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Regina Wallace-Jones is the CEO and President of ActBlue, an organization established in 2004 that builds a fundraising platform for Democratic candidates, progressive organizations and the small-dollar donors that support them.
In her decades-long career in technology, Regina has held executive roles at Mindbody, Inc., Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, and LendStreet. She has built products and platforms that scale to meet the needs of small and large businesses and brings security and reliability expertise to deliver on the requirements of the largest companies — and campaigns — in the world. She began her career as an electrical engineer.
In addition to her technology career, Wallace-Jones has led a career in public service. She ran for local office in 2018 and was elected to her city council before going on to serve as mayor. She has also helped organize for political campaigns across the country.
Wallace-Jones holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a Master’s in Public Policy with an emphasis in technology policy from UCLA.
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Shirley Wang '90 is founder and CEO of Plastpro Inc., an award-winning fiberglass doors manufacturer which has been recognized for innovation by Construction Tech Review and Window and Door Magazine. In 2022, CIOViews listed Ms. Wang among the year’s most admired women business leaders. She was the first Asian American Woman chair for the UCLA Foundation and wason the UCLA Executive Campaign Committee raising 5.49 billion for UCLA. Ms. Wang and her husband, Walter Wang, have supported numerous philanthropic initiatives from being the sponsors of the academy award documentary “Blood of Yingzhou” to supporting the naming of Cedars Sinai Emergency Treatment East rooms. Ms. Wang has been awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for her contributions to America. She has also received China Institute Blue Cloud Award, the Asia Society Visionary Award and the Anti-Defamation LeagueHumanitarian Award, amongst others.
She currently serves as a trustee for Columbia University, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation, and the Harvard-Westlake School, as well as a director for the board of Douglas Emmett Inc. Prior to her entrepreneurial career, Ms. Wang earned her MBA from Columbia University and held executive and sales positions at Citicorp and J. Walter Thompson Advertising.
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LaMonica Peters '94 is a News Reporter for KTVU Fox 2, covering Silicon Valley and South Bay. Her work has been seen on CNN, ABC News Live, CBS News, Spectrum News Network and Fox Live Now.
She was selected as a Knight Digital Media Center Fellow by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2011. In 2013, she was given the Mississippi Associated Press Award of Excellence for a 3-part series on breast cancer that described how the disease had affected her own family.
Peters was also chosen to be an inaugural class member for Ida B. Wells Society’s Investigative Reporter training. The organization was co-founded by Nicole Hannah-Jones, Investigative Reporter, and author of the 1619 Project. In 2017, she was nominated by the New York State Associated Press for Public Service Reporting.
Peters is an Asst. Journalism Professor, most recently at De Anza College and Palomar College. She’s also taught at Mississippi State University and Mississippi Valley State University.
She’s a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the Ida B. Wells Society. LaMonica also served as President of the UCLA Black Alumni Association from 2010 to 2012.
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Cinthia Flores ’10 is a Board Member of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Prior to her appointment, she practiced immigration law with a focus on removal defense defending individuals from deportation. Cinthia has a background in labor law having previously represented public and private sector unions.
Currently, Cinthia serves as Vice President of Latinas Lead California, a Political Action Committee dedicated to electing Latinas. Cinthia is Past President of the Latina Lawyers Bar Association, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Latinas in the legal profession. In 2022, the Hispanic National Bar Association recognized Cinthia as a “Top Lawyer Under 40.” Cinthia also serves on the UCLA Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Cinthia is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine School of Law. During law school, Cinthia served as a Regent on the University of California Board of Regent. In recognition of her academic record and public service, Cinthia was awarded numerous scholarships, including: the California Bar Foundation Diversity Scholarship, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund’s Earl Warren Scholarship, and the Mexican American Bar Foundation Law School Scholarship. Cinthia is a graduate of UCLA, where she served as the first Latina Student Body President in UCLA history.
