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“UCSD Recreation changed my life , with lifelong friendships and a rugby community I enjoy to this day . I find joy being a part of a department that reminds students to take time for health and well-being .” — ELISABETH HENRY ’ 08
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1996 Guillermo A . Escobedo ,
Warren , is a principal and office
litigation manager in the
San Diego office of Jackson
Lewis P . C ., responsible for
managing caseloads and the
assignment and supervision
of litigation matters .
Daniel P . Glavin , Marshall ,
PhD ’ 01 , wrote about his
life-changing work experience
in Frozen in Time : Hunting
Meteorites in Antarctica for
Signs of Life , published by
Olympia Publishers .
Chris Rynne , Muir , was
nominated for a 2018 Craig
Noel Award by the San Diego
Theatre Critics Circle for
outstanding lighting design
for the play Actually ,
performed at San Diego
Repertory Theatre .
1997 Dirk R . Albrecht , Revelle , MS
’ 01 , PhD ’ 05 , was awarded
tenure and promoted to
associate professor of
biomedical engineering at
Worcester Polytechnic
Institute in Massachusetts .
His research focuses on
microtechnology and
neuroscience .
1999 Justin M . Hall , Muir , was
named president and chief
executive officer of Nova-
Bay Pharmaceuticals , a San
Francisco Bay Area-based
company developing products
for the eye care market . He
has worked there since 2013 .
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Anne Kauffman , MFA , is
artistic director of Encores !
Off-Center for the 2019
season at New York City
Center .
2002 Todd B . Scherwin , Warren ,
was named one of the “ Top
Labor and Employment
Lawyers in California ” in the
Los Angeles Daily Journal ’ s
2019 list . He is the regional
managing partner at Fisher
Phillips in Los Angeles .
2003 Stephanie Dobyns Wellek ,
Marshall , was recognized
by her sorority , Alpha Chi
Omega , for her work as a gun
safety advocate . She is a
survivor of the Route 91
Harvest Festival shooting in
Las Vegas in 2017 .
2004 Joy L . Homze , Marshall ,
joined Klinedinst as counsel
in the San Diego office .
Silvia A . Mah , PhD . MBA ’ 10 ,
is president of CONNECT , a
premier innovation company
accelerator in San Diego . She
oversees the Springboard
Accelerator Program and
leads operations and business
development .
Mary Isabel Ragsdale ,
Revelle , an orthopedic
surgeon , married Erik Robert
Scheer on March 2 , 2019 , at
the San Buenaventura
Mission in Ventura , Calif .
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Michael DiRoma , Muir , is
deputy assistant secretary of
the Treasury for International
Legislative Affairs in
Washington , D . C .
Matthew A . Ustaszewski ,
Muir , associate head coach for
UC San Diego ’ s men ’ s water
polo team , traveled to China
and South Korea with the
United States Men ’ s National
Team coaching staff , working
as a video coordinator .
2005 Maria Ho , Marshall , was
named “ Broadcaster of the
Year ” at the inaugural Global
Poker Awards in Las Vegas .
Jamie Lopez , Roosevelt ,
is campus counsel for the
University of California ,
Riverside . Previously Lopez
was a senior attorney in the
Los Angeles office of Dykema
Gossett LLP , where she
focused on labor , employment
and business litigation .
William M . Pearson , MPIA ,
returned to London after five
years in Zambia , where he
was the director of GET FiT ,
a renewable energy program .
He now works for Camco
Clean Energy , which manages
an Africa-focused renewable
energy fund .
2006 Paloma H . Young , MFA , was
nominated for a 2018 Craig
Noel Award by the San Diego
Theatre Critics Circle for
outstanding costume design
in The Squirrels , performed at
the La Jolla Playhouse .
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