Class Notes Category: Career
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Corinne Lightweaver ’85
Corinne Lightweaver ’85 is the author of a new book, “THE PSYCHE’S GIFTS: Art, Art Making, and the Journey from Mental Illness to Mental Wellness,” with Foreword by Shari Saperstein, Psy.D. The role of art making in healing is increasingly capturing the medical profession’s imagination and the general public’s interest. What are the possibilities for…
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James Azadian ’98
James Azadian ’98 has been appointed by Dykema, a leading national law firm, to co-lead the firm’s national appellate and complex motion practice. Azadian’s practice focuses on complex federal and state court litigation, centered around business and constitutional issues in a variety of industries. Widely published and frequently cited as a leading national authority on…
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Stacy Wise ’92
Stacy Wise ’92 is the author of a newly published novel, “Lie, Lie Again,” released earlier this year by Lake Union Publishing. Wise’s third novel, it is described as “a darkly humorous domestic drama centered around three women who live in the same southern California apartment complex.” Wise received her B.A. degree in communication studies.…
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Lee Goldberg ’85
Lee Goldberg ’85 just published his latest crime novel, “Bone Canyon.” The sixth movie in the MYSTERY 101 series, which he co-created with Robin Bernheim, finished production in Vancouver and is airing on Hallmark. Goldberg earned his B.A. in communication studies.
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Dennis Lyday ’68, M.A. ’72, M.A. ’75
Dennis Lyday ’68, M.A. ’72, M.A. ’75, is a UCLA retiree who was a member of the Student Affairs organization for 30 years, including the last 15 years as Special Assistant to the Associate Vice Chancellor, Student & Campus Life. He also spent many an evening creating works of fiction with, he says, “the hope…
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Vinay Bhupathy ’09
Vinay Bhupathy ’09 has been promoted to partner by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, a full-service Global 100 firm with more than 950 attorneys in 15 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Bhupathy is a member of the firm’s corporate practice group and healthcare team and is based in the Century…
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Diana P. Lytel ’02
Diana P. Lytel ’02, a civil litigator and criminal defense lawyer with the firm Lowthorp, Richards, McMillan, Miller & Templeman, based in both Oxnard and Santa Barbara, has been named president of the region’s foremost association for civil defense attorneys. Lytel assumed leadership of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC) on Feb. 5,…
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Ashish Pradhan, MBA ’06
Cornerstone Research, a leading provider of economic and financial consulting and expert testimony, haspromoted Los Angeles-based Ashish Pradhan, MBA ’06, to vice president. Pradhan has more than a decade of experience addressing complex consumer fraud and product liability, consumer finance and intellectual property matters. He has worked on multiple class actions, at both the class…
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Jeremy M. Evans ’05
Jeremy M. Evans ’05 has been named a member of the board of advisors of the Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation and his podcast, “Bleav in Sports Law,” has also been named best sports law podcast by Feedspot. Evans will also be appearing at a California Lawyers Foundation Signature Speaker Series roundtable, “Leadership in Sports,” on…
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Kerop Janoyan ’93, M.S. ’95, Ph.D. ’01
The University of La Verne has selected Kerop Janoyan ’93, M.S. ’95, Ph.D. ’01, as its next provost and vice president for academic affairs. He will join the leadership team headed by President Devorah Lieberman this spring. Currently, Janoyan is dean of the graduate school at Clarkson University in New York. He is also a…



