Thursday, February 18, 2016, Los Angeles, CA
On February 18, 2016, Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks and the UC Berkeley Foundation Board of Trustees welcomed SoCal-based alumni to the second Brilliance of Berkeley LA, a dynamic event at the Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown where faculty and alumni discussed how they are changing the world.
Panels and Speakers
Money, Media, and Your Vote — How Does It All Stack Up?
Henry Brady
Dean, Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy, UC BerkeleyBettina Duval ’82
Founder, Californialist; Member, UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy Board; and Trustee, UC Berkeley FoundationJennifer Granholm ’84
Former Governor of Michigan and Distinguished Adjunct; Professor, School of Law & Goldman School of Public Policy, UC BerkeleyChanging Faces — Diversity in Television and Film
Joshua Johnson
Morning Newscaster, KQED, and Lecturer, UC Berkeley School of JournalismJanine Jones-Clark ’86
Executive Director, Creative Talent Development & Inclusion, Disney/ABCJeff Shell ’87
Chairman, Universal Filmed EntertainmentThe Future Is Now — Medical Care in a High-Tech Age
Ana Claudia Arias
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; and Bakar Fellow, UC BerkeleyDaniel A. Fletcher
Purnendu Chatterjee Chair in Engineering Biological Systems, Department of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley; and Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryConnor Landgraf ’13, M.E. ’14
Co-Founder and CEO, Eko Devices Inc.Charles F. Schmitz ’95
Emergency Room Physician, Kaiser PermanenteBrilliant Friends
BRILLIANCE OF BERKELEY CHAIR
Pauline Boghosian ’87
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UC BERKELEY
FOUNDATION TRUSTEES
Honorable Frank E. Baxter ’61
Brad D. Brian ’74
Laura Burton Capps ’94
Jason Di Napoli ’90
Bettina Duval ’82
Gary A. Freedman ’66
Jonathan M. Glaser ’83, J.D. ’86
Andrew Goldfarb ’69
Catherine Hutto Gordon ’73
Cyrus S. Hadidi ’96
Harry L. Hathaway ’59
John F. Hotchkis ’54
Jeffrey A. Jacobs ’88
Mary Ellen Kanoff ’78, J.D. ’84
Stephen F. Keller ’59, J.D. ’62
Joanne Kozberg ’66
Charlene Conrad Liebau ’60
Nancy K. Lusk ’65
Colleen C. McAndrews ’67
Thomas K. McKissick ’84
Andrea Roth
Christopher G. Silbermann ’89
Eric H. Stern ’87
Liza Wachter ’81
LOS ANGELES HONORARY COMMITTEE
Lynn Alvarez ’81, J.D. ’84, P. ’17
Carter C. Bravmann ’85, M.Arch. ’89
Kimberly D. Brooks ’89
Jaymee T. Castrillo ’04, J.D. ’07
Amit A. Desai ’89
Anne T. Gates ’81
Pamela Hendry P. ’15
Steve Hendry P‘15
Lawrence K. Jacobson ’85, P. ’16
Janine Jones-Clark ’86
Emily Gold Mears ’80
Bruce A. Meyer ’64, P. ’95, ’99, ’06
Steve A. Nissen J.D. ’76, P. ’17
Glenn D. Pomerantz ’80
Amanda E. Pouchot ’08
Charles F. Schmitz ’95
Velveth G. Schmitz ’98
Jeffrey Shell ’87
Paul W. Stockwell ’76, M.B.A. ’79
George E. Strompolos ’02
Edward J. Weiss ’85, J.D. ’88