’65

Bob Tarlau (Journalism) received two Emmy awards, the first in the L.A. Local Color category as producer of “Patagonia: Company with a Conscience,” and the second in the News Special category as producer of “Fire Protecting your Home.” He was nominated in the same category for “The Navy Way.” (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images North America)

’70

Richard “Rick” Hernandez (Geography) is executive business manager at Mead Johnson Nutrition/Pharma in Orange County.

Gary Marx (Political Science) is a partner with LTC Financial Partners in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Camilo Pardo (Accounting) was elected vice president of the New Jersey Society of CPAs. He and his wife, Judy, live in Roseland, N.J., and have a son.

Diane Tucker (Psychology) is a psychology instructor at the Texas Culinary Academy in Austin, Texas.

’72

Larry Smoller (Business) is a certified public accountant for the U.S. Treasury Department.

’74

Karen Schneider (Journalism) is vice president of development at the Alzheimer’s Association, California Southland Chapter, and senior director of special projects at the Jewish Federation.

’75

Robert Popovich (Accounting) has joined the full time faculty at Southwestern Law School and will teach community property and contracts.

’76

P. Marianne Bastecki (Computer Science) is senior business analyst at Quest Diagnostics.

Steve Destler (Biology) is owner of Community Dental Group.

Michael Hochberg (Psychology) is president/CEO at Peyemike Private Investigators, Inc..

Lois Smith (English) has been elected president of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, an international nonprofit association that aims to advance scholarly publishing and communication (sspnet.org). She is communications director at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (hfes.org).

’77

Elisabeth Adler-Lund (Humanities) is a professional coach at Executive and Life Coaching and is a human resources analyst at UC Davis.

Valerie Scott (Art) is abstract artist at Valerie Scott Collection in San Francisco.

Gary Shaffer (Religious Studies) is vice president at J & J Multimedia, LLC and president at The Kamilett Group in Seattle.

’78

Michael Castorino (Business Administration) is the CEO and manufacturing executive for Hi Tech/Medical Devices in Sacramento.

’79

Eric Abel (Marketing) is vice president of marketing at Outreach, Inc. in San Diego.

Richard “Rick” Childs (Theatre) is a business coach and distributor at Efusjon Energy Club, a marketing partner at JMS Merchant Services and a substitute teacher at Antelope Valley Union High School District.

Heidi Feldman (General Sociology) is an administrative assistant at the Jewish National Fund/Western States Office in San Francisco.

’80

Peter Carrisoza (Accounting and Information Systems) is senior representative at Primerica Financial Services.

Lynn Creighton (Art) recently was hired as a senior lecturer in art at Cal Lutheran University. Creighton is an internationally recognized and exhibited sculptor known for her clay and bronze female figures.

Barry Eisenman (Art) is a principal at BE Creative, Inc. in the Columbus, Ohio area.

Gary Litwin (Art) is a release management specialist in the banking industry in the Seattle Area.

’81

Sharon Boreham (Geography) is human resources project manager and recruiting executive at Boreham Consulting, Inc.

Dennis Brondi (Marketing) is a marketing consultant at SL Power Electronics.

David Demers (Health Sciences) is director of strategic planning and product development at Marathon Health, Inc. in Vermont.

Jerry Harwood (History) is a frequent competitor in track and field as well as swim meets, having racked up numerous medals—gold, silver and bronze—and ribbons in senior Olympics and other competitions in the U.S. and Canada. Harwood and Mary Ellen, his wife of 20 years, reside in Oxnard.

Sandra Nagle (Accountancy) is owner of Sandra Rosa Nagle, CPA.

David Ruderman (Marketing) is senior vice president for education and marketing at Greenwood & Hall.

Andrea Zwerdling (Journalism) is an executive at The Zwerdling GroupWeb Marketing & Business Development Executive.

’82

Jaimie Goulding (Chemistry and Biochemistry) is manager of market development at Life Technologies.

Uri Halevi (Engineering Computer Science) is a software engineer at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems.

Christine “Chris” Partipilo (History) is senior technical writer at Alcatel-Lucent.

Jyotika “Joy” Patel (Computer Science & Engineering) handles strategy and enterprise portfolio prioritization at Chevron in San Francisco.

’83

Brian Oken (History) is president/CEO at Ventura Transfer Co.

’84

Lawrence Kunert (Business Administration) is plant controller at The Cheesecake Factory.