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Kevin Berson ’96 is the founder of Kinected Advisors, a Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Exit Planning Advisory firm. Kinected helps lower-middle market business owners (businesses generating $5M-$50M in annual revenue) navigate the process of selling their businesses for maximum value. Prior to founding Kinected in 2014, Berson spent 18 years with global firms Technicolor and Arthur Andersen. Berson frequently speaks about various M&A related topics and has addressed groups at Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Vistage, CalCPA, Exit Planning Institute, Strategic Advisory Board, Bruin Professionals, UCLA Anderson School Alumni, Aerospace & Defense Forum and ProVisors, among others. He has been named by the Los Angeles Business Journal as an Investment Banking Leader of Influence for 2021, 2022, and 2023 and is a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization M&A Source, ProVisors and Bruin Professionals.
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In partnership with UCLA Alumni Diversity Programs & Initiatives, the Bruin Success Podcast presents a collaboration episode: Out N About: Navigating Identity in the Workplace.
Moderated by Cleve Wong ’10, featured speakers Devon Dickau ’07, MBA ’15 and Matt Kaczmarek ’05 share their insights, reflections, and strategies on navigating the professional world as a LGBTQ+ individual. They include valuable recommendations to aspiring and current LGBTQ+ professionals, allies, and organizations seeking to foster and engage in inclusive work environments where all staff feel respected and valued for who they are.
Cleve Wong '10 is an executive health coach and product strategist with over a decade of experience in Fortune 10 companies and non-profit organizations, including Google, UCLA Health, Disney, and the Aspen Institute. He designed the first science-based mindfulness mobile app for patients and clinicians worldwide, earning recognition from the New York Times and Mashable. After a diagnosis of stress-induced facial paralysis, Cleve immersed himself in integrative medicine. He completed post-graduate training at UCLA Neuroscience and UC Irvine Health, and became a certified mindfulness teacher and a health and wellness coach. Today, Cleve takes joy in coaching leaders on stress management, burnout recovery, and helps clients design their journey toward holistic health and deeper fulfillment. Cleve is a board member of the UCLA Lambda Alumni and is committed to supporting underserved communities.
Matt Kaczmarek '05 is Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Private Debt Investing, and Head of the Los Angeles office at BlackRock. Matt is also global chair of the firm’s Out & Allies LGBTQ+ employee network. Previously Matt held senior economic policy appointments in the Obama Administration at the White House and Departments of State and the Treasury. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the UCLA Alumni Association, the Campaign Board of the National LGBT Victory Fund, and is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy and the Council on Foreign Relations. He received his MA from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he was editor-in-chief of the SAIS Review of International Affairs, and his BA from UCLA, where he served as President of the University of California Student Association.
Devon Dickau ’07, M.B.A. ’15, also holds an M.Ed. in Technology, Innovation & Education from Harvard. While attending UCLA Anderson, Devon was a TED UCLA Campfire speaker on the topic of covering in the workplace and was named one of Poets & Quants “Favorite MBAs” of 2015 for giving voice to the LGBTQ+ community. He is now currently a Board Director for the UCLA Alumni Association. After a career spanning the nonprofit, entertainment, and education sectors, focused on using media and technology for social change, Devon is now the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Offerings Leader at Deloitte Consulting, where he is also an ESG and Social Impact Strategist. Most importantly, he lives in Calabasas with his husband Peter and their twin toddlers, Rebel and Cosmo.
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As a cultural storyteller, Samantha D'Souza specializes in developing communities of change through robust brand identities, dynamic communications strategies, and artful content. She is captivated by the “in-between” moments and delves into the intersection of industries such as entertainment and science, social impact and sport.
In her journey thus far, she has worked around the world (and clock) from Australia to the US, Europe, the Middle East, and South Africa. As Managing Director of act.3 Australia, Samantha is expanding the company’s international portfolio and team of culture marketers who seek to make our world a happier place by shaping the future of brands through people, community, and culture.
Prior to her time at act.3, Samantha’s early career saw her take stride in Los Angeles with core players Propper Daley, BECK Media, and Friends At Work. Her career development has always been accompanied by creative pursuits alongside trusted collaborators via the studio Mindful Ambition, and her company SPD Creative.
