September 2011

Ricardo Mojarro (BA, 1983, College of Liberal Arts) is the new principal of Park Elementary School in Mill Valley, CA. He was previously the principal at Meadows School in the Millbrae School District.

The Honorable Doug Drummond (BA, 1970, College of Liberal Arts) has been appointed by the Mayor of Long Beach to the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners. He was with the Long Beach Police Department for over 25 years and was also a former Vice Mayor; he most recently served on the Board of Directors for the Long Beach Transportation Company.

Dan Dalton (BA, 1970, College of Liberal Arts, MBA, 1974, College of Business Administration) former dean of Indiana University’s Kelly School of Business was honored by his peers with the Distinguished Career Award from the Academy of Management.

Elinor Lester (BA, 2005, College of Liberal Arts) was promoted to Port Manager at SA Recycling’s Terminal Island location. Ms. Lester has been with the company for six years and worked her way up from data entry clerk.

Bela Bajaria (BA, 1995, College of Liberal Arts) was named Executive Vice President of Universal Media Studios. Prior to her appointment she was simultaneously Senior Vice President, Cable Programming for CBS TV Studios and Senior Vice President of Movies and Miniseries for CBS Network.

Daniel Rodriguez (BA, 1984, College of Liberal Arts) was selected as the new Dean of Northwestern University School of Law. He was most recently a law professor at the University of Texas and prior to that he was the Dean of the University of San Diego School of Law from 1998 to 2005.