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First 100 Days Donors

We are grateful for the alumni and friends who stepped forward to support President Jim Gash and his ambitious plans for the future of Pepperdine University.



$10 Million+ Donors


  •  Tina and Rick (JD '83) Caruso


$1 Million+ Donors


  • The Ahmanson Foundation
  • Stephen P. Birch (MDR ’17, EdD ’18)
  • Rita and Dale (’64) Brown
  • Kalli O’Malley and Terry Giles (JD ’74)
  • The Herbert V. Nootbaar Estate
  • Karen and Thomas (MBA ’77) Higgins
  • Wally Jones (’64)
  • Carole and Danny Phillips
  • Celeste and John Plueger
  • Carolyn and Ted (’59, MBA ’75) Porter
  • Jenny (’76) and Fred Ricker
  • Chloe H. Ross
  • Dee Anna (’86) and Hubie Smith
  • The Swiss Government
  • Laure R. Sudreau (JD ’97)


$100,000+ Donors


  • Paula and Edwin Biggers
  • Audrey and Scott Blum
  • Brenden Mann Foundation
  • Beverly and Robert Buchanan
  • Noelle and James Burkey
  • Alida and Stevan Calvillo
  • Julie and James Cardwell, Jr.
  • Helen and Rock Chen
  • Sherry R. and Frank W. (MBA ’78, EdD ’04) Cornell
  • Joan and Robert Cummins
  • The Dale Laster Trust
  • Kathy (MA ’02) and Jon Danhakl
  • Chana and Jerel (’99) Davis
  • Marlyn (’90, JD ’94) and Robert Day
  • Nancy De Liban and Jacob Arias
  • Shelle and Mark Ensio
  • Thomas A. Fessler (JD ’83)
  • Darlene Fauber
  • Frank Foster
  • Betty L. Fouce
  • Joline (’92) and Jim (JD ’93) Gash
  • Raymond A. Hall (MBA ’19)
  • Chavi Hertz
  • Michelle (JD ’89) and Mark (JD ’88) Hiepler
  • The Hunter Keck Estate
  • Sara (’74) and Sam (’75, EdD ’84) Jackson
  • Blanche and Peter J. Johnson, Jr.
  • Kim and Eric Kaufman
  • Janet Kerr (’75, JD ’78)
  • Julia (’86) and Robert Lando
  • Deanne (’84) and John (’83) Lewis
  • Ernest M. Maldonado (BSM ’76, MP ’80)
  • Scott McCollum (’84)
  • Sharon and Terry Mullin
  • Kimberly and Michael Okabayashi
  • Geoffrey H. Palmer (JD ’75)
  • Michael C. Palmer
  • Kristen and Timothy (’87) Phillips
  • Marilyn Puckett
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • The Rose Hills Foundation
  • Sarah Scaife Foundation
  • Alice and Ken Starr
  • Anne and Gregory Thorson
  • Judy and Jay Welker


