# List of University of California, Davis alumni

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

## Academics
### University presidents

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

### Professors

* Richard A. Andersen, professor of neuroscience at the California Institute of Technology
* Tani E. Barlow, professor of history at Rice University
* Bonnie Bassler, professor of molecular biology, Princeton University, MacArthur Fellowship
* Hugo J. Bellen, professor of molecular and human genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
* Gregory Berns, Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
* Daniel T. Blumstein, professor and chair for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA
* Robert Boyd, professor of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) at Arizona State University
* James F. Brooks, professor of history at University of California, Santa Barbara
* Janet Broughton, professor of philosophy and vice provost of UC Berkeley
* 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
* Mary Croughan, epidemiologist and academic administrator
* Philippe Desan, professor of French and history of culture at the University of Chicago
* M. Brent Donnellan, professor of psychology at Texas A&M University
* Harry C. Dorn, chemist and a professor of chemistry at Virginia Tech
* Bonnie S. Dunbar, former professor in the department of molecular and cell biology at Baylor University
* Mustafa Emirbayer, professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison
* Max Essex, professor of health sciences at Harvard University
* Lewis J. Feldman, professor of plant biology at UC Berkeley
* 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
* Stephen Glosecki, scholar of Old English
* 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
* Jo Hardin, professor of mathematics at Pomona College
* Burton Hatlen, literary scholar and professor at University of Maine
* James A. Herrick, Guy Vanderjagt Professor of Communication and former communication chair at Hope College
* Godfrey Hewitt, professor and evolutionary geneticist at University of East Anglia
* Donna Hoffman, professor of marketing at George Washington University
* Andrew D. Huberman, professor of neuroscience at Stanford University
* Amishi Jha, professor of psychology at University of Miami
* Eric A. Johnson, retired Professor of Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
* 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
* Robert Lieber, professor of the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
* Elizabeth G. Loboa, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Southern Methodist University
* Theraphan Luangthongkum, linguistics professor at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
* Bruce A. Manning, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at San Francisco State University
* Eric Mar, professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University
* John Marini (PhD), professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno
* 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
* Deanna Needell, professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles
* Loreen Olson - professor in the Communications Studies Department of University of North Carolina at Greensboro specializing in family communication
* 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
* William S. Penn, English professor at Michigan State University
* Gordon Rausser, Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley
* Peter Richerson, professor emeritus at UC Davis
* Jean Beagle Ristaino, professor of plant pathology at North Carolina State University
* Pearl T. Robinson, professor of political science at Tufts University
* Shawna Yang Ryan, professor at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
* Kirsten Saxton, professor at Mills College
* Julie K. Silver, professor at Harvard Medical School
* Meredith Small, professor of anthropology at Cornell University
* Justin E. H. Smith, professor at Paris Diderot University
* Gary D. Solis, adjunct professor of law who teaches the laws of war at the Georgetown University Law Center
* Nancy Butler Songer, dean of the School of Education at Drexel University
* Howard A. Stone, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University
* Scott Talan, professor of communication at American University
* Steven D. Tanksley, professor of plant breeding and biometry at Cornell University
* David Hurst Thomas, professor at Columbia University
* Martin Tolich, professor of sociology at University of Otago
* JoAnn Trejo, professor of pharmacology at University of California, San Diego
* Athula Wikramanayake, professor at the University of Miami
* Xu Xiaonian, professor of economics and finance at China Europe International Business School

## Science
### 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
* Karen Crowther, video 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, former 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
* Miaofang Chi, senior scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
* Chow Chung-kong, chemical engineer, chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
* Laurie Grindle, deputy director of NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center
* 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

* James C. Cox, economist at Georgia State University
* 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

* Charles M. Rice, 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
* 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
* 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
* Katherine A. Flores (medical school graduate), clinical professor at UCSF School of Medicine, physician, and activist for recruiting and retaining LatinX medical professionals
* Niklaus Grunwald, plant pathologist and professor
* Brian Hanley, microbiologist and biohacker
* Catherine T. Hunt, chemist
* Jae U. Jung, South Korea 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
* Robert W. Malone, virologist and immunologist
* 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
* Eric W. Sanderson, landscape ecologist
* H. Michael Shepard, cancer biologist and discoverer of Herceptin
* Gary Strobel, microbiologist
* David Hurst Thomas, archaeologist and anthropologist
* Linfa Wang, director at Duke-NUS Medical School
* Thomas W. Whitaker, 1927, botanist and horticulturist

