Alumni Honors 2018

Recipient of the School of Law’s Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award, Vickie Turner  is a partner in the law firm of Wilson Turner Kosmo, the largest women-owned law firm in San Diego. She has been a trial lawyer … Read More

Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award recipient for the School of Business William “Bill” Brennan earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of San Diego in 1996 and joined Barney & Barney — now Marsh & McLennan Agency (… Read More

College of Arts and Sciences recipient of the Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award, John Della Volpe is the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics and founder and CEO of SocialSphere, a modern public opinion … Read More

Recipient of the Bishop Charles Francis Buddy Award, Tracy Reines — who is the  Regional Director for U.S. Programs for the International Rescue Committee — has spent more than 20 years in the humanitarian community, working in dozens of locations throughout the … Read More

Sister Virginia Rodee — recipient of the 2018 Mother Rosalie Clifton Hill Award and retired assistant vice president for Mission and Ministry at USD — is a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart and a native San Diegan who grew up … Read More

Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award for the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, Eleonora-Markella Mantika is Political Affairs/Liaison Officer for the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia.

She hails from Greece. After earning her Master … Read More

Recipient of the Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award for the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, Cindy Steckel is the Vice President and Chief Nursing and Operations Executive of Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.

She began … Read More

Chet and Marguerite Pagni Family Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Sue Snyder was head coach for the women’s volleyball team for nine seasons, from 1990-1998. During her outstanding coaching career she directed the Toreros to the NCAA Tournament four … Read More

Recipient of the School of Leadership and Education Sciences’ Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award, Catherine “Caity” S. Riddle Meader is a quiet Changemaker working in a difficult field that is seldom discussed — serving those affected by the ravages of … Read More

Recipient of the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering’s Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award, Rasheed Behrooznia is vice president of engineering at Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), where he leads all engineering for North America. His team designs and develops fare-collection … Read More