Class Notes Category: Career
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Gregory Hanson ’10, M.D.
Gregory Hanson ’10, M.D., an interventional radiology resident in Philadelphia, Penn., has created a new startup, flipMD, that provides a new way for physicians to find and secure side jobs outside of their main clinical practice. Created with his wife and launched this summer, it has grown to over 370 physicians from the around the…
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Natasha Graves, M.P.H. ’14
Natasha Graves, M.P.H. ’14, continues to turn obstacles into opportunities, having just launched a travel website that caters to those with disabilities of all kinds. VacayAbility.com is a user- generated review website, where people with disabilities or unique abilities can rate and review places based upon accessibility. Graves described her motivation for creating the site,…
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Jeff W. Bens, M.F.A. ’92
A new novel by Jeff W. Bens, M.F.A. ’92, “The Mighty Oak,” will be published in September (hardcover, e-book and audio). According to the review it received in Publisher’s Weekly, the book’s main character, a hockey player named Oak, “struggles to make a new life for himself, both in and out of the rink. Oak…
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Anna Penenberg ’76, M.A. ’82
Anna Penenberg ’76, M.A. ’82, is the author of a newly published memoir, “Dancing in the Narrows,” which details her journey of self-rediscovery as a single mother struggling to help her daughter navigate Lyme disease. As detailed in the book, at sixteen, Dana, Anna Penenberg’s daughter, is stricken with a debilitating illness with no known…
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Juan Sánchez Muñoz, Ph.D. ’01
Juan Sánchez Muñoz, Ph.D. ’01, a first-generation college student who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, began his post as UC Merced’s fourth chancellor on July 6, having most recently served as president of the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD). Before earning his Ph.D. in Education, Dr. Muñoz received a B.A. from UC Santa Barbara and…
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Diana P. Lytel ’02
The law office of Lowthorp, Richards, McMillan, Miller & Templeman welcomed new partner Diana P. Lytel ’02 to its team of veteran trial attorneys. A prominent civil litigator and criminal defense lawyer, Lytel comes to Lowthorp Richards from the Santa Barbara area, where she worked at Lytel & Lytel, LLP. Her practice specialties are general…
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Mobolaji Olambiwonnu ’94, Lisa Smithline ’78 and Jerry A. Henry, M.F.A. ’02
Mobolaji Olambiwonnu ’94 (director), Lisa Smithline ’78 (producer) and Jerry A. Henry, M.F.A. ’02, (cinematographer) were key members of the production team of the documentary “Ferguson Rises,” part of the Hope, Love, & Beauty Project. The film is about struggle and hope, tragedy and transcendence. It is the story of a small town that suffered…
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Angela Agrusa ’84
Angela Agrusa ’84, Managing Partner of DLA Piper‘s Los Angeles offices, has joined the firm’s U.S. Executive Committee. As a leader at the firm, Agrusa represents international brands, major companies and prominent individuals in high-stakes, complex commercial cases and class actions. In addition to managing the firm’s Los Angeles offices, she also serves as co-chair…
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Emma Moralyan ’11
Emma Moralyan ’11 has joined Dentons as an attorney in the product liability and complex torts practice. She is based in the Los Angeles office of Dentons, which, according to its website, is the world’s largest law firm. Moralyan earned her B.A. degree in philosophy and her J.D. degree from Southwestern Law School, where she…
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Marco Greenberg ’86
A new book by Marco Greenberg ’86, “Primitive: Tapping the Primal Drive That Powers the World’s Most Successful People,” chronicles Greenberg’s journey as an advisor and confidant to Fortune 500 CEOs, startup founders and other top performers. From a former roadie for N.W.A to a rock-star brain surgeon, from young tech billionaires to a top-ten…