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Class Notes Archive 1931-2014

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2006Claire Conlon of Sacramento recently became a legislative and press aide in the Capitol office of California Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles. She spent the previous two years as the executive director of the California Young Democrats. (appeared in the Spring 2011 issue) • GLENN UMONT, Ph.D., was elected as the new director of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District last November. He lives in Alamo. (appeared in the Summer 2011 issue) • Anna (Lewis) Buck graduated from McGeorge School of Law in May and now works as associate staff counsel and lobbyist for Consumer Attorneys of California, a professional association. She and her husband, Mike Buck ’90, a pyrotechnics and special effects manufacturer, live in east Sacramento with their children Sam, 11, and Zoe, 7. (appeared in the Fall 2011 issue) • Anthony “Tony” Pucci is serving in Afghanistan as captain of a U.S. Army combat adviser team. He previously finished a 16-month deployment at Camp Lemonier in the Republic of Djibouti, where he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his security work as a first lieutenant. After being promoted to captain and commander of his battery, he attended the Captain’s Career Course at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. (appeared in the Fall 2011 issue) • Gabe Cooley and Ricky Chu ’08, who started Rayco Painting company as students, now also run Rayco Energy, www.raycoenergy.com, a green home-renovation company based in Hayward. The firm’s energy retrofit for Greenwood Condominium Community in Walnut Creek was featured in Echo Journal, a magazine for homeowner association directors, in January. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • Nicole Green, Ph.D., assistant laboratory director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, was recently certified as a diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • Kristofor Husted beat out hundreds of applicants for an internship with National Public Radio last fall. As a science desk intern, he wrote for the health and food blogs on NPR.org and helped research stories and record audio with NPR’s science correspondents. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • Sean Stiny was recently named content editor for Web services at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. He enjoys coming over for the UC Davis football games and drinks many good Sonoma County wines made by UC Davis grads. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • Elizabeth (Sanchez) Pane married Justin Pane in July 2011 in the mountains overlooking Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand. They took a helicopter to the site, had the ceremony, and heli-boarded the rest of the day. (Powderroom, an online women’s snowboarding magazine, posted an article, “A Heli of a Wedding,” with photos and a video at www.powderroom.net/2012/01/a-heli-of-a-wedding). In December, Elizabeth graduated from NASA’s Foundations of Influence, Relationships, Success and Teamwork program, a selective leadership program for junior-level professionals in the agency. She works at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. (appeared in the Fall 2012 issue) • Sonja Colbert, MBA, has been appointed the chief administrative officer in the UC Davis Office of the Provost. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Jason Lucash, co-founder of OrigAudio, was named Entrepreneur magazine’s “Emerging Entrepreneur of 2012.” His multimillion-dollar company makes folding speakers out of recycled materials, and the Rock-It, which turns most anything into a speaker. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Sean Stiny was recently named online marketing manager at Genworth Financial in Pleasant Hill. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Mike Sintetos is the renewable energy project manager for the federal Bureau of Land Management in Sacramento. When he is not juggling renewable energy-related public outreach, assisting with National Environmental Policy Act reviews, and managing statewide renewable energy data, Sintetos enjoys competitive Ultimate Frisbee. He and his squad finished third in a national competition in 2007. He earned a master’s degree in natural resources and the environment from the University of Michigan in 2010. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Peter Vu recently joined the Sacramento firm Ellis Law Group as an associate attorney. His focus is business, commercial and creditors’ rights litigation. He previously practiced at the Stone Law Firm in Santa Ana and The Law Offices of Nick Alden in Beverly Hills. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • David Schary and Lisa Ladouceur, who met in the dorms (Castilian South) on the first day of freshman year, married in Berkeley on New Year’s Eve day. They live in Corvallis, Ore. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Josh Diedesch received two honors in April for his work as an investment officer at California State Teachers’ Retirement System, with his selection as an Institutional Investor “Rising Star” and one of aiCIO magazine’s “40 Under 40” up-and-coming asset managers. (appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) • Capt. Anthony “Tony” Pucci, commander of the 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, recently returned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from Kosovo, where he was in charge of a peacekeeping mission involving 700 soldiers from 10 countries. (appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) • Tristan Hoffmann founded the Three Villages Project. Originally focused on poverty relief in Sierra Leone, the nonprofit organization is now helping health centers there confront the Ebola epidemic. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue)
2007Joan Silva has been appointed press assistant in Gov. Schwarzenegger’s office. Before this appointment, Silva interned for Wilson-Miller Communications, worked as a research analyst for Victory ’06 during the 2006 state elections and interned for Californians for Schwarzenegger 2006. (appeared in the Summer 2007 issue) • Mark Otero, M.B.A., is putting his business degree to work by launching “mochii” (www.mochii.com), a gourmet yogurt café, in downtown Sacramento. The grand opening was held in July. (appeared in the Fall 2007 issue)

