Class Notes Category: Accolades
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Rebecca Urland Monzi ’03
Rebecca Urland Monzi ’03, principal at Friedlander Misler PLLC, has been named a Washington, D.C., Connect CRE 2023 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards winner. “Rebecca is a deserving recipient of this award, and we are pleased to celebrate this recognition,” said Friedlander Misler principal and managing member David M. Astrove. “She demonstrates leadership not only…
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Courtney Young, Ph.D. ’18
Courtney Young, Ph.D. ’18, co-founder and chief executive officer of Myogene Bio, has won a Biocom Catalyst award and also been named to MIT Technology Review’s 35 Under 35 list. The genesis of Myogene Bio, a San Diego company with cofounders that either all attended or work at UCLA, took place when Young was a…
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Kris Pederson ’86
National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship 100 has named Kris Pederson, EY Americas Center for Board Matters leader, among the most influential corporate directors and governance experts as part of its annual list of leading corporate directors and governance advocates in 2023. She also was named to their top 100 list in 2022. Pederson,…
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Byron Scott ’86, M.D.
Byron Scott ’86, M.D., has been named by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) a 2023 honoree of the NACD Directorship 100, an annual recognition of the leading corporate directors, corporate governance experts, policymakers and influencers who significantly impact boardroom practices and performance. The NACD is an authority on boardroom practices representing more than 23,000…
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Robert Curtis ’96
Robert Curtis ’96, managing partner at the Santa Barbara, California-based law firm Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis, has been recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America® for exceptional work representing plaintiffs in mass tort litigation and class action lawsuits. Curtis, who in conjunction with other partners at the firm has successfully pursued over…
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Ashley Ceballos-Hernandez ’23
Ashley Ceballos-Hernandez ’23 is one of 11 emerging leaders selected by Coro Southern California for its 66th class of Coro Fellows in Public Affairs. The Coro Fellowship uses the region as a classroom to train the next generation of civic leaders. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Ceballos-Hernandez is passionate about social issues in and…
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Christian Ali ’21
Christian Ali ’21 is one of 11 emerging leaders selected by Coro Southern California for its 66th class of Coro Fellows in Public Affairs. The Coro Fellowship uses the region as a classroom to train the next generation of civic leaders. Born and raised in Los Angeles County, Ali has always been passionate about helping…
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Bruce Western, M.A. ’90, Ph.D. ’93
Bruce Western, M.A. ’90, Ph.D. ’93 has accepted membership in the American Philosophical Society in the Social Sciences class. Western is the Bryce Professor of Sociology and Social Justice and Director of the Justice Lab at Columbia University. He studies poverty and socioeconomic inequality with a focus on the U.S. criminal justice system. A native…
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Ardem Patapoutian ’90
Courtesy of Scripps Research Institute Ardem Patapoutian ’90 has accepted membership in the American Philosophical Society in the Biological Sciences class. Patapoutian was one of two winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, honored with UC San Francisco professor David Julius for their discoveries of receptors in the body that respond to…
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Lauren Camarillo ’10
Lauren Camarillo ’10 is one of five educators named 2023 California Teachers of the Year. A linguistics and psychology major as a Bruin, Camarillo is a high school Spanish teacher at Mountain View High School in the Mountain View–Los Altos Union High School District, Santa Clara County. Presented by the California Department of Education and…