Cal Poly Journalism Alumni News
Where are they now? Here are some updates on Cal Poly journalism alumni.
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2024 |
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Catherine Allen |
Catherine has joined POLITICO as a data/graphics reporter covering energy and environment. Catherine was editor in chief of Mustang News in her junior year. |
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2024 |
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Angel Gaytan |
Angel is a college adviser with UC Berkeley Destination College Advising Corps / Early Academic Outreach Program at Pioneer High School in San José Unified School District. |
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2024 |
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Sarina Grossi |
Sarina is a Morning Edition news anchor at North State Public Radio in Chico, CA.
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2024 |
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Chloe Lovejoy |
Chloe is a legislative intern for the office of Assemblymember Robert Garcia. Chloe was editor in chief of Mustang News in her senior year. |
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2024 |
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Cayley O’Brien |
Cayley is a venue operations coordinator for BSide, working in the live performance industry. |
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2024 |
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Jordan Triebel |
Jordan is an executive assistant/program coordinator for Dateline & NBC News Studios in New York. |
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2024 |
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Lily Tenner |
Lily is a social media coordinator for Insomniac Events. |
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2024 |
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Naomi Vanderlip |
Naomi is an assistant producer for Forbes. She is also a freelance booking assistant for Good Morning America. |
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2023 |
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Miles Berman |
Miles has a new role as a marketing and advertising fellow for the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
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2023 |
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Zoe Boyd |
Zoe recently started as a music agent trainee at United Talent Agency. |
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2023 |
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Lauren Boyer |
Lauren is a marketing and communications coordinator at JPW Communications. |
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2023 |
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Samantha Riordan |
Samantha started a new position as communications strategist at the Homeless Prenatal Program in San Francisco. |
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2023 |
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Diego Sandoval |
Diego has been promoted to sports editor at Noozhawk, the digital news organization in Santa Barbara. |
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2023 |
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Talia Toutounjian |
Talia is the campaign manager for Searchlight Pictures at OMG23. |
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2023 |
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Alyson Smith |
Alyson is the digital media coordinator at San Diego Community Power. She previously worked for Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, where she got her start as an intern. |
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2022 |
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Miki Dubery |
Miki is studying for her master’s degree in Security and Diplomacy at Tel Aviv University. |
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2022 |
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Olivia Hebert |
Olivia is a news reporter for SFGATE. |
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2022 |
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Ashley Holly |
Ashley has joined the brand marketing team at Revolve as a social media assistant. She has worked at the fashion brand since 2022. |
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2022 |
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Ava Kershner |
Ava started a new position as a multimedia journalist/producer at ABC 10 News San Diego | KGTV Channel 10. |
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2022 |
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Daisy Kuenstler |
Daisy has been promoted to senior account executive at LaForce, a full-service marketing communications agency based in New York. |
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2022 |
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Jennie Le |
Jennie has completed her master’s degree in communication management from USC and is an account executive at RX Mosaic healthcare communications. |
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2022 |
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Sophie Lincoln |
Sophie is a multimedia journalist at KRNV News 4 in Reno. Previously, she worked for Sinclair Broadcasting in Eureka, CA. |
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2022 |
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Cameryn Oakes |
Cameryn is the local Long Island editor and senior reporter at Schneps Media in New York. Cameryn was managing editor for Mustang News in her senior year. |
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2022 |
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Jordan Peterkofsky |
Jordan is a production manager at Kristin Banta Events Inc. |
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2022 |
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Torstein Rehn |
Torstein is a producer at WCVB Channel 5 in Boston. |
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2022 |
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Roselyn Romero |
Roselyn is a public safety reporter at The Oaklandside. |
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2022 |
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Audrey Ryan |
Audrey has started a new position as associate newsroom SEO editor at The Athletic. |
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2022 |
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Sydney Sherman |
Sydney completed a master's degree in social media & management from the University of York. She is now the development and alumnae relations officer at James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS) in London. |
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2022 |
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Amanda Wernik |
Amanda has been accepted at University of California, Davis - School of Law. |
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2021 |
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Sophie Baye |
Sophie joined EF Education First as a social media and content manager and has relocated to EF's U.S. headquarters in Cambridge, MA. |
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2021 |
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Lily Dallow |
Lily has joined KTLA 5 in Los Angeles as a digital producer. Previously, she was a digital content director for KEYT News Channel 3 and 12 in Santa Barbara. |
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2021 |
