Distinguished Alumni

Friday, Oct. 21, 2022
5:30 p.m.
New University Union, Hayward Campus

The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes the accomplishments of individuals who have graduated from California State University, East Bay and made remarkable contributions in the areas of community or public service, or professional or personal excellence; demonstrate a commitment to the values of the university; contribute to scholarship, lifelong learning, and civic engagement; assume positions of ethical leadership within the regional and/or professional communities; and provide exemplary service to, or in support of, the university.

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Meet the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awardees

Anupama Anantharaman

BS '93, Computer Science

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Anupama Anantharaman is a digital TV industry professional from silicon valley, California, with 20+ years of experience in video compression, transmission, and OTT streaming. Anupama began her career as a software engineer at Compression Labs, a pioneer in MPEG-based digital video, developing videoconferencing systems. Subsequently, she held product management and business development positions focused on internet-based video communications. At Interra, Anupama manages the product marketing activities including product definition, launch, strategic selling, and technology alliances for video QC, monitoring, and analyzer products.

Dr. Daryl Camp

MS '01, Educational Leadership; Administrative Services Credential '03

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED STUDIES

Dr. Daryl Camp serves as the superintendent of the San Lorenzo Unified School District. He joined San Lorenzo USD in 2019 after serving as superintendent of the Riverbank Unified School District in Stanislaus County for seven years. Dr. Camp has been a public-school educator in California for 30 years, beginning in 1991 as a substitute teacher and coach in the Oakland Unified School District. He was then hired as an intern mathematics teacher at James Logan High School in the New Haven Unified School District. He also has worked as an assistant principal, house principal, high school principal and assistant superintendent.

John Toki

BA '74, Art

COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES

Mr. Toki has led a multifaceted life as an artist, author, educator, businessman, inventor, art collector, and patron of the arts. John established the Toki Studio in 1974, in Richmond, California, while still a student at Cal State Hayward. He went on to exhibit his sculpture throughout the country, and produced public art commissions for Oakland City Hall, City of Berkeley – University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and for the City of Sacramento. Amongst the places his sculptures have been exhibited are: the Oakland Museum of California, Richmond Art Center, and the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2019, John’s work was exhibited at the American Museum of Ceramic Art in a solo exhibition titled, “Fault Line.”

Marvin Remmich

BS '69, Business Administration

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Marvin Remmich is founder and president of RAM Properties, Inc. Utilizing his extensive experience with investment properties and his passion for helping people, Marvin started RAM Properties in 1974. Prior to founding RAM Properties, he worked in the field of hospital administration, where his skills enabled him to rise swiftly up the ranks in hospital administration and accounting, and ultimately earned him the position of CFO of a major California medical center. Marvin serves on a number of non-profit boards, including the Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation.

2021

Amy Schioldager

BS ‘89, Business Administration

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Amy Schioldager retired in January 2017 from BlackRock after more than 25 years as Senior Managing Director and Head of the Index Equity business. In that role, she managed $2.5 trillion in assets and $3.5 billion in revenue. Amy was responsible for managing all aspects of the evolving Global Index equity business: overseeing investment portfolios, managing the operating and investment risk across a global platform, advancing technology solutions and managing client relationships across multiple client segments.

AMY SCHIOLDAGER VIDEO

Yvette Radford

B.S. '83, Criminal Justice

COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

As the Regional Vice President for External and Community Affairs at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, Yvette is accountable for the organization’s $1.2 billion Community Benefit portfolio, Community Relations Program, Regional Government Relations, and Community Health strategy. Yvette leads Kaiser Permanente’s efforts to tackle the pressing issues facing our community’s most vulnerable residents: reducing mental health stigma, addressing affordable housing and homelessness, building economic security for all, eliminating health disparities, and creating safer and more equitable communities.

YVETTE RADFORD

Roberto Hernandez, Jr.

B.S. '99, Computer Science

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Roberto is currently the Support and Services Leader at CommScope communications. For 22 years, he has been engaged in network communications, network architecture and network security technologies. He has been part of lead consultative technical teams in over 14 countries to design and implement international communications networks. He contributed as a technical resource to the book “Juniper MX Series” and helped design mission-critical networks that still operate today on the biggest service providers around the world.

