List of University of California, Davis alumni

This page lists notable alumni of the University of California, Davis.

Academics

UC Davis academics

Howard A. Stone, B.S. – Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

James F. Brooks, PhD – historian

Greg Hess – economist, college administrator, and the president of Wabash College

Walter Harrison, PhD – scholar of American Literature and Culture, and president of the University of Hartford

University presidents

• Carol Folt, 11th chancellor, and 29th chief executive, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[1]
• F. Chris Garcia, former president of the University of New Mexico[2]
• Douglas Girod, current chancellor of the University of Kansas[3]
• Michael R. Gottfredson, former president of the University of Oregon[4]
• Walter Harrison, president of the University of Hartford[5]
• Greg Hess, president of Wabash College[6]
• Mondo Kagonyera, chancellor of Makerere University in Uganda
• Michael Kotlikoff PhD, provost and acting president of Cornell University[7]
• Éric Maurincomme, director of INSA Lyon
• Richard Miller, founding president of Olin College[8]
• Dr. Indira Samarasekera, president of the University of Alberta[9]

Professors

• Tani E. Barlow, professor of history at Rice University[10]
• Bonnie Bassler, professor of molecular biology, Princeton University, MacArthur Fellowship[11]
• Hugo J. Bellen, professor of molecular and human genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator[12]
• Gregory Berns, Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine[13]
• Daniel T. Blumstein, professor and chair for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA[14]
• Robert Boyd, professor of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) at Arizona State University[15]
• James F. Brooks, professor of history at University of California, Santa Barbara[16]
• Janet Broughton, professor of philosophy and vice provost of UC Berkeley[17]
• Julia Chan, professor of chemistry at the University of Texas at Dallas
• Constance J. Chang-Hasnain, professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley[18]
• Philippe Desan, professor of French and history of culture at the University of Chicago[19]
• M. Brent Donnellan, professor of psychology at Texas A&M University[20]
• Bonnie S. Dunbar, former professor in the department of molecular and cell biology at Baylor University[21]
• Mustafa Emirbayer, professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison[22]
• Max Essex, professor of health sciences at Harvard University[23]
• Lewis J. Feldman, professor of plant biology at UC Berkeley[24]
• Heinz Insu Fenkl, Professor of English, the State University of New York, New Paltz
• Katherine Ferrara, professor of radiology at Stanford University
• Cynthia Friend, Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Materials Science at Harvard University
• Bruce Frohnen, professor of law at Ohio Northern University[25]
• Stephen Glosecki, scholar of Old English[26]
• Rao S. Govindaraju, professor of civil engineering at Purdue University
• Olivia Graeve, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at University of California, San Diego
• Lori Cox Han, professor of political science at Chapman University[27]
• Burton Hatlen, literary scholar and professor at University of Maine[28]
• James A. Herrick, Guy Vanderjagt Professor of Communication and former communication chair at Hope College[29]
• Godfrey Hewitt, professor and evolutionary geneticist at University of East Anglia
• Donna Hoffman, professor of marketing at George Washington University[30]
• Amishi Jha, professor of psychology at University of Miami[31]
• Jason P Jue, professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Dallas
• Anil Kashyap, professor of economics and finance at University of Chicago[32]
• Robert Lieber, professor of the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University[33]
• Elizabeth G. Loboa, dean of engineering at the University of Missouri
• Theraphan Luangthongkum, linguistics professor at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• Bruce A. Manning, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at San Francisco State University[34]
• Eric Mar, professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University[35]
• John Marini (PhD), professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno[36]
• Mark Matsumoto, dean of engineering at University of California, Merced
• Elvira de Mejia, professor of food sciences and human nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign[37]
• Mohamed Omar, professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College
• H. Allen Orr, professor of biology at University of Rochester
• Hans Ostrom, professor of African American studies at University of Puget Sound[38]
• William S. Penn, English professor at Michigan State University[39]
• Gordon Rausser, Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley
• Peter Richerson, professor emeritus at UC Davis[40]
• Jean Beagle Ristaino, professor of plant pathology at North Carolina State University[41]
• Pearl T. Robinson, professor of political science at Tufts University[42]
• Shawna Yang Ryan, professor at University of Hawaii, Manoa[43]
• Kirsten Saxton, professor at Mills College[44]
• Julie K. Silver, professor at Harvard Medical School
• Meredith Small, professor of anthropology at Cornell University[45]
• Justin E. H. Smith, professor at Paris Diderot University[46]
• Gary D. Solis, adjunct professor of law who teaches the laws of war at the Georgetown University Law Center[47]
• Nancy Butler Songer, dean of the School of Education at Drexel University[48]
• Howard A. Stone, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University[49]
• Scott Talan, professor of communication at American University[50]
• Steven D. Tanksley, professor of plant breeding and biometry at Cornell University[51]
• David Hurst Thomas, professor at Columbia University[52]
• Martin Tolich, professor of sociology at University of Otago[53]
• Athula Wikramanayake, professor at the University of Miami[54]
• Xu Xiaonian, professor of economics and finance at China Europe International Business School[55]