2006Claire Conlon of Sacramento recently became a legislative and press aide in the Capitol office of California Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles. She spent the previous two years as the executive director of the California Young Democrats. (appeared in the Spring 2011 issue) •  GLENN UMONT, Ph.D., was elected as the new director of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District last November. He lives in Alamo. (appeared in the Summer 2011 issue) •  Anna (Lewis) Buck graduated from McGeorge School of Law in May and now works as associate staff counsel and lobbyist for Consumer Attorneys of California, a professional association. She and her husband, Mike Buck ’90, a pyrotechnics and special effects manufacturer, live in east Sacramento with their children Sam, 11, and Zoe, 7. (appeared in the Fall 2011 issue) •  Anthony “Tony” Pucci is serving in Afghanistan as captain of a U.S. Army combat adviser team. He previously finished a 16-month deployment at Camp Lemonier in the Republic of Djibouti, where he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his security work as a first lieutenant. After being promoted to captain and commander of his battery, he attended the Captain’s Career Course at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. (appeared in the Fall 2011 issue) •  Gabe Cooley and Ricky Chu ’08, who started Rayco Painting company as students, now also run Rayco Energy, www.raycoenergy.com, a green home-renovation company based in Hayward. The firm’s energy retrofit for Greenwood Condominium Community in Walnut Creek was featured in Echo Journal, a magazine for homeowner association directors, in January. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) •  Nicole Green, Ph.D., assistant laboratory director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, was recently certified as a diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) •  Kristofor Husted beat out hundreds of applicants for an internship with National Public Radio last fall. As a science desk intern, he wrote for the health and food blogs on NPR.org and helped research stories and record audio with NPR’s science correspondents. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) •  Sean Stiny was recently named content editor for Web services at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. He enjoys coming over for the UC Davis football games and drinks many good Sonoma County wines made by UC Davis grads. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) •  Elizabeth (Sanchez) Pane married Justin Pane in July 2011 in the mountains overlooking Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand. They took a helicopter to the site, had the ceremony, and heli-boarded the rest of the day. (Powderroom, an online women’s snowboarding magazine, posted an article, “A Heli of a Wedding,” with photos and a video at www.powderroom.net/2012/01/a-heli-of-a-wedding). In December, Elizabeth graduated from NASA’s Foundations of Influence, Relationships, Success and Teamwork program, a selective leadership program for junior-level professionals in the agency. She works at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. (appeared in the Fall 2012 issue) •  Sonja Colbert, MBA, has been appointed the chief administrative officer in the UC Davis Office of the Provost. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) •  Jason Lucash, co-founder of OrigAudio, was named Entrepreneur magazine’s “Emerging Entrepreneur of 2012.” His multimillion-dollar company makes folding speakers out of recycled materials, and the Rock-It, which turns most anything into a speaker. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) •  Sean Stiny was recently named online marketing manager at Genworth Financial in Pleasant Hill. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) •  Mike Sintetos is the renewable energy project manager for the federal Bureau of Land Management in Sacramento. When he is not juggling renewable energy-related public outreach, assisting with National Environmental Policy Act reviews, and managing statewide renewable energy data, Sintetos enjoys competitive Ultimate Frisbee. He and his squad finished third in a national competition in 2007. He earned a master’s degree in natural resources and the environment from the University of Michigan in 2010. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) •  Peter Vu recently joined the Sacramento firm Ellis Law Group as an associate attorney. His focus is business, commercial and creditors’ rights litigation. He previously practiced at the Stone Law Firm in Santa Ana and The Law Offices of Nick Alden in Beverly Hills. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) •  David Schary and Lisa Ladouceur, who met in the dorms (Castilian South) on the first day of freshman year, married in Berkeley on New Year’s Eve day. They live in Corvallis, Ore. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) •  Josh Diedesch received two honors in April for his work as an investment officer at California State Teachers’ Retirement System, with his selection as an Institutional Investor “Rising Star” and one of aiCIO magazine’s “40 Under 40” up-and-coming asset managers.
(appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) •  Capt. Anthony “Tony” Pucci, commander of the 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, recently returned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from Kosovo, where he was in charge of a peacekeeping mission involving 700 soldiers from 10 countries.
(appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) •  Tristan Hoffmann founded the Three Villages Project. Originally focused on poverty relief in Sierra Leone, the nonprofit organization is now helping health centers there confront the Ebola epidemic. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue)

2007Joan Silva has been appointed press assistant in Gov. Schwarzenegger’s office. Before this appointment, Silva interned for Wilson-Miller Communications, worked as a research analyst for Victory ’06 during the 2006 state elections and interned for Californians for Schwarzenegger 2006. (appeared in the Summer 2007 issue) • Mark Otero, M.B.A., is putting his business degree to work by launching “mochii” (www.mochii.com), a gourmet yogurt café, in downtown Sacramento. The grand opening was held in July. (appeared in the Fall 2007 issue)

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