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Hannah Klaassen |
Hannah is a senior account executive at Highwire. |
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2021 |
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Fauve Koontz |
Fauve is an account strategist at Google. |
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2021 |
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Mikaela Lincoln |
Mikaela is now a social media executive at Redwood BBDO, an international content agency, where she works with YouTube and Google. |
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2021 |
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Emily Mahoney |
Emily has been promoted to senior account manager at Segal Communications. |
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2021 |
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Francisco Martinez |
Francisco has been named Rookie Reporter of the Year by the National Newspaper Association for all nondaily newspapers. He is a full-time reporter with The Ark in Tiburon, CA. |
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2021 |
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Sophia McDevitt |
Sophia is Executive Notes editor at UC Law Business Journal. She is a J.D. candidate at University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco. |
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2021 |
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Hailey Nagma |
Hailey is an internal communications specialist at Intuit. |
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2020 |
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Emma Adler |
Emma is a project coordinator at Modifly, a creative agency in San Diego. |
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2020 |
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Christina Arthur |
Christina has been named domestic marketing coordinator at Hunter Industries, a California-based manufacturer of irrigation and outdoor lighting equipment. |
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2020 |
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Brooke Cashin |
Brooke has been promoted to senior account executive at Stanton & Company, sports and lifestyle marketing and PR agency in Venice, CA. |
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2020 |
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Giselle Fernandez |
Giselle recently started a new position as an account executive at Edelman. |
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2020 |
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Cassandra Garibay |
Cassandra is an engagement reporter for ProPublica. Previously, she was a senior housing reporter at El Tímpano. |
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2020 |
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Hannah Glazer |
Hannah is an account executive with Midnight Oil, an integrated print production and creative studio based in Burbank, CA. |
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2020 |
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Miranda Knight |
Miranda is the senior brand experience manager for Pashion Footwear, a $15 million shoe and accessories company that got its start at Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. |
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2020 |
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Kelsey Luvisa |
Kelsey has a new position as a business development representative at Figma, which produces a collaborative web application for interface design. |
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2020 |
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Rachel Marquardt |
Rachel is now the manager of digital strategy at Randle Communications in Sacramento. She earned her MBA in marketing from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School in 2022. |
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2020 |
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Dominique Morales |
Dominique is the editor of Real Change News in Seattle, WA. This weekly newspaper is part of the Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project. |
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2020 |
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Annie Murphy |
Annie has been promoted to communications manager at Native, a personal care products company based in San Francisco. |
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2020 |
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Samantha Spitz |
Samantha is now the public affairs coordinator at the Westminster, CA, Police Department. |
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2019 |
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Yasmeen Arami |
Yasmeen is pursuing a law degree at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. |
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2019 |
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Lauren Arendt |
Lauren has a new position as e-commerce growth marketing manager at Hydro Flask. She has been with the company since 2023. |
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2019 |
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Ariana Afshar |
Ariana has been writing political content and commentary full time for the past two years. Follow her @arianajasmine. |
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2019 |
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Madison Burgess |
Madison is the manager of marketing strategy at AMC Networks. |
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2019 |
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Sophia Carnevale |
Sophia is a communications specialist at Environmental Science Associates. |
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2019 |
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Leah Castillo |
Leah is now the lead customer success manager at Gong, which uses proprietary artificial intelligence technology to enhance customer interactions. |
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2019 |
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Quinn Fish |
Quinn has been promoted to senior lifestyle editor at The Kitchn and retains her position as staff writer for Apartment Therapy. She joined the NewYork-based publishing company in 2023. |
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2019 |
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Valerie Gasparini |
Valerie has been promoted to senior account executive at Deel. She joined the company in January 2023. |
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2019 |
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Christian Laubacher |
Christian has a new position as the program coordinator for the post-graduate psychiatric residency program at Community Memorial Healthcare in Denver. He received his master’s degree in higher education from University of Denver and has been active in Cal Poly’s Alumni Association. |
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2019 |
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Katelyn Biddle Martin |
Katelyn is the marketing and communications manager at the California Automobile Museum. |
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2019 |
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Connor McCarthy |
Connor is now an account manager with Gard Communications in Portland, OR. Previously, he was a multimedia journalist for KPTV, Fox Channel 12. |