Science

UC Davis Scientists

Stephen Robinson, B.S. 1978 – NASA astronaut

Tracy Caldwell Dyson, B.S. 1993 – chemist and NASA astronaut

Chris Crawford, B.S. 1972 – computer game designer and writer

Astronauts

• Tracy Caldwell Dyson
• Stephen K. Robinson

Computer science

• John Black, cryptologist who has been involved in the invention of several cryptographic algorithms including UMAC, PMAC, OCB, and CMAC
• Chris Crawford, game designer
• Rael Dornfest, former engineer at Twitter, founder and CEO of Values of N
• Deborah Frincke, head of research at the National Security Agency
• Perry Gregg, computer scientist
• Timothy Jurka, developer of RTextTools and MaxEnt for the R statistical programming language
• Sam Lantinga, lead software engineer at Blizzard Entertainment, creator of Simple DirectMedia Layer
• Eric Lengyel, computer game engine developer with expertise in 3D graphics, animation, physics, audio, and networking
• Patrick J. Miller, known for building largest temporary supercomputer
• Peter J. Salzman, hacker, former senior member of hacker group Legion of Doom
• Carl Sassenrath, developer of REBOL language, CTO of REBOL

Engineering

• David Abe, head of the Electromagnetics Technology Branch at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
• Kimberly S. Budil, director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Chow Chung-kong, chemical engineer, chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
• Kaveh Madani, Iranian civil and environmental engineer
• Sig Mejdal, sabermetrics analyst, former NASA engineer
• Nelson Pass, audio engineer
• David Phillips, civil engineer
• Bernard Soriano, aeronautical engineer, deputy director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles
• Jeffrey Steefel, video game producer
• Adam Steltzner, NASA JPL lead engineer
• Alvin S. White, test pilot, mechanical engineer

Economics

• Ahmad Faruqui, defense analyst and economist
• Masami Imai, Japanese economist
• Timothy Francis McCarthy, financial services chief executive
• Mahmoud Solh, Lebanese agricultural economist and genetic scientist; Director General of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