$10,000+ Donors


  • Apria Healthcare
  • Lois and Don Bailey
  • Jo and Robert Barbera
  • Camelia and Nabil Barsoum
  • Hiroko and Michael (’77) Bekins
  • Martha (MBA ’01) and Faustino Bernadett
  • The Bertha and John Garabedian Charitable Foundation
  • Tricia A. Bigelow (JD ’86)
  • Kara and Brett Biggs
  • Jean and David Bishop
  • Monica (’95) and Jeffrey (’95) Bjork
  • Stanley Black
  • Kathleen and David (MS ’17) Blenko
  • James G. Bohm (JD ’87)
  • Pat Boone
  • Lesa and Charles Branch
  • Cecily (’10, MA ’18) and Dusty (’10, MA ’18) Breeding
  • Angela and Cary (’81, MBA ’98) Bren
  • Lorraine (’60) and Jim (’57) Brinton
  • Anthony Cappelli
  • Courtney and Paul Caron
  • Jessica and Brent (JD ’98) Caslin
  • Susana and Nachhattar Chandi
  • Tonia and Thomas Clark
  • Kathy and Lou Colombano
  • The Council of Independent Colleges
  • Faye and Joe Czyzyk
  • Donna D. Darnell
  • Doug De Groote
  • Lucia C. Dean
  • Cecilia and Jose (’85) De Souza
  • Amy and Danny DeWalt
  • Amy (’98) and Chris (’98, MDiv ’02) Doran
  • Marilyn K. Dubas (’66)
  • Lora (’84) and Thomas (’83) Dubin
  • Andrea Brule and Sydney Dzinoreva
  • Nancy and William Easler
  • Edison International
  • Tracy and Philip Everist
  • Lena and Vache Fermanian
  • Jordan R. Fish (JD ’17, MDR ’17)
  • Friends of Golf
  • Kristin and Jack Fusco
  • Lucy and Enrique Garcia
  • Joan Garner
  • Jennifer O’Brien and George Gehrels
  • Genoa Healthcare LLC
  • Robin and Ben Giefer
  • Kimberly and J. Stephen Gilbert
  • Inger and David Golob
  • Maureen Grace
  • The Graziadio Family
  • Tracey (’82, MA ’89) and Gary (JD ’80) Hanson
  • The Harry Bronson and Edith R. Knapp Foundation
  • Jolyn (’02) and Seth (’02) Haye
  • Virginia and Lynn (MBA ’74) Hein
  • Doris and Franklin Henderson
  • Diana Hiatt-Michael
  • Cherrie Moreno and Glenn (’52) Hilmer
  • Connie (’82) and Tim Horton
  • Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation
  • Kylie R. Hughes (’11)
  • Patricia and T. Kendall (MBA ’79) Hunt
  • Jahong Hur
  • James Inman
  • Gerald A. Isom
  • The J. Douglas and Marian R. Pardee Foundation
  • Kristina (’01) and Clint James
  • Judith D. Jenkins
  • The John C. Hench Foundation
  • Amber (’99) and Jeremy (’02, MBA ’04) Johnson
  • Kini (’90, MA ’92) and Keith (’90) Jorgensen
  • Kai and Sinan Kanatsiz
  • Marla and Kenneth (MBA ’85) Knas
  • Charlene (JD ’91) and Kenneth (JD ’89) Koonce
  • Mary and Lory (’80, JD ’83) Lallande
  • Land of the Free Foundation
  • Sarah and Lewis Lee
  • Keri and Denny (’65) Lewis
  • Lewis A. Kingsley Foundation
  • Arlene and Myron Lieberman
