Notable Alumni

We believe that all of our alumni are notable, but here are a few you may have heard of, or who may give you an idea as to some of the career possibilities open to political science majors:

Lee Brand, Mayor of the City of Fresno
James E. Brumm, Former director of Mitsubishi International
Cruz Bustamante, Lt. Governor of California
Tony Capozzi, Attorney and former president of the California State Bar Association
Luis Chavez, Fresno Unified School Board, Fresno City Council, and Fresno County Board of Supervisors
Jim Costa, California State Senator and Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Larry Farnsworth, Legislative Assistant to U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert
Simon Haeder, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University
Diane Johnson, Professor and chair of the Department of History and Political Science, Lebanon Valley College
Mike Karbassi, Fresno City Council
Ernest Kinney, Attorney, former Fresno State Student Body President
Devon Mathis, Member of the California State Assembly
Peter Mehas, Fresno County Superintendent of Education and CSU Board of Trustees
Ana Melendez, Deputy Secretary for Legislative Affairs, CalEPA
Harry Papadakis, Judge
Jim Patterson, Mayor of Fresno and California State Assembly
Rosendo Peña, Jr. - Associate Justice, California Court of Appeals
Henry Perea, Jr., Fresno City Council and California State Assembly
Armando Rodriguez, Fresno County Superior Court Judge
Victor Salazar, Fresno County Clerk
Phillip Sanchez, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras and Colombia
Edward Sarkisian, Judge
Mark Scott, Fresno City Manager
Arthur Svenson, Professor of Political Science, University of Redlands
David Tangipa, Member of California State Assembly
Mike Villines, Member of California State Assembly and Assembly Republican Leader
Ian Wieland, Attorney
Blake Zante, Executive Director of the Maddy Institute 

 

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