Business & Government: Alumni

By connecting with GGU, youre tapping into a network of more than 68,000 living alumni who are business and legal leaders, activists, government officials, and more.

Our Corporate and Government Outreach program gives enrolled employees the chance to bring work into the classroom -- providing powerful academic insight to tackle issues back at the office.

Its like having your own, personal consultant -- without the exorbitant consulting fees.

A sampling of our graduates by industry

ACCOUNTING

Buddy Piszel, MBA Accounting: CFO Freddie Mac
John M. Williamson (MS 90), Managing Partner, Harb, Levy & Weiland LLP

BUSINESS

Mark S. Anderson (JD 89), Vice President and General Counsel, Dolby Laboratories
Joan Blades (JD 80), Co-founder, MoveOn.org
Charles R. Conradi (JD 78), Treasurer and Vice President-Tax, Clorox
Roi Ewell (MS 85), Vice-President, Human Relations, SeaWorld of California
Joel Isaacson (MBA 85), Partner, Joel Isaacson & Company
J. J. Jelincic, MBA: CalPERS Board member (elected), former president of the California State Employees Association.
Dave Roberson (JD 78), Senior Vice President and General Manager, Hewlett-Packard
Richard Rosenberg (MBA 63/JD 66), Former Chairman and CEO, Bank of America
Charles Steele, Former CEO and Chairman of the Board, Deloitte, Haskins, and Sells
Amy M. Wollman (JD 94), Senior Counsel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.
Alexis Wong (BS 94, MBA 96), President & Chief Operations Officer, AGI Capital Group, Inc.
Dave Yeske (DBA 10), Co-Founder, Managing Director, Yeske Buie; National President (2003) Financial Planning Association (FPA)

GOVERNMENT

Hon. Elaine Andrews (JD 76), District Court Judge, Anchorage, Alaska (ret.)
Hon. John L. Baxter (JD 94), Salt Lake City Justice Court Judge
Phillip Burton (LLB 52), former US Congressman
Craig E. Campbell, MPA: Lt. Governor of Alaska
Hon. Jesse Carter (Class of 1913), former California Supreme Court Justice
Hon. Morgan Christen (JD 86), Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
Hon. George Christopher (BA 30), former Mayor of San Francisco
Peter Corroon, (JD), Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah
Scott A. Cunningham, MPA: Chief of Police, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Hon. Gail Dekreon (JD 81), San Francisco Superior Court
Peter Fowler (JD 84), Senior Counsel, US Patent & Trademark Office
Mary Hayashi, MBA, Democrat, California State Assemblymember. First Korean-American woman in California's legislative history
Karen Lee Hawkins (JD 79, MBA 81), Director of the Office of Professional Responsibility, US Department of the Treasury IRS
Said Tayeb Jawad, (MBA 02), 19th Afghanistan Ambassador to United States of America
Hon. Carol A. King (JD 84), US Immigration Court of the Executive Office for Immigration Review
Jan. M. Lecklikner (JD 78), Deputy Public Defender, San Francisco
Hon. Fiona Ma (MS 92), San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2002-2006), California State Assemblywoman (2006- ), Speaker Pro Tempore, California State Assembly (2010- )
Hon. Philip M. Pro (JD 72), US District Court, District of Nevada
Hon. Sandra M. Snyder (JD 76), US Magistrate, Fresno, California
Hon. Marilyn J. Teeter (JD 77)

HEALTHCARE

John Martin, (MBA 84, LHD 03), Chairman and CEO, Gilead Sciences
Jim Newman (MBA 83), Chairman, Victory Pharma

HIGHER EDUCATION

David Hardesty, Adjunct Professor, Recognized as one of "Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting" by Accounting Today in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Clifford Rechtschaffen,Professor of Law, Fulbright Scholar recipient in 2004 for his environmental law/justice work with the university.
Dave Yeske (DBA 10), Co-Founder, Managing Director, Yeske Buie; National President (2003), Financial Planning Association (FPA); Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Ageno School of Business
Joseph Fong, Computer Scientist and Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong

LAW

John Burris, Oakland trial attorney
Robert "Buzz" Hines (JD 85), Chair, Environmental Law Division, Farella, Braun + Martel LLP
Patrick Coughlin (JD 83), Chief Trial Counsel and Partner, Lerach, Coughlin, Stoia, Gellar, Rudman & Robbins LLP
Ted C. Lindquist III (JD 95), Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Steven Adair MacDonald (JD 97), Principal, Steven Adair MacDonald & Associates, PC
Marc Van Der Hout (JD 77), Founding Member, Van DerHout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, LLP
Michael R. Ward (JD 96), Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Bill Hirsh (JD 86), Executive Director, AIDS Legal Referral Panel

MILITARY

Bruce P. Crandall Ret. Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army (Helicopter Pilot, Battle of Ia Drang, Vietnam, Medal of Honor Recipient) Master's Degree in Public Administration
Gregory A. Feest MBA '85: United States Air Force Major General
Terence T. Henricks MPA '82: USAF Colonel, test pilot and Commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
John P. Jumper, MBA '79: Chief of Staff, United States Air Force 9/01 to 9/05
General Lam Quang Thi, South Vietnamese military commander during the Vietnam War.
Literature
Edward Saint-Ivan, MPA: Author, The Black Knight's God: Horror Anthology

TECHNOLOGY

Lisa Farmen (MBA 01), President, Crystal Clear Technologies, Inc.
Farzad Naimi (MS 86), CEO, Chairman & Founder, LiteScape Technologies, Inc.
Richard Belluzzo, (BS 76), CEO and Chair, Quantum Corp, Former President and COO, Microsoft