Kevin Shelby (Art) is film producer/executive producer at F.R.O.G. Entertainment.

‘85

Ben Balke (Management Info Systems) is president at DuckDigit Technologies.

Kurt Christiansen (Urban Studies and Planning) is economic and community development director for the City of Azusa.

Mark Deveau (Engineering Computer Science) is executive /entrepreneur/visionary/producer and managing partner at MTD Consulting Group, LLC in Orange County.

Gloria Kouchi (Leisure Studies and Recreation) is executive information technology recruiter SMCI Software Management Consultants Inc.

Christopher Robertson (Art) is assistant director at Fox animation in Los Angeles and author/illustrator of children’s books for Chronicle Books.

James Shanman (Art) is a brand development expert, specializing in corporate identity and collateral.

’86

Melissa Adelman (Political Science) is a recruiter at Portland Energy Conservation, Inc. in Portland, Ore.

Richard Borys (Management Info Systems) is a senior accountant with J&R Film Co. (MOVIOLA) and promoter at Joe Pyne Ventures.

Jeffrey Feldman (Organizational Systems Management) is chief operations officer at American-De Rosa Lamparts, LLC.

Steven Medd (Journalism) is a legal administrative specialist at the Social Security Administration.

Brad Sniderman (Psychology) is in house counsel at Xplain Corporation.

’87

Alison Camilleri (Radio/TV Production) teaches in the Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla.

Charita Carter (Accounting and Information Systems) is manager/show producer at Walt Disney Imagineering.

George Fernandez (Accounting and Finance) is controller at Smock Fansler Corporation in Indianapolis, Ind.

Dary Fiorentino (Psychology) is a research psychologist at the Southern California Research Institute.

Susan Pelmulder (Engineering Computer Science) is an attorney at Flynn, Rose & Perkins in San Francisco.

’88

Amyn Muhammedi (Finance, Real Estate and Insurance) is director of operations at K&M Enterprise in Seattle.

Alan Sugano (Accounting and Information Systems) is president at ADS Consulting Group and owner of ADS Consulting Group.

’89

Walter Chacon (Art) is creative director at WC Designs in Miami/Fort Lauderdale.

Sandy London-Gedalje (MBA Marketing) is manager of market research at the St. Jude Medical Center.

Sue Zabaglo-Holl (Accounting Theory and Practice) is operations controller at Newhall Land and Farming Company.

Eric Longenecker (Engineering Management) is owner of Benton Services Corp. and project manager at Peak Surveys, Inc.

Adrienne Mead (Finance, Real Estate and Insurance) is commercial counsel at British Telecom-Global Services.

Vincent Pappler (Art) is on the Outreach Committee for the Outstanding Professionals Employment Network.

Matthew “Matt” Perrin (Marketing) is vice president of claims operations at ZC Sterling Insurance Agency in Atlanta.

Radhika Reddy (Engineering) is director of Worldwide QA at Good Technology in San Francisco.

’90

Jeff Brecht (Art Two Dimensional) is financial advisor at SagePoint Financial, Inc. in Austin, Texas.

Jennifer Gross (Computer Science) is a principal at Databasics, and business intelligence/information services programmer and consultant.

Lisa Keller (Graphic Design) is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Los Gatos.

Anuj Khandelwal (Accounting Theory and Practice) is senior manager of finance at Amgen.

Fariba Mansouri (Biology), a psychotherapist, teacher, writer and executive administrator at Counseling West, also is a doctoral student at Pacifica Graduate Institute and adjunct faculty at the University of Santa Monica.

Patrick Migliorini (Marketing) is president at American Gardens.

Jeff Onesto (Accounting and Information Systems) is director of product marketing at OptionEase Inc.in Orange County.

’91

Jim Lyon (MBA Finance & Economics) is portfolio manager and client advisor at UBS Financial Services Inc.

Savita Mandlekar (Electrical Engineering) is senior quality assurance developer at Apple in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Elwin Silverstein (Finance, Real Estate and Insurance) is vice president at Triad Insurance Group.

’92

Ron Hekier (Biology) is physician and Internet marketing consultant at Ron Hekier, M.D., P. A. in Texarkana, Texas.

Cynthia Kaiser (Speech Communication) is marketing director at Rutan & Tucker, LLP.

