List of Golden Gate University people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Golden Gate University.

Alumni

• 
  Terence Henricks, MPA 1982, Commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia
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  Mary Hayashi, MBA, Democratic, California State Assembly member. First Korean-American woman in California's legislative history.
• 
  Philip Burton, LLB '52, former US Congressman
• 
  Fiona Ma, MS '92, 34th Treasurer of California and former member of the California State Assembly
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  Michael T. Flynn, MBA, Former US National Security Advisor[1]

There are more than 60,000 living alumni. Alumni with a degree of Juris Doctor (JD) graduated from the Golden Gate University School of Law.

Arts and entertainment

• Kyra Davis (BS), novelist
• Gary W. Goldstein (JD 1978), author, speaker, filmmaker, and producer of Pretty Woman[2]

Business

• Richard Belluzzo (BS Accounting), CEO, Quantum Corp; former President and COO, Microsoft
• Joan Blades (JD 1980), businessperson, author, and co-founder of MoveOn.org[3]
• Glen Schofield (MBA), co-founder, General Manager, Sledgehammer Games
• Bernard J. Tyson (BS, MBA), Kaiser Permanente President & CEO[4]
• Dave Yeske (DBA 2010), co-founder,[5] Managing Director, Yeske Buie; National President (2003),[6] Financial Planning Association

Government and politics

• David Briley (JD 1995), 8th Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee (2018–19); Vice Mayor of Nashville (2015–18)[7]
• Phillip Burton (LL.B. 1952), United States Representative (1964–83); California State Assemblymember (1957–64)[8]
• Craig E. Campbell (MPA), Lt. Governor of Alaska
• George Christopher (BA 1930), former Mayor of San Francisco
• Sam Clovis (MBA), National Co-Chair of Donald Trump's Presidential Campaign
• Peter Corroon (JD 1995), 2nd Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah (2004–13); Chair of the Utah Democratic Party (2014–17)[9]
• Michael Flynn (MBA), former U.S. National Security Advisor, 18th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
• Mary Hayashi (MBA), Democratic, California State Assemblymember. First Korean-American woman in California's legislative history.
• J. J. Jelincic (MBA), CalPERS board member (elected), former president of the California State Employees Association
• Linda J. LeZotte (LL.M. 1983), Director of the Santa Clara Valley Water District (2010–present); San Jose City Councilmember (1998–2006)[10]
• Fiona Ma (MS 1992), 34th California State Treasurer and former member of the California State Assembly
• Melvin T. Mason, 1984 U.S. Presidential Candidate on Socialist Workers Party, civil rights activist
• Said Tayeb Jawad (MBA), 19th Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States

Law and justice

• Diana Becton (JD 1985), District Attorney of Contra Costa County (2017–present)[11]
• John Burris (BA), Oakland trial attorney
• Jesse W. Carter (JD 1913), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California (1939–59); California State Senator from the 5th district (1939–39)[12]
• Morgan Christen (JD 1986), Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2012–present); Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court (2009–12)[13]
• C. J. Goodell (LL.B. 1909), Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, First District (1945–1953)[12]
• G. Randy Kasten (JD 1982), attorney and author[14]
• George Malek-Yonan (1964, attended), international attorney, politician, and athlete[15]
• Bruce William Nickerson (JD), civil rights and gay rights attorney[16]
• Cindy Ossias (JD 1983), lawyer and California Department of Insurance whistleblower[17]
• Philip M. Pro (JD 1972), Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (1987–2015)[18]
• Ira P. Rothken (JD 1992), high technology attorney and computer scientist[19]
• Mike Terrizzi (JD 1981), community association lawyer and former Purdue quarterback[20]
• Hanna Thompson (JD 2013), attorney and 2008 Olympics silver-medalist fencer[21]
• Paul Traub (JD 1977), bankruptcy and business lawyer[22]
• Adolph Washauer (LLB 1932) Inductee of the National Soccer Hall of Fame[23]

Military

• C. Donald Alston (MBA 1986), United States Air Force Major General
• Bruce P. Crandall (Master's Degree in Public Administration), Ret. Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army; helicopter pilot, Battle of Ia Drang, Vietnam, Medal of Honor recipient
• Gregory A. Feest (MBA 1985), United States Air Force Major General
• Terence T. Henricks (MPA 1982), USAF Colonel, test pilot and Commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia
• John P. Jumper (MBA 1979), USAF Four-Star General;[24] 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (2001–2005); former CEO of SAIC[25]
• Gary L. North (MPA 1984), United States Air Force General
• Susan Pamerleau (MPA 1997), United States Air Force Major General (Ret.)[26]
• J. Gregory Pavlovich (MPA 1985), United States Air Force Brigadier General
• Herbert R. Temple, Jr. (BS '74), Lieutenant General, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, 1986-1990[27]
• General Lam Quang Thi (MBA), South Vietnamese military commander during the Vietnam War

Science and technology

• Cem Kaner (JD 1994), software engineering professor; co-founder of Association for Software Testing[28]

Faculty

• Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, California State Assemblymember from the 16th district (2018–present), former law school professor[29]
• George N. Crocker, Dean of Golden Gate University School of Law (1934–41)
• Thelton Henderson, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1980–present; inactive); associate law professor (1978–80)[30]
• Gerald Sanford Levin, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1969–71) and San Francisco County Superior Court, law school instructor[12]
• Andrew McClurg, law professor and legal humorist[31]
• Shannon Minter, civil rights attorney and legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights[32]
• Anthony Niedwiecki, Dean of Golden Gate University School of Law (2017–present), former Vice-Mayor of Oakland Park, FL, co-founder of Fight OUT Loud[33]
• Cecil F. Poole, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1979–97) and United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1976–80), United States Attorney for the Northern District of California (1961–70), law school instructor[12][34]
• Donna Ryu, U.S. Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2010–present); clinical law school professor[35]
• Lidia S. Stiglich, Associate Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court (2016–present); adjunct law professor[36]
• Caspar Weinberger, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (1981–87), 10th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (1973–75), law school instructor[12]
• Kandis Westmore, U.S. Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2012–present); adjunct professor of Honors Evidence[37]
• Henry Travillion Wingate, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (1985–2010), adjunct law school instructor (1975–76)[38]
• Dave Yeske (DBA 10), co-founder,[5] Managing Director, Yeske Buie; National President[6] (2003), Financial Planning Association (FPA); Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Ageno School of Business[39]

Presidents

Prior to 1948, the top executive was called the Director of Education.

No.	Name	Term
1.	Arthur A. Macurda	1891–1914
2.	Archie R. Mack	1914 - 1930
3.	Nagel T. Miner	1931 - 1958
4.	Russell T. Sharpe	1958 - 1970
5.	Otto W. Butz	1970 - 1992[40]
6.	Thomas M. Stauffer	1992 - 1999
7.	Philip Friedman	2000 - 2007
8.	Dan Angel	2007 – 2015
9.	David J. Fike	2015–present

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