COMMENCEMENT
Pepperdine University
George L. Graziadio Business School
Saturday, April Eighteenth, Two Thousand Twenty-Six Ten Thirty in the Morning Malibu, California
Marshal
Processional
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
National Anthem
Presiding
Student Address
MICHAEL L. WILLIAMS
Vice Dean of Academic and Student Affairs
Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar)
GARY L. MANGIOFICO
Academic Director, Master of Science in Organization Development Executive Professor of Management and Leadership
MARK ALLEN
Practitioner Faculty of Organization Theory and Management
Class of 1990
JESSICA TEDDINGTON Class of 2026
JAY L. BREWSTER Provost
DIEGO MORGENSTERN Class of 2026
Presentation of Distinguished Alumnus Award
MARTHA
Commencement Address
DEBORAH F. CROWN Dean
MOLINA BERNADETT
Class of 2001
Presentation of Candidates for Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees
Benediction
MARTHA
MOLINA BERNADETT
Chief Executive Officer
The Molina Foundation Former Chief Innovation Officer Molina Healthcare
JAMES A. GASH President Class of 1993, Caruso School of Law
ROBERT LEE
Associate Professor of Accounting
(The audience will rise for the benediction and be seated during the recessional.)
Recessional Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky)
THE MISSION OF THE GRAZIADIO BUSINESS SCHOOL
The mission of the George L. Graziadio Business School is to develop values-centered leaders and advance responsible business practice through education that is entrepreneurial in spirit, ethical in focus, and global in orientation.
As a professional school growing out of the tradition of a Christian University, we seek to positively impact both society at large and the organizations and communities in which our students and graduates are members. Therefore, we affirm a higher purpose for business practice than the exclusive pursuit of shareholder wealth. We believe that successful management seeks collective good along with individual profit and is anchored in core values such as integrity, stewardship, courage, and compassion.
GEORGE L. GRAZIADIO, JR.
1919 – 2002
George L. Graziadio, Jr., benefactor and namesake of the Graziadio Business School at Pepperdine University, enjoyed a long and storied career that continues to positively impact education and enterprise. With his business partner George M. Eltinge, Mr. Graziadio founded and opened in 1963 the first Imperial Bank in Los Angeles, which became a leading financial institution with $8 billion in assets. As a partner in the Eltinge and Graziadio Development Company and other real estate firms, Mr. Graziadio also developed more than 100 shopping centers and stores in 20 states.
During his abundant life, Mr. Graziadio devoted time, leadership, and resources to a host of civic and community causes. He served as international president of the 20-30 Clubs and the World Council of Young Men’s Service Clubs, chair of the board of trustees of the Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation, a board member of the French Foundation of Alzheimer’s Research, and a member of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. He also served on the boards of the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and was a charter member of the National Italian American Foundation, which awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award for Humanitarian Service.
Mr. Graziadio was the deserving recipient of many honors, including the Horatio Alger Award, the Albert Schweitzer Leadership Award, the Newcomen Society Award, the Great American Traditions Award of the B’nai B’rith Foundation, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and an honorary doctor of laws from Pepperdine University. Other recognitions include the Marconi Award from the Sons of Italy of America, the EDDY Award from the Los Angeles Economic Development Agency, the President’s “E” Award from the US Department of Commerce, the Americanism Award and the Good Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America, the Humanitarian Award of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and the Grande Ufficiale Award in the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy.
In 1996 Mr. Graziadio and his wife, Reva, whose involvement with Pepperdine spanned many years, made a monumental gift to the University’s business school, which gained a proud new identity bearing his name. Mr. Graziadio served with distinction as the founding chair of the Graziadio Board. Today, the beautiful Villa Graziadio Executive Center on Pepperdine’s Drescher Graduate Campus stands in testament to the steadfast commitment of the couple, whose legacy endures at the Graziadio School through the active involvement of their children Mary Lou and Alida.
