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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!

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Career Education

Alumni-owned and operated career and professional education businesses
Alumni-owned and operated career and professional education businesses
Career Insiders

Mauri Schwartz MBA ’85
Linkedin | Facebook | Twitter

Via Nova Children’s School

Franca Cioria ’95
Interdisciplinary Field Studies

Sounding Board

Christine Tao ’01
Business Administration
Linkedin | Twitter

CANOPY

Steve Mohebi ’97
Economics
Instagram

Moovweb

Ajay Kapur ’99
Physics, Computer Science
Linkedin | Twitter

Santa Clarita In Home Tutoring

Nancy Doung ’04
Interdisciplinary Studies

Design

Alumni-owned and operated design businesses
Alumni-owned and operated design businesses
Anne Mellenthin Design

Anne Mellenthin ’84
Political Science, French
Linkedin | Pinterest

SWA Group

Daniel Prostak ’14
MA Landscape Architecture
Instagram

Food & Beverage

Alumni-owned and operated food and beverage businesses
Alumni-owned and operated food and beverage businesses
The Brew Coop

Gore Song ’13
Psychology, Business
Instagram

Gordon Biersch Brewing Company

Dan Gordon ’82
Political Economy
Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Kent Rasmussen Winery

Kent Rasmussen ’97
History

689 Cellars

Kent Rasmussen ’97
History

Match Point Brewing

Simon Chen ’15
Computer Science
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok

Pedroncelli Winery

Christine Bothwell Pedroncelli ’49
Humanities
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Smith-Madrone Vineyards & Winery

Stuart Smith ’70
Economics
Facebook | Instagram

Dragon Well

Gary Tan ’89
Economics

Health

Alumni-owned and operated health and healthcare businesses
Alumni-owned and operated health and healthcare businesses
Advanced Optometry

Robert Turcios ’78, O.D. ’80

TOGETHER Senior Health

Cynthia Benjamin ’97, MBA
Linkedin | Facebook | Instagram

Solv Health

Heather Mirjahangir Fernandez ’98
Political Science
Twitter

Sean L. Bullard DDS, Inc.

Sean L. Bullard ’97
American Studies, African American Studies, Pre-dental
Phone: (415) 982-7443

On the Move Physical Therapy and Pilates

Alyssa Herrera-Set ’99
American Studies
Facebook | Instagram

Pineal Labs

Dennis Hauser MBA ’20
Business Administration, Business Analytics
App | Instagram

Virufy

Amil Khanzada ’12
Computer Science
Instagram

Retail

Alumni-owned and operated retail businesses
Alumni-owned and operated retail businesses
Back to the Roots

Alejandro Valez ’09
Business Administration
Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Gifts for Good

Laura Hertz ’13
Business Administration
Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

MAIKA

Viola Suntanto ’97
Business Administration
Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest

Last Minute Gear

James Dong ’10
Business Administration, and Environmental Econ & Policy
Facebook

Seasalt Kids

Kyong M. Kim ’04
Polotical Economy of Industrial Societies
Facebook | Instagram

D&D Jewelry

Azita Moayeri & Moe Ansari ’88
Biological Sciences
1343 Locust St. Walnut Creek, CA
925-274-1444
Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | YouTube

Eastwind Books of Berkeley

Beatrice Dong ’96, Harvey Dong ’72, PhD ’02
Facebook

Virauful Designs

Elvira Pena Camacho ’07
Social Welfare & Legal Studies
Facebook | Instagram

Professional Services

Alumni-owned and operated professional services businesses
Alumni-owned and operated professional services businesses
Alpha-Lit East Bay Marquee Letter Rentals

Samuel Schuder ’18
Instagram

BATISTA AND ASSOCIATES, LLC

Donna Batista ’78

BERTONI-LAW

Paul Philippe Bertoni J.D. ’97
Linkedin

Computer Maven

Ralph Morewitz ’71, MBA ’73
Email

Koch Capital Management LLC

Steven Faith OD ’86, MD ’87,
Email

Livermore Optometry Group

Jim Koch MBA ’98
Linkedin | Facebook | Twitter | Youtube

Nuventis

Mike McLaren MBA ’96

Ripple Works

Douglas Galen ’80, MBA ’84
Linkedin | Facebook | Twitter

SuttleLaw PC

John C. Suttle MBA ’71

Suttle, D’Aquisto & Knolla, LLP

John C. Suttle MBA ’71

Soul Focus Sports

Scott Anderson ’03
Economics
Linkedin | Instagram

Silverback Pacific

Scott Anderson ’03
Economics
Instagram

Steve Hathaway Photography

Steve Hathaway ’75
Art
Instagram

MightyMite Termite Services

Karim ElKatcha ’94, M.S. ’97
Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Facebook | Yelp

Just Focus and Reorganize

Janice Rostron ’03
Legal Studies
Phone: (323) 601-8258
Email | Facebook

Digital Disposition

Naz Pournaghshband ’11
Molecular & Cell Biology
Facebook | Instagram

RJR Partners, Inc.

Ryan Roskovensky ’08 MBA
Business Administration
LinkedIn

PickFu

John Li ’01 and Justin Chan ’01
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter

Steve Brigandi ’83

Political Science
Member, CAA Board of Directors 1998-2001
LinkedIn

ALAS Media

Elizabeth Ruvalcaba Mendez ’08
Sociology & Spanish Literature
Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

John Brown Hypnotherapy

John Brown ’96
Comparative Religion/Rhetoric

The Patzkowski Law Firm

Blaise Patzkowski ’08
Political Science
Facebook | LinkedIn

Saffer & Flint Accountancy Corp

Russell H. Saffer ’89
Economics

Legionnaire Sage Advice

Sr. Judge Larry Sage ’68
History
LinkedIn | Email

Technology

Alumni-owned and operated technology businesses
Alumni-owned and operated technology businesses
ExoPolymer

Derek Wells ’97
Genetics, Plant Biology
Linkedin | Instagram | Twitter

Valitor

Wesley M. Jackson ’00, Ph.D. ’06
Bioengineering
Linkedin

Total Phase

Kumaran Santhanam ’96
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Physics
LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter

Nonprofit Organizations

Alumni-owned and operated nonprofit organizations
Alumni-owned and operated nonprofit organizations
Graceland Meadows Animal Rescue & Sanctuary

Sharlene Ratcliff ’93
History
YouTube | Instagram | TwitterTikTok | Facebook

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