William Chiu
William Chiu
San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate
2005

I manage a team of statistical modelers at a large bank. We use R and SQL to extract insights and produce forecasts. Please reach out if you’re interested in a career in econometrics and banking.

Belinda Hu
Belinda Hu
Washington, D.C
2019
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Michael Steinberger
Claremont, CA
Undergraduate
1999

Our second daughter, Juliet was born in August. She and Isabel (age 2) make us so grateful for any Silent Night they may deliver to us during this holiday season.

jenny wong
Jenny Wong
Berkeley, CA
Undergraduate
1996

I was sworn in as the elected Berkeley City Auditor in December 2018. In May, I celebrated my 20th wedding anniversary with Mark Schlosberg, also a Cal Economics Alumni.

Weiler
Stephan Weiler
Birmingham (UK) and Fort Collins
Graduate
1994

I'm finishing a Fulbright Distinguished Research Chair six-month term at our partner institute, the City-Region Economic Development Institute at the University of Birmingham Business School  (UK). 

Ennis
Sean F. Ennis
Norwich, England
Graduate
1996

I am moving from the OECD to the University of East Anglia in 2019 to become Director of the Centre for Competition Policy and Professor at Norwich Business School.

Lawton
Stephen Lawton
Hercules, CA
Undergraduate
1976

Brokering a waterfront parcel in the Bay Area. Also: volunteering with Urban Land Institute on programs illuminating solutions to California's obsolete housing and land-use policies. 

Mark Hugo Lopez
Washington, D.C
Undergraduate
1989

I'm the new director of Global Migration & Demography research at the Pew Research Center, focusing on international and domestic migration.

Jun wei Lao
Dublin
Undergraduate
2017

Started a new job at 2018 US Top 100 Fin-tech start-up in account management and payment operation.

Khuong Le
Berkeley, CA
Undergraduate
2018

I started a new job right at home at the UC Berkeley Student Learning Center to re-ignite the fiery passion for Economics in undergraduates by employing active and collaborative learning strategies.  

Last month, staring at the sky from a boat in the middle of a pitch black Lake Tahoe, I felt my calling. I was born to inspire dreams and uplift passions - I was born to be an educator.

Yizhuang Alden Cheng
Singapore
Undergraduate
2016

In my 2nd year of an Econ PhD program at MIT.

Ronald Park
Bremerton, WA
Undergraduate
2008

Since graduating, I've worked at an economics consulting firm, joined the Peace Corps, went to law school, and clerked for two federal judges. Just moved to WA from CA to work as a trial lawyer.

Ben Winston
Ben Winston
San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate
2009

I currently work in Business Operations at Lam Research, which specializes in supplying semiconductor capital equipment to advanced electronics chipmakers. Prior to my current position, I earned an MBA at Chicago Booth after serving 6 years as an officer in the U.S. Navy. I volunteer for One Brick, where I enjoy working with teams of old friends and new ones to support SF Bay Area community-building.

Christel Konang Sivero
Santa Monica, CA
Undergraduate
1969

​Published books and music under the Pseudonym Christel Alexander: “My Berlin: Childhood Reflections” and “Christel Alexander’s Dance Music: International Ballroom Pro/Am”, among others.  

Bruce Wydick
Bruce Wydick
Berkeley, CA
Graduate
1996

Still professor of economics at the University of San Francisco. I'm a research affiliate with CEGA at Berkeley, and a distinguished research affiliate at the Kellogg Institute at Notre Dame.

David Swartz
David Swartz
Oak Park, IL
Undergraduate
1994

I recently joined Morningstar in Chicago as a stock analyst. I am working in the consumer group and following retail and apparel companies.

Brandon Lehr
Brandon Lehr
Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate
2005

I'm Associate Professor of Economics at Occidental College, where I teach Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Behavioral Economics, Health Economics, and the Honors Seminar.

Won
Darryl Won
San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate
1987

As Chief Appraiser at Bank of America's Real Estate Valuation Business Unit, I'm engaged in Valuation Risk Management & Mitigation.

Simon Greenhill
San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate
2018

I started my first job as a research assistant at Climate Impact Lab, a mutli-institution research group seeking to predict the socioeconomic costs of climate change. 

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Brita Priest
San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate
2014

After spending 4 years at PwC in Transfer Pricing Consulting, I started a new job as a Product Specialist at Airbnb. I'm excited for a new adventure and to learn all there is to know about product! In my spare time I volunteer as a Chapter Advisor at Chi Omega, an organization that shaped my experience at Cal and provided me with valuable leadership experience. I currently am an advisor to the vice president.

Stijns
Jean-Philippe Stijns
Luxemburg
Graduate
2003
I’m a Senior Economist at the European Investment Bank (EIB), currently responsible for sovereign and banking sector risk rating in Central African countries, supporting the EIB’s operations in the corresponding countries. I’m also the coordinator of and a contributor to the EIB’s annual Study of Banking Sectors in sub-Saharan Africa, and I coordinate EIB’s survey of African banking groups. I’m currently a Lecturer in International Economics at SciencesPo, Collège Universitaire, in Nancy, France.
Prior to joining the EIB, I held positions at the IMF’s Africa Department, with the OECD’s Development Centre, as Investment Strategist for ING, and as Assistant Professor of Macroeconomics and International Economics at Northeastern University. While working at the Development Centre, I contributed to the African Economic Outlook.
Heuer
Alex Heuer
San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate
2018

 I started working in SF at Stripe, a financial technology company that processes online payments with the goal of increasing the economic infrastructure of the internet. I work on the Risk team.