DIEGO MORGENSTERN
Diego Morgenstern is a graduate student of German and Mexican descent pursuing dual master’s degrees at the Graziadio Business School. Over the years, he has lived, worked, and studied in Mexico City; Victoria, Canada; Madrid; Salzburg; Stockholm, and now Malibu. Before attending Pepperdine, Diego obtained his bachelor’s degree at IE University in Madrid. He holds the CFA Level I designation and aims to obtain the CFA charter. He has worked in M&A financial due diligence, development finance, corporate controlling at Mercedes-Benz, and credit analysis across multiple countries.
Diego Morgenstern is receiving a master of science in global business and master of science in applied finance from the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. Following graduation, he plans to further pursue his career in finance in Los Angeles.
MARTHA MOLINA BERNADETT
Martha Molina Bernadett is a physician, innovator, and philanthropist. Her career spanned from the bedside to the boardroom, from caring directly for patients to designing programs and policies impacting populations.
Rooted in a family legacy of compassionate medical care, Dr. Bernadett served as executive vice president and chief innovation officer of Molina Healthcare, carrying forward the vision of her father and the organization’s founder, Dr. C. David Molina.
During her 35 years with Molina Healthcare, she managed its dozens of medical practices, led contracting and provider relations, internal and external consulting, and digital transformation. Dr. Bernadett created the first fully domestic bilingual nurse advice call center in the US, a precursor to today’s widely used telehealth model. Perhaps most notably, she and her siblings grew the family business after their father’s death in 1996, took it public in 2003, and built it into a Fortune 500 company that remains today.
Since retiring from Molina Healthcare, Dr. Bernadett has remained committed to philanthropic efforts focused on youth, families, and education. She and her husband, Faustino, launched the Molina Foundation to address access to education and health. The foundation has distributed new books to more than 11 million children and families nationwide to promote literacy. She serves on the boards of National 4-H Council, First Book, and the Larry and Helen Hoag Foundation.
At Pepperdine, she and her husband established the Drs. Martha and Faustino Bernadett Endowed Faculty Fellows Program at the Graziadio Business School. Dr. Bernadett serves on Pepperdine’s University Board and has received both the Waves of Service George Award and the Outstanding Alumni in Healthcare Award from Graziadio Business School.
Martha Molina Bernadett earned her medical degree from the University of California, Irvine and her residency in family medicine at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center. In 2001, she completed her MBA in the Presidents and Key Executives Program at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.
PART-TIME PROGRAMS
Bachelor of Science in Management
Anthony Avakian
Dania Bahrami
Beatriz Barragan
Ruby Mae Bixler
Evan Campbell*
Kimberly Chavez†
Annie Joi-sze Cheng
Angeline Milette Chosco✧
Carolyn Eichenhofer
Sara Eller
Mark Gill✧
Vanessa Janet Cervantes Gonzalez
Taylar Hicks
Benjamin Hur
Herlinda Rueda Ibanez
Kennedy Taylor Lindsey*†✧
Daniela Lozano
Kassidy Matthews
Sheida P. Mohammad
Tyler Axford Niles
Melody Razi
Natalie Roman
Penicia Sims
Gianna Sotere
Emily Tender
Sonika Kumari Mukerjee Vaid
Max Zhang
Master of Business Administration
Omar B. Abosaleem
Abdul Awwal Adebayo
Janice Agsalog
Diana Alaberkyan†
Jennifer Amaro
Tomoichi Andry
Andrew Asadurian
Grace Aso
Louis Atuncar
Andre Avakian
Emin Bagdasaryan
Vanessa Bagnara
Brenda Bailey
Nshteh Balian
Christian Benjamin
Ryan Best
Alexander de Clare Beverly
Preetpal Bhogal
Michael Bogart
Cassie Boyd
*Graduate of a different term
✧Invitee, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
†Student Donor
Connor Bridges
Margaret R. Bruns✧
Megan Caird Carboni
Karina Carrero
Britney Chandra
Jazmine Chase
Jorge Chavarin
Victoria Chavez
Ainy Gu Cheng
Hyunmi Michele Choi
Vassiliki Christodoulou
Juliet Ru-Yi Chung
Kristen Marie Clark
Katlynn Clinich
Asia Coleman*
Samantha Cook
Stacey Veronica Coombes*
Caroline Crockett
Robert Jesse Cueto
Carlynne Cutler*
Note: This is not an official graduation list.