Samantha is a passionate mentor and social enterprise advisor, and is a proud UCLA Alumni Association Board Member, former UCLA Student Alumni Association President, and involved Bruin Alumna.
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Olympic bobsledder Carlo Valdes grew up playing almost every sport you can think of. He was on the football team for a year at UCLA and also competed on the track team during his four years, participating in decathlon and javelin. At the encouragement of his coach, he tried out for the USA bobsled team once he graduated. This led to an 8-year career, 2 Olympic appearances, 10 World Cup Medals, and 2 World Cup Overall titles. From there, he took his experiences and lessons as a professional athlete and transitioned into the business world. He has worked in financial services for 6 years and continues to leverage discipline and strategy as a financial advisor.
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Mineh Badmagharian, OTD, OTR/L, received a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA in 2013 and a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from USC in 2020. She is registered with the National Board of Certification in Occupational Therapy and has experience working with the pediatric population in a variety of settings such as schools, outpatient clinics, and homes. In 2020, Badmagharian joined Expper Technologies as the Clinical director, leading the product development and user experience of Robin the Robot which was recognized as one of the Best Inventions by Time Magazine in 2021. Currently, she is leading the creation of a mental health app focused on empowering children impacted by various chronic conditions. Badmagharian is devoted to providing care to pediatric patients by integrating technology with a personalized, human-centric approach.
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Marina Jurica is a passionate advocate for climate education as a meteorologist and climatologist for KCBS/KCAL Los Angeles. Previously, she spent four years with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and worked on many Earth missions there including SWOT, Sentinel-6, NISAR, and the landing of the Perseverance Mars rover. She has a master's degree in geosciences with an emphasis in meteorology from Mississippi State and is currently working on her Ph.D. in climate science. A true renaissance woman, she studied both sociology of mass communications and opera at UCLA and has performed the lead in many musical theater productions around the country, including her Broadway debut in a show about her life.
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Enrique Chiabra '09 is an Emmy, GLAAD and Ruben Salazar award-winning journalist currently serving as primetime news anchor for Telemundo 52 in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Lima, Peru, his dedication to reporting on impactful stories within the Latino, immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities has been a central focus throughout his career. Tune in to learn more about his journey to UCLA and beyond.
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Ryan Dusick is an Associate Marriage & Family Therapist with an MA in Clinical Psychology and the founding drummer of the world’s most popular band, Maroon 5.
As a boy, he dreamt of pitching for the Dodgers and writing adventure novels. Arm injuries sidelined his burgeoning baseball career, just as rock music became his new passion and purpose. Founding the band Kara’s Flowers in 1994 with fellow Brentwood High School students Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden, and Adam Levine, Ryan worked tirelessly through his college years at UCLA before the band changed its name to Maroon 5 and finally had its first hit record, Songs About Jane. Multiple hit songs, two Grammy Awards, and 20 million albums sold later, Ryan found himself suffering and without direction as his career as a performer came to an end, just as it was taking off.
Struggling with physical and mental health challenges, Ryan finally overcame his struggles in 2016, when he began his journey of recovery, culminating in a new life path full of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. Now working as a mental health professional at The Missing Peace Center for Anxiety in Agoura Hills, CA, Ryan is spreading the message that recovery is possible, and some astounding things can come with it.
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Natasha Case is the co-founder of Coolhaus Ice Cream. She created the company with Freya Estreller in 2009 because they did not feel represented by the ice cream brands on shelves and knew they could create higher quality and more unique ice cream with a more authentic story. They launched their ice cream sandwich company from a barely-drivable postal van at the Coachella Music Festival where the brand went viral. Since then, Coolhaus has scaled to a national fleet of trucks in LA and NYC, a flagship store and innovation center in Culver City, and a national grocery business of ice cream sammies, pints, cups, mini sammies, and cones in stores ranging from Whole Foods to Sprouts to Kroger. They launched a very successful dairy-free ice cream line (made from peas & brown rice!) in 2019. Natasha remained the CEO until Coolhaus was acquired by Perfect Day under their CPG umbrella company with a mission to make more sustainable products without compromise in December of 2021.Natasha took on a founding CEO role with Lunch Bunch in August of 2022. As a mom of a three and six year-old, she felt close to the systemic issues around feeding our kids and feeding them well. Lunch Bunch takes a holistic approach to tackling the problem by providing nutritious, balanced, and healthy meals along with offering culinary, gardening and food entrepreneurship enrichment classes. Essentially: the way we will treat our society is by including kids in the conversation and process of eating better, while we offer them wholesome food options. Lunch Bunch will give them inspiration around food they can pass on for generations to come.