ROBERTO HERNANDEZ VIDEO

Christie Carnahan

B.A. ‘95, Liberal Studies; Multiple Subject Teaching Credential ‘96, M.S. ‘05, Education

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED STUDIES

Christie has been a public educator for 27 years. She is currently a kindergarten teacher at Valley View Elementary in Pleasanton and former Teacher of the Year. She pioneered her district’s Dual Immersion Program, named by the California Association of Bilingual Education as a Seal of Excellence Program. Her passion for grant writing has brought almost $125,000 for science, technology and literacy into her school, students’ homes and her classroom. Christie is one of 1200 SMART Exemplary Educators across the world.

CHRISTIE CARNAHAN VIDEO

2019

Kenneth Kahrs

BS ‘73, Recreation

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED STUDIES

After a lifetime in human resources, Kenneth Kahrs most recently served as executive vice president of human resources for Universal Studios, a position he held for 14 years until his retirement. During his tenure, he built a culture that embraced change, supported growth and empowered employees to achieve individual and company goals. Prior to Universal Studios, he was vice president of human resources at Viacom Inc., and held executive positions at the Cerebral Palsy Center in Oakland and Lockheed Martin Corporation in Sunnyvale.

KEN KAHRS VIDEO

Sara Toyloy

BS ‘87, Biological Science

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Sara Toyloy currently serves as president of new therapies and chief regulatory officer of Elixir Medical Corporation, a medical device company focused on providing solutions that combine state-of-the-art medical devices with advanced pharmaceuticals. With more than 30 years of experience in the industry, Toyloy leads the company’s efforts to deliver new therapeutic options for the treatment of cardiovascular and neuromuscular disease. In addition, she is responsible for achieving the company’s global regulatory agency clinical trial and marketing approvals as well as managing the clinical research and quality assurance groups.

SARA TOYLOY VIDEO

James Hannan

(BS ‘89, Business Administration)

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

As executive vice president and CEO for Koch Enterprises, Jim Hannan is responsible for oversight of Georgia-Pacific, Guardian®, Invista, Molex, Infor, and for driving trans-formational change and knowledge sharing within all companies. He has also worked closely with the Atlanta Police Foundation and actively serves on the Atlanta Committee for Progress, a partnership between business, civic and academic leaders. Hannan is currently on the boards of the Georgia Research Alliance, Woodruff Arts Center, The Commerce Club, and the educational foundation board for Cal State East Bay.

JAMES HANNAN

Karen Oliver

(BA '74, Art)

COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

With 40-plus years of experience in the highly competitive beauty industry, where she held executive positions at prestigious brands including Christian Dior, Lancôme, Helena Rubinstein (L’Oréal) and Shiseido, and a stint as associate producer of the 1992 cult-favorite film Glengarry Glen Ross, Karen Oliver is the founder and CEO of Karen Oliver and Associates, a trusted boutique public relations agency in New York City. Since opening in 2004, KO&A is especially well known for putting premier European beauty brands little known in the US, such as Eau Thermale Avène and Klorane, front and center with the American media.

KAREN OLIVER

2018

Lesley Di Mare

(M.A. ’82, Speech Communication)

COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Lesley Di Mare was the first female president in the history of Colorado State University - Pueblo, where she served since 2011 after a lengthy career in higher education administration around the country. While there, she established a new financial system, implemented the university's first online degree programs and partnered with the CSU-Pueblo Foundation to conclude the institution's first comprehensive capital campaign, which raised $28.5 million.

Lesley Di Mare Video

Douglas E. Uchikura

(B.S. '75, Business Administration, MBA '95)

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

After a lifetime in international business for oil and gas companies, Douglas E. Uchikura most recently served as Deputy General Director for Chevron Upstream Europe, based in Warsaw Poland. From 1979 through July 1988, Uchikura worked on obtaining the necessary federal, state, and local permits for oil and gas exploration, development and production activities offshore California and onshore in Santa Barbara County, California.

