Class Notes Category: Career
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Janie Thompson ’08, J.D. ’13
Janie Thompson ’08, J.D. ’13, has joined the Los Angeles office of Tucker Ellis LLP. Thompson has a comprehensive trademark practice ranging from counseling, clearance, domestic and foreign prosecution, and portfolio management through the enforcement and litigation of trademark disputes. She works closely with clients to develop effective brand protection strategies, including through informal dispute…
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Mikey Tanha ’02
Mikey Tanha ’02 is the CEO and co-founder of Noble 33, an environmentally friendly hospitality firm that is dedicated to driving the hospitality industry toward sustainability. Currently, the Noble 33 portfolio includes Toca Madera West Hollywood, Toca Madera Scottsdale, Madera London, Café Fig DTLA, La Casita DTLA, Sparrow DTLA, soon-to-be-open Toca Madera Las Vegas and…
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Carlos Dominguez ’01
Carlos Dominguez ’01 has been appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to serve as a Judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Prior to his appointment, Dominguez served as a Deputy Attorney General at the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General since 2009. Prior to that, he was in private practice and served…
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Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D. ’96
The White House announced yesterday that President Biden will nominate Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D. ’96, as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. From the White House press release: Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson has had a long career in strategic planning, policy research and evaluation with philanthropy, government and nonprofit organizations. Her work appears…
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Wendy Herbert, MBA ’86
“Dear Specimen,” the debut poetry collection from Wendy Herbert, MBA ’86, offers a climate conscious critique of the human species: our search for meaning and intimacy, our capacity for greed and destruction. Published Oct. 5 by Beacon Press, the collection, a 2020 National Poetry Series winner, is an extended love letter and dire warning, not…
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Todd M. Malynn ’88
Todd M. Malynn ’88 has joined Blank Rome LLP‘s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Intellectual Property & Technology practice group. With more than 25 years of experience, Malynn’s practice spans nearly every aspect of intellectual property law. He joins Blank Rome from Polsinelli LLP. “We are pleased to welcome Todd to our…
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Andrew L. Yarrow ’79
Andrew L. Yarrow ’79, in his new book, “LOOK: How a Highly Influential Magazine Helped Define Mid-20th Century America,” tells the story of Look magazine, one of the greatest mass-circulation publications in American history, and the very different United States in which it existed. The all-but-forgotten magazine had an extraordinary influence on mid-twentieth-century America, not…
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Bonnie Lee Gray ’93
A soul-baring memoir by Bonnie Lee Gray ’93, “Sweet Like Jasmine: Finding Identity in a Culture of Loneliness,” will be released on Oct. 5. Gray grew up in a broken family in San Francisco’s Chinatown, earned a computer science and engineering degree at UCLA, worked on pioneering e-banking teams and then, as a stay-at-home mom,…
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Brian ’10, M.S. ’11, and Robert Roizen ’13
Brian Roizen '10, M.S. '11 Feedonomics, a company cofounded by brothers Brian ’10, M.S. ’11, and Robert Roizen ’13 — where 30% of the employees are UCLA alumni — has been acquired by BigCommerce. The companywas selected one of the top 100 fastest growing companies on the 2019 Inc. 5000 List.
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Cailin Crockett ’10
In March, Cailin Crockett ’10, who has been working in federal policy on women’s issues for almost a decade, was appointed by the Department of Defense to be the senior advisor to the 90-Day Independent Review Commission on Military Sexual Assault. This Commission was established by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the request of…