  • Clara M. Lincoln (EdD ’90)
  • Kim and Don Lindley
  • Celeste (JD ’95) and Samuel (JD ’95) Liversidge
  • Emily and Sheldon Lodmer
  • The Los Angeles Philanthropic Foundation
  • Vivian and Victor Lu
  • Tammy and Scott (JD ’82) Mager
  • The Manning Family Foundation
  • The Margaret M. Squaires Estate
  • Alexander Maricich (’10)
  • Christina (’08) and Chad (’07) Martin
  • Patricia and Eff Martin
  • Tami and David Marvin
  • Michele (JD ’97) and Brian Maryott
  • The Melamed Family
  • Chandra (’99, JD ’02) and Adam (’99) Melton
  • Lisa and Michael Meyer
  • Dawn and Norm Miller
  • Jennifer and Mark (MBA ’04) Miller
  • Virginia Milstead (JD ’04) and Zachary Miller
  • Susan and Robert (JD ’95) Ming
  • Loretta (’78) and John (’79) Monroe
  • Amy and Vincent (MBA ’01) Monteparte
  • John L. Moriarity
  • Julie and Todd Murrah
  • Ramona and Michael (’83) Neff
  • New Venture Fund
  • Rosebud and Eddie (’66) Ngo
  • Dana (’98) and Joshua (’98) Oder
  • Annette and Joseph Oltmans
  • Kathy (MBA ’92) and Greg (’84) Outcalt
  • Alexander A. Palermo (’92)
  • Penta CARES Foundation
  • Lucy and Tim Perrin
  • Heather and Phil (’88, JD ’92) Phillips
  • Richard C. Phillips (MBA ’87)
  • Ronald F. Phillips
  • Nancy and Jeff (MBA ’83) Pippin
  • Lela and James Porter
  • Nancy and Walter Poser
  • Agatha and J. Anthony (’93) Precourt
  • Michael B. Quigley (JD ’83)
  • Tracey and Erich Ramsey
  • Marie (’81) and Paul (’83) Reim
  • Susan (EdD ’86) and Donald Rice
  • Connie and Ken Robinson
  • Joanna Roche (JD ’03)
  • Twanna (MBA ’77) and Tim (MBA ’77) Rogers
  • Negin Rostami (’00)
  • Shelley and Steven Rothman
  • Linda and Tony (JD ’77) Rubin
  • San Diego Christian Foundation
  • Christine and Robert (JD ’05) Simon
  • Cary and Will (’84) Singleton
  • Lee and Larry Sisson
  • Smith Christian Service Foundation
  • Lisa Smith Wengler
  • Sonya Weinfeld Charitable Fund
  • Anne and Carmelo Spinella
  • Maritza (’80) and Stephen Stewart
  • Alexia and Owen Stormo
  • Jee Sung ('02)
  • Sharon Tedesco
  • Brian M. Thomason
  • Karyl (JD ’96) and Darryl (JD ’95) Towell
  • David Tuyo
  • University Credit Union
  • Rozanne and Deryck van Rensburg
  • Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment
  • Kristin and Sean (JD ’93) Varner
  • Jocelyn and Richard Vortmann
  • Cathryn and Jeff (MS ’16) Walling
  • Cheryl and Michael Warder
  • Billie Milam Weisman
  • Maria and Alexander (JD ’05) Wheeler
  • Women In Film
  • The Yamani Family Foundation
  • Katie and Nicholas (’88) Yonano
  • Kate (’07, JD ’11) and Tyler (MBA ’16) Zacharia
  • Judy and Jim Zierick


