page_title: List of Santa Clara University people
section_title: Entrepreneurs and business leaders
hierarchical_section_title: List of Santa Clara University people / Notable alumni / Entrepreneurs and business leaders
caption_attribution_description: "Carol Thomas joins a very elite group of women in the Air National Guard as she receives her Brigadier General stars from the Honorable Bob Miller, Governor of Nevada (Ieft) and Major General Donald Sheppard, Director of the Air National Guard. Brigadier General Thomas is Nevada's first woman general and the first woman to serve as Chief of Staff for Air to the state's adjutant general. She is a registered nurse in civilian life and has served as an Air Force flight nurse."
context_section_description: Everett Alvarez (1960), President of Conwal Consulting
  William Dallas (1987), founder and owner, Dallas Capital
  David Drummond (1985), Vice President and General Counsel, Google
  Fred Franzia (1965), owner of Bronco Winery and maker of Charles Shaw wine, potentially the largest grape producer in California
  Richard Justice (1971), Executive Vice President World Wide Field Operations, Cisco Systems
  Jack Kuehler (1954), former President of IBM
  Thomas Lavelle (1976), Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Rambus
  Thomas E. Leavey (1922), co-founder of Farmers Insurance
  Chris Malachowsky (M.S. 1986), co-founder and Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations, NVIDIA
  Peter Oppenheimer (M.B.A. 1987), CFO and Senior Vice President of Apple Computer
  George Reyes (M.B.A 1979), CFO, and former Senior Vice President, Google
  Stephen Schott (1960), former owner of the Oakland Athletics
  John A. Sobrato (1960), billionaire owner and Chairman, Sobrato Development Companies
  Thomas D. Terry (S.J.), President of Novitiate Wines
caption: Bob Miller, Former Governor of Nevada
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