Natasha is devoted to transformational positive change by creating mission-led businesses. At Coolhaus, she devoted her work to the next generation of women and LGBTQ founders, entrepreneurs, and creators of diverse backgrounds to feel empowered to turn their dreams into realities in an equitable environment. Natasha partnered with Black Girl Ventures to create ice cream to raise funds for entrepreneurial grants, the Okra Foundation for Pride to create a flavor called EnjoyMINT for All, celebrating our differences through a top 8 allergen-free ice cream, and she is committed to teaching courses and frequent public speaking engagements to push the envelope for the next generation. At Lunch Bunch, core partners include National School Lunch subsidized programs for under-resourced schools and communities including Compton YAL, Roenne’s School and culinary and gardening enrichments at Camp Harmony for homeless and vulnerable children.
Natasha has been named a Forbes 30 under 30 Food & Beverage, Zagat 30 Under 30, LinkedIn 10 under 35 for Food & Leisure, 10 Most Successful Women in Business by Leaders Globe, and UCLA’s LGBTQ+ 2019 Alum of the Year. She is a published author of the Coolhaus Ice Cream Book which came out in 2014 and was featured on Good Morning America and named as one of Martha Stewart’s favorites. She has been featured in many national publications and media outlets like Entrepreneur, LA Times, and Bon Appetit, and has judged Food Network’s Chopped, King of Cones, and Top Chef Jr. She co-hosted her own podcast, ‘Start to Sale’ through Eater/Vox Media. In 2019, she joined YPO in the Beverly Hills chapter. Natasha is a board member of UCLA Arts Dept, Larchmont Charter School, Startup UCLA, Naturally LA and a member of the Lyft Council (Los Angeles). In 2022 she completed the Victory Institute training for LGBTQ+ leaders of tomorrow.
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Garin Hussenjian received her BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing from UCLA in 1996. In 1999, she completed her MFA in Film from Art Center College of Design and in 2000 her short film, Single Moments, was nominated for a Student Academy Award. Initially working in film production as an independent freelance producer and unit production manager, she branched out to work in a variety of fields. This included founding her own Japanese stationery importing company, managing an aerospace engineering company, and most recently, working for the City of Beverly Hills. Within the City of Beverly Hills, she’s held many roles including Public Information Coordinator, Community Outreach Manager, and Deputy Director of Special Projects. To every role, Garin brings some common threads – being an expert listener and communicator, bringing out the best in individuals so teams can achieve their goals.
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Corey currently serves as a Vice President of Global Philanthropy with JPMorgan Chase & Co where he helps to manage a grant portfolio in Los Angeles that aligns with the strategic impact objectives of the company. He also plays a key role in building partnerships to bolster the company's overarching Corporate Responsibility initiatives in the region. Previously, Corey served as the Chief Operating Officer of Community Coalition - a permanent community-based institution in South Los Angeles - where he participated on the executive team to advance a robust policy agenda, direct operations, guide organization-wide strategic planning processes and launch key projects. He holds both a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Urban Education from UCLA and a Master of Public Policy from UC Berkeley.
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Natalie is the president and CEO at Coro Southern California. Under Natalie’s leadership, Coro has developed a new strategic plan, expandedprograms, partnerships and revenue, and cultivated a growing community of Coro alumni who are transforming communities across the country. Prior to embarking on her legal career, Natalie was a human capital consultant in Deloitte & Touche LLP's Public Sector practice where she led the firm's National Public Sector Human Capital Community of Practice Initiative. In addition to her UCLA degrees, Natalie earned her master of science at the Heinz School of Public Policy & Management at Carnegie Mellon University. Natalie currently serves on the Los Angeles City Commission for Human Rights and the Los Angeles County Economy and Efficiency Commission.
