Media Highlights and Mentions from 2021-2022

August 2021

Free drinks 24/7 and endless goodies: US athlete Timothy Lam ('18, accounting) gives inside look at Olympic village Yahoo! News - Aug. 24, 2021
Accounting alumnus Timothy Lam, who represented the U.S. in the men’s singles badminton in Tokyo talks with NextShark...
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New principals named for Newport-Mesa’s Whittier Elementary, Cloud CampusLos Angeles Times - Aug. 11, 2021
The Newport-Mesa Unified School District recently announced Racquel Stephens will take on the mantle of Cloud Campus principal.
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Lam doesn’t let early exit mar Olympic experience Los Altos Town Crier - Aug. 17, 2021
When it came to the luck of the draw at the Tokyo Olympics, badminton player Timothy Lam (accounting, '18) had no luck at all.
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Obituary - Paul Eugene Bennett The Inter Mountain - Aug. 17, 2021
After high school he served in the U.S. Air Forceand was stationed at March Air Force Base. When his service ended, he went on to attend college and graduated from Cal Poly Pomona, California, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Minor in Accounting
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National Accolade Gives a Glimpse into Alumna’s Drive for Excellence Bronco Digital Magazine - Spring 2021
Emma Kalayjian ('18, computer information systems) is profiled after being named to the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Enterprise Technology category
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Scholarship honors the life and tenure of Dr. Mansour Sharifzadeh CBA - Aug. 2, 2021
The Dr. Mansour Sharifzadeh Memorial Scholarship honors the life and tenure of Dr. Mansour Sharifzadeh, Emeritus Professor of Management, who served at Cal Poly Pomona for 35 years
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September 2021

Movers & Shakers: Backyard Olympians Nob Hill Gazette - Sep. 1, 2021
Timothy Lam, accounting ’18, is one of five Bay area Olympians profiled, along with Katie Ledecky, in this article about Bay area Olympians.
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Are iBuyers manipulating the housing market? Marketplace Radio – American Public Media - Sep. 29, 2021
Anthony Orlando, assistant professor of finance, real estate and law, discusses the growing trend of ibuyers in housing markets.
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October 2021

Supply chain's 'perfect storm' causes campus, global shortages The Poly Post - Oct. 26, 2021
TOM and EBZ Faculty interviewed about global supply chain issues.
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Obituary - Robert Tavano The Village News - Oct. 30, 2021
Robert Tavano graduated from Cal Poly Pomona and set his sights on the banking world. He was manager of Security Pacific bank in Fallbrook and continued to work there when it became Bank of America.
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Why Zillow hit pause on buying houses Marketplace - Oct. 18, 2021
Anthony Orlando, assistant professor of finance, real estate and law, discusses why Zillow has suddenly stopped buying houses as it tries to work through all of the individual transactions necessary to get a house ready for resale.
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November 2021

Students prepare for study abroad programs to take off next year The Poly Post - Nov. 9, 2021
Business student Isabella Ocampo is once again counting the days until she leaves for Milan...
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December 2021

Fairplex gets sixth CEO in nearly 100 years The Daily Bulletin - Dec. 15, 2021
Walter Marquez, MBA '08, is appointed CEO of the Los Angeles County Fair Association, which oversees the LA County Fair and the 487-acre Fairplex campus.
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County Fair Association names Fairplex interim CEO as new president Spectrum News - Dec. 15, 2021
Walter Marquez, MBA '08, is appointed CEO of the Los Angeles County Fair Association, which oversees the LA County Fair and the 487-acre Fairplex campus.
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Richard Pimentel Joins Community West Bancshares and Community West Bank as Chief Financial Officer Yahoo! Finance - Dec. 31, 2021
Community West Bancshares announced the hiring of Richard Pimentel (finance, real estate and law) as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
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January 2022