New Pepperdine Associates


  • James M. Albarano (’03)
  • Monique S. Arrington (MBA ’19)
  • Arin Babakhanian
  • Sandra N. Babakhanian (’99)
  • Donald Bailey, Sr.
  • Michael W. Baldridge (MBA ’90)
  • Mandana Barahimi
  • Barbara Barsocchini
  • Molly S. Benson (MBA ’19)
  • A. Ronald Berryman (’62, MBA ’67)
  • Jacqueline Berryman
  • Jasmeet Bhullar (MA ’14)
  • Brett Biggs
  • Jeffrey E. Bjork (’95)
  • Isaac R. Bongiovanni
  • Emily A. Bost-Baxter (’98)
  • Harold L. Bostick (JD ’04)
  • Karen M. Boyd
  • Cecily J. Breeding (’10, MA ’18)
  • Dusty L. Breeding (’10, MA ’18)
  • Michael J. Busch (’90)
  • David W. Carr (’93)
  • Nancy M. Casey
  • Annie M. Chambers (’19)
  • Jeffrey A. Cohen (JD ’90)
  • Teresa G. Collins
  • Gary L. Collins
  • Marco A. Cosentino (JD ’93, ’13)
  • William R. Cox (’73)
  • Bradley Culbertson
  • Joshua W. Cummins (’95)
  • Kristen S. Cummins (’95)
  • Kathy A. Danhakl (MA ’02)
  • Giuseppe E. Dardano
  • Richard L. Dawson (’70)
  • Sandra K. Dawson (’69)
  • Robert A. Day
  • Jose De Souza (’85)
  • Robert D. Deisher
  • Christine J. Delgado (’96, MBA ’03)
  • N. Craig Delgado (’96, MBA ’02)
  • Darlene E. Dunn (’74)
  • Robert M. Earl (MBA ’78)
  • Julie A. Conway Eggers (’85)
  • Pamela A. Engelke (MBA ’89)
  • Philip J. Everist
  • Tracy L. Everist
  • Amir Fathi
  • Ginger D. Faust
  • Brenda J. Filippone
  • Pamela L. Finck
  • Robert S. Folsom
  • Laura Galloway
  • Shreyas Gandhi (MBA ’98, EdD ’09)
  • Scottland T. Garapedian (’19)
  • Cynthia M. Garrett
  • Joline M. Gash (’92)
  • William Q. Gebeau, Jr. (’99)
  • George E. Gehrels
  • Agnes Gibson
  • Ben Giefer
  • Michael J. Gifford (MBA ’19)
  • Nury J. Gomez (MBA ’12)
  • Rudy Gonzales
  • Eric Graciano (’12)
  • Alex Guiraud-Cointreau (MBA ’19)
  • Raymond A. Hall (MBA ’19)
  • Lorena B. Hannel
  • Marc R. Hayashi (MBA ’19)
  • Keith Helm
  • Glenn H. Hilmer (’52)
  • Sheila N. Himes
  • Cassandra G. Horton (’14)
  • Brandon A. Huff
  • Samuel Kel Jackson (’75, EdD ’84)
  • Sara Young Jackson ('74)
  • Kristina M. James (’01)
  • Tanja Janfruechte
  • Jason J. Jarvis (’95, JD ’03)
  • Ryan T. Joe (’12)
  • Christa Skates Johnson (’98)
  • David M. Johnson (’92, MIB ’94)
  • Eric S. Johnson (’00)
  • Sinan Kanatsiz
  • Leah S. Karlov
  • Jeanin Khanian (MBA ’19)
  • Manivanh M. Khy (MBA ’19)
  • Laurie M. Klorman
  • Curtis P. Knabe (’93)
  • Kimberly A. Knill (JD ’88)
  • John R. Kouretas
  • Julia K. Lando (’86)
  • Robert Lando
  • Courtney Lang (’95)
  • Lee Le Grande (’94)
  • Kayla Lescure
  • Russell F. Lesser
  • Edwin K. Li
  • Assaf Samuel Liberant
  • Emily Liu
  • Louise H. Lofquist
  • Donald T. Maclay
  • Dwayne MacTavish
  • Rebecca Malzahn
  • Anthony P. Maniscalchi
  • John A. Marian
  • Haroutioun Markarian (MBA ’19)
  • Chadwick A. Martin (’07)
  • Chip McCaw (’95)
  • Scott McCollum (’84)
  • Kelly McMicken-Javier (BSM ’19)
  • Michael P. Medeiros (MBA ’19)
  • Katayoon Melamed (’99)
  • Mojgan Melamed (’87)
  • Chandra L. Melton (’99, JD ’02)
  • Adam Melton (’99)
  • Christopher R. Mendez (’11)
  • Jenny Mummert
  • Kirk S. Nascimento
  • Dan L. Nathan (MBA ’19)
  • Michael C. Neff (’83)
  • Joseph Ng (’19)
  • Nicole M. Nilos
  • Dana Oder (’98)
  • Aleen Ohanian (MBA '19)
  • Aren Ohanian (MBA ’19)
  • Nina Ohanian
  • Matthew Oldroyd
  • Eric L. Ostgarden (MBA ’19)
  • Lynn M. Owen (MBA ’19)
  • Leticia Padilla (MBA ’05)
  • Joy T. Pallan (MBA ’19)
  • Beverly K. Pazuk
  • Lucy L. Perrin
  • Erich M. Ramsey
  • Glenn S. Randall
  • Caye L. Randolph (’64)
  • James L. Randolph (’66)
  • Veronica M. Raulin (MS ’15)
  • James W. Regitz, Jr. (’84)
  • Joanna Roche
  • Christopher Rodgerson
  • Steve Rodriguez (’01, MA ’03)
  • Jenny K. Romines
  • Ronald J. Rough, Jr.
  • Heather M. Rubsamen
  • Behrang Sadeghi (MBA ’19)
  • Judy Scates
  • Leslye J. Seghy
  • Ann Marie Simpson
  • Rodger E. Skirvin (’71)
  • Pamela D. Smith (’00)
  • Grant R. Specht (’83)
  • Carmelo Spinella
  • Sandra Stewart-Bass (’69, MBA ’67)
  • Eric D. Stoneburner (MBA ’19)
  • Derek Stoutland (’16, MS ’75)
  • Judy Sturgis
  • Kurt Sylvia
  • Dennis W. Telfer, Jr.
  • Jim E. Thigpen
  • Falguni B. Trieu (MBA ’19)
  • Lori L. Tusa (’92)
  • David Tuyo
  • Cathryn S. Walling
  • Derek Wan
  • Luann Warren-Sohlberg
  • Klee R. Watchous
  • Sarah O'Hara Welbaum
  • Bryan D. Welbaum
  • Colin C. Wellman (’97)
  • Stephen Wexler
  • Brandon White (’03)
  • Danielle Winograd (BSM ’03, MBA ’19)
  • Marilyn S. Wright (MA ’89, PsyD ’95)


