and CFO, Apple; member, Goldman Sachs Board of Directors 

Betsy Rafael ’83, former vice president and corporate controller, Apple; former vice president, controller, chief accounting officer, Cisco; former chief transformation officer, GoDaddy Inc.; member, Autodesk Board of Directors 

George Reyes MBA ’79, former senior vice president and CFO, Google; former director, LifeLock, BEA Systems, Symantec

Gisel Ruiz ’92, independent director, Univision Communications, Cracker Barrel, Vital Farms; member, Santa Clara University Board of Trustees; former executive vice president of operations, Sam’s Club; former executive vice president International People Division and chief operating officer, Walmart U.S.

Scott Santarosa, S.J. '88, provincial of the Oregon province, Society of Jesus

August Sebastiani ’02, founder and president, 3 Badge Beverage

Donny Sebastiani ’99, president, CEO, and co-founder, Don Sebastiani & Sons

Sam Sebastiani ’62, MBA ’66, founder, La Chertosa Wines; founder, Viansa Winery and Italian Marketplace; former president, Sebastiani Vineyards

Debora Shoquist ’72, executive vice president of operations, NVIDIA

John A. Sobrato ’60, chairman emeritus, The Sobrato Organization

John M. Sobrato ’83, chairman and former CFO, The Sobrato Organization; former chairman, Santa Clara University Board of Trustees

Steve Sordello ’92, MBA ’01, board of directors member, Atlassian and Compass; member, Santa Clara University Board of Trustees; former senior vice president and CFO, LinkedIn; former senior director of finance, Adobe

William E. Terry ’55, former executive vice president, Hewlett-Packard

Hemant Thapar '73, M.S. '75, co-founder and CEO, OmniTier, Inc.; former senior engineering manager, IBM

Jayshree Ullal M.S. ’86, president and CEO, Arista Networks

Richard P. Wallace M.S. ’89, CEO and president, KLA-Tencor

Kevin Yeaman ’88, CEO, Dolby; former CFO, Epiphany; former vice president of worldwide field operations, Informix Software; former senior manager, KPMG; trustee, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures