People
Campaign Leadership
Greetings from the Campaign Chairs
When we began the Campaign for Pepperdine, we had one key objective: to tell our story
well and in a way that invites all of our alumni and friends to be both involved and
invested in our future. Lucky for us, Pepperdine has always had a good story, beginning
with the daring tale of an entrepreneur who founded a Christian college in the heart
of Los Angeles and now penning a new and defining chapter—the triumphant conclusion
of the University's third and largest-ever fundraising campaign.
For the past decade, we've shared our story—along with the thousands more of our alumni and students—and we count with pride the more than 49,000 donors who responded with gifts to the campaign. We gratefully acknowledge the 25,000 new alumni, friends, faculty, staff, foundations, and corporations who made their first gift to Pepperdine. Every dollar donated is being put to work for the mission of the University and the students we serve.
Our goals have been realized with a generous $44 million in annual support dollars to our schools and programs, more than $140 million in new faculty and academic initiatives, and an incredible $141 million in new scholarship funds and support for students. Gifts to the campaign have also made possible more than $114 million in campus improvements, including key international facilities, the beautiful Mullin Town Square, and our future University Events Center.
From the Office of the Chair, we are humbled by the extraordinary talent and generosity of all who participated in this quest. We are grateful to have served alongside the chairs of the various campaign committees and to each volunteer who was a fervent ambassador of this unique institution. Your allegiance to this campaign is the reason for its success, and we are blessed to have had your leadership on this journey.
In the coming years, students, faculty, and leaders of the University will continue to write its exceptional story, endlessly enriched by the campaigns before it. Thank you for the role you've played in shaping Pepperdine's future—indeed its destiny—as it remains committed, now and forever, to changing lives across the globe.
Marylyn M. Warren ('58)
Vice President, eHarmony.com
Member, Board of Regents
Glen A. Holden
U.S. Ambassador (Ret.)
Member, Board of Regents
Campaign Committees
We gratefully acknowledge the volunteer leaders of the campaign for their unwavering dedication and commitment to the mission of Pepperdine. Your confidence in Pepperdine University and steadfast support of our students and faculty is enabling us to change lives, for the better, every single day.
OFFICE OF THE CHAIR
Chairs
- Glen A. Holden
- Marylyn M. Warren, '58
Vice Chair
- Timothy C. Phillips, '87
SEAVER COLLEGE
Co-chairs
- John T. Lewis, '83
- Harold R. Smethills, Sr.
Members
- Belinda Chrysiliou
- Louis W. Drobnick, MBA '91
- Sara Young Jackson, '74
- Kimberly J. Lindley
- Rick R. Marrs
- Lucie H. Moore
- Dawn R. Pettersen, '88
- Paul H. Reim, '83
- Jay S. Welker
- Robyn B. Zimmet
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY
Chair
- Betty Rengifo Uribe, MBA '00, EdD '12
Vice Chair
- Susan F. Rice, EdD '86
Honorary Members
- Pat Boone
- Shirley Boone
- Rosalyn S. Heyman
- Allie Evans Tegner, '47, MA '68
- Helen M. Young, '39
Members
- Yolanda Aguerrebere, MS '83, EdD '09
- Fereshteh Amin, EdD '06
- Sheila K. Bost
- Jenna M. Burkey, '08, MBA '10, MA '13
- Kerri R. M. Cissna-Heath, EdD '12
- Randy E. Clark, EdD '05
- James B. Douglass
- Carolyn M. Harrison, MBA '94
- Kyewon Ko
- Farzin Madjidi, MBA '88, EdD '91
- Claudette S. McLinn, MS '83, EdD '06
- Michael D. O'Sullivan, MS '74, EdD '87
- Richard Sherman
- Earnestine Thomas-Robertson, '69, MA '73, EdD '03
- Margaret J. Weber
- Helen Easterling Williams
- Marilyn S. Wright, MA '89, PsyD '95
- Wendie Z. Young, '85
- Ziegfred G. Young, MS '83, EdD '88
- Farshid V. Zanjani, EdD '14
SCHOOL OF LAW
Co-chairs
- Terry M. Giles, JD '74
- Mark O. Hiepler, JD '88
- Barbara A. Jones, JD '89
Members
- David J. Barrett, JD '91
- Thomas G. Bost
- Stephanie C. Buckley
- Stephen G. Butler
- Charles R. Eskridge III, JD '90
- Thomas A. Fessler, JD '83
- Janet Kerr, '75, JD '78
- John W. Knapp, JD '78, In Memoriam
- Michele L. Maryott, JD '97
- Ronald F. Phillips
- Deanell Reece Tacha
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY
Chair
- Joseph A. Czyzyk
Honorary Members
- Pat Boone
- Virginia Braun, In Memoriam
Members
- Ernie Maldonado, BSPM '76, MPA '80
- Stephen E. Olson, MBA '73
- Ronald Plotkin
- Gary Polson
- Marilyn Puckett
- Russell L. Ray, Jr.
- William E. Simon, Jr.
- Eric L. Small
- Augustus Tagliaferri, MBA '74
- Bonnie B. Thomas
- George E. Thomas
- Robert A. Virtue
- Beti Ward
- Michael Y. Warder
- James R. Wilburn, MBA '82
- Barry L. Wolfe
- Mireille Wolfe
GRAZIADIO SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Chair
- Stevan R. Calvillo
Honorary Members
- Christos M. Cotsakos, MBA '83
- G. Louis Graziadio III
- T. Kendall Hunt, MBA '79
- Richard G. Newman
Members
- Jack M. Area III
- Mary Lou Area
- Cindy U. Ayloush, BSM '80, MBA '13
- A. Ronald Berryman, '62, MBA '67
- Christine Q. Bishop
- Alida Calvillo
- Bruce N. Calvin, '83
- Jose A. Collazo, MBA '77
- Manuel M. Del Arroz
- Louis W. Drobnick, MBA '91
- Brett M. Johnson, MBA '05
- Kenneth L. Knas, MBA '85
- William L. MacDonald
- Faye W. McClure, '78
- Todd Mikles
- Mark J. Miller, MBA '04
- Kay Rosen
- David R. Wells, MBA '88
UNIVERSITY EVENTS CENTER AND ATHLETICS
Co-chairs
- B. Joseph Rokus, '76
- Tari Frahm Rokus, '76
Honorary Member
- Virginia Braun, In Memoriam
Members
- Nabil Barsoum
- Robert Beaman
- Louis Colombano
- Robert J. Katch, '84, MBA '91
- Samuel Carl Lagana
- John F. Monroe, '79
- Loretta T. Monroe, '78
- Chad Mooney
- Ted O. Porter, '59, MBA '75
- Steven T. Potts, JD '82
- John R. Rettberg, '59
- Charles B. Runnels
- G. Tyler Runnels, '78, MBA '80
- John G. Watson, '72, MA '75
- Judy Zierick
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Chair
- Robert J. Barbera
Honorary Members
- Michael Reagan
- John W. Payson, '66
Members
- Maureen Duffy-Lewis
- Mark Wayne Dundee, EdD '00
- Laurel Karabian, In Memoriam
- Ken LaZebnik
- John D. Miller
- Lani A. Netter
- Claudia Arnold Preston
- Mark Roosa
- Amy Jo Runnels, '00
- Norman Sarafian
- Lisa Smith Wengler
- Darryl L. Tippens
- Ellen Weitman
- Jeanette C. Woodburn
- Deborah Yamada
- Patti Yomantas