Biology

• Anurag Agrawal, ecologist, evolutionary biologist
• Alice Alldredge, oceanographer, marine biologist
• Jon Andrus, physician, epidemiologist and immunization specialist, Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization
• Dean Burk, co-discoverer of biotin
• Lee Burnett, osteopathic physician, U.S. Army Colonel and founder of Student Doctor Network.[56]
• Gordon Conway, former president of the Royal Geographical Society
• Edward DeLong, marine microbiologist
• Renee Dufault, biologist
• Katherine Esau, German-American botanist who received the National Medal of Science for her work on plant anatomy
• Brian Fisher, field biologist who works on the systematics of arthropods
• Niklaus Grunwald, plant pathologist and professor
• Brian Hanley, microbiologist and biohacker
• Catherine T. Hunt, chemist
• Jae U. Jung, South Korean biologist
• Gurdev Khush, Indian agronomist and winner of the World Food Prize
• Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology
• Laurence Madin, marine biologist, executive vice president and director of research of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Bruce A. Manning, professor of biochemistry at San Francisco University
• David Mas Masumoto, author and organic farmer
• Frederick Murphy, co-discoverer of the Ebola virus
• Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, Nigerian epidemiologist
• Robert E. Page, Jr., honey bee geneticist
• Herman Phaff, yeast ecologist
• Charles M. Rice, 1974, virologist and Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of hepatitis C virus
• Eric W. Sanderson, landscape ecologist
• H. Michael Shepard, cancer biologist and discoverer of Herceptin
• Gary Strobel, microbiologist
• David Hurst Thomas, archaeologist and anthropologist
• Thomas W. Whitaker, 1927, botanist and horticulturist

Geosciences

• Christopher G. Newhall, volcanologist

Other

• Patricia S. Cowings, NASA psychologist, first African American woman trained to be an astronaut[57]
• Frederica Darema, Greek physicist who proposed the SPMD programming model
• Diane Fordney, sex therapist
• Nadine Burke Harris, pediatrician, advisory council member for Clinton Foundation's "Too Small to Fail" campaign
• William Hirstein, philosopher primarily interested in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics, cognitive science, and analytic philosophy
• Kay Mehren, veterinarian and zoologist, Veterinarian Emeritus at the Toronto Zoo
• Zdenka Samish, Czech-Israeli food technology researcher
• Michael Wang, distinguished fellow at Argonne National Laboratory
• Jeff Werber, veterinarian

Arts, entertainment, and literature

UC Davis Arts, Entertainment, and Literature Alumni

Hasan Minhaj, B.A. – actor and comedian

Martin Yan, M.A. 1975 – chef and food writer

DJ Shadow, B.A. – record producer and DJ

Terisa Greenan – film producer, film director, actress

Karen Joy Fowler, B.A. – author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction

Christopher Markus, M.A. 1996 – Emmy winner, screenwriter on Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame

Stephen McFeely, M.A. 1996 – Emmy winner, screenwriter on Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame

Fine art

• Shirley Burman, railroad photographer
• Charles Burns, cartoonist and illustrator
• Deborah Butterfield, sculptor
• Kathy Butterly, sculptor
• Nancy Carman, ceramic artist
• Carter, artist
• Victor Cicansky, Canadian sculptor
• Vicky A Clark, curator
• Ed Darack, author, photographer
• Sarah DeRemer, artist
• Kurt Edward Fishback, photographer
• Camille Rose Garcia, lowbrow artist
• Carll Goodpasture, photographer
• Steve Lambert, artist
• Kenney Mencher, painter
• Nickolas Mohanna, artist and composer
• Bruce Nauman, artist
• Richard T. Notkin, ceramic artist
• Nancy Rubins, sculptor
• Ethan Russell, the only rock photographer to have shot album covers for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who
• Duane Slick, painter and professor[58]
• Elizabeth Stephens, artist, sculptor, film maker, photographer
• Vonn Cummings Sumner, painter

Music

• Yul Anderson, pianist, guitarist, singer
• Cam, country music artist known for the hit "Burning House"
• Luciano Chessa, Italian musicologist
• Gift of Gab, rapper
• Rita Hosking, award-winning songwriter, singer
• Ruby Ibarra, rapper
• Tom Jans, singer/songwriter
• The Jealous Sound, indie rock band
• Knapsack, indie rock band
• Lateef the Truthspeaker (real name Lateef Daumont), rapper
• Lyrics Born (real name Tom Shimura), rapper
• Steven Mackey, guitarist and composer
• Scott Miller, guitarist and singer/songwriter, founder of Game Theory and The Loud Family
• Mano Murthy, composer
• Dave Nachmanoff, award-winning American folk singer-songwriter
• Paris, rapper
• Lindsey Pavao, contestant on the second season of The Voice
• DJ Shadow (real name Joshua Davis), music producer, DJ, and songwriter
• Sholi, indie rock band
• Kendra Smith, musician
• Cadence Spalding, educator, vocalist, instrumentalist and composer
• Donnette Thayer, musician
• Russ Tolman, guitarist for True West
• Joyo Velarde, hip hop and pop singer
• Steve Wynn, musician

