Carlos Canedo Jr. ’98, MS ’99 and his wife, Erin Canedo ’98, are world travelers who
have taken the USC flag to places like Florence and Siena, Italy; Jungfrau, Switzerland; La Paz, Bolivia; and Machu Picchu, Peru.
2000s
Fernando Valley. She is a family law attorney who joined the firm in 2003. James Nussbaumer ’04 of Portland, Ore., joined the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State. His first tour is in Monterrey, Mexico.
Steve Boman MFA ’09 wrote Film School:
The True Story of a Midwestern Family Man Who Went to the World’s Most Famous Film School, Fell Flat on His Face, Had a Stroke, and Sold a Television Series to CBS, a memoir that chronicles his journey at USC. He splits his time between Edina, Minn., and La Cañada Flintridge, Calif.
Wendy Birhanzel EdD ’07 is principal of
Anela Freeman ’01 was appointed commu-
nity relations director at Pioneer House Senior Retirement Community in downtown Sacramento, where she leads advertising and marketing. Arwa Jumkawala ’03 was interviewed on MarthaStewart.com about her custom jewelry eboutique, GemKitty. She is a jewelry designer in Portland, Ore. Vanessa Soto Nellis JD ’03 was promoted to
shareholder at Lewitt, Hackman, Shapiro, Marshall & Harlan, a law firm in the San
Wildflower Elementary, which was named one of only eight schools in Colorado where 100 percent of its third-grade students scored proficient or advanced in reading. Tom Prieto MBT ’07 wrote “Tax Efficient Asset Allocation,” an article in Practical Tax Strategies. He lives in Valencia, Calif. Courtney R. Wise MS ’07 was named 2011 Young Professional of the Year by the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce. She is executive director of Take Care Advisor, a geriatric care management company in Sarasota, Fla.
Dallas Woodburn ’09 won first place in the Ninth Glass Woman Prize for her short story “Woman, Running Late, in a Dress.” She is a master’s student in fiction writing at Purdue University in Indiana, where she teaches undergraduate creative writing classes and is assistant fiction editor of literary journal Sycamore Review.
2010s
Norwegian twins Einy Paulsen ’10, MAcc ’11 and Kine Paulsen ’11 of Los Angeles
TWO REFRESHINGLY NEW BUSINESS BOOKS
for CEOs, Would-be CEOs and Managers Seeking Improvement TALES FROM THE TOP
TO WIT
The HUMAN DIMENSION in Management
A Sense of Humor is a Powerful, Mandatory Tool
“Ramo’s tales, the plots and characters, are skillfully designed to illuminate human relating basics. I felt this so strongly that I employed Tales From The Top as the text for a course I now teach.” James Ellis, Dean, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
“The wit of Si Ramo is inextricably interwoven with his wide-ranging wisdom so when he tells us that wit is an indispensable management tool we best pay heed.” Steven B. Sample, President Emeritus, University of Southern California
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Simon Ramo was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Carter and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the U.S.’s highest civilian award, by President Reagan. One of the nation’s most successful hi-tech entrepreneurs, his businesses have been acquired by the likes of General Electric, General Motors and Northrop. Inducted into the Business Hall of Fame, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Smithsonian Institution.
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