Class Notes Category: Career
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Brian K. Lowe ’79
Brian K. Lowe ’79 recently published his debut novel and two sequels. His “Stolen Future” trilogy, a science fiction adventure series set in the far future, was published by Digital Science Fiction in October 2018. Lowe received his BA in English with a specialization in creative writing.
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Christine Simmons ’98
Christine Simmons ’98 (Gold member) has been hired as chief operating officer of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The immediate past president of the UCLA Alumni Association Board, a UC Regent-designate and currently president and COO of the Los Angeles Sparks, Simmons will assume her new role in January and report directly…
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Charlie Nelson Keever ’12
Charlie Nelson Keever ’12 (Life member) has joined Fox Rothschild LLP as an associate in the firm’s Los Angeles office where she represents clients in a variety of litigation matters. A French major at UCLA, Nelson Keever received her J.D. degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, in 2018. While a student there, she worked…
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Benjamin C. Lee ’08
Benjamin C. Lee ’08 has joined Downey Brand’s Natural Resource Team. Lee’s areas of concentration are intricate and high-stakes land use and environmental matters. He has represented public agencies on a wide range of environmental and water law issues, including federal and state environmental cost recovery claims and local air quality and water administrative enforcement…
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Angelo Mathay ’07, J.D. ’12
Angelo Mathay ’07, J.D. ’12, has been appointed by Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina to the state’s Human Relations Commission. Mathay works as an administrative judge for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In Washington, D.C., he worked as an associate policy analyst for the Migration Policy Institute and as a D.A.C.A. Law…
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Ryan Abbott ’05, M.D.
Ryan Abbott ’05, Esq., M.D., has joined the panel JAMS, the largest provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services worldwide. Abbott will serve in London and Los Angeles as an international mediator, arbitrator and special master in a variety of disputes, including business/commercial, education/schools, health care, insurance, intellectual property, international, personal injury/torts, pharmaceutical/mass torts and…
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James Egan, M.F.A. ’85
A new film, “Raise Hell, The Life & Times of Molly Ivins,” produced by James Egan, M.F.A. ’85, will make its world premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival. Egan is currently serving as executive director, immersive technology at the Academy of Art University. He is also CEO of Wild at Heart Films, a…
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Christopher Russell, Ph.D. ’68
Christopher Russell, Ph.D. ’68, who came to UCLA as a graduate student in the sixties and never left, is the subject of a recent Forbes Magazine article, in which he discusses his work on some of the most important and high-profile space missions of the last half-century, from Apollo to the recent Mars landing to…
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Melinda Sanes, M.Arch. ’07
Melinda Sanes, M.Arch. ’07, has joined the architectural team at the Raleigh, NC, office of CPL, a full-service design firm that has served public and private-sector clients for more than 40 years. Sanes joins CPL with more than 11 years of architectural experience and most recently served as project architect with Flad Architects. In her…
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Helaina Chinn ’08
Helaina Chinn ’08 has become an associate with Portland law firm Bodyfelt Mount LLP. Chinn practices general civil litigation, with an emphasis on personal injury and employment matters. Prior to joining Bodyfelt Mount, Chinn acquired a broad base of experience working in government, both small and large law firms, and nonprofits. In California, she practiced…