Prominent CSUN Alumni

Prominent CSUN Alumni

Cal State Northridge, as the only public university in the San Fernando Valley region, each year graduates thousands of students who go on to very successful careers in a wide variety of disciplines. Many of the university's graduates also rise to the peak of their fields and become well known public figures. Below is a sampling of some of CSUN's prominent alumni. An accompanying web page also separately lists Prominent CSUN Entertainment Alumni.

CEOs, Presidents and Executives

Vince Barabba
Vincent Barraba
Stephen Bollenbach
Mory Ejabat

Dirk Gates
Jerald Jordan
Jerald Jordan
Stanford Kurland

Kenneth Nwabueze
Kenneth Nwabueze

Charles Noski

Alex Yemenidjian

Vincent Barabba, Chairman, Internet Home Alliance, and former Director of Census Bureau
Stephen Bollenbach, CEO of Hilton Hotels
Steve Crossland, President, Intercollegiate Enterprises (sports merchandising)
Lynn M. Doll, President & Senior Partner of Rogers and Associates PR Firm
Mory Ejabat, Co-Founder/Chairman/CEO, Zhone Technologies
Patsy "Pat" Flanigan, President/CEO/Co-Founder, Flanigan Farms Natural Foods Co.
Dirk Gates, Founder, Xircom Networking Products Company
Henry Hilty Jr., President, A.F. Gilmore Co. and L.A. Farmers Market
Jerald Jordan, Former President, Fed. Reserve Board of Cleveland
Stanford Kurland, President/CEO, Countrywide Home Loans
Tim Lingren, President, Fruit Growers Supply Co.
Kenneth Nwabueze, President & CEO, SageMetrics Corp.
Charles Noski, CFO & Board of Directors Member, Northrop Grumman Corp.
Tony Palma, President/CEO, Easton Sports (largest producer of baseball bats)
Daniel Pena Sr., former Chairman & Founder, the Guthrie Group former Chairman and Founder, Great Western Development Corp.
Larry Twersky, President of 1-800-DENTIST/ Futuredontics
Alex Yemenidjian, former Chairman/CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

Alumni in Space…the Final Frontier

Scott Horowitz

Jeri Taylor

Scott Horowitz, former NASA Space Shuttle Astronaut
David Gerrold, Author of "Star Trek" Television Episode "The Trouble with Tribbles"
John Stoltz, inventor of the Transponder Landing System
Jeri Taylor, Creator of “Star Trek Voyager”

Education and Social Services

Yvonne Chan

Richard Chapleau

Daniel Chernow

Michael Day	Debra Farar	Julie Korenstein
Jon Lauritzen	David Tokofsky	Irene Tovar

Jerry Bobrow, Author & Founder, Bobrow Test Preparation Services
Yvonne Chan, Charter School Pioneer and Founder
Richard Chapleau, 1995 California Teacher of the Year
Daniel Chernow, Executive Director, UCLA School Management Program
Michael Day, Director, Caltech's Beckman Institute
Debra Farar, Member, California State University Board of Trustees
Julie Korenstein, Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education
Jon Lauritzen, Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education
Scott C. Malloy, 2001 California Teacher of the Year
Lois Roberts, Founding CSUN Student & Distinguished Educator
David Tokofsky, Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education
Irene Tovar, Heads the Largest Housing and Head Start Programs in Los Angeles; First Latina to be Appointed to Statewide Position