Thursday, February 26, 2015, Shutters on the Beach
On February 26, 2015 Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks and the UC Berkeley Foundation Board of Trustees welcomed SoCal-based alumni to the inaugural Brilliance of Berkeley LA, an evening of connection and engagement with some of Berkeley’s most influential thought leaders at Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica.
Panels and Speakers
Technology and Entertainment: A Love Story
Jeff Shell ’87
Chairman, Universal Filmed Entertainment
George Strompolos ’02
Founder and CEO, Fullscreen
Shannon Jackson
Moderator — Professor of Rhetoric and Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, UC BerkeleyBreakthroughs in the Health Sciences
Daniela Kaufer
Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, UC BerkeleyRead about Daniela Kaufer on the Integrative Biology website
Randy Schekman P. ’05
Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Nobel Laureate, UC BerkeleyRead about Randy Schekman’s Nobel Prize
Eric Stern
Moderator — Senior Vice President, Capital International Investors and Trustee, UC Berkeley FoundationThe High Price of Climate Change
Solomon Hsiang
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
Daniel Kammen
Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy, UC Berkeley
Cyrus Hadidi ’96
Moderator — Portfolio Manager, JMB Capital Partners and Trustee, UC Berkeley FoundationEvent Co-Chairs
Jeff Shell ’87
Catherine Unger ’69, Ed.D. ’70
Event Honorary Committee
Lynn Alvarez ’81, J.D. ’84
Kimberly Brooks ’89
Jaymee Castrillo ’04, J.D. ’07
Bettina Duval ’82
David Enzer ’82
Larry Jacobson ’85
Janine Jones ’86
Bruce Meyer ’64
Steve Nissen ’76
Bernadette Paine ’00
Charles Schmitz ’95
Velveth Schmitz ’98
Peter O. Shea ’89
Dana Slatkin ’89
Paul Stockwell ’76
Liza Wachter ’81
Eric Winston ’95
Los Angeles Honorary Committee
Honorable Frank E. Baxter ’61
Brad D. Brian ’74
Karen Weber Dabby ’68
Jason Di Napoli ’90
Gary A. Freedman ’66
Jonathan M. Glaser ’83
Andrew “Andy” Goldfarb ’69
Catherine Hutto Gordon ’73
Cyrus S. Hadidi ’96
Harry L. Hathaway ’59
John F. Hotchkis ’54
Jeffrey A. Jacobs ’98
Stacy Bracken Jacobs ’84, O.D. ’89
Mary Ellen Kanoff ’78, J.D. ’84
Stephen F. Keller ’59, J.D. ’62
Charlene Conrad Liebau ’60
Nancy K. Lusk ’65
Thomas K. “Tom” McKissick ’84
Andrea Roth
Richard V. Sandler ’70
Christopher G. “Chris” Silbermann ’89
Eric H. Stern ’87