Dale Mishkin (Biology) is senior technical writer at Boston Scientific.

Steven Weinstock (Cinema and Television Arts) is owner/broker of Secure Capital Mortgage.

’93

Charles Levan (Marketing) is owner of Blue Buddha Entertainment, L.L.C.

Barbara Wood (English Literature) is property manager at Homeplace Realty in Jacksonville, N.C.

’94

Wendy Yost Phelps (Liberal Studies) is owner of More is Available Coaching & Consulting.

Amit Sharma (Computer Science) is quality assurance manager at Yahoo.

Brian Tucker (Geography) is a marketing analyst/analytics professional in the San Francisco Bay Area.

’95

Amy Lam (Journalism) is post production coordinator at E! Networks.

Rita Newcomb (Economics) is director of finance at Management & Network Services in Columbus, Ohio.

Bernard Wang (Economics) is manager of financial planning and analysis at Bank of America.

’96

Hooman Sean Afzali (Accounting Theory and Practice) is manager of corporate accounting and reporting at Superior Industries International, Inc.

Bryan Blumberg (Computer Science) is Oracle Database administrator at MSC Software.

Eliana Crema (Psychology) is lead quality assurance engineer at Entertainment Partners.

Dobrina Iotova (Physics and Astronomy) is a software engineer at Dell in San Francisco.

Melissa McAssey (Geology) is a senior geologist at TRC and an independent consultant in San Francisco.

Russell McFarlane (Radio Television and Film) is digital product marketing director at Aexcea in Vancouver, Canada.

’97

Michelle Gruber (Finance, Real Estate and Insurance) is a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch.

Michelle “Muffy” Phelan Pease (Biology) is Oracle data base analyst at FairPoint Communications in Boston.

’98

Carl Chapek (Deaf Studies) is an adjunct professor in the Los Rios Community College District and DeVry University in Sacramento.

Ronit Dahan-Edry (Marketing) has been awarded the 2009 Investigator of the Year award by W.A.D (World Association of Detectives).

Megan Geraghty (Music) is an executive assistant in human resources at Oakwood Temporary Housing.

Charlotte “Sharlet” Liebel (General Sociology) is an author, essayist, poet and writer.

Cristiane Samarra Rodrigues (English) is corporate social responsibility coordinator at Grupo Schincariol in Brazil.

Jonie Watanabe Tsuji (College Counseling Student Services) is a career counselor and career fair coordinator at the California Institute of Technology.

Minas Voskanyan (Accounting Theory and Practice) is owner of his own CPA firm.

Alice Wang (Accounting and Information Systems) is manager of business planning at Warner Bros.

Morris Zagha (Accountancy) is manager of human resources information systems at The Walt Disney Company.

‘99

Oganes Ashikyan (Nursing) is assistant professor of radiology and section chief of musculoskeletal imaging at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Dr. Ashikyan earned his M.D. at the UC Irvine School of Medicine, where he also completed residency as chief resident in diagnostic radiology. He was a fellow in musculoskeletal imaging at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

’00

Natasha Chialtas (Graphic Design) is senior art director and project manager at A&E Television Networks.

Maurice Clennon (Electrical Engineering) is engineer/scientist and monolithic microwave integrated circuits design engineer at the Boeing Satellite Development Center.

Jathan Good (Music) is the worship arts pastor at The LIFEhouse Church in Rocklin, Calif., where he and his band lead the congregation in worship each Sunday, plus additional “worship concerts” every six weeks.

Sheyda “Lale” Lalezarzadeh (Marketing) is a freelance account manager & Web marketer in Orange County.

Richard Lee (Computer Science) is principal systems engineer at Lockheed Martin in San Francisco.

Neda Yarich (Finance & Marketing) works in investment compliance, operations and marketing.

’01

Daniel Anderle (Finance) is financial advisor at Edward Jones in the Greater San Diego area.

Kimberly Burruss-Alexander (Journalism) is executive director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California.

Nattawan “Amy” Chamnankha (Accounting and Information Systems) is business systems analyst at 21st Century Insurance/Farmers.

Sarah Stoehr (English) is director of corporate accounts at DPM Marketing in Orange County.

’02

Anselm Bossacoma (Marketing) is executive director at ACC1Ó CIDEM-COPCA (Catalonian Trade & Investment Agency).

Valeria Farias (Finance) is production coordinator at Daniel Productions.