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2019 |
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Summer Sinnett |
Summer is an account supervisor at Ketchum. She has been with the agency since 2021. She is based in New York. |
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2019 |
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Caroline Ster |
Caroline has joined Warner Bros. Discovery as the assistant manager for awards at CNN. |
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2019 |
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Emma Withrow |
Emma is a national investigative reporter for Sinclair Broadcasting based in Washington, D.C. She was previously director of rapid response at the U.S. House of Representatives and chief political correspondent for FOX 46, WJZY-TV, in Charlotte, NC. |
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2018 |
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Madelina Achuela |
Madelina has been promoted to senior project manager at i2Vision, Inc. |
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2018 |
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Bryce Aston |
Bryce has a new position as community outreach specialist for Santa Rosa Water. |
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2018 |
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Hannah Avdalovic |
Hannah has been promoted to senior manager, social media at Golden State Warriors. |
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2018 |
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Monique Belden |
Monique has joined Jackson Family Wines as a public relations manager. |
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2018 |
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Abby Cavanaugh |
Abby is vice president and founding partner of Wave Kilo, a brand communications consultant group based in Austin, TX. |
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2018 |
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Nina Doering |
Nina is an ecommerce product manager at the Walt Disney Company. |
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2018 |
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Nate Edelman |
Nate is staff assistant III for the City of Santa Monica. |
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2018 |
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Rae Foote |
Rae has accepted a role at Hachette Book Group as senior manager of marketing technology. |
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2018 |
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Michael Frank |
Michael is the project manager for the New York University Data Future Lab. He is pursuing a master's degree in public & nonprofit management and policy at the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. |
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2018 |
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Emily Hulsman |
Emily has a new position as the GTM recruiter at Notion, a software development company in San Francisco. |
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2018 |
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Lindsay Mann |
Lindsay has started a position as an account manager at SHIFT Communications in San Francisco. |
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2018 |
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Taylor Mohrhardt |
Taylor is a content writer and marketing specialist at Annex Brands, Inc. The company, formerly Postal Annex and based in San Diego, is a franchisor of shipping and business service centers. |
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2018 |
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Lauren Pluim |
Lauren has started a new position as social media manager at Accelerator Active Energy, makers of energy drinks based in Newport Beach. |
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2018 |
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Hayley Sakae |
Hayley has been promoted to partner events manager at Snowflake, an AI software development company. |
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2018 |
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Ilianna Salas |
Iliana has been promoted to marketing manager for CBRE, a global company specializing in commercial real estate services and investment. She is also public arts commissioner for the city of Rancho Cucamonga, CA. |
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2018 |
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Danika Schultz |
Danika has a new position as lifecycle marketing lead at Headway, a startup dedicated to making mental healthcare more accessible. |
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2017 |
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Celina Oseguera |
Celina has been promoted to visual design manager at Adobe. |
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2017 |
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Cameron Bones |
Cameron is assistant manager, social media marketing at Nintendo. |
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2017 |
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Nora Healy |
Nora is the founder of Honeybaby, a brand agency creating cultural moments for clients in the music and fashion industries. |
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2017 |
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Victoria Elizabeth Howland |
Victoria is manager of collaboration platforms for ClimateWorks Foundation. |
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2017 |
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Hannah Landry |
Hannah has a new position as transportation analyst at Driscoll's. |
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2017 |
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Allie Schwartz LaMothe |
Allie has started a new position as HR director at Carefeed. |
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2017 |
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Rachel (Gasparini) Menon |
Rachel is an enterprise account executive at Glean (SF Bay Area). |
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2017 |
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Ayrton Ostly |
Aryton is now an NFL trending writer at Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK |
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2017 |
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Will Pieschel |
Will recently started a new position as fact checker for New York Magazine. |
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2017 |
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Olivia Proffit |
Olivia has been promoted to director, social and content strategy at Archetype. She joined the company as a content strategist in 2022. |
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2017 |
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Reilly Roberts |
Reilly is the new creative marketing manager at AEG Presents in Los Angeles. The company is involved in all aspects of live contemporary music performances, including concert tours and festivals. |
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2017 |
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Madison Salvati |
Madison has a new position as an associate professional clinical counselor at A Balanced Life. She received her master’s degree in mental health counseling from Prescott College. |
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2016 |
