Class Notes Category: Career
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Raymond Bell ’78
Raymond Bell ’78 is executive producer of a documentary project, “CALLED UP: The Emmett Ashford Story,” a chronicle of the first African American umpire in Major League Baseball. A native of Los Angeles, Ashford was an American League umpire from 1966 through 1970, working the 1967 All-Star Game in Anaheim and the 1970 World Series.…
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Rey Jarrell ’19
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University announced that Rey Jarrell ’19 has joined the theater’s board of advisors. Jarrell is one of five new advisors to join the board during the 2020/21 season. Jarrell, who uses the pronouns “they” and “them,” is a self-taught software artist and interactive media developer. They received their B.A.…
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Jeffrey S. Galvin, J.D. ’93
Downey Brand partner Jeffrey S. Galvin, J.D. ’93, has been selected to join the Executive Committee of the Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court. The Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court, based at McGeorge School of Law, was created in 1988 to promote excellence in the legal profession through education, mentorship and community…
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Perrie Weiner ’82
Perrie Weiner ’82, partner in charge of global law firm Baker McKenzie’s L.A. office, chairs the North America Securities Litigation Group for Baker McKenzie. Weiner was ranked in the 2021 Chambers USA edition for Litigation: Securities – California. Additionally, the practice was newly ranked in the 2021 Legal 500 U.S. Under Weiner’s leadership the practice…
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Jeremy Evans ’05
Jeremy Evans ’05 has been elected president of the California Lawyers Association, the largest statewide voluntary bar association in the country. In September he will be sworn in to a two-year term. The California Lawyers Association is the statewide, voluntary bar association for all California lawyers. Created by the legislature in S.B. 36, the California…
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Sandra Cano ’99, Ed.D. ’18
Sandra Cano ’99, Ed.D. ’18, has been selected as the new executive director of City Year Los Angeles. City Year is an AmeriCorps program which places young adults alongside teachers in systemically under-resourced schools to improve academic outcomes and provide social emotional support for students. Cano is a lifelong educator, former teacher, and principal. Before…
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Alissa Hecht Gardenswartz ’92
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck announced that Alissa Gardenswartz ’92 was one of two shareholders named co-chairs of the firm’s State Attorneys General practice group. An accomplished litigator and respected former regulator, Gardenswartz helps clients navigate inquiries from state attorneys general and federal authorities through her extensive legal knowledge and relationships with government officials across the…
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Dr. Adrienne Youdim ’98
Adrienne Youdim ’98, M.D., FACP, is celebrating the release of her book, “Hungry for More: Stories and Science to Inspire Weight Loss From the Inside Out.” From the book’s publicity materials: About the Book Our hunger for perfection, for belonging, for presence, for meaning all contribute to our desire for food. For over fifteen years,…
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Rene Almeling, M.A. ’03, Ph.D. ’08
The latest book by Rene Almeling, M.A. ’03, Ph.D. ’08, “GUYnecology: The Missing Science of Men’s Reproductive Health,” is now out from University of California Press. From the book’s website: For more than a century, the medical profession has made enormous efforts to understand and treat women’s reproductive bodies. But only recently have researchers begun…
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Jonathan Golub, J.D. ’00
Jonathan A. Golub, J.D. ’00 has joined Wiggin and Dana in New York as Chair of the Fund Formation and Investment Management Practice Group and a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department. “Wiggin and Dana continues to expand its suite of service offerings for the private equity, emerging companies, venture capital, family office and financial…