2023 Distinguished Alumni Honorees


Michael Mellano
Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture
'61 Horticulture
Retired, Mellano & Company

Al Tarkington
College of Business Administration
'64 Business Administration
Retired - Partner,
Grice, Lund, and Tarkington, C.P.A.'s

Dr. Mercedes Gutierrez Ed.D.
College of Education & Integrative Studies
'15 Ed.D. Educational Leadership, PreK-12 Spec.
Vice President/Assistant Superintendent Human Resources

Mike Beckage
College of Engineering
'87 Engineering Technology
Chief Technology Officer,
Diversified Technology Systems, Inc.
Rr

Pamela Conrad
College of Environmental Design
'06 Landscape Architecture M.S.
Founder, Climate Positive Design

Sean Yu
College of Letters, Arts, & Social Sciences
'99 Political Science; Management and Human Resources
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management

Karen Vaughn
College of Science
'80 & '82; Mathematics & Mathematics M.S.
Lecturer, Emerita,
Cal Poly Pomona

Matthew Kou
Collins College of Hospitality Management
'06 Hospitality Management
Principal, Green Door Hospitality

Ronald Gregoire
Lifetime Achievement Award
'71 Accounting
Retired - Former New Car Dealer,
Cerritos Ford, Lincoln, Isuzu, Subaru/Suzuki, Dodge and Infiniti