Literature

• Wendy Barker, poet
• Howard Beck, sports journalist
• Clare Bell, British author in the United States best known for her Ratha series
• Kevin Clark, poet and critic
• Kira Cochrane, feminist journalist and writer
• Costa Dillon, writer
• Heinz Insu Fenkl, novelist, editor, translator and folklorist
• Karen Joy Fowler, science fiction author
• Amy Gutierrez, sports journalist
• Brian Halweil, sustainable food writer and researcher
• Theodore Hamm, author
• Deborah Harkness, The New York Times best-selling author
• Lauren Kate, novelist
• Matthew Kennedy, writer and film historian
• Gus Lee, author
• Regina Lynn, sex columnist
• Marilyn Nelson, poet, translator and children's book author
• John D. Nesbitt, western writer and literature and language professor
• Hans Ostrom, poet, novelist, and scholar, author of The Coast Starlight
• Louis Owens, novelist and scholar
• Chris Ransick, writer of literary fiction and poetry
• Grant Rosenberg, screenwriter/producer
• Shawna Yang Ryan, novelist, author of Water Ghosts (2009) and Green Island (2016)
• Max Schott, author of short stories
• Maris Soule, author of romance and romantic suspense novels, mysteries, and short stories
• Anthony Swofford, author
• James Van Pelt, science fiction author
• April Halprin Wayland, author, poet, and teacher
• Mark Wisniewski, Pushcart Prize winner and Best American Short Stories author

Film and television

• Craig Baldwin, experimental filmmaker
• Jan Gan Boyd, actress
• Michele Boyd, actress
• Debbie Lee Carrington, actress
• Justin Chu Cary, actor
• Porter Duong, actress
• Sonya Eddy, actress
• Larry Ferguson, screenwriter
• Carol Flint, TV producer, ER
• Michael Gaston, actor
• Terisa Greenan, film producer, director, and actress
• Natasha Halevi, actress
• Fereshta Kazemi, Afghan-American film actress
• Kristie Macosko Krieger, film producer
• Hiep Thi Le, Vietnamese-American actress
• Guji Lorenzana, actor
• Christopher Markus, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter known for Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame
• Kelly Masterson, screenwriter
• Stephen McFeely, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter known for Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame
• Ilan Mitchell-Smith, actor
• Matthew Moy, actor
• Sue Murphy, stand-up comedian
• Conan Nolan, political reporter
• Grant Rosenberg, television writer and producer
• Tareq Salahi, winery owner at television personality
• Kate Tsui, actress and singer
• John Vickery, stage and film actor known for his work in Babylon 5 and Star Trek
• Sal Viscuso, actor
• Bergen Williams, actress
• Eric Womack, actor and producer
• Pamela Wu, reporter
• Martin Yan, chef, host of television show Yan Can Cook

Comedy

• Bruce Baum, comedian
• Tim Lee, comedian
• Hasan Minhaj, comedian[59]

Other

• Jenny Cho, broadcaster
• Jenn Im, fashion and beauty vlogger
• Meghan Kalkstein, broadcast journalist
• Tiffany Lam, beauty queen, Miss Hong Kong 2002
• Mike Pondsmith, game designer
• Henry Wofford, SportsNet Central anchor/reporter for Comcast SportsNet in San Francisco

