Alumni Class Notes
2011
CHRISTY KHOSHABA (B.A., Human Communication) is a student at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Khoshaba also is an arts and culture reporter for missionlocal.org, which focuses solely on San Francisco’s Mission District. Prior to graduate school, she hosted her own television and radio programs around the Monterey Bay area and has published numerous articles in the Monterey County Weekly. Khoshaba lives in San Francisco.
TODD RUSSELL HALLENBECK (M.S., Coastal and Watershed
Science and Policy) is a West Coast Governor’s Agreement Sea Grant Fellow, working in the Oregon Governors Office in Salem, Ore. During this two-year fellowship, he will be collaborating with regional ocean partners to support and facilitate West Coast coastal and marine spatial planning. Hallenbeck lives in Portland, Ore.
2010
ALAN ROSEMBERG (B.S., Business Administration) is a wealth manager adviser for LPL Financial, where he manages 401(k) and 403(b) plans. While a junior, he started the CSUMB investment club, which invited guest speakers to campus. One speaker was a financial adviser who gave him a job referral. Rosemberg lives in Los Angeles.
CHANEL HASON (B.S., Environmental Science, Technology & Policy) works for a media production,
marketing and event management group in Southern California. Hason volunteers as an advisor for the YMCA Youth and Government Program. She is applying to grad schools for 2012 and hopes to live in Hawaii. She now lives in Los Angeles, where she connects and networks with many other CSUMB alumni.
MARCUS LAWRENCE ('10, Kinesiology) is a research student at Appalachian State's College of Health Science. He has been awarded the Kannapolis Scholar Fellowship, allowing him to work at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. Lawrence is conducting a study on the effects of a plant substance from Central Asia in mitigating muscle loss that occurs with aging. He will prepare a plant extract to be fed to mice. Depending on that result, the extract would be tested on human volunteers. Lawrence lives in Boone, N.C.
2009
PAUL BETANCOURT (B.S., Business Administration) manages financial reporting efforts for government contracts for Booz Allen Hamilton a strategy and technology consulting firm. Betancourt also is vice president for the San Diego chapter of the Latin American Forum and a mentor for the Hoover High School Leadership Series Board. He visited CSUMB in May to celebrate the graduation of his girlfriend, Mayra Martinez. Betancourt lives in San Diego.
2008
NATHAN DANFORTH (B.A., Teledramatic Arts & Technology) is a Muppeteerwith Walt Disney Pictures, having recently completed a new Muppet Movie that is due in theaters this November. Danforth also does regular acting, appearing in numerous independent films and live theatre. His most recent theatre performance was in the musical “Camelot,” where he took on the role of Lancelot. Danforth lives in Burbank.
MARY HIGI (B.S., Environmental Science Technology & Policy) is attending medical school in Washington state, pursuing a doctorate of naturopathic medicine specializing in pediatrics. Higi hopes to return to the Monterey area in order to start a pediatrics practice after her residency. She lives in Seattle.
2007
ZULEIMA AREVALO (B.A., Collaborative Health and Human Services) is working on a master’s degree in social work at San José State. She recently interned at Catholic Charities, Diocese of Monterey, where she provided therapy to low-income families in Monterey County. Arevalo has also worked as a counselor for Monterey County Behavioral Health, Children’s Division. She was married in 2010, and she and her husband, Mariano Lara, live in Salinas.
BEN CARPENTER (B.A., Teledramatic Arts & Technology) started a video production company, ACF Productions, with fellow alum Scott Dent (’07, Business Administration). The company works closely with businesses, corporations and nonprofits, producing television commercials, web videos and related marketing content. In his work, Carpenter has visited such places as India, Nepal, Honduras and Nigeria. He lives in Glendale.
SCOTT DENT (B.S., Business Administration) formed ACF Productions with fellow alum Ben Carpenter (’07, Teledramatic Arts and Technology). They are working to open a large studio in Los Angeles, seeking to accommodate filmmakers’ production and postproduction needs. Dent travels abroad regularly with Carpenter. He lives in Los Angeles.
DANA DEVRIES (B.S., Earth Systems Science & Policy) works for a grant-funded environmental protection department on a Southern California Indian Reservation. She manages the tribe’s pollution prevention program. This includes managing solid and hazardous waste, promoting environmental compliance with federal, state and tribal regulations, and promoting green initiatives on the reservation. DeVries lives in Riverside.
JESSICA MASSEY (B.S., Business Administration) works at an oil engineering firm, Ramsgate Engineering, and is preparing to travel to Bahrain to work on that country’s first attempt to extract oil utilizing steam injection. Massey enjoys traveling to visit fellow CSUMB alumni, including a trip in June to the CMT Music Awards in Nashville with fellow CSUMB alums (L-R) Cayce Cannon (BUS ‘07), Amrha Wimer (BUS ‘08) and Rachel Wall (HCOM ‘07). Massey is on the far right. She lives in Bakersfield.
