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Pepperdine's Outstanding Alumni | Women in Leadership

Women in Leadership 

Pepperdine University is thrilled to recognize some of our most dynamic alumnae whose leadership in their respective fields is shifting cultural landscapes, shaping and reshaping industries, and innovating in powerful and purposeful ways. Introducing your 2019 Outstanding Alumni | Women in Leadership honorees.

Meet Our Outstanding Alumnae

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Cortney Baker (EdD '15)

CEO/Owner, KidsCare Home Health

Fairview, Texas

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Alexis Bonnell ('99)

Chief Innovation Officer, USAID

Washington, DC

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Candi Castleberry Singleton (MBA '06)

VP, Diversity Partnership Strategy and Engagement, Twitter

Oakland, California

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Kymberlee Dildine ('03, MBA '08)

Chief Administrative Officer, Central California Food Bank

Clovis, California

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Kim Folsom (MBA '02)

Cofounder, CEO and Managing Partner, Founders First Capital Partners LLC, Founder and Interim CEO, LIFT Development Enterprises, Inc

San Diego, California

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Brynn Foster ('95)

Founder and Director, Voyaging Foods

Waialua, HI

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Sylvia Franson ('87)

Vice President, West Coast Advertising Sales, NBCUniversal

Laguna Niguel, California

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Jules (Juli) L. Frost ('90)

Head of Programmes and Partnerships, Core Humanitarian Standard Alliance

Chexbres, Switzerland 

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Nury Gomez (MBA '12)

CEO, Accounting Breeze

El Segundo, California

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Jessica N. Grounds ('03)

Cofounder, Mine The Gap

San Diego, California

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Dawn (Solheim) Grove (JD '91)

Corporate Counsel, Karsten Manufacturing Corporation, PING, and Other Subsidiaries

Phoenix, Arizona 

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Janie Weng Grumley ('00)

Director of the Margie Petersen Breast Center, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Providence St. John's Health Center

Manhattan Beach, California

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Tricia Halsey ('03)

Founder and Executive Director, Big Idea Project

Denver, Colorado

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Carrie Hastings (MA '06, PsyD '11)

Team Psychologist, Los Angeles Rams

Westlake Village, California

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Yasmeen Hibrawi (MBA '08)

US Diplomat, US Department of State

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Danielle Hickman (JD '97)

Trial Attorney, US Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section

Washington, DC

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Kielle Horton ('02, MA '05)

Vice President, Lindsey Communications and The Lindsey Foundation

Santa Barbara, California

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Sara Young Jackson ('74)

Chancellor, Pepperdine University

Westlake Village, California

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LaNiece Jones (MA '12)

Executive Director, Peralta Colleges Foundation and Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA)

Oakland, California

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Silvia Armitano Mah ('95)

President and COO, Connect w/ San Diego Venture Group

San Diego, California

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Jackie Beaubian Majors (MA '96)

CEO, Crystal Stairs, Inc.

Los Angeles, California

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Hattie Mitchell (MPP '12)

Founder, Crete Academy

Inglewood, California

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Danielle M. Outlaw (MBA '12)

Chief of Police, Portland Police Bureau

Portland, Oregon

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Hanna Skandera (MPP '00)

CEO, Mile High Strategies, LLC

Denver, Colorado

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Dee Anna Smith ('86)

Chief Executive Officer, Sarah Cannon

Nashville, Tennessee

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Molly Thompson ('09)

Cofounder, Kind Campaign

Thousand Oaks, California

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Sara Train (MBA '19)

Sustainability Manager, Trader Joe's

Pasadena, California

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Betty Uribe (MBA '02, EdD '12)

Executive Vice President, California Bank & Trust

Long Beach, California

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Elizabeth Mary Vilardo-Morgan (MBA '99)

President and CEO, Sutter Health Bay Area Medical Foundations

Sunnyvale, California

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Robin Washington (MBA '95)

Executive Vice President and CFO, Gilead Sciences

Oakland, California

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Britta M. Wilson (MBA '92, EdD '16)

Vice President, Inclusion Strategies, Pixar Animation Studios

Oakland, California | Yorba Linda, California

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Kimberly Yee ('96)

State Treasurer of Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona