List of University of California, Davis alumni

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

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, president of Wabash College

• Mondo Kagonyera, chancellor of Makerere University in Uganda

• Michael Kotlikoff PhD, provost and acting president of Cornell University

• Éric Maurincomme, director of INSA Lyon

• Richard Miller, founding president of Olin College

• Dr. Indira Samarasekera, 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

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, 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

 * 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

• Zdenka Samish, Czech-Israeli food technology researcher

• Michael Wang, distinguished fellow at Argonne National Laboratory

• Henry Wedler, blind entrepreneur and chemist

• Jeff Werber, veterinarian

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

• Samuel Claesson, 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, 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

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

• 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 Magazines Top 50 Inventions of 2009, winner on ABC's show Shark Tank, and Entrepreneurs "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)

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, United States Congressman, also president and CEO of National Food Processors Association
 * Dave Loebsack, Congressman, Iowa, 2nd District
 * George Miller, United States Congressman, California, 7th District
 * Jimmy Panetta, assistant district attorney in Monterey County, California
 * Kim Schrier, Congresswoman, Washington, 8th District
 * Jackie Speier, Congresswoman

State government
• Luis Alejo, former California State Assemblymember, 28th District and former Mayor of Watsonville, California

• Charles Calderon, politician who served in both chambers of the California State Legislature

• Anthony Cannella, former California State Senator, District 12 and former Mayor of Ceres, California

• Tani Cantil-Sakauye, 28th Chief Justice of California

• Rebecca Cohn, former California State Assemblymember, 24th District

• Ellen Corbett, former California State Senator and Assemblymember, 10th District

• Jill Derby, 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, 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

• 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
• Dave Cortese, Santa Clara County Supervisor, former San Jose Vice Mayor/City Councilmember

• 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

• 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

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