Many graduates of Santa Clara have gone on to be leaders in the fields of Arts/Entertainment/Media, Business/Engineering, Education/Research, Public Service, and Sports.
If you know of an alumnus/a who you think should be considered for the list, please send an e-mail to Alumni@SantaClara.com including the person's name and qualifications.
Arts/Entertainment/Media
Andy Ackerman '78, TV producer and director, Seinfeld, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Curb Your Enthusiasm, co-producer of Cheers, producer of The Ellen Show
Michelle Ashford '83, Emmy nominated screenwriter on HBO's The Pacific
Reza Aslan '95, author, No god But God, The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
Max Baer, Jr. '59, actor, "Jethro" on The Beverly Hillbillies, film producer
Michele Borba '72 MA '75, Author, Don't Give Me That Attitude
Jeff Brazil '85, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Orlando Sentinel
Ron Hansen M.A. '95, author, Mariette in Ecstasy, Atticus, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Khaled Hosseini '88, author, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
Jerry Howarth '68, radio broadcaster, Toronto Blue Jays
Francisco Jimenez '66, Author, The Circuit, Breaking Through
Neal Jimenez '82, movie screenwriter, Where the River Runs Black, River's Edge; Director, The Waterdance
Jorma Kaukonen '66, guitarist for Jefferson Airplane, Member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Paul Kantner '65, Founding member Jefferson Airplane
Ron Lagomarsino '73, movie director, My Sister's Keeper, Running Mates, Dinner at Eight ; stage and TV director, Joan of Arcadia, My So-Called Life, Picket Fences, Driving Miss Daisy
Michael Malone '75, MBA '77, author, journalist, former editor of Forbes ASAP
Shemar Moore '92, TV actor, Criminal Minds, Young and the Restless; host for Soul Train
Alex Nesic '96, actor on Sleeper Cell
Barry O'Brien '79, TV writer, CSI Miami, Judging Amy, Hanging with Mr. Cooper; Executive Producer, Guys Like Us, Between Brothers, Hannah Montana
Mary Richardson '68, co-anchor of Boston's WCVB-TV's Chronicle, nation's longest running locally produced nightly news magazine
Lex van den Berghe '85, final contestant, Survivor Africa
Adam Zotovich '97 – Broadway producer of The Color Purple, The Addams’ Family, and A View From the Bridget
Business & Engineering
Michonne R. Ascuaga '83, president, John Ascuaga´s Nugget casino
Mary Bitterman '66, president, Bernard Osher Foundation
Margaret (Peggy) Bradshaw '72, Chief Banking Officer, Bridge Bank, former executive VP, Comerica Bank
Roger Brunello '63, former owner, Le Boulanger Inc.
William Carter '71, M.S. '95, Chief Technology Officer, Xilinx
Lewis Chew '84, CFO, National Semiconductor
David Drummond '86, Vice President and General Counsel, Google
Gary Filizetti '67, MBA '69, President, Devcon Construction
Robert J. Finocchio Jr. '73, former president, 3COM
Fred Franzia '65, CEO, Bronco Wine Company and Classic Wines of California
Joseph Franzia '64, MBA '65, co-president, Bronco Wine Company and Classic Wines of California
David Fry '83, CIO and co-founder, Fry's Electronics
John Fry '78, president and co-founder, Fry's Electronics
Randy Fry '80, co-founder, Fry's Electronics
Frank Greene Ph.D. '70, founding partner, New Vista Capital/New Vista Capital Funds
Michelle Goins '83, Chief Information Officer, Juniper Networks
Rebecca Guerra '73, M.B.A. '78, Vice President of Human Resources, Extreme Networks
Michael L. Hackworth '63, chairman/CEO/president, Tymphany
Richard Justice '71, Senior VP World Wide Field Operations, Cisco Systems
Walter Kaczmarek '74, President, CEO, and Director, Heritage Bank
Charles Kissner MBA '73, executive chairman, Stratex Networks
Thomas A. Lacey MBA '88, chairman and CEO, International DisplayWorks, former VP of Intel
Paul Lunardi '83, president/CEO, Lunardi's Super Markets
Chris Malachowsky M.S. '86, cofounder and senior vice president of engineering and operations, NVIDIA
Michael Mondavi '66, past chairman, president & CEO of Robert Mondavi Corporation, founder of Folio Wine Company
David Mooring '80, director and former president, Rambus
Peter Oppenheimer MBA '87, senior vice president and CFO, Apple Computer
Betsy Rafael '83, vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer, Cisco Systems
Gene Ravizza '50, founder, Cupertino Electric
George Reyes MBA '79, former senior vice president and CFO, Google
Donny Sebastiani '99, principal, Don Sebastiani and Sons
Sam Sebastiani '62, MBA '66, founder, Viansa Winery and Italian Marketplace, former president of Sebastiani Vineyards
John A. Sobrato '60, chairman, Sobrato Development Companies
John M. Sobrato '83, general partner, Sobrato Development Companies
William E. Terry '55, retired executive vice president, Hewlett-Packard
Richard P. Wallace M.S. '89 CEO of KLA-Tencor, former professor in the Santa Clara Graduate School of Engineering
Kevin Yeaman '88, CFO, Dolby
Education/Research
Lisa S. Cahill '70, theologian, author
Frank Cepollina '59, inventor, National Inventors Hall of Fame; deputy associate director, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Development Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert Freitas J.D. '78, nanotechnology pioneer, author
Jay Helman '74, president, Western State College
Dr. Pamela Jolicoeur '69, president, Concordia College
Shanon Kugler '81, first female chaplain, Yale University
Paul Locatelli '60, Secretary of Higher Education for the Society of Jesus and former president, Santa Clara University
Mary Ann Peters '72, Provost, Naval War College
Patricia A. O'Hara '71, dean of Notre Dame Law School
