Class Notes Category: Career
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Corinne Lightweaver ’85
The work of Corinne Lightweaver ’85 (Life Member) is featured in “Viewing Breast Cancer Through Art” at the Hoyt Gallery, USC Keck School of Medicine, Nov. 1, 2017 – Jan. 5, 2018. There is an artist reception Sunday, Dec. 3, from 2 – 4 p.m. Since 1996, Lightweaver’s artwork has been exhibited at Cal State…
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Craig D. Swift, M.S. ’04
Craig D. Swift, M.S. ’04, SE, LEED AP, has been promoted to Principal of Keast & Hood structural engineers. Swift has over 15 years of structural engineering experience, and has managed diverse projects including recent and current work for the University of Virginia, Virginia Military Institute, and the Fort Monroe Visitor Center. He is involved…
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Justinian Jampol ’00
Justinian Jampol ’00 (Life Member) is founder and executive director of the newly opened Wende Museum of the Cold War in Culver City. Read the full article here.
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Juan Sánchez Muñoz, Ph.D. ’01
Juan Sánchez Muñoz, Ph.D. ’01, became the president of the University of Houston-Downtown, Houston’s second largest university, in April. Before earning his Ph.D. in Education, Dr. Muñoz received a B.A. from UC Santa Barbara and an M.A. from Cal State Los Angeles. He credits the education he received at UCLA and the other institutions with…
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Yvonne Lacey ’90
Yvonne Lacey ’90 (Life Member) is the author of a new book, “Taking Back Your Holidays, A Whimsical Guide to a Lighter, Brighter Christmas,” in which she explores holiday history and rituals. Lacy earned a bachelor of arts degree in linguistics and English at UCLA and a master’s degree in English education at Syracuse University.…
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Brian Boxer Wachler ’89, M.D.
Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler ’89 is the author of a new book, “Perceptual Intelligence.” Dr. Wachler earned his bachelor of science degree in psychobiology at UCLA and his medical degree at Dartmouth in 1993. Dr. Boxer Wachler founded the Boxer Wachler Vision Institute in Beverly Hills, CA, where he is a keratoconus expert.
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Karina Saranovic ’09
Karina Saranovic ’09 has joined Delman Vukmanovic, LLP, a Southern California full-service law firm, as a litigation associate in their Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on civil and business litigation, with particular expertise in technology, privacy, personal injury, and commercial real estate law. Saranovic earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science from…
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Linda Liau, Ph.D. ’99, MBA ’16
Linda Liau, Ph.D. ’99, MBA ’16, was appointed chair of the department of neurosurgery, effective Aug. 21. Dr. Liau was selected for this position following a national search; she had been serving as interim chair since Jan. 1. Liau received her medical degree from Stanford University, completed residency training in neurosurgery at UCLA, and subsequently…
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Andrew Londerholm ’10
Andrew Londerholm ’10 has been hired as an associate attorney at Klinedinst PC in San Diego, CA. After graduating from UCLA, Londerholm earned his Juris Doctor degree from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. His practice focuses on business-related issues, including residential and commercial construction litigation. Read more here.
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Sherri Nazarian ’05
Trial attorney Sherri Nazarian ’05 (Life Member), whose practice includes representing employees in discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, wage and hour, and other employment-related litigation, has joined the law firm of victim rights litigator Genie Harrison. Nazarian was previously a senior associate at a Century City labor and employment firm, litigating both civil and criminal matters.…