LaShania Davis
Sam Davoudzadeh*
Peter De Los Santos
Aaron Denton*
Jordan Diggs
Janee Lynch-Ditmar
Khalil Doheny
Astrid Nahomy Duran
Vicky Maria Edwards
Lauren Miranda Elizarraz
Bradley Adam Reade Escobar
Bethany Eyre†
Jonathan Faber
Vergel Fajardo*
Michael Fakhuri
David E. Falk
Jocelyn Fermin
Erica Fletcher†
Jasmin Rishae Ford
David P. Foy
Kaylin Franklin*
Coby Friedman
Nicholas Furton
Corey Gabor
Farid Ghanbarian
Natalia Ghenov
Sarah Carey-Ghoslin*†
Gabrielle Gibb
Michael Eamon Gilroy
Billal Gitesatani*
Conrad Glider
Gabriel Gonzalez
Edgar Granados
Michelle Gray
Brandon Greene✧
Jaqueline Guadiana†
Stephanie Frances Guerrero
Shayle Gupta
Nhat-Anh Vo Ha
Jeffrey Haas
Elias Haile
Kyle Hamilton
Pierre Hanna
Tyler Harmon
Angela Chandra Harris
Paige Marie Hassenplug
Noelle Hauck
Jailah Hawkes
Holly He
Ian Heffron
Andrew Micah Helms
Peter Hilen
Jeremy Hilliard
Amanda Horas
William Hsu*
James Alexander Huynh
Dylan Irwin
Elizabeth Isusquiza
Elizabeth Jacinto
Daniel Lawrence Jacobs
Andrew L. Jefferson
Scott Johnson
Ray Jung
Eleni Kapogianis
Alan Kargodorian✧
Darryl Kauffman
Tammy Kha
Deepak Kharbanda
Amy Kim✧
Min Hui Kim*
Mindy Kindhart†
Julia Kirsten
Nicole Suzanne Koski
Arman Kosoyan
Andrew James Koustoumbardis
Natalie Koulisher
Carlisle Kraft
Lauren Kuklin
Brandon Laine
Changki Lee
Gabriel Lehrman✧
Carter Lentz
Cedric Lim
Randi Little
Brittany Liu
James Robinson-Liu
Kiani Lopez
Linda Lopez
Raina Loya
Macy Mansion
Edgar Mariscal
Benjamin McNertney
Tatyana Megginson
Alexander Menjivar
Brian Merino
Matthew Miller
India Mitchell
Sajel Montejano
Bruce Merle Morrissette Jr.
Lena Mousa
Matthew Moyer
Kaley Patricia Murphy
Grace K. Nelson
Noel Nicosia
Yazmin Nunez
Uchenna Obiora Nwosu
Charles F. Olea Jr.