Wong
Ka-lai Wong
Hong Kong
Undergraduate
1998

I am a full-time mom and freelance wine educator, consultant, and writer. 

Aylward
James Aylward
Oakland, CA
Undergraduate
2016

I started a new job as Economic Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Remler
Daniel Remler
Washington, DC
Undergraduate
2015

I recently started my first semester of a combined MBA-MPP graduate degree program at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Kumar
Vipul Kumar
San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate
2005

I started a new job as Vice President of the Transaction Advisory Practice with JLT Specialty USA. My wife, Priya, and I had our first child, Kyra Raman Kumar, on September 11, 2018.

Wu
Yuxiao (Vivian) Wu
Newport Coast, NJ
Undergraduate
2018

I got married a year ago. I'm currently a manager at US Tax Consulting, PwC 

Li
Marisa Li
Jersey City, NJ
Undergraduate
2018

I started my new job at Goldman Sachs three months ago. I work as an analyst in the firm's Vendor Management Office.

Agnus Hsu
San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate
2007

started volunteering for Minds Matter helping high school kids get into college.

Geraldine Lim
San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate
2010

I've been promoted to Director of Public Relations at SAP SuccessFactors!

I recently went to a yoga+meditation retreat and grew my interest in Buddhism. I also got a Frenchie puppy. 

Andrea Garcia
Long Beach, CA
Undergraduate
2018

This fall, I am interning at the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings Institution. So far, I have had a great time living in the capital of the US and being part of such a cool think-tank! 

Josiah Hunt
Washington, DC
Undergraduate
2018

I moved to DC, working in NPR as Digital Media Planning Associate. 

Kevin Li
San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate
2017

Joined KPMG as Emergent Technology audit Associate in 2017.

Elena Sanina
Oakland, CA
Undergraduate
2010

I Started a new job as Director on the Impact Team at CSGF, where I help create meaningful solutions and foster connections that benefit CSGF-supported charter school networks. I was also chosen by Forbes as one of national "30 Under 30" in education. Recently married Cal alum Andrew Tweed! You can read more in my featured story on the Berkeley Economics website.

Colin Meade
Fountain Valley, CA
Undergraduate
2012

New employment upon completing MBA at UCLA Anderson (baby bears good but < golden bears):
Site Administrator (leader in partnership w lead physician) of 2 clinics in Huntington beach for HCP.

Warren Coats, Robert Mundell, and Paul Volcker
Warren Coats
Bethesda, MD
Undergraduate
1965

retired from the International Monetary Fund.

Joe Radding
Carmichael, CA
Undergraduate
1980

Retired from California state service. Started educational and leadership consulting business. Continuing to teach community college courses in Economics and Public Management. I recently became a first time grandfather!

Lee
Steven Lee
Bethesda, MD
Undergraduate
1972

Returned to the USA in 2017 following 10 years overseas at the Internatinal Energy Agency (Paris) and World Institute for Nuclear Security (Vienna). In 2014, I retired and since have welcomed the birth of a second grandchild in September of 2018. 

Judy Teng
Dallas, Texas
Undergraduate
2018

I recently moved to Texas, where I am a Research Assistant at Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Peter Thomas
Gellatin, TN
Graduate
1978

We just moved from Sausalito, CA, to Gallatin, TN which is just outside of Nashville. We're loving the town, the food, the music and the people! I'm keeping my business, Weedoo Construction in Marin County and flying back and forth, coordinating my return trips to CA with Cal football games.

In Johannesburg with 3 Grandkids
Paul Distenfeld
Miami, FL
Graduate
1977

Retired. Recently took 3 grandchildren (and their parents as babysitters) to South Africa on Safari!

Francois Gerard
New York, NY
Graduate
2013

I'm Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia studying public policies (on social programs, taxes, the environment) in middle-income and developing countries. 

Lore Spangler
Los Angeles, CA
Undergraduate
1970

I retired after being a family law attorney for 35 years. My son turned 41! And I have a lovely 5 year old granddaughter. A little nervous about getting a new knee next month!

Roach
Tara Roach
Carlsbad, CA
Undergraduate
2009

I began teaching economics online as an Adjunct Professor at Miramar College in San Diego, and began my 4th year teaching in person courses at Palomar College.

Maurice
Kugler Maurice
Washington, DC
Graduate
2000

This Fall I became Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University in the Schar School of Policy and Government, after holding posts at the World Bank, the UN and the Harvard Kennedy School. I recently wrote an article on Noble Laureate Paul Romer, my Ph.D. supervisor at Berkeley Economics. The piece highlights the significance of the profound and transformational contributions to economic growth and international development research made by Romer.

Catherine ("kate") Rooney
Medford, OR
Undergraduate
1984

I am semi-retired and enjoy getting back into classical piano and math, which I teach. I still read about Russian economy and enjoy a Russian lit reading group.

Jiwon (David) Son
Berkeley, CA
Undergraduate
2018

I started a new job as a research assistant for Professor Michael Klass in the UCB Department of Statistics. I have learned how to code in JavaScript, speak in Japanese, and speak in public.

Kelley Cox
Berkeley, CA
Undergraduate
2009

I got married in October, 2017. My company, KLC fotos is now the official photographer of Cal Athletics. Named Olympus "Visionary"

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Cindy (Gustafson) Decker
Tulsa, OK
Graduate
1999

I will be the Executive Director of Tulsa Educare beginning in January 2019. Educare is a national network educating our very youngest at-risk children with the goal of breaking the cycle of poverty. 

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Murray Bolesta
Tucson, AZ
Undergraduate
1981

I'm a photo artist at www.MurrayBolesta.com dedicated to saving our planet.