Athletics

UC Davis Athletics Alumni

Daniel Descalso, B.A. – professional baseball infielder

Chris Petersen, B.A., M.A. – coach

Colton Schmidt – American football punter

Urijah Faber, B.A. – mixed martial artist

Ty Kelly – professional baseball utility player

Olympians

• Emily Azevedo, bobsledder in 2010 Winter Olympics
• Alphonse Burnand, gold medalist in sailing
• Cathy Carr, gold medalist swimmer at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Kim Conley, long distance runner in 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics
• Carrie Johnson, sprint canoer at 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics
• Terry Kubicka, figure skater, 1976 US National Champion, competitor at 1976 Winter Olympics, first and only skater to perform legal backflip
• Cyndy Poor, runner at 1976 Summer Olympics
• Brita Sigourney, freestyle skier in 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics
• Colby Slater, two-time gold medalist in rugby
• Peter Snell, three-time gold medalist in running
• Linda Somers, marathon runner in 1996 Olympics
• Seth Weil, rower at 2016 Summer Olympics
• Scott Weltz, swimmer at 2012 Summer Olympics

Baseball

• Joe Biagini, pitcher for Toronto Blue Jays
• Steve Brown, MLB pitcher
• Daniel Descalso, infielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks[60]
• Eddie Gamboa, pitcher for Tampa Bay Rays
• Marco Grifantini, pitcher for Toronto Blue Jays
• Ty Kelly, American-Israeli utility player for the New York Mets[61]
• Matt Vaughn, head coach for the UC Davis Aggies baseball team
• Rich Waltz, TV announcer, Miami Marlins, MLB Network, and CBS Sports

Basketball

• Joshua Fox, player for Hawke's Bay Hawks
• Corey Hawkins, professional basketball player for Antwerp Giants of the Basketball League Belgium
• Mark Payne, professional basketball player who plays for Champagne Châlons-Reims of the LNB Pro A
• Jason Rabedeaux, college basketball coach; head coach of the UTEP Miners 1999–2002
• Josh Ritchart, basketball player for Malbas of the Basketligan
• Dedrique Taylor, college basketball head coach for Cal State Fullerton

Football

• Nick Aliotti, defensive coordinator for University of Oregon
• Mike Bellotti, former head football coach for the University of Oregon
• Rolf Benirschke, placekicker for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL
• Bob Biggs, former head coach for UC Davis
• Chris Carter, former wide receiver for Seattle Seahawks
• Jonathan Compas, former NFL offensive lineman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Kevin Daft, offensive coordinator for UC Davis
• Bo Eason, safety for the Houston Oilers of the NFL
• Daniel Fells, tight end for the Denver Broncos
• Bakari Grant, wide receiver for Calgary Stampeders
• Mark Grieb, quarterback for the San Jose Sabercats of the Arena Football League
• Daryl Gross, Athletic Director, Syracuse University
• Nathaniel Hackett, offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills[62]
• Paul Hackett, former head coach for University of Pittsburgh and University of Southern California
• Dan Hawkins, former head coach for the University of Colorado and Boise State
• Khari Jones, Arena Football League and Canadian Football League quarterback and sports reporter
• Bryan Lee-Lauduski, former quarterback for Iowa Barnstormers
• Brad Lekkerkerker, offensive lineman for the Oakland Raiders of the NFL
• Cory Lekkerkerker, offensive lineman for the Los Angeles Chargers of the NFL
• Chris Mandeville, defensive back
• Rich Martini, former wide receiver for Oakland Raiders
• Casey Merrill, NFL defensive end
• Mike Moroski, NFL quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers
• Ken O'Brien, 11-year quarterback for the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles, first round selection in 1983 NFL Draft
• J. T. O'Sullivan, former quarterback for the New Orleans Saints and Cincinnati Bengals
• Chris Petersen, former head coach for the University of Washington and Boise State
• Frank Scalercio, former head coach for Sonoma State Cossacks
• Colton Schmidt, punter for the Buffalo Bills
• Kermit Schmidt, NFL running back
• Elliot Vallejo, former player for Oakland Raiders
• Demario Warren, head coach for Southern Utah Thunderbirds
• Mike Wise, NFL defensive end