Tatiana Orr
Veronica Pallasigue
Jacob Pappa✧
Darnell Parker II
Phillipp Parker
Christopher Peltier
Crystal M. Perez
Christopher Perino
Luke Phillips
Jorge Alberto Polanco
Anna Farzam Pourdavoud
Neil Rajendran
Brandon Shawn Ratner✧
Rachel Razon
Timothy Rea
Adrian Reveles
Monica Reyes
Andrew Reynoso
Marshalon Richards
Juan Pablo Robayo
Michael Rosenthal
Michael Russo
George Safar
Karishma Kumari Sahay
Janice Samuels
Alicia Sanchez
Dillon Sandidge
Victor Santamaria
Courtney Racquel Schemansky
Ryan Schifino
Vanessa Joaquin Serrato
Megan Shillington
Mohammed Raymond Shirazi
Kuljit Kaur Sidhu✧
Franklin Simmons
Natalie Sirois
Kiana Sisneroz
Bryon Wesley Smith
Clanesha Smith
Joanna Smith†
Griselda Isabel Solis*
Ryan Thomas Stauffer✧
Wesley Stringer
Kara Studzinski
Arwa Sutarwala
Daniel Eufracio Tapia
Jessica Teddington
Marliena Thou
Nicole Tian
Nik Tirana✧
Shelia R. Long Tramble
Hikaru Tsukagoshi
Christopher Tusler
Rodney Ursery
Obinna Uzoma
Daryl Velasco
George Vigil
Tommy Lee Wade III
Sarah Watari
Robyn Rheann Belen Watkins
Martin Leonard Weiss
James Malcolm Williams
Veena Yomjan
Nicole Youhanaie
Shaoting Zhang
Weihua Zhang
Master of Science in Business Analytics
Jason Aiyavoo
Mharie Brigham✧
Daniel Cartagena
Amoy Jodine Cheddesingh
Tyus Michael Chinn
Owen Andrew Hagood✧
Rhyan Felicity Lark
Pablo A. Lau
Jonathan Miranda*
Claudia Mendoza
Caleen Piper
Austin Italo Porzio
Andrew Joseph Samonte
Natalie Smith
Daneisha Thomas
Master of Science in Human Resources
Shelby Boagni✧
Chloe Brittingham
Vanessa Anne Egan
Karen Paola Franklin
Amelia Furlow✧
Jeaneve Marie Guillory
Bradley Joseph Marren✧
Melvia McDiarmid
Paris Sanders
Samantha Paulina Sandoval
Shannon Marie Santatikul
Kirsten Alexis Staples✧
Imara Thompson
Courtney Triplett
Christian Vaca✧
Zahra Amynah Vadsaria
Wilyam Vickers
Master of Science in Management and Leadership
Tiana Akers*
Carmelita Botelho
Hripsime Alice Demirjian
Brendyn Heath
Kathryn Nolan Kime
Jonathan Martinez
Kyla Jo Miller
Meghan Ohanian
Stephania Maria Rosero
FULL-TIME PROGRAMS
Master of Business Administration
Ryan Jeffrey Abunan
Jesus Antonio Acosta†
Chelsea Lisseth Alcedo
Aria Allen
Abdullah Aljarbou✧
Valeria Medrano Arteaga
Loosineh Avakians
Eric George Baronikian
Barry Blocker III
Nicholas Boghossian✧
Jimmy Chan✧
Evan J. Cheung
Robert Dahlstrom
Michael Ann Dauber✧
Michael Donovan
Julien H. Farahmand
Byron Randall Fisher†
Omer Joseph Florentin
Vanessa Judith Francois
Daniel Tsuneo Goldstein✧
Jai’lynn Crystal Joy Griffin
Jiaxun Guan
Wai Yan Min Han
Ryan Hariri
Jai Hendrix
Andre Hinton II
Ryan Matthew Humphreys
Maha Ishaq
Andre Kalaydjian
Eva Karakenyan
Ryan Khazra
William Curtis Leonard
Kennedy Taylor Lindsey*†✧
Jenni Lopez
Kristian Raymond Lopez
Kianna Nicole Maghsoudnia
Fouad Adel Mansour
Connor Jeffery Martin✧
Maria del Carmen Martinez
Grant Robert Miller
Makai Maverick Montague
Isabelie Nicole Montalvo
Trent Scott Montie
Jillian Ashlynn Wynne Moreau
Sarah Misaki Nishide✧
Gregorio Ortega†
Laura Bethany Ann Phillips✧
Kyle Pientka
Jie Quan
Bryant Ismail Rahadian
Brooke Faye Rothschiller
Johnny Saakyan
Karma Christine Salvato
Isabella Romayne Saporito
Yuka Sato
Tess Grace Scaman