STUDENT ASSOCIATES

  • Darren Adjei
  • Alina Ahmed
  • Tara Aleagha
  • Abdulrahman Alrikhaimi
  • Ashley Amell
  • John S. Anderson
  • Brenna N. Arbuckle
  • Nicholas W. Archibald
  • Gabriel Arredondo
  • Jasmin Arya
  • Joseph R. Badagliacca
  • Iasia Beh
  • Lilibet Behdadnia
  • Shelby D. Bennett
  • Jacob Bliss
  • Adam J. W. Brandy
  • Michael C. Briggs
  • Adam Brown
  • Benjamin B. Caryan
  • Gabriella M. Castro
  • Brynn E. Chase (’16)
  • John L. Chiappe
  • Cecilia Chung
  • James T. Clark
  • Caroline Clouse
  • Jonathan D. Cohen
  • Clayton Collier
  • Elissa M. Crowder
  • Katrina A. Cymerman
  • Kelly M. Danker
  • Christopher-James A. DeLorenz (’17)
  • Matthew J. Dillon
  • Matthew Dingilian
  • Katelyn E. Dykhouse
  • Joanna Edstrom
  • Offiong Ekah
  • Sophia G. Ellis
  • Lauren E. Elvick
  • Cayley B. Gosnell
  • Ofir Hadari
  • Samir Hakim
  • Monique N. Hampton
  • Ashley N. Hawkins (’17)
  • Kevin B. Hawkins
  • Miranda T. Hernandez
  • Allison J. Hill
  • Nicole Hood
  • Kimberly N. Horne
  • Zackery L. Horton
  • Jamie Hulsey
  • Melissa Hurtado (’16)
  • Mackenna Johnson
  • Hanna L. Jolkovsky
  • Justin D. Kian
  • Christopher J. Kim
  • Eunhea Kim
  • Rebecca Kim
  • Lindsey C. Kirchhoff
  • Karl R. Kleppe
  • Derek Kliewer
  • Melanie K. Lane
  • Jennifer Lin
  • Peyton A. Lochead
  • Tatum M. Lowe
  • Cara M. MacDonald
  • Thomas MacEgan
  • Kee Seok Mah
  • Jonathan Maseng
  • Nickan J. Mashhood
  • Anne McCarthy
  • Andrew S. McEwan
  • Ellen L. McGraw
  • Cooper R. McHatton
  • Evan K. McNally
  • Nicholas T. C. Mullally
  • Magdalena Camille Mena Pacheco
  • Jeremy F. Palacio
  • Deborah C. Park
  • Scotland G. Pierce
  • Colburn Pittman
  • Andrew L. Porth
  • David C. Portillo
  • Malisa Prisarojn
  • Alexandra L. Ramos
  • James Richards
  • Ruben E. Rojas
  • Nona Sarkisyan
  • Hannah Savaso
  • Dominic J. Scarangella
  • Andrew C. Schafer
  • Mark Seilhamer
  • Allen Sepanyan
  • Moshe Shemtov
  • Sandeep Singh
  • Meagan M. Smith (’17)
  • Roxanne F. Swedelson
  • Cyrus J. Tajer
  • Linh H. T. Tran
  • Benjamin J. Truax
  • Dylan S. Turcios
  • Rene E. Ucros
  • Allen H. Um (’13)
  • Rebecca L. Voth
  • Victoria H. Votino
  • Jessie E. Waid
  • Bryce M. Wallgard
  • Geoffrey K. West (’06)
  • Weston Whitener
  • Steven J. Wickman
  • Nyla Williams
  • Ajeya I. Woods
  • Thurgood M. Wynn
  • David Yerkanyan
  • Ora Zarnegar
  • Marielena Zelaya