Golf

• Brad Bell, professional golfer from Sacramento, California
• Scott Gordon, professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour[63]
• Matt Marshall, professional golfer from Carlton, Oregon[64]
• Demi Runas, professional golfer

Soccer

• Quincy Amarikwa, MLS player
• Jacob Barron, midfielder for Orange County Blues FC
• Ramon Martin Del Campo, player for OKC Energy FC
• Dirk Denkers, retired American soccer player who spent one season in both the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League
• Ahmad Hatifi, current international soccer player for Afghanistan and a professional with Mumbai F.C. in India's I-League
• Elliott Hord, soccer player who currently plays for Sacramento Republic in the United Soccer League
• Nicolas Platter, goalkeeper for Carolina RailHawks
• Matthew Sheldon, player for Tulsa Roughnecks F.C.
• Jerome Watson, former U.S. soccer forward
• Matt Wiesenfarth, player for Sacramento Republic

Wrestling

• Urijah Faber, wrestler; retired professional mixed martial artist, formerly WEC featherweight champion and UFC bantamweight contender[65]
• John Hennigan, professional wrestler known for his time in WWE as Johnny Nitro and John Morrison
• Tim Lajcik, mixed martial artist, stuntman, and actor

Other

• Alycia Moulton, tennis player
• Dave Scott, 6-time champion at Ironman World Championship
• Shiva Vashishat, cricket player

Business

UC Davis Business Alumni

John Watson, B.A. 1978 – CEO of Chevron

Robert B. Tucker, B.A. 1976 – author, consultant, and professional speaker

Daniel Ha – founder and CEO of Disqus

• Allison Arieff, Senior Content Lead at IDEO, co-founder and former editor of Dwell magazine
• William L. Ballhaus, CEO of Blackboard, Inc.
• Riley P. Bechtel, billionaire, CEO of Bechtel
• Diane Bryant, COO of Google Cloud
• Alfred Chuang, co-founder and CEO of BEA Systems
• Refaat El-Sayed, billionaire
• Lauren Elliott, internet entrepreneur, video game designer, co-designer of Carmen Sandiego game series
• Sean Ellis, founder of Qualaroo, coined growth hacking
• Ron Erickson, co-founder of Microrim, GlobalVision, Inc., and Egghead Software
• Bob Foster, past president of Southern California Edison; former Mayor of Long Beach, California
• Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., CEO and Chairman of Allegiant Air
• Adriana Gascoigne, CEO of Girls in Tech
• Kimberly Guilfoyle, Court TV and FOX News Channel anchor; ABC, CNN, and FOX News legal analyst/commentator
• Daniel Ha, co-founder and CEO of Disqus
• Oran B. Hesterman, president and chief executive officer of Fair Food Network
• Jeffrey Katz, CEO, NexTag; ex-CEO, Leapfrog; ex-CEO and founder, Orbitz
• Peter Lavelle, journalist, host of CrossTalk on the English-language TV channel of RT
• Francis Lee, CEO, Synaptics
• Jason Lucash, inventor and founder of Origaudio, Time Magazine's Top 50 Inventions of 2009, winner on ABC's show Shark Tank, and Entrepreneur's "Entrepreneur of the Year" for 2012
• Jonathan McManus, founder of Hotel Wailea Maui, hotelier and actor
• Ken Mercurio, author and former nutrition labeling director at Nestle USA
• Jani Macari Pallis, CEO of Cislunar Aerodynamics, professor at University of Bridgeport
• David Phillips, "The Pudding Guy"
• Mark Publicover, CEO and founder of JumpSport, inventor of the first affordable trampoline safety net enclosure
• Keith Robinson, co-owner of the Hawaiian island of Niihau
• Zohra Sarwari, Muslim author, business coach, entrepreneur, and international speaker
• Stratton Sclavos, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of VeriSign
• Tanya Seaman, founder of PhillyCarShare
• Rinki Sethi, Chief Information Security Officer at Twitter
• Krishna Subramanian, entrepreneur, angel investor, and co-founder of BlueLithium
• Jeffrey Tarrant, founder of Candescent Films
• Thomas J. Tierney, chairman of eBay
• John Watson, CEO of Chevron