Bubble watch: Are appraisers late to housing’s cooling?The Orange County Register - Jan. 6, 2022
Indexes by the Real Estate Research Council of Southern California and DQNews show annual gains of 7 percent.
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World’s best cybersecurity students battle at Collegiate Pentesting Competition in RochesterRIT - Jan. 1, 2022
A team of Cal Poly Pomona students took home the top trophy at the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) global finals Jan. 6-9. Stanford placed second and Tennessee Technological University placed third.
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CPP Alumnus makes noise with big hit singles internationallyThe Poly Post - Jan. 25, 2022
With over 130,000 monthly listeners, 101 million streams on YouTube, Spotify and SoundCloud, Cal Poly Pomona alumnus Nick Lopez’s success in the music industry is transpiring internationally with buzz in China...
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MHR Assistant Professor Recognized for Adapting to Post-COVID Learning CBA - Jan. 28, 2022
A panel of technology experts will recognize MHR Assistant Professor Iman Hemmatian's use of digital media to create an dimmers asynchronous section of Strategic Management.
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February 2022

Krispy Kreme Elects Marissa Andrada to Board of Directors and Thanks Carl Lee for Eight Years of Service Business Wire - Feb. 10, 2022
Marissa Andrada, management and human resources ’89, has been named to the Krispy Kreme, Inc. Board of Directors. Andrada has served as the chief diversity, inclusion and people officer for Chipotle Mexican Grill since 2018 and has more than two decades experience in human resources and organizational development.
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Cal Poly Pomona Cybersecurity Team Wins International Competition Polycentric - Feb. 24, 2022
Cal Poly Pomona’s student cybersecurity team won the international Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition, which challenges the world’s brightest cybersecurity students to put their hacking skills to the test. The finals included 15 teams that had advanced from eight regional competitions in North America, Europe and the Middle East.
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March 2022

CPP cybersecurity team hacks their way to 1st place in international cybersecurity competition The Poly Post - March 10, 2022
Cal Poly Pomona’s cybersecurity team ranked first out of 15 teams in the 2021 Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition, a contest intended to mimic a real-world environment in which students carry out penetration tests based on a client’s network with the goal of a hands-on interactive experience in the cybersecurity field
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Dine 909: Here’s where to find award-winning ice cream in the Inland Empire San Bernadino Sun - March 30, 2022
Scoops on Tap, founded by Sam Howland (’15, hospitality management) and Bryan Marasco (’16, business administration), won eight gold and two silver medals at the 2022 Los Angeles International Dairy Competition in February. Flavors with and without alcohol received accolades.
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Regional Economic Conference Forecasts Optimism CBA - March. 29, 2022
Returning after a year hiatus, the 2022 San Gabriel Valley Economic Forecast Summit on March 22 welcomes back industry executives, elected officials, and education leaders for an update on the state-of-business in Southern California.
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April 2022

Their pupuseria survived the riots. Now, Central Americans thrive in South L.A. Los Angeles Times - April 30, 2022
Alexis Navarrete (‘18, business administration), the second generation in his family to run their South Park neighborhood restaurant La Flor Blanca, reflects on his family paying local men to protect their restaurant during the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the development of a strong Central American community in the area.
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You can still open your dream coffee shop, but you might have to move first Fast Company - April 20, 2022
Friends Brad Penna (‘11, management and human resources) and Nam Ho (‘13, zoology) moved to Des Moines, Iowa, for a change of scenery and to open Horizon Line Coffee, recognized in 2019 by Food & Wine as the best in class for the entire state.
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COVID-19 devastated Native American healthcare. Why slash new funding for it now? Arizona Republic - April 9, 2022
Anthony Orlando, assistant professor in the Department of Finance, Real Estate, and Law on hospital finances, co-authored this opinion piece about the chronic underfunding of Native American healthcare and its deadly consequence during the pandemic. Recent research by Orlando and his coauthor, Robert Fields, found that hospitals facing the highest risk for closures are in poor, rural counties containing Native American reservations.
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Acclaimed CBA Program Adds Digital Supply Chain Master’s Degree Polycentric - April 15, 2022
The leading undergraduate program in student satisfaction, placement rate and starting salary in Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Business Administration is entering the graduate market with a new Master of Science program in digital supply chain management (MSDSCM) coming in the fall.
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Dean Erik Rolland Named President of the University of the Bahamas Polycentric - April 8, 2022
Erik Rolland — dean of the College of Business Administration (CBA) and interim dean of the College of the Extended University (CEU) — will be the next president of the University of the Bahamas. The University of the Bahamas Board of Trustees first made the announcement on March 15. Rolland assumes his appointment as president on Aug. 1.
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Regional Economic Conference Forecasts Optimism Polcentric - April 1, 2022
Returning after a year hiatus, the 2022 San Gabriel Valley Economic Forecast Summit on March 22 welcomed back industry executives, elected officials, and education leaders for an update on the state-of-business in Southern California.
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May 2022