### Geosciences

* Gabriel Filippelli, biogeochemist
* Christopher G. Newhall, volcanologist

### Other

* Patricia S. Cowings, NASA psychologist, first African American woman trained to be an astronaut
* 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
* Michael MacCracken, chief scientist for climate programs at the Climate Institute
* Kay Mehren, veterinarian and zoologist, Veterinarian Emeritus at the Toronto Zoo
* Sarah Myhre, climate scientist
* Zdenka Samish, Czech-Israeli food technology researcher
* Michael Wang, distinguished fellow at Argonne National Laboratory
* Henry Wedler, blind entrepreneur and chemist
* Jeff Werber, veterinarian

## Arts, entertainment, and literature
### Fine art

* Christopher Brown (M.F.A. 1976), painter, printmaker, and professor
* 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
* Victor De La Rosa, digital textile artist, educator
* 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
* Maija Peeples-Bright, painter, ceramist
* Irene Pijoan, painter, sculptor, educator
* 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
* Elizabeth Stephens, artist, sculptor, film maker, photographer
* Vonn Cummings Sumner, painter
* Richard Whitten (MFA 1987), painter and sculptor

### 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
* Stuart Michael Thomas, film composer
* 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
* JaNay Brown-Wood, children's book author
* Kevin Clark, poet and critic
* Kira Cochrane, feminist journalist and writer
* Costa Dillon, writer
* Heinz Insu Fenkl, award winning novelist, editor, translator and folklorist, M.A.
* Karen Joy Fowler, science fiction author
* Amy Gutierrez, sports journalist
* Theodore Hamm (writer), 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
* 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, The Winter Soldier, and Civil War, and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame
* Kelly Masterson, screenwriter
* Stephen McFeely, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter known for Captain America: The First Avenger, The Winter Soldier, and Civil War, and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame
* Ilan Mitchell-Smith, actor
* Matthew Moy, actor
* Richa Moorjani, actress
* Sue Murphy, stand-up comedian
* Conan Nolan, political reporter
* Grant Rosenberg, television writer and producer
* Scott Rubenstein, screenwriter
* Tareq Salahi, winery owner and 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

### 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
### Olympians

* Emily Azevedo, bobsledder in 2010 Winter Olympics
* Cara-Beth Burnside, snowboarder at the 1998 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
* Eddie Gamboa, pitcher for Tampa Bay Rays
* Marco Grifantini, pitcher for Toronto Blue Jays
* Ty Kelly, American-Israeli former utility player for the New York Mets
* 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 Frankston Blues
* Corey Hawkins, professional basketball player
* Brynton Lemar (born 1995), American-born Jamaican basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Chima Moneke, basketball player for Saski Baskonia of the ACB league and the EuroLeague
* Mark Payne, professional basketball player
* Jason Rabedeaux, college basketball coach; head coach of the UTEP Miners 1999–2002
* Josh Ritchart, basketball player
* 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, Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, California State University, Los Angeles
* Nathaniel Hackett, offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills
* Ejiro Evero defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos
* Paul Hackett, former head coach for University of Pittsburgh and University of Southern California
* Dan Hawkins, former head coach for the University of Colorado, Boise State and UC Davis Aggies football
* 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, former 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
* Matt Marshall, professional golfer from Carlton, Oregon
* Demi Runas, professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour

### Soccer

* Quincy Amarikwa, former MLS player
* Jacob Barron, soccer coach and former USL midfielder
* Ramon Martin Del Campo, retired Mexican soccer player
* Dirk Denkers, retired American soccer player who spent one season in both the NASL and MISL
* Ahmad Hatifi, current international soccer player for Afghanistan and a professional with the Oakland Stompers
* Elliott Hord, Sacramento Republic FC U-14 coach and former professional soccer player
* Nabilai Kibunguchy, professional soccer player and Kenyan international
* Nicolas Platter, goalkeeper coach for North Carolina FC
* Matthew Sheldon, player for Detroit City FC
* Jerome Watson, former U.S. soccer forward
* Matt Wiesenfarth, American soccer player

### Wrestling

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

* 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
* 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
* 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
* Ken Mercurio, author and former nutrition labeling director at Nestle USA
* Jani Macari Pallis, CEO of Cislunar Aerodynamics, professor at University of Bridgeport
* 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
* Ryan Roslansky, CEO of LinkedIn
* Zohra Sarwari, Muslim author, business coach, entrepreneur, and international speaker
* Michael A. Schwarz, Chief Economist at Microsoft
* Stratton Sclavos, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of VeriSign
* Tanya Seaman, founder of PhillyCarShare
* Rinki Sethi, former 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, former CEO of Chevron (2010-2018)

## Government
### 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
* James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, Scottish nobleman
* Mohsen Nourbakhsh, former Governor of the Central Bank of Iran
* Mari Pangestu, Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy
* Emais Roberts, Palauan politician and physician
* Roberto Sebastian, former Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (Philippines)
* Kamal Stino, former Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt
* Isabel García Tejerina, former 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 (2005-2009)
* 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
* Ann Veneman, former Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, 2001–2005, later executive director of UNICEF
* Sue Ellen Wooldridge, former United States Assistant Attorney General