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Domenica Berman |
Domenica has been promoted to global inside sales supervisor at Zest Dental Solutions. |
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2015 |
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Jonathan Chodzko |
Jonathan is part of the corporate partnership division at the Los Angeles Angels organization. |
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2015 |
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Caitlyn (Moore) Robidoux |
Caitlyn is an administrative assistant at Tustin Public Schools Foundation. |
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2015 |
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Audrey (Willis) Timpe |
Audrey is staff communications manager for Intuit. |
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2014 |
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Kat Gore |
Kat received a master’s degree in library and information science from Valdosta State University. |
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2014 |
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Jenna Watson Gudgel |
Jenna recently completed a contract position as a communications specialist at Apple. |
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2014 |
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Fearon Hosmer |
Fearon is a health coach at Virta Health. She received her master’s degree in integrative health studies from the California Institute of Integrated Studies in 2023. |
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2014 |
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Erica Husting |
Erica is a media and journalism specialist for Boston Public Library in Massachusetts. In 2020, she completed her master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Washington. |
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2014 |
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Jordana Shiau |
Jordana has been promoted to senior manager, social media - creators at Amazon. She is based in New York. |
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2014 |
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Brenna Swanston |
Brenna is the content marketing manager at Peregrine Technologies in San Francisco. |
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2014 |
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Aryn Sanderson |
Aryn is executive & internal communications senior manager at Google. |
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2014 |
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Laura Wilkinson |
Laura is the director of brand marketing at Vidyard. She received her MFA in screenwriting from the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television in 2024. |
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2013 |
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Joseph Corral |
Joseph has started a new position as branded content producer at talkshoplive® |
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2013 |
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Jenn Young |
Jenn is a mental health therapist in special education at Aspire Public Schools. She received her master’s degree in counseling from Loyola Marymount University in 2023. |
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2012 |
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Margaret (Pack) Juhnke |
Margaret is now the director of global communications at Zuora, which provides software for businesses to launch and manage their subscription-based services. |
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2011 |
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Krista Smith |
Krista is now the marketing director for the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance. Most recently, she worked as marketing communications manager for Cal Poly Corporation. |
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2011 |
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Brandon Downing |
Brandon is in the Strategy, Policy, Organizational Effectiveness, and Engagement division at Pacific Gas & Electric. |
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2010 |
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Will Taylor |
Will is a Communications Specialist at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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2009 |
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Giana Magnoli |
Giana has been promoted to executive editor at Noozhawk, the online news organization covering Santa Barbara County. She had served as the publication’s managing editor. She recently joined the journalism department’s Advisory Board. |
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2006 |
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Stacey Anderson |
Stacey has been promoted to senior editor and writer at The Ford Foundation. |
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2002 |
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Melissa Figueroa Chechourka |
Melissa has joined the firm of Shaw, Yoder, Antwih, Schmelzer & Lange, an advocacy, public affairs, and association management firm in Sacramento, as director for communications and public affairs. Previously, she spent 15 years in public service, most recently as chief of strategic communications for the California High-Speed Rail Authority. She also served as chair of the journalism department’s Advisory Board and is part of the 2023 class inducted into the Mustang Media Hall of Fame. |
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2000 |
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Danielle Samaniego |
Danielle is director, editorial content & campaigns at Visa. |
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1998 |
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Mark Armstrong |
Mark is now the editor of Nieman Storyboard at Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Storyboard is the foundation’s online publication showcasing exceptional narrative journalism and nonfiction storytelling. In 2009, Mark created Longreads to publish and share in-depth essays and narrative journalism. |
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1997 |
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Shelly Cone |
Shelly is now a public information specialist for the County of San Luis Obispo Public Works. Previously, she worked for the City of Santa Barbara. |
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1997 |
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Shannon (Farnham) Hunt |
Shannon is an Emmy award-winning executive producer with a career spanning daytime talk, primetime reality, and network news. Shannon is currently the executive producer (showrunner) of From Scratch, a culinary and travel series. |
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1992 |
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Steffan Tubbs |
Steffan is stepping down as afternoon-drive host for the conservative talk radio station, KNUS, 710 AM, in Denver. He plans to work on a documentary about the fentanyl crisis. He's completed eight documentaries, including the controversial Denver in Decay in 2020. |
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1984 |
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Elizabeth Hudson |
Elizabeth of Hudson Farms, a 5th & 6th generation family farm in Sanger, CA, has been named Agriculturalist of the Year by the Fresno Chamber of Commerce. |
