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Alumni Hall of Fame Award Recipients

Congratulations to the 2026 inductees into the Alumni Hall of Fame!

Alumni Hall of Fame 2026 Winners

Distinguished Alumni Award 2026 Winner

Diana Z. Rodriguez '90 B.A., '94 MBA, '00 M.A.

Diana Z. Rodriguez, Ed.D., is the 16th chancellor of the San Bernardino Community College District, which serves 20,000 students and includes Crafton Hills College, San Bernardino Valley College, a workforce training center, and KVCR public radio and television. She leads an educational enterprise that contributes more than $621 million annually to the Inland Empire economy. When she assumed office in August 2021, she became the only Latina chancellor of a community college district in Southern California. Read their full bio here.

Coyote Spirit Award 2026 Winner

Natalia Hale '09 B.A.

Natalia Hale is chief legal officer at Optima Family Services, Inc. Hale immigrated to the U.S. from Colombia at age nine and would have been unable to attend college without CSUSB’s Presidential Academic Excellence Scholarship. Grateful for the support they received, Hale and her sister, Isabel Carvajal Kluge (CSUSB ’07), created the Optima Family Services Scholarship to support students, including DREAMers.

Emerging Leader Award 2026 Winner

Miranda B. Lee '24 M.S.

Miranda B. Lee is a senior learning designer at Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios, where she develops leadership programs that bridge business, technology, creative and product domains. She is passionate about reimagining collaboration and preparing leaders to thrive in an AI-augmented future while focusing on human connection.

Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration Paw Prints Award 2026 Winner

Michael J. Bracken '92, '99

Michael J. Bracken serves as managing partner and chief economist of Development Management Group, Inc. (DMG). With more than 20 years of experience in economics and economic development, he co-designed CSUSB’s master’s-level course titled “Management of Local Economic Development,” which trains economic development professionals in business recruitment and tax incentives.

College of Natural Sciences Paw Prints Award 2026 Winner

Adam Huttenlocker '08

Adam K. Huttenlocker, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Division of Integrative Anatomical Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. He serves as course director for graduate-level microscopic anatomy and coordinates histology instruction in the first and second years of the medical curriculum.

College of Arts and Letters Paw Prints Award 2026 Winner

Sapira Cheuk '16

Sapira Cheuk is an ink painter and installation artist whose work explores proprioception — ways of knowing through the body — and how lived experience is internalized and transformed through embodied memory. Her practice is influenced by Chinese Sumi painting traditions, reflecting her experience navigating identity, belonging and adaptation as an immigrant.

James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education Paw Prints Award 2026 Winner

Miki Inbody '90, '97

Miki R. Inbody, a lifelong educator, is the superintendent of the Fontana Unified School District, the district in which she herself attended school from K-12. During her 25-year career, she has served as teacher, dean, assistant principal and principal before advancing into districtwide and county leadership roles in professional development, human resources and curriculum and instruction

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Paw Prints Award 2026 Winner

Laurena Bolden '11

Laurena Bolden is a dedicated leader and cultural advocate with years of experience in Tribal governance, cultural preservation and community advocacy. She currently serves as Second Governing Council Member, Culture Pillar Co-Lead and Vice Chair of the San Manuel Education Board, where she has completed three terms. A proud member of the Yuhaaviatam of the San Manuel Nation, Bolden is a steadfast voice for the protection and advancement of Native culture.

Alumni Hall of Fame 2025 Winners

Distinguished Alumni Award 2025 Winner

Dr. Appannagari GnanaDev '01

A surgeon who specializes in vascular, general and trauma surgery, he is former medical director at ARMC (2000 to 2012). In addition, he served as president of the California Medical Association (CMA) from 2008 to 2009, one of only three physicians from San Bernardino County to hold that position in the past 150 years. Read their full bio here.

Coyote Spirit Award 2025 Winner

Alumni Hall of Fame 2024 Winners

Distinguished Alumni Award 2024 Winner

Ellen Weisser '68

A tireless advocate for Cal State San Bernardino, Ellen Weisser served as the honorary co-chair of “Our Defining Moment: The Campaign for CSUSB,” which was launched in 2022, and has been an integral member of the CSUSB Philanthropic Foundation Board.

Coyote Spirit Award 2024 Winner

William Stevenson '84

William “Bill” Stevenson has been involved with Cal State San Bernardino for more than 40 years, first as a student pursuing a degree in business, and in the ensuing years, as a dedicated volunteer who has consistently taken on leadership positions to further the mission of the university. Additionally, he has served as an adjunct professor of finance in the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration since 2014

Emerging Leader Award 2024 Winner

Alberto Jasso '15

Alberto Jasso has played a vital role in the CSUSB community and far beyond. A former Santos Manuel Student Union (SMSU) employee, he also served as the chair of the Board of Directors for SMSU.

Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration Paw Prints Award 2024 Winner

Scott Keagy Smith '91

For more than 25 years, Scott Keagy Smith has been a high school physical education (PE) teacher in the San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) and has spearheaded several groundbreaking programs that have revolutionized high school physical education in the district.

College of Natural Sciences Paw Prints Award 2024 Winner

Tae-Wook Chun '92

Dr. Tae-Wook Chun has had a profound impact on millions of people throughout the world, improving the lives of those living with HIV through his groundbreaking HIV-treatment research. Today, he is the chief of the HIV Immunovirology Section Research Group at the Laboratory of Immunoregulation (LIR) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

College of Arts and Letters Paw Prints Award 2024 Winner

Anthony Donatelli '15

On-air personality Anthony Donatelli began his broadcasting journey at CSUSB’s Coyote Radio where he learned the ins and outs of hosting, scripting and other radio station operations

James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education Paw Prints Award 2024 Winner

Juan Carlos Luna '02, '04, '06

Juan Carlos Luna is approaching nearly 20 years as an educator and teaches 5th grade at Hughbanks Elementary in the Rialto Unified School District. He is also an outspoken advocate for ending childhood hunger in the classroom.

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Paw Prints Award 2024 Winner

Mary Jane McCoy '67

In 1967, Mary Jane McCoy was one of three African American students in the first graduating class of 59 students from what was then called California State College at San Bernardino. During the past 50-plus years, she has been dedicated to working as a teacher and principal and volunteering in the communities in which she has lived.