2009 Leadership Conference
The USC
Alumni Association
2009 Volunteer Recognition Dinner
September 25, 2009
On September 25, the USC Alumni Association will honor the 2009 recipients of the President's and Widney Alumni House awards, as well as our Alumni Friend of the Year and Alumni Organization of the Year. This outstanding group of honorees, comprised of volunteers from alumni clubs and organizations with affiliations throughout the university, will be recognized for their dedication and service to USC.
2009 Volunteer Recognition Award Honorees
President's Awards
Jane Bensussen
Trojan Guild of Los Angeles
Richard A. DeBeikes, Jr.
USC Alumni Association Board of Governors
Candy Allen Duncan
Trojan League of the South Bay / Alumnae Coordinating Council
Herb and Kathy Goodman
USC Athletics
Christopher J. Harrer
USC Marshall School of Business
Jonathan Kaji
USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association
Mark A. McKinley
USC Marshall School of Business
Toper Taylor
USC Roski School of Fine Arts Board of Councilors
Alumni Volunteer Organizations of the Year
Trojan League Associates of San Diego County
USC Alumni Club of Kansas City
USC Alumni Club of New York
Alumni Volunteer Friends of the Year
Carmy Peters
Director of Development
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Grace Shiba
Senior Director, Alumni Relations
USC Asian Pacific Alumni Associaion/USC Alumni Association
Widney Alumni House Awards
| Mary Andres | USC Lambda LGBT Alumni Association |
| C. Miranda Barone-Clinco | Trojan Affiliates |
| Eric Batch | USC School of Policy, Planning and Development Alumni Association |
| Joyce Chao | USC Beijing Alumni Club |
| Georgette Derderian Cooper | Interfraternity Parents Council / Sigma Alpha Epsilon Mother’s Club |
| Barbara Cotler | USC Athletics |
| Patricia Murphy Dowling | Trojan Guild of Los Angeles |
| Robert and Ruby Dunek | USC Parents Association |
| Bonnie Elliott | USC Town and Gown Junior Auxiliary of Orange County |
| John Fanaris | USC Marshall School of Business |
| Keegan Fisher | USC Alumni Club of the Northwest-Seattle |
| Melanie Salata Fitch | Trojan League of Orange County |
| Candi Parks Gershuni | Intersorority Parents Council |
| Cesar Gonzalez | USC Marshall School of Business |
| Drew Graham | USC Alumni Club of Paris |
| Janet Handtmann | USC Roski School of Fine Arts |
| Najwa Hanel | Trojan League of South Bay |
| Margee Harris | USC Athletics |
| Kaia Hedlund | USC Hawaii Alumni Club |
| Vanessa Hendriadi | USC Alumni Club of Indonesia |
| Carol Hogue | Intersorority Parents Council |
| Mary Holman | USC Alumni Club of Northern Nevada / Lake Tahoe |
| Stacy Hope | USC Alumni Club of the Nation’s Capital |
| Patti Tremellen Joye Jelley | Trojan League Associates of San Diego County |
| Steve Johnson | USC Alumni Club of New York |
| Jessica Kaplan | USC Young Alumni Council |
| Jean E. Krieger | Trojan League of Los Angeles |
| Mark R. Krouse | USC Alumni Board of Governors / USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences |
| Charles “Chuck” Lamb | USC Alumni Club of the East Bay |
| Marni Lovrich | USC Alumni Club of Marin County |
| Jeff McGowan | USC Alumni Club of Fresno |
| Dr. Julie Miller | USC Alumni Club of the Northwest-Seattle |
| Faraah Mullings | USC Alumni Club of West LA |
| Christine Marie Ofiesh | Town and Gown of USC |
| Mark Persico | USC School of Policy, Planning and Development Alumni Association |
| Phyllis M. Rideout | USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Auxiliary |
| Eugene Santos | USC Mexican American Alumni Association Young Leaders Council |
| William F. Schubert, M.D. | USC Keck School of Medicine |
| Neil Sherman | USC Roski School of Fine Arts |
| Tessie Shih | USC Marshall School of Business |
| Susan Sifuentes-Trigueros | USC Mexican American Alumni Association |
| Darlene Strange Smith | USC Class of 1958 Reunion Committee |
| Holip Soekawan | USC Alumni Club of Indonesia |
| Carole Uptgraft Sterpa | Trojan League Associates of the Desert |
| Vance Thompson | USC Marshall School of Business |
| Eduardo Somera Tumanut | USC Alumni Club of Kansas City |
| Lupe Valdez | USC School of Policy, Planning and Development Alumni Association |
| Michael Vanderbeek | USC School of Policy, Planning and Development Alumni Association |
| Garrick “Rick” Wang | USC Annenberg School for Communication |
| Ray Weber | USC Athletics |
| Patrick Wilson | USC Thornton School of Music Alumni Association |
| Kay Winckel | Intersorority Parents Council |
| Helen Mc Dowell Windham | Trojan Guild of Orange County |
| Sidney E. Wing | USC Class of 1958 Reunion Committee |
| Michael Gary Wrap | USC Alumni Club of St. Louis |