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Stephanie Moran Reed is a native Angeleno and proud Mexican-American Mompreneur. In 2020 she co-founded with her husband MiJa Books, a multicultural children's bookstore and online resource for diverse and inclusive books. Inspired by their biracial daughter, they created MiJa Books to amplify stories by and about people of color. Her store has received acclaim from the Los Angeles Times as one of the "65 Best Bookstores in Los Angeles," and has been featured in NBC 4's Today in LA, KTLA 5's LA Unscripted, Spectrum 1 News, 89.3 KPCC-LAist, and L.A. Parent Magazine.
Links:
Website: mijabooks.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mijabooks/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MiJaBooks
YouTube Channel for Kids: https://www.youtube.com/c/MiJaBooksStorytime
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mijabooks
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mijabooks
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Marques is a cyborg anthropologist, working at the nexus of Ancestral Wisdom, Modern Technology and Future Society. Seeking to be globally impactful, he created the World Education Foundation in 2009 traveling to over 83 countries, while earning his Master’s through the Adult Learning and Global Change program at Linkoøping University in Sweden. In 2017, Marques was selected to participate in the Global Solutions Program hosted by Singularity University and NASA, exploring the utilization of satellite technology, unique datasets and machine learning to quantify financial, social and climate impact of the built environment. Marques is an expert in the field of Cyborg Anthropology, where he has become a leading voice in synthesizing the intra-connections between humans, innovation and living systems.
Currently, Marques is co-founder of Ism.Earth and a consultant for Earnst & Young’s Luminary Network. He’s considered a global thought leader, consultant and keynote speaker discussing topics spanning education, space, innovation, technology, climate change, blockchain, future of work, equity & racial justice, along with personal and organizational transformation.
Most recently Marques and dev team won the Qualcomm SnapDragon track at the 2023 MIT Reality Hack for creating a human-centered platform to utilize cutting edge technologies such as AR, Mixed Reality, GISdata and Machine Learning to help the unhoused conceptualize, customize, and co-create their very own home.
Website: MarquesAnderson.com
Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/marquesanderson/
Twitter- @AncestralCyborg
IG: @GlobalPoppaSmurf
More information about The Bruin Promise: alumni.ucla.edu/bruin-promise/
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Currently serving as Chief Tea Officer, Tina was inspired by Taiwanese bubble tea concept and British tea drinking culture to develop a delicious, well-balanced tea latte beverage. With her love for a quality cuppa and her desire to make a positive impact on society, Tina made a career switch from IT to just tea, and HumaniTea was born! A proud social enterprise, HumaniTea supports wellbeing and sustainability initiatives through wholesome tea. Spreading Me Time, Tea Time, Any Time, HumaniTea encourages people to take tea breaks to find mindfulness. Prior to HumaniTea, Tina worked as a Senior Analyst at Accenture. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from UCLA and an MBA focusing on Sustainability and Innovation from the Imperial College Business School.
Website: https://humanitea.co.uk/
Ocado: https://www.ocado.com/search?entry=HumaniTea
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humaniteadrinks/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumaniTeaDrinks/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HumaniTeaDrinks
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@humaniteadrinks
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegan-tea-lattes
Google Reviews: https://g.page/humaniteadrinks
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Tiffany Duong '06 is an ocean explorer and storyteller. Inspired by an epic dive trip to the Galapagos, she left corporate law to campaign for our planet. Now she writes, speaks and hosts expeditions from dense jungles to remote oceans to the changing Arctic. Listen to learn how she gives voice to what's happening in the natural world in order to inspire meaningful action and lasting change.
She holds degrees from UCLA and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, in International Development Studies and Environmental Law, respectively. She's also a trained climate organizer, member of The Explorers Club, and climate educator with the University of Miami Lifelong Learning Institute.
Website: http://www.tiffanyduong.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tiffanyduong
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiffmakeswaves/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TiffMakesWaves
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanytvduong/
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