USD Magazine Summer 2013

Holtz. She is currently the city attorney of Murrieta, Calif., the city attorney of Del Mar, Calif., general counsel for the San Diego Convention Center, and asso- ciate general counsel of the San Diego Ethics Commission. Leslie and her hus- band, Francis, a San Diego Superior Court judge, have two daughters who have graduated from college, one from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and one from the University of Chicago. SCOTT DOUGLAS (JD) celebrated 15 years as a full-time mediator in 2012. He has handled nearly 2,000 successful mediations and is recog- nized as one of the top FINRA medi- ators in the country. Scott focuses primarily on securities and invest- ment-related claims, as well as insurance and business disputes. DIANA (LEE) GRISWOLD (BBA) writes, “After 26 years with the same firm, I have retired and am now able to spend time being a stay-at-home mom.” [ 1 9 8 4 ] MARY (DUREN) SWENSON (BA) has a firm that provides creative therapy, leadership education and consulting research. The website is www.interpretiveleadership.com. [ 1 9 8 5 ] GARY DOKES (MBA) was named to the Power 100 by ai-CIO, an As- set International’s Chief Investment Officer magazine. The Power 100 lists the most influential and pow- erful asset owners in the world, from fields such as pension, endow- ment, foundation, insurance and sovereign fund investing. Gary is the chief investment officer for the Arizona State Retirement System. BARBARA ELLIOTT-SANDERS (BA, MEd ’88) was elected to the South Bay Union School Board of Trustees. She also is a court-appoint- ed special advocate for Voices for Children and a member of the orga- nization’s speakers’ bureau. [ 1 9 8 6 ] KAREN (CLARK) HANSON (EdD) reports that her textbook, A Casebook for Catholic School Leaders and Aspiring Leaders: Linking the Archdiocese of New York Catholic School Leader Portrait to Reflective Practice , was just customized for the Archdiocese of New York. “This is a big deal!” she says. “I am very proud that the archdiocese selected

my book for its publications and of- fered modifications to fit the Catholic school model.” GENEVIEVE KNYCH-ROHAN (BA) is a senior executive recruiter for Vistage International, where she helps chief executive officers set up peer networking groups around the coun- try. She also has been a court-appoint- ed special advocate for Voices for Chil- dren for nearly eight years and so far, four of the five children she has volun- teered with have gone on to college. She writes, “My foster girl made a doc- umentary and CBS flew her to New York City to meet with key executives as her prize.” The family was featured in another video used to help raise $1 million for foster kids in San Diego. THOMAS IGNJATOVIC STEELE (MBA) moved to Tampa, Fla., and started a telecommunications busi- ness in 1996, which he retired from and sold in 2009 to start a family with his wife, Marina. They recently moved across the state to Palm City, Fla., for the great school system, and celebrated their four-year anniversary with their children, Adam, 2, and Andrea, 9 months. [ 1 9 8 7 ] ANNE GREY (BA) was named executive director of the newly launched OneLegacy Foundation, which supports the life-saving mission of OneLegacy, a nonprofit, federally designated organ and tissue recov- ery organization serving the seven- county greater Los Angeles area. With more than 25 years of nonprofit experience, Anne most recently served as national director of leader- ship gifts at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and previously served as COO of the American Heart Association’s western states affiliate. Through its charitable work, OneLegacy Foundation will contrib- ute to clinical training and research, honor those who have saved lives as donors and inspire diverse com- munities to donate. ELLEN IRVINE (MA) is a retired foreign service officer, having served in the U.S. Diplomatic Corps from 1989 to 2011. [ 1 9 8 8 ] JOSE AGUINAGA (BA) graduated from Northern Arizona University in December 2012 with a doctorate in educational leadership.

MIKE HAUPT ’89 (BBA) was named boys basketball California State Coach of the Year for 2013 by Cal-Hi Sports. That honor came on the heels of Mike’s St. Augustine Saints winning the California Interscholastic Federation’s Division III state title, the first in the program’s 91-year history. Haupt played basketball at USD and later worked with the Toreros as a coaching assistant for four years. “The championships and the honors are really kind of icing on the cake. Pretty sweet icing,” Mike says. [ c h a m p i o n ]

Superior Court juries and the Califor- nia Court of Appeal. Today, Jeffrey is an attorney and educator in Pacific Palisades, Calif. [ 1 9 8 3 ] LESLIE (LAMBERT) DEVANEY (JD) is head of the Public Entity/Gov- ernment/General Counsel Division for her law firm, Stutz Artiano Shinoff &

JEFFREY SCHARF (JD) started as an intern prosecutor at the United States Attorney’s Office in San Diego and then moved to Los Angeles, where he became an associate and then senior managing partner at the national litigation firm, Cooper, Brown, Kardaras and Scharf. He liti- gated multiple significant cases to successful verdict before Los Angeles

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