Samuel Thomas Scavone
Anna McCowan Scobie
Christian Sharron
Charles Patrick Shumway✧
Paige Kelsey Smith
Sheree Gaynelle Solieman
Yashaswini Srikanth
Payton MacKenzie Thompson✧
Cawley Daniel Vaccarella
Rohit Vedulla
Alexia Vlachouli
Kaya Vukovic
Shirley Wang
Johnathan Washington
Lucien Von Wechsberg
Master of Science in Applied Finance
Garth Quinn Ainslie
Abdulrazzag Albanwan
Othman Albuloushi
Natalie Vanessa Alfaro
Abdulaziz Abdullatif Alshaya
Reilly Smith Cabrera
Soleil Cosko*
Anders Tveit Eide
Edidiong Osung-Etisong
Liam Fields
Tal Fitlovich
Dylan Wayne Hansen
Jack Ryan Isaak
Landi Ju
Kainoa King
Brenna Kottmann
Lei Miao
Diego Morgenstern✧
Sarah Noor
Todd Matthew Pasquale
R’Reon Robinson
Javi Cordero Sancho
William Ellis Tyler
Yash Verma
Haopeng Yu
Enyu Zhu
Master of Science in Business
Marco A. Avalos†
Ryan Barnett
Parker Buchheit
Julia Caroline Caruolo
Noa Amber Eriksson
Ivory Finley
Meghan Fiso
Bella Green
Xian Li
Zhijing Li
Abe Luk
Chiara Nicole Marrow
Kausha Mohottige
Hayden Alexandra Wempe
Master of Science in Business Analytics
Laman Abdullayeva
Alexandra Olivia Barling
Justin Alexander Chandraputra
Dylan Conde
Robert Dean
Alexander Michael Fan✧
Alexzanna Samana Foroozandeh
Navid Hussain Ghorbanali
Haolin Jin
Yiyang Lei
Muhuizi Li
Meilin Liu
Yisi Lu✧
Yasmeen Marafie
Joseph Rahul Nagothu
Calvin Jeramee Nastor
Jiawei Ni
Daniel Chung Patterson
Ruixuan Song
Terence Stiadhi
Jinze Su
Kayla Alexis Torres
Juan Bayon Ugarte
Yuning Yang
Xijia Yu
Thomas Young
Master of Science in Global Business
Khalid Alabdulrazzaq*
Moza Aldawas*
Abdulaziz Alzamil
Samantha Naiel Ammari
Yuheng Cai
Yu Chen
Javon Cooley
Sisi Du
Zhuoran Feng
Ziqing Huang
Marley Johnson
Alexander Lawrence Johnston
Junhe Kim
Emma Kirby
David Kushi
Chuan Lyu
Diego Morgenstern✧
Leigha Alezandria Weber
Kaiwen Xia
Yinan Xiao
Yifei Xing
Weicong Xue
Kevin Zhang
Yuntian Zheng
Master of Science in Real Estate
Sara Avanesyan
Natasha Barragan
Jesus Bautista
Cristian Omar Camargo
Alexander Cervantes
Brennan Michael Conroy
Samuel Patrick Curtis†
Jesus Xavier Delgado
Jason Don
Ahkere P. Esangbedo†
Karina Gonzalez
Holden Nathan Levy
Pierce Alexander Quinn
Brendan Joseph Read
Arielle Hannah Ross
Lucia Yasmine Sarimsakci
Anh Tran
Matthew Thomas Walsh
EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS
Master of Business Administration, Executive
Quinn Baumann
Maya Belay
Stefan Bren
Aaron Chung
Larese Clifton
Ani Dermenjian
Gilberto Gil
Carl Gist
Edgar Gonzalez
Jake Parker Groat
Jarett Horton
Matthew Janjanin
Korey Ryan Jones
Paneet Kamal
Jason Monroe
Anderson Valdez Nunez
Rohan Loyala Philip
Daniel Price
Carissa Smith
Chandler Daniel Sooferan
Natalie Tachdjian
Alicia Valadez
Vincent Angelo Warfield†
Master of Business Administration, Presidents and Key Executives
Jonathan Pierce Barton
Chelsea Rae Belew
Mona Clayton
Kelly Ann Colman
Damion Gillespie Sr.
Latasha Monique Gillespie
Phillip Rey Gomez
Chad Michael Lafferty
Han Day Lee
Oscar Antonio Maldonado
Crystal Dillard Robinson
Evora Griffith Russell
Roxanne Taylor
Master of Science in Organization Development
Hossannah Majuelo
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