Ed Gana (Electrical and Computer Engineering) is an electrical engineering associate for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Ernst Gangnes (Criminology & Corrections) is sales manager at ViaTRON Systems, Inc.

Mike Gozarkhah (Management) is senior quality control loan underwriter at Bank of America.

Thomas Molina (Electrical and Computer Engineering) is an engineer at Anheuser-Busch.

Randi Graber Reed (Geography) is owner of The Sixth Degree, LLC in Las Vegas, Nev.

Diana Yassanye (Child & Adolescent Development) is a public health analyst at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

’04

Tracy Cluss (Business Administration) is accounting manager at Gold Star Foods.

Masaru “Mase” Goslin (CTVA/Electronic Media Management) is manager of sales operations at NBC Universal in New York City.

Ailyne Horst (Accounting and Information Systems) is an account executive at United Online.

Ikechi Ihesiaba (Geography) is a geographic information systems analyst at Political Data Inc. and is owner of GIS Mapping Services.

Elizabeth Magana (Accountancy) is a senior accountant at Sobul, Primes & Schenkel.

Carolyn Plep Naiman (English) is an executive assistant at CorVel Corporation in Portland, Ore.

Jimmy Phan (Electronic Media Management ) is attorney and legal counsel at Tax Group.

Waleed Wahbe (Accounting and Information Systems) is a sales associate at CB Richard Ellis.

’05

Syed Ali (Finance ) is U.S. test coordinator for cash fund migration at BlackRock Financial Management in San Francisco.

Naimish Bhatt (Electrical and Computer Engineering) is a software engineer at Spirent Communications.

Moshe Gabay (Computer Science) is director of information technology (IT) and IT Products at Gold Gate in Israel.

Krystallin Ringer (Marketing) is account manager at MySpace.

Amalia “Maya” Sanchez (Sociology) works in risk management at the J. Paul Getty Trust .

Virginia Sangriu (Finance, Real Estate and Insurance) is assistant vice president of alternative investments at AFA Financial Group, LLC.

Paul Swaney (Biology) is a sales representative at Warner Chilcott in San Diego.

’06

Hrach Boyajian (Finance, Real Estate and Insurance) is vice president of marketing at NATco Global.

Ian Elliott (Linguistics/TESL Program) is an intern at the U.S. Dept. of Commerce Trade Information Center in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

Mark Gonzales (Real Estate) is a realtor at Keller Williams in the Los Angeles area and is owner/idealist at Mark Gonzales-Social Media Expert.

Mami Inoue (Psychology) is human factors consultant at California State University, Northridge, Distance Learning Systems Group.

Stephanie Ko (Marketing) is manager of marketing and client services at Opt-Intelligence in New York City.

Oleg Kozlov (Computer Science) is manager of engineering for Voice Platform at LeadPoint and is co-founder of Wizard Sphere, LLC.

Breanna Richards (Finance) is financial operations manager of commercial lines finance at Farmers Insurance.

Vaijayanthi Sundaram (Computer Science) is senior business analyst at Bank of America Home Loans.

Phu The (Manufacturing Systems Engineering & Management) is quality engineer at Pentair.

Steven Womack (Art) is graphic designer at PTM Images, LLC.

’07

Aaron Ariza Arak (Management) is a personal banker at Wells Fargo Bank.

Elizabeth Cassel (Marketing) is a research associate at J.D. Power and Associates.

Tom Everroad (Business Administration/ Economics) is an office assistant at Kilroy Realty Corporation.

Grant Fausey (CTVA-Screenwriting) is a writer/producer at Fausclan Entertainment in Williamsport, Pa.

Jason Lewis (Mechanical Engineering) is engineer II at Southern California Gas Company.

Jerome Roa (Biology) is superintendent of manufacturing at Baxter BioScience .

Renee Avitia-Rodriguez (Public Administration) is campus director at the University of Redlands School of Business.

Veronica Rojas (Geography) works in software documentation at ESRI .

Doris Casas Salas (Liberal Studies Program) is a realtor at Coldwell Banker .

Aditi Vaghashia (Electrical and Computer Engineering) is product engineer at Industrial Dynamics Company.

’08

Annalee Bourne (English) is community disaster education coordinator at the American Red Cross of Greater Los Angeles.

Kirk Cree (Political Science) is subrogation specialist II at the Bank of America.