Douglas E. Uchikura Video

Randall Davis

(B.S. ’02, Biology; M.S. ’06, Biology)

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Randall Davis is the co-founder of Genia Technologies as VP of Research and Development and helped build the company’s single molecule DNA Sequencer. The firm was purchased by Roche Pharmaceuticals in 2014 and today Randy holds 20 issued or pending patents in molecular detection and DNA sequencing. Prior to founding his company, Randy worked in the semiconductor industry for 20 years in marketing, sales and applications management.

Randall Davis Video

Anne Campbell

(M.S. ’81, Counseling)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED STUDIES

Anne Campbell has devoted her 40-year career to public education, most recently as the San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools. She has been a major force in San Mateo County for expanding access to quality early education, most notably helping launch The Big Lift, a countywide effort to ensure all third-graders become proficient readers through access to two years of quality preschool, summer enrichment activities, school attendance, and family engagement.

Anne Campbell Video

2017

Keith Carson

(MPA. ’78)

COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Supervisor Keith Carson serves as a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, representing the Fifth District of Alameda County on a platform dedicated to inclusive and accessible government. Supervisor Carson chairs several Alameda County committees and organizations, including the East Bay Economic Development Alliance, one of the largest business organizations consisting of a public/private partnership that serves the San Francisco-East Bay region.

Keith Carson Video

Tessie Guillermo

(B.S. '80, Economics)

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Tessie Guillermo is a national leader and advocate for the health and economic development of minority communities. Guillermo is the former president and CEO of Zero Divide, which develops digital equity strategies in support of low-income communities, and the founding CEO of the Asian and Pacifi c Islander American Health Forum. Today, Guillermo serves on several boards, including the Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation and as chairwoman of Dignity Health.

Tessie Guillermo Video

Ruth A. Bley

(B.S. ’82; M.S. ’88, Geology)

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Ruth Bley is president of Bleyco, Inc., a Castro Valley-based company she founded in 1988. Bley is proud to be a female business owner, especially in a male-dominated field, and she is a board member of the Woman Construction Owners & Executives USA. Bleyco specializes in projects involving electrical construction on bridges, tunnels and piers. Notable projects include the new Bay Bridge Suspension Span LED lighting, Benicia Bridge and Devil's Slide Tunnel.

Ruth A. Bley Video

Marilyn King

(B.S. ’73, Physical Education)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED STUDIES

Marilyn King is a former Olympic competitor, educator and thought leader in the application of leveraging cognitive training to address individual and social concerns. King competed in the '72 and '76 Olympic games in the pentathlon event. Through personal experience with injury, King realized the power of cognitive training and developed the concept of Olympic Technology. She is the owner of Beyond Sports, which teaches clients to apply these principles, and includes a curriculum for schools.

Marilyn King Video

2016

Atul Dhablania

(MBA '02)

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Atul Dhablania is vice president of Hardware Engineering and Worldwide Operations for Dell SonicWALL, where he is responsible for the design and development of all hardware platforms in addition to managing the company's worldwide operations. Dhablania has more than 20 years of experience in hardware engineering and operations management, and he holds 11 patents in the fields of computer architecture, arithmetic, and systems design.

Atul Dhablania Video

Nancy O’Malley

(BA '77, Political Science)

COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Nancy O'Malley is district attorney of Alameda County. O'Malley is a nationally recognized expert on topics such as violence against women and persons with disabilities, child abuse, and human trafficking and exploitation. She has been an active member of numerous national, state, and local boards. O'Malley spearheaded the creation of the Alameda County Family Justice Center, a passion project for her, which houses multiple support services for victims under one roof.

Nancy O’Malley Video

Kelly Bowers

(MS '02, Educational Leadership)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED STUDIES

Kelly Bowers is superintendent of Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, for which she was recognized by the Association of California School Administrators as the 2012 ACSA Region VI Superintendent of the Year, representing Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. She has more than 25 years of experience as a teacher and administrator. Under her leadership, LVJUSD was selected as a Bay Area Top Workplace in 2012 and 2013.