Government

UC Davis Government Alumni

Anna Escobedo Cabral, B.A. 1987 – Treasurer of the United States

Tani Cantil-Sakauye, B.A. 1980, J.D. 1984 – Chief Justice of California

Miranda Du, B.A. 1991 – United States District Judge

Ann Veneman, B.A. – former Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture

Kuan Chung-ming, M.A. 1984 – minister of the National Development Council (Taiwan)

Howard B. Bromberg, B.S. – retired United States Army Lieutenant General

Foreign officials

• Kuan Chung-ming, former minister of the Taiwanese National Development Council, current chair of the Department of Finance of the National Taiwan University
• Mary Ikoku, Nigerian Special Adviser to the Federal Ministry of Information and Communications
• James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, Scottish nobleman
• Mohsen Nourbakhsh, former Governor of the Central Bank of Iran
• Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, Nigerian senator, daughter of former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo
• Mari Pangestu, Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy
• Roberto Sebastian, former Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (Philippines)
• Kamal Stino, Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt
• Isabel García Tejerina, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Spain)
• Rosanna Wong, former convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong

Federal government

• Anna Escobedo Cabral, Treasurer of the United States
• Janice Eberly, former chief economist of the United States Department of the Treasury
• Michael Faulkender, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy
• David J. Kappos, former Director of the Patent and Trademark Office
• Julie MacDonald, former deputy assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the United States Department of the Interior
• Lynn Okagaki, Commissioner of Education Research in the Institute of Education Sciences
• Paul M. Igasaki, Chair and Chief Judge of the Administrative Review Board at the U.S. Department of Labor
• Steven J. Law, United States Deputy Secretary of Labor
• Jane A. Restani, Judge on the United States Court of International Trade
• Richard Rominger, United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
• Sue Ellen Wooldridge, former United States Assistant Attorney General
• Ann Veneman, former Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, 2001–2005, later executive director of UNICEF

Ambassadors

• Leslie A. Bassett, United States Ambassador to Paraguay
• Anthony Godfrey, United States Ambassador to Serbia
• Sheila Gwaltney, United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan
• Scot Marciel, United States Ambassador to Myanmar
• Erin Elizabeth McKee, United States Ambassador to the Solomon Islands

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives

• Cal Dooley, United States Congressman, also president and CEO of National Food Processors Association
• Dave Loebsack, Congressman, Iowa, 2nd District
• George Miller, United States Congressman, California, 7th District
• Jimmy Panetta, assistant district attorney in Monterey County, California[66]
• Kim Schrier, Congresswoman, Washington, 8th District
• Jackie Speier, Congresswoman

State government

• Luis Alejo, California State Assemblymember, 28th District and former Mayor of Watsonville, California
• Charles Calderon, politician who served in both chambers of the California State Legislature
• Anthony Cannella, California State Senator, District 12 and fmr. Mayor of Ceres, California
• Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California
• Rebecca Cohn, California State Assembly member for the 24th District
• Ellen Corbett, California State Senator
• Jill Derby, elected Regent for the Nevada System of Higher Education
• Delaine Eastin, 25th State Superintendent of Public Instruction of California
• Robert Fong, former member of the Sacramento City Council
• Dario Frommer, California Assemblyman, 43rd District, Los Angeles
• Jeff Gorell, California State Assemblymember, 37th District
• Jani Iwamoto, member of the Utah Senate
• David C. Long, member of the Indiana State Senate representing the 16th district
• Michael Machado, California State Assemblymember
• Kerry Mazzoni, California Secretary of Education
• Tony Miller, former California Secretary of State
• Terry Morrow, former member of Minnesota House of Representatives
• Harold J. Powers, 36th Lieutenant Governor of California
• Ron Raikes, state senator from Lincoln, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature
• Kevin Shelley, former California Secretary of State
• Cameron Smyth, California Assemblyman, 38th District
• Charles Starr, member of Oregon House of Representatives
• Arthur Torres, Chairman of the California Democratic Party
• Phil Wyman, California Assembymember