Al Cuenca (Marketing) is director of interactive and new media at Alcon Entertainment.

Aras Demirjian (Health Sciences) is senior database analyst in Clinical Trials at Quest Diagnostics.

Jeff Felix (Communication Studies) is a customer service associate at Union Bank of California.

Philip “Phil” Foley (Music/Winds) is operations supervisor for the University Student Union at California State University, Northridge.

Cheyenne Huang (Finance & Real Estate) is a financial service professional at MassMutual Financial Group.

Elizabeth Korob (CTVA-TV Production) is a production assistant at Entertainment Tonight.

Kyle Maki (Screenwriting) is a producer of original programming at Time Warner Cable/Time Warner Inc.

John Raphael Manalang (Journalism-Magazine) is Web producer at the Milken Family Foundation and freelance writer for Tubefilter.

Leighann Miko (Business) is a paraplanner at Brentwood Advisory Group, LLC.

Christine Miller (Interior Design) is a sales representative at Thomas Cooper Associates in San Francisco.

Shahane Mnatsakanyan (Public Administration) is a human resources assistant at IXIA, a provider of performance test systems.

Jackelyn Nuñez-Lopez (CTVA-TV Production) is a production assistant at NBC Universal.

Devan Otaguro (Marketing) is a research analyst at Funds Management Inc., in Los Angeles.

Wes Robertson (Finance, Real Estate) is a broker at New Detroit REO in Detroit.

Adrian Santos (Finance, Real Estate and Insurance) is operations manager at GetFeetWet Navigation Inc.

Roshan Sarode (MS Electrical and Computer Engineering) is design engineer at Cole Instrument Corporation in Orange County.

Jessica Schuler (FCS/Consumer Affairs) is a senior customer service representative at Ultimate Exposures, Inc.

Porsche Simpson (English-Writing) is a writer and creator of a dating blog in San Diego. She also is a staff writer for Parle magazine and editorial writer for San Diego Social Magazine.

Arthur Soto (Political Science) is materials manager at SGB Enterprises in San Diego.

Bree-Anna Strange (Marketing) is a sales product specialist at Spatz Laboratories.

Tamar Turbendian (Family and Consumer Sciences) is scientific recruiter at Kelly Scientific Resources.

John Yoon (Journalism) is account coordinator at IW Group, Inc.

Elizabeth Zook (Finance) is a paralegal in Orange County.

’09

Kristin Anthony (Linguistics Interdisciplinary) is an administrative assistant at Safeway.

Adan Bonilla (Economics) is a financial services specialist at Independent Capital Management.

Roberto de Leon (Marketing) is a manager at Toys R Us.

Rajani Elek (Economics) is a data entry specialist at Peak Performance.

Melisa Ervin (Management) is a master coach and senior insurance specialist at 21st Century Insurance.

Denise James (Accounting and Information Systems) is a business analyst at Navia Consulting Services in Rochester, N.Y.

Noel Jiwanmall (Computer Science) is operations project consultant at Bank of America and business analyst at Countrywide Home Loans.

Simone Luker (Journalism) is segment producer at Mighty Oak Entertainment, WFH Productions Inc.

Jean Pierre Seminario (Accountancy) is on staff at Ernst & Young.

David Snyder (Management) is a Greater Los Angeles area mobile notary at Prompt Notary.

Berj Varvaryan (Biology) works in customer service at V and V Auto Dismantling.

Submit notes via e-mail to alumni@csun.edu. Red names indicate Alumni Association members.

In Memoriam

‘76

Karen Karelius, a licensed professional counselor, has died after a battle with metastatic cancer. Karelius served as an administrator at Antelope Valley Community College, Michigan State, Marylhurst University and Mt. Hood Community College. She also taught psychology, women’s studies, literature, philosophy and other subjects, and in 1995 founded The Karelius Group as a resource in psychotherapy. Karelius, who earned a degree in counseling at CSUN and a doctorate from Michigan State University, is survived by her husband, Randy Ross.

‘79

Patsy Flanigan, president and CEO of Flanigan Farms Natural Foods, died in December at 78. Flanigan, who earned her bachelor of science degree in food science, was awarded the university’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2002. A delegate to the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business, Flanigan was an active member of the advisory board for CSUN’s Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition & Dietetics in the College of Health and Human Development. She also devoted time to the American Heart Association, the Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center and the City of Hope.

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