USC Price Alumni Association

Membership to the USC Price Alumni Association is open to all alumni of the USC Price School and its affiliated programs. All alumni are automatically considered members upon graduation, and there are no dues required to be a member.

The purpose of this organization is to:

• To serve as a partner with the Sol Price School of Public Policy
• To support the academic excellence and professional relevance of USC Price’s degree programs
• To nurture a strong community of alumni, faculty, administration and students
• To foster the lifelong professional development of USC Price community
• To expand USC Price’s influence in the local community and beyond

The USC Price Alumni Association is governed by a Board of Directors.

Board of Directors: Current Members

Michael K. Low MPA ’80 (Chair)
Senior Managing Director/Senior Vice President, London Pacific &Partners, Inc.

Aggie Afarinesh (Nesh) BS ’03, MPA ‘05
Recruiter, City of Irvine

Carl Alameda MPA ’05, MPL ’06
Senior Management Analyst, City of La Canada Flintridge

Eric Alegria MPA ’05
Site Administrator, HealthCare Partners Medical Group

Julayne Austin Virgil MPA ‘07
Vice President, Sector Impact, Education Pioneers

Rebecca Barrantes MPA ‘83
President, The Sierra Group

Billy Brockway, Jr., EML ‘11
Sergeant/Detective, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)

Oscar Butao EML ‘09
Sergeant, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Brittany DeBeikes, BS ’05
Regional Marketing Director, Steadfast Capital Markets Group

Darren Fancher MRED ’03
Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers Holdings

Mary Beth Formby MHA ‘09
Chief Financial Officer, Lakewood Regional Medical Center/Tenet Healthcare Group

Max Frank BS ‘05
Director of Land Acquisitions, Watt Communities

Michael Gazzano BS ‘07, MRED ‘12
Development Manager, Caruso Affiliated

Shubharoop Ghosh MPL ’02
Vice President, ImageCat, Inc.

Everett Alan Greer MRED ‘04
Managing Member, Greer Advisors, LLC

Lauren Gregor MPA ’08
Program and Policy Development Coordinator, Los Angeles Unified School District

Kristine Guerrero MPA ’00
Regional Public Affairs Manager, League of California Cities

Yoko Igawa MPA ‘09
Analyst, City of South Pasadena

Michael Kawada MHA ‘02
Director of Operations and Finance, Providence Health & Services – California Region

Derek Larsen MPA ’06
Consultant, Strategy and Operations, Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Ross Mitchell MRED ’04
Vice President, Investments, Cohen Asset Management, Inc.

Stacy Rose Mungo MPA ‘05
Administrative Services Manager, County of Los Angeles

Luz Reyes-Martin MPA/MPL ‘09
Management Analyst, Neighborhood Services Department, City of Goleta

Art Simonian MRED ’99
Principal, Metro Investments

Krista Sloniowski MPL ’03
President, Connective Issue, Inc.

Elizabeth (Liz) Ann Smith EML ’08

Brissa Sotelo-Vargas MPP ’06
Manager, External Affairs, Tesoro Refining and Marketing

Abel Sun MPA ‘08
Senior Consultant, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Shane Swerdlow BS ‘10
Associate, Chattel Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Inc.

Douglas Tripp MPP ‘06
Chief Legislative Deputy, Office of Councilmember Mitchell Englander, City of Los Angeles

Wendy Wang MPP ’01
Corporate Director of Community Education Outreach and Public Policy, Pacific Clinics

Board of Directors: Emeritus Members

Eric Batch MPP ’00
Vice President, Advocacy, American Heart Association

Karin Berger Stellar MPA ’00
Partner, Morris and Berger

Heidi Brandl MRED/MBA ’03
Vice President, IHP Capital Partners

E. Felicia Brannon MPA ’95
Executive Director of Community & Local Government Relations, UCLA Government & Community Relations

Nancy Burke MPDS ’03
Senior Land Use/ Entitlements Manager, Kaiser Permanente National Facilities Services

Kirk Cartozian MRED/MBA ’05
Owner, Cartozian Associates Real Estate, Inc.

Elsa Chagolla MPP ’00
Education Program Director, Roll Global

Timothy Collins FACHE, BS ’90, MHA ’95
Chief Operating Officer, Scripps Green Hospital

Debra DuRoff FACHE, MPA ’87
Regional Sales Director-Southern California, US Healthworks

Stephen Guine MPP ’96
Lead Systems Engineer, Northrup Grumman

Kimberly Hoffman MPA ’91

John Keisler MPA ’05
Bureau Manager, City of Long Beach Animal Care Services

Brian League MPL ’89
Executive Director of Real Estate and Asset Management, University of Southern California Real Estate and Asset Management

Lori Meloch BS ’88, JD ’91
Senior Counsel, State Bar of California

Jessica Morog BS ’05

Susan O’Carroll MPL ’81, Ph.D. ’89
President/Founder, Pareto Planning and Environmental Services

Lucy Okumu MPP ’04
Policy and Communications Strategist, Strategic Counsel PLC

Mark Persico AICP, MPL ’91
President, Persico Planning Partners

Nancy Pfeffer MPP ’99
President, Network Public Affairs

Josh Rohmer MPL ’06

Jeff Schaffer MPA ’87
Vice President, Enterprise Community Partners

Renata Simril MRED ’99
Vice President, Forest City Development

Mott Smith MRED ’99
Principal, Civic Enterprise Associates

Erroll Southers MPA ’98
Chief of Counter-Terrorism, Los Angeles World Airports;
Associate Director, USC Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events

Anthony Taylor BS ’97, JD ’00
Attorney, Aleshire & Wynders, LLP

Lupe Valdez BS Psyc ’83, MPA ’85
Director, Public Policy & Community Affairs, Union Pacific Railroad

Jeff Van Hoy BS ’94, MHA ’97
Associate Administrator, Business and Strategic Development, JFK Memorial Hospital

Michael Vanderbeek MPL ’05
Director of Business Development, Broward County

Grace Weltman BS ’97, MPP ’99
Program Director, Community Partners

Carolyn Williams MPA ’82
Senior Manager, Community Partnerships, Sempra Energy

Suzanne Wang MHA ’06
Project Manager, Phoenix Children’s Hospital