2006
JUSTIN COX (B.A., Human Communication) is editor of the Davis Patch, a news site devoted
to the community issues of Davis, Calif. Cox previously was the online editor for PoliceOne. com, a national crime and public safety site, and wrote several blogs for the Huffington Post. After graduating, he went on to earn a master’s in new media journalism from Northwestern University. He
lives in Davis with his wife, Bianca Cox (’07, Earth Systems Science & Policy).
MIKE HOPPE (B.A., Human Communication) is district sales manager for Collette Vacations. Previously, he managed a hotel in Santa Cruz, learning about the travel industry andrealizing how much he loved interacting with people from all walks of life. Hoppe married his best friend, Sarah, in 2008. He lives in Pacific Grove.
2005
KATHERINE CAGAT (B.A., Visual & Public Art) has just been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the Philippines for the field of anthropology. Cagat, who graduated summa cum laude from CSUMB, is a Ph.D. student in anthropology at the University of London, where her research focuses on the link between preservation efforts and sustainable development. She lives in Salinas.
MATTHEW FOX (B.A., Human Communication) is director of business solutions at Lantelligence in Carlsbad. After attending CSUMB, Fox earned an M.A. in communication science from UC Davis. He still has a passion for computer programming and web design, creating several web programs and maintaining sites. Fox lives in Southern California.
JOSH MANN (B.S., Business Administration) is manager of business retention and
marketing for the Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation and a government
relations consultant to Beautiful Earth Group, an alternative energy project developer. In his
economic development roles, he has worked to create and retain quality jobs in California, as well as promote business-friendly policymaking and infrastructure spending. Mann lives in Lancaster.
2004
JOY LARSON (B.S., Environmental Science Technology & Policy) is a project manager at Global Footprint Network, an international think tank working to advance sustainability. Previously, Larson worked as an environmental scientist for a company that supported the EPA. She credits learning opportunities at CSUMB to prepare her for such diverse areas as fish habitat and ecology, law and corporate social responsibility, manufacturing and economics. Larson lives in Orangeville.
2003
ANDREW KIHN (B.S., Business Administration) is marketing manager at SportMark Management Group. He has extensive public relations experience, working not only in sports marketing but in such diverse fields/areas as technology, land use and water policy, food and beverage promotion and political campaigns. After graduating from CSUMB, Kihn earned his master’s in sports business from the University of San Francisco. He lives in Cameron Park.
2002
DANIELLE DeLEON (B.A., Telecommunications, Multimedia & Applied Computing) is a website administrator, SEO specialist and projects manager at the Stanford University School of Medicine. DeLeon volunteers for Parrots First, a parrot adoption, education and rescue organization. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Mike, and her pet parrot, Cricket.
2001
NATHANIEL RAYMOND ATHERSTONE (B.S., Earth Systems Science & Policy) is working in Stockton for the San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD). He is the planning manager for RTD, where he coordinates transportation service and development with local government, community development and metropolitan planning agencies. He helps maintain a $30 million a year capital improvement program and administers federal and state grants for RTD. Atherstone lives in Lodi.
MATTHEW JOHNSON (B.S., Earth Systems Science & Policy) is an environmental scientist at Denise Duffy and Associates. He previously worked as a GIS Analyst at the California Department of Fish and Game and at CSUMB’s seafloor mapping lab. Johnson married fellow CSUMB alum, Molly Johnson (’03, Liberal Studies). They recently had a son, Cody, and live in Salinas.
BRENDA LEWIS (B.A., Liberal Studies) was elected in May 2011 to the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, receiv-ing almost 65 percent of the vote. Lewis lives in Seaside, which she also represents in her elected position.
2000
CAROLINE MOUNTFORD (B.S., Telecommunications, Multimedia & Applied Computing) is a web systems manager at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System (SVMHS). Mountford
has been with SVMHS for more than 11 years, during which the organization has won several
national awards for its website. Mountford credits her education at CSUMB for her success
and adaptability in design, programming and discrete math. She lives in Salinas.
DANIEL ATWATER (B.S., Earth Systems Science & Policy) works as a high-frequency radar technician and oceanographer for James Cook University in Australia. Atwater also has served in research positions at UC Santa Cruz, where he earned in M.S. in ocean science, and the Naval
Postgraduate School and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In the Navy, Atwater was a firefighter before completing his education. He lives in the Townsville area of Australia.
1999
PATTY FERNANDEZ-TORRES (B.A., Liberal Studies) is executive director for Girls Inc. of the Central Coast. She leads an organization that strives to equip girls to achieve academically, discover
an interest in science, technology, engineering and math, and lead physically active lives. She and her husband, Carlos, have two children, Julian and Natalia. The family lives in Salinas.
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