Tina Panontin '83, chief engineer, NASA Ames Research Center
Public Service
Everett Alvarez '60, former deputy director, Peace Corps; former deputy administrator, Veterans Administration; chair, VA CARES Commission, author
Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr. '59, governor of California (second term), former California State Attorney General, former mayor of Oakland
Samuel Conti '45, judge, U.S. District Court
Mike Espy J.D. '78, former U.S. secretary of agriculture, former member of Congress, Michigan
Ron Flynn '65, retired brigadier general, U.S. Army
Jim Garrison '73, co-founder, State of the World Forum, author
Arthur Hull Hayes '55, doctor, former FDA Commissioner, first SCU Rhodes scholar
Joanne Hayes-White '86, Fire Chief of San Francisco, first female fire chief of a major metropolitan city
Marty Jenkins '77, justice, First District Court of Appeals, former judge, U.S. District Court
Keith Kellogg '66, former lieutenant general, US Army
Paul Laxalt '44, former governor and senator, Nevada
William Lenaers '69, brigadier general, U.S. Army
Zoe Lofgren '75, representative of U.S. Congress, California
Tom McEnery 67, M.A. '70, former mayor of San Jose
Bob Miller '67, former governor, Nevada
Frank Murkowski '55, former governor of Alaska
Dee Dee Myers '83, former White House press secretary Clinton Administration
Janet Napolitano '79, Secretary of Homeland Security Obama Administration and former governor of Arizona
Gavin Newsom '89, mayor of San Francisco
Edward A. Panelli '53 J.D. '55, retired associate justice, California Supreme Court
Leon Panetta '60, Director of the CIA Obama Administration, former White House chief of staff Clinton Administration, and former member of Congress, CA
Joe Peterson '72, U.S. Army major general
Richard Riordan '52, former mayor of Los Angeles
Thomas Romig J.D. '80, major general, former Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army
Richard Tallman '75, judge, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Anthony Williams '73, former mayor, Washington, D.C.
Sports
Dennis Awtrey '70, former professional basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, Portland Trailblazers
Mehdi Ballouchy '07, professional soccer player, Real Salt Lake
Bryan Barker '86, former professional football player, St. Louis Rams, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, Jacksonville, and Washington Redskins.
Bruce Bochte '72, former professional baseball player and all-star, California Angels, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics
Paul Bravo '93, currently with the Colorado Rapids, former assistant coach, Los Angeles Galaxy
Joe Cannon '98, professional soccer player, San Jose Earthquakes; Two-time MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award Winner
Mike Carey '71, NFL Official, first African-American Superbowl Referee (2008)
Brandi Chastain '91, current player FC Gold Pride Women's Soccer, two-time Olympic gold medalist and Olympic silver medalist (women’s soccer), former professional soccer player (San Jose CyberRays), World Cup Player, and US National Team Player, broadcaster with ABC/ESPN, author of It’s Not About the Bra
Ryan Cochrane '05, professional soccer player, Houston Dynamo, formerly with the San Jose Earthquakes
Doug Cosbie '79, former professional football player and three-time pro bowler, Dallas Cowboys
Steve Cronin '05, professional soccer player, Portland Timbers, formerly with Los Angeles Galaxy
Janet Culp '04, U.S. synchronized swimming team 2008 Olympics
Marian Dalmy '07, member of the U.S. National Women's Soccer Team
Eric Denton '00, former professional soccer player, Colorado Rapids
Bill Duffy '82, professional sports agent, top ten most influential minorities in sports (Sports Illustrated)
Brent Jones '85, former professional football player, San Francisco 49ers, former NFL analyst for The NFL Today and CBS
Bob LaMonte '68, agent for NFL head coaches and author of Winning the NFL Way, Leadership Lessons from Some of the NFL's Top Head Coaches
Matthew Madigan '93, U.S. women's crew coach 2008 Olympics
Terence P. Malley '76, former offensive coordinator San Jose Sabercats Arena Football League
Mary McConnelong '93, U.S. mountain biking team 2008 Olympics
Mike McFarlane '86, former professional baseball player, Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, former ESPN analyst, local broadcaster
Bill McPherson '54, former assistant head coach, San Francisco 49ers
Steve Nash '96, professional basketball player, Phoenix Suns, two-time NBA MVP, Captain Canadian Men’s National Basketball Team
Leslie Osborne '04, current player on the FC Gold Pride Women's Soccer, member of the U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team
Dan Pastorini '71, former professional football player and Pro Bowler, Houston Oilers
Kurt Rambis '80, Head Coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, former assistant coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, professional basketball player, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets, Phoenix Suns,
Cameron Rast '92, head coach, SCU Men’s Soccer, captain/Olympic gold medalist (men’s soccer)
Stephen C. Schott '60, former owner, Oakland Athletics
Danielle Slaton '02, Olympic silver medalist (women’s soccer)
Aly Wagner '02, current player on the LA Sol Women's Soccer, Olympic gold medalist (women’s soccer), member of the U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team
Jamil Walker '04, professional soccer player, DC United
Randy Winn '96, professional baseball player, San Francisco Giants
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