Mayors

• Ruthlane Uy Asmundson, former mayor of Davis, first female Filipino mayor
• Jason Baker, mayor of Campbell, California
• Bob Black, former mayor of Davis
• London Breed, mayor of San Francisco, California
• Heather Fargo, former mayor of Sacramento, California
• Bob Foster, mayor of Long Beach, California
• Elihu Harris, mayor of Oakland, California
• Darrell Steinberg, mayor of Sacramento, California

Judges

• Tony Agbayani, Judge of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, California
• Miranda Du, District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
• Delbert Gee, Judge of the Superior Court of California in Alameda County
• Sharon L. Gleason, District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
• Paul W. Grimm, District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
• Paula A. Nakayama, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
• Kristina Pickering, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
• Dean D. Pregerson, District Judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California
• Jon Sands, Chief Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona
• Craig F. Stowers, Associate Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
• Steve White, Judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court

Military

• Hassan Akbar, U.S. Army sergeant, convicted for murders of fellow soldiers
• Howard B. Bromberg, lieutenant general, United States Army Deputy Chief of Staff
• John M. Wood, Major General in the United States Air Force; current commander of the Third Air Force

Other

• Dave Cortese, Santa Clara County Supervisor, former San Jose Vice Mayor/City Councilmember
• Andrew Do, member of Orange County Board of Supervisors
• John Quoc Duong, Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)
• Hoang Tu Duy, Vietnamese-born American democracy activist
• Joseph Gutheinz, retired NASA employee who investigated stolen and missing moon rocks
• Eric Mar, former San Francisco District 1 Supervisor and President, San Francisco Board of Education, currently professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University
• Angela E. Oh, attorney, teacher, and public lecturer best known for her role as spokesperson for the Korean American community
• Mindell Penn, Richmond, California city councilwoman and PG&E executive
• Jim Rogers, city councilmember for Richmond, California
• Larry Rogers, Jr., commissioner on the Cook County Board of Review[67]
• Katy Tang, San Francisco District 4 Supervisor
• Monika Kalra Varma, Director of Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights

Winemaking

• Amy Aiken
• Alberto Antonini, senior winemaker for the wineries of the Antinori and the Frescobaldi
• Kristen Barnhisel, winemaker[68]
• Daniel Baron
• Heidi Barrett, California winemaker and consultant
• Cathy Corison, winemaker
• Sarah Gott, winemaker
• Kathryn Kennedy
• Mia Klein, winemaker
• David Lake, Washington wine pioneer and Master of Wine
• Jeff Mangahas, winemaker
• Aaron Pott, Napa Valley consultant winemaker
• Carol Shelton, winemaker
• Kay Simon, class of 1976, Washington winemaker

Miscellaneous

• Dennis Banks, Native American leader
• John Lawrence Goheen, missionary and educator
• Peter A. Griffin, blackjack expert, one of the original seven members of the Blackjack Hall of Fame
• Amy Gutierrez, sports journalist
• Jan Hamrin, founded the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions
• Paul Holes, former cold-case investigator for the Contra Costa County District Attorney; known for his contributions to solving the Golden State Killer
• Maria Kang, fitness advocate and founder of the No Excuse Mom movement
• Randy Lew, professional poker player
• Laura Liswood, Secretary General of the Council of Women World Leaders
• Luis Scott-Vargas, "Magic: The Gathering" player
• John Dragon Young, Hong Kong scholar of Chinese history

See also

• List of University of California, Davis faculty

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External links

• Famous UC Davis Alumni on the Davis Wiki