### Ambassadors

* Leslie A. Bassett, United States Ambassador to Paraguay
* Kathleen A. FitzGibbon, United States Ambassador to Niger
* 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
* Howard Van Vranken, United States Ambassador to Botswana

### Members of the U.S. House of Representatives

* Cal Dooley, former Congressman, also president and CEO of National Food Processors Association
* Dave Loebsack, former Congressman, Iowa, 2nd District
* George Miller, former Congressman, California, 7th District
* Jimmy Panetta, Congressman, California, 19th district
* Kim Schrier, Congresswoman, Washington, 8th District
* Jackie Speier, former Congresswoman, California, 12th District (2008-2013), 14th District (2013 - 2023)

### State government

* Luis Alejo, former California State Assemblymember, 28th District and former Mayor of Watsonville, California
* Marie Alvarado-Gil, California State Senator, 4th district
* Charles Calderon, politician who served in both chambers of the California State Legislature
* Anthony Cannella, former California State Senator, 12th District, former Mayor of Ceres, California
* Tani Cantil-Sakauye, 28th Chief Justice of California
* Rebecca Cohn, former California State Assemblymember, 24th District
* Dave Cortese, California State Senator, 15th district, former Santa Clara County Supervisor, former San Jose Vice Mayor/City Councilmember
* Ellen Corbett, former California State Senator and Assemblymember, 10th District
* Jill Derby, former 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, former California State Assemblymember, 43rd District, Los Angeles
* Jeff Gorell, former California State Assemblymember, 37th and 44th Districts
* Jani Iwamoto, former member of the Utah Senate, 4th District
* Alex Lee, California State Assemblymember, 24th and 25th Districts; youngest legislator in state history
* David C. Long, former member of the Indiana State Senate, 16th District
* Michael Machado, former California State Assemblymember, 8th District
* Kerry Mazzoni, former California State Secretary of Education and Assemblymember, 6th District
* Tony Miller, former California Secretary of State
* Terry Morrow, former member of Minnesota House of Representatives, 23A District
* Pedro Nava, former California State Assemblymember, 35th District
* Harold J. Powers, 36th Lieutenant Governor of California
* Ron Raikes, former Senator in the Nebraska Legislature, 25th District
* Kevin Shelley, 28th California Secretary of State
* Cameron Smyth, Santa Clarita City Councilman and former California Assemblymember, 38th District
* Charles Starr, politician who served in the Oregon State Senate and House of Representatives
* Arthur Torres, former California State Senator, 24th District, and Assemblymember, 56th District
* Phil Wyman, former California State Senator, 16th District, and Assemblymember, 34th District

### Mayors

* Ruthlane Uy Asmundson, former mayor of Davis, first Filipina mayor
* London Breed, mayor of San Francisco, California
* Heather Fargo, former mayor of Sacramento, California
* Elihu Harris, 46th 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, retired 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, retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
* Amy Oppenheimer, Administrative law judge, California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
* Kristina Pickering, Associate Justice and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
* Dean D. Pregerson, Senior 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, retired Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
* Steve White, Judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court

### Military

* Bradley Becker, retired United States Army lieutenant general
* Howard B. Bromberg, retired lieutenant general, United States Army Deputy Chief of Staff
* William H. Forster, retired United States Army lieutenant general
* Bonnie Burnham Potter, first female physician in the Navy Medical Corps to be selected for flag rank
* John M. Wood, retired major general in the United States Air Force; former commander of the Third Air Force

### Other

* 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
* Paul Miyamoto, Sheriff of the City and County of San Francisco
* Angela E. Oh, attorney, teacher, and public lecturer best known for her role as spokesperson for the Korean-American community
* Mindell Penn, retired Richmond, California city councilwoman and PG&E executive
* Jim Rogers, former city councilmember for Richmond, California
* Larry Rogers, Jr., commissioner on the Cook County Board of Review
* Katy Tang, San Francisco District 4 Supervisor
* Monika Kalra Varma, Director of Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights

## Winemaking

* Amy Aiken, entrepreneur and winemaker
* Alberto Antonini, senior winemaker for the wineries of the Antinori and the Frescobaldi
* Kristen Barnhisel, winemaker
* Daniel Baron, winemaker
* Christian Moueix, French winemaker and president of JP Moueix
* Heidi Barrett, California winemaker and consultant
* Cathy Corison, winemaker
* Sarah Gott, winemaker
* Kathryn Kennedy, California winemaker
* Mia Klein, winemaker
* David Lake, Washington wine pioneer and Master of Wine
* Aaron Pott, Napa Valley consultant winemaker
* Carol Shelton, winemaker
* Kay Simon, Washington winemaker
* Steve Matthiasson, California viticulturist and 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
* 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