Alumni-Owned Businesses
The businesses below are proudly owned or operated by Cal alumni.
Are you a Cal alum running your own business? Please fill out the Alumni-Owned and Operated Business form to be featured. We will reach out to you once your business has been posted. Go Bears!
Career Education
| Alumni-owned and operated career and professional education businesses | |
|---|---|
| Career Insiders | |
| Via Nova Children’s School |
Franca Cioria ’95 |
| Sounding Board | |
| CANOPY |
Steve Mohebi ’97 |
| Moovweb | |
| Santa Clarita In Home Tutoring |
Nancy Doung ’04 |
Design
| Alumni-owned and operated design businesses | |
|---|---|
| Anne Mellenthin Design | |
| SWA Group |
Daniel Prostak ’14 |
Food & Beverage
| Alumni-owned and operated food and beverage businesses | |
|---|---|
| The Brew Coop |
Gore Song ’13 |
| Gordon Biersch Brewing Company | |
| Kent Rasmussen Winery |
Kent Rasmussen ’97 |
| 689 Cellars |
Kent Rasmussen ’97 |
| Match Point Brewing | |
| Pedroncelli Winery | |
| Smith-Madrone Vineyards & Winery | |
| Dragon Well |
Gary Tan ’89 |
Health
| Alumni-owned and operated health and healthcare businesses | |
|---|---|
| Advanced Optometry |
Robert Turcios ’78, O.D. ’80 |
| TOGETHER Senior Health | |
| Solv Health |
Heather Mirjahangir Fernandez ’98 |
| Sean L. Bullard DDS, Inc. |
Sean L. Bullard ’97 |
| On the Move Physical Therapy and Pilates | |
| Pineal Labs | |
| Virufy |
Amil Khanzada ’12 |
Retail
| Alumni-owned and operated retail businesses | |
|---|---|
| Back to the Roots | |
| Gifts for Good | |
| MAIKA | |
| Last Minute Gear |
James Dong ’10 |
| Seasalt Kids | |
| D&D Jewelry |
Azita Moayeri & Moe Ansari ’88 |
| Eastwind Books of Berkeley |
Beatrice Dong ’96, Harvey Dong ’72, PhD ’02 |
| Virauful Designs | |
Professional Services
| Alumni-owned and operated professional services businesses | |
|---|---|
| Alpha-Lit East Bay Marquee Letter Rentals |
Samuel Schuder ’18 |
| BATISTA AND ASSOCIATES, LLC |
Donna Batista ’78 |
| BERTONI-LAW |
Paul Philippe Bertoni J.D. ’97 |
| Computer Maven |
Ralph Morewitz ’71, MBA ’73 |
| Koch Capital Management LLC |
Steven Faith OD ’86, MD ’87, |
| Livermore Optometry Group | |
| Nuventis |
Mike McLaren MBA ’96 |
| Ripple Works | |
| SuttleLaw PC |
John C. Suttle MBA ’71 |
| Suttle, D’Aquisto & Knolla, LLP |
John C. Suttle MBA ’71 |
| Soul Focus Sports | |
| Silverback Pacific |
Scott Anderson ’03 |
| Steve Hathaway Photography |
Steve Hathaway ’75 |
| MightyMite Termite Services | |
| Just Focus and Reorganize | |
| Digital Disposition | |
| RJR Partners, Inc. |
Ryan Roskovensky ’08 MBA |
| PickFu | |
| Steve Brigandi ’83 |
Political Science |
| ALAS Media |
Elizabeth Ruvalcaba Mendez ’08 |
| John Brown Hypnotherapy |
John Brown ’96 |
| The Patzkowski Law Firm | |
| Saffer & Flint Accountancy Corp |
Russell H. Saffer ’89 |
| Legionnaire Sage Advice | |
Technology
| Alumni-owned and operated technology businesses | |
|---|---|
| ExoPolymer | |
| Valitor |
Wesley M. Jackson ’00, Ph.D. ’06 |
| Total Phase | |
News & Updates
Q&A: Noura Erakat’s Long Fight
By Hussain Khan, M.J. ’25The author and human rights attorney on Berkeley activism and what keeps her advocating for Palestinians.
Carmen Diana Deere
Carmen Diana Deere, Ph.D ’78, recently published First-World Feminism and Women’s Civil and Political Rights in South America with Routledge press. It is a seven-country study of the interaction between feminists, jurists and legislators in the reform of married women’s property rights and the attainment of suffrage in the first half of the twentieth century. […]
Meg Elison
Meg Elison ’14 married the cartoonist Colin Lidston on August 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The couple live in North Adams, MA, where Colin is the visitor experience manager at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA).
