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Alan Collier

Alan Collier (JD ‘90)

In 2019, Alan Collier (JD ‘90) moved to Accra, Ghana to help pioneer the work of the Sudreau Global Justice Institute in West Africa.

BJ Caldwell support our fort

BJ Caldwell (‘07)

BJ Caldwell is showing Fort Worth, TX frontline and essential workers how much they are appreciated by an entire community.

William Ostan

William Ostan (JD '05, MPP '05)

Ostan is the founder and president of Arc of Justice (ARC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to reforming the military’s medical separation process by representing active-duty Servicemembers from all branches pro bono and establishing future safeguards via a Wounded Warrior Bill of Rights (WWBoR.)

Samantha Mandel

Samantha Mandel (MA ‘17)

Samantha Mandel hopes to make an impact in her community by working with and supporting youth and their families who have struggled with mental health and developmental barriers.

Beth Kirchner

Beth Kirchner (‘08)

Beth Kirchner (‘08) lives out the Pepperdine mission as a volunteer with Mercy Ships.

Niki Sandoval

Niki Sandoval, PhD (‘93)

Niki Sandoval serves as a Trustee at the Santa Barbara Foundation, which exists to improve the lives of the residents and communities throughout Santa Barbara County.

Jenna Kindle

Jeanna Kindle, PhD (MA '12)

Jeanna focuses on providing mentoring and social entrepreneurship experiences for youth and young adults and makes positive impressions in others to leave her section of the world a little better.

Gabrielle Rockwell

Gabrielle Rockwell (MPP ‘19)

Gabrielle Rockwell serves to provide charitable assistance to Firefighters and their families in times of need. She strives to promote awareness of Firefighter health and safety issues and the impacts they have upon their families and communities.

Andrew Marr

Andrew Marr (MBA '20)

Andrew Marr founded the Warrior Angels Foundation (WAF) to support brain injury prevention and care for Service Members and Veterans.

True Essence of Love staff and volunteers, along with FGP staff, making essential supply bags for volunteers.

Shanetta Weatherspoon (EdD ’13)

Shanetta Weatherspoon (EdD ’13) and Monica Pereda (’19), staff members at Pepperdine’s Foster Grandparent Program, have been supporting the isolated elderly volunteers during the pandemic.

Los Cerros High School Facebook Parent Frame

Mallory Bockwoldt ('16)

Mallory Bockwoldt ('16) designed a customized Facebook Parent frame for parents of students at Los Cerros Middle School in Danville, California.

Robert Sellman

Robert Sellman (‘97)

Pepperdine Alumnus Robert Sellman (‘97) is helping set protocols and flow for treating the new influx of COVID-19 patients. He is currently serving as the Chief PA, Mount Sinai Emergency Department, New York.

josh burker

Josh Burker (EdD ‘07)

Pepperdine alumnus Josh Burker (EdD ‘07) started making personal protective equipment (PPE) using a 3D printer and soon started producing masks for doctors and nurses all over the country.

laura carmichael

Laura Carmichael (‘02)

Pepperdine alumna Laura Carmichael (‘02) is currently working with a team to provide safe care on the labor and delivery floor at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah, WA

joel ornelas

Joel Ornelas (‘05)

Pepperdine alumnus Joel Ornelas (‘05) works as an interventional radiologist in the Austin area, serving patients who have experienced massive traumas.