Kelly Bowers Video

Gaylord "Glenn" Henry

(BS '66, Mathematics; MS '67 Mathematics)

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Gaylord "Glenn" Henry is founder and current president of Centaur Technologies, a microprocessor design company based in Austin, Texas, that was acquired by VIA Technology in 1999. Centaur has produced approximately 14 major x86 processor designs that are fully compatible with contemporary Intel processors. Henry also worked at IBM fellow, before continuing on to become senior vice president and chief technology officer of Dell Computers. Henry holds more than 200 U.S. patents.

Glen Henry Video

2015

Edward George "Ted" Barrett

(BS '88, Physical Education)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED STUDIES

Edward George "Ted" Barrett became a member of the Major League Umpire Staff in 1999 and was appointed a crew chief in 2013. He has worked the Division Series, League Championship Series, and several World Series Games. Notably, he is the only umpire ever to call two perfect games, Barrett, who has a doctorate in theology, is an ordained minister and cofounder of Calling for Christ, a professional umpire ministry.

Ted Barrett Video

Cheryl Hurd

(BA '91, Mass Communication)

COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Cheryl Hurd has been a television news reporter for more than 25 years. She was a founding member at WB20/KNTV prior to her current assignment at NBC Bay Area. Hurd won a Northern California Area Emmy Award in 2015 for "Breaking News — Asiana Flight 214 Crash Coverage," and was nominated for her breaking news report on Occupy Oakland (2012) and her coverage for the I-80/880 East Bay freeway collapse (2007).

Cheryl Hurd Video

Anne Foss-Durant

(BS '99, Nursing; MBA '06)

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Anne Foss-Durant is the chief nursing oficer for Kaiser Permanente. Foss-Durant has been with the organization for more than 20 years in multiple roles. As a lifelong learner and educator, she has been recognized both for her contributions to her profession and her award-winning research. She is the recipient of a Nursing Research Excellence Award, Regional Nursing Research Award, and a STAR Leadership Award.

Anne Foss-Durant Video

Bryan Neider

(MBA '89)

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Bryan Neider is the senior vice president of Electrionic Arts' global marketing and publishing organization. He is responsible for a wide range of operations and global services focused on improvng operating efficiency, product quality, business innovation, and overal profitability. Neider, has held various roles within the company, including CFO and COO for EA.com. He is a member of several non-for-profit boards, including Community Gatepath, which serves adults and children with special needs.

Distinguished Alumni

Friday, Oct. 21, 20225:30 p.m.New University Union, Hayward Campus

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Meet the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awardees

Anupama Anantharaman

Dr. Daryl Camp

John Toki

Marvin Remmich

2021

Amy Schioldager

Yvette Radford

Roberto Hernandez, Jr.

Christie Carnahan

2019

Kenneth Kahrs

Sara Toyloy

James Hannan

Karen Oliver

2018

Lesley Di Mare

Douglas E. Uchikura

Randall Davis

Anne Campbell

2017

Keith Carson

Tessie Guillermo

Ruth A. Bley

Marilyn King

2016

Atul Dhablania

Nancy O’Malley

Kelly Bowers

Gaylord "Glenn" Henry

2015

Edward George "Ted" Barrett

Cheryl Hurd

Anne Foss-Durant

Bryan Neider

Past Recipients

2015

Jacob Blea III

BA '75, English

Shaun M. Tai*

BA '02, Art

2014

Michael E. Jedlicka

BS '85, Computer Science

Lanette V. Jimerson*

BA '96, English

2012

Howard L. Hyman

BA '79, Psychology

2011

Sabrina A. Rodriguez

BA '05, Mass Communication

2010

Janet E. Grove

BS '73, Business Administration

2009

Patrick T. Devine

MBA '91

Robert D. Litton*

MA '04, Music

2008

Evelyn S. Dilsaver

BS '77, Business Administration

2007

Georganne C. Proctor

MBA '82

2006

Cecil B. Pickett

BS '71, Biological Science

2005

Louis P. Miramontes

BS '76, Business Administration

2004

Louis G. Navellier

MBA '79

2003

Mahla Shagafi

Friday, Oct. 21, 2022
5:30 p.m.
New University Union, Hayward Campus