Field Twins on the Fast Track Polycentric - May 17, 2022
Ayana Fields fell in love with track when she joined a youth track club at age 6. For her twin brother Ryan, love of the sport was a little bit more delayed. And even as they prepare to cross the stage on May 21 and 22 to receive their bachelor’s degrees —Ryan’s in computer information systems and Ayana’s in kinesiology — they won’t be leaving either Cal Poly Pomona or track and field in the dust just yet.
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Obituary - Delores Hope Thomas (Dee) Goshen News - May 31, 2022
Delores earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from Cal Poly Pomona in 1981 and was a retired Healthcare Business Administrator. She enjoyed volunteering with women's charities and was a member of Christ United Methodist Church.
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Obituary - Juan (Chato) Negrete Legacy - May 31, 2022
After graduating, Juan (Chato) Negrete ('75, accounting) Juan worked as an administrator for the San Bernardino County Housing Authority, and retired in 2006 after almost thirty years of service.
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June 2022

Dr. P Joins the Fork Ingredient to Talk The Prime Ingredient The Fork Report - June 25, 2022
Laura Pohopien, lecturer and Dean’s Fellow at the College of Business Administration, has owned catering businesses and been in cooking shows. She was interviewed about her business venture The Prime Ingredient, her special Mediterranean spice blend.
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Obituary - Marlene Ann Foster The Independent - June 13, 2022
Marlene Foster graduated with an accounting degree from Cal Poly, Pomona in 1985 and subsequently began a career in Finance and Human Resources working mainly for Lockheed Martin and Kaiser Permanente
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Two Orange County Cities Select AAPI Women as Their Next City Managers California City News - June 21, 2022
Maggie Le (‘01, international business/marketing management) was appointed city manager of neighboring Fountain Valley. Le most recently served as the city’s deputy city manager. She was selected among a group of 36 candidates during a nationwide recruitment effort.
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Fountain Valley selects ‘homegrown’ Maggie Le as city manager LA Times - June 8, 2022
The Fountain Valley City Council unanimously voted to appoint Maggie Le (‘01, international business/marketing management) as city manager.
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Kiwanis Reward San Gabriel Scholars Colorado Boulevard - June 7, 2022
Ashley Sanchez will be attending Cal Poly Pomona to study business administration, marketing and journalism. She has been the production chief for the school newspaper. “I would love to pursue a career in digital marketing or journalism... to become an entrepreneur and start a non-profit to give back to the community.”
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Obituary - Sylvia Twomey Legacy - June 1, 2022
It was while working to support her family and put herself through college that Sylvia mastered Computer Systems Design and joined a generation of women who helped jumpstart the computer industry in the 1960s and '70s. She left the business world in the late '70s to teach Data Programming and Computer Systems at Cal Poly Pomona
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Hispanic workers at popular food franchise graduate from high school and college LA Opinion (Spanish) - June 1, 2022
Elon Ramírez (‘22, business administration) was featured in this story about recent graduates from more than 30 McDonald’s stores across the Inland Empire and Orange County whose educations were sponsored by owner Brad Horner through Archways to Opportunity, the fast-food company’s career education and counseling program.
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July 2022

Legacy of Service: Ochoa (Former CBA Dean) retires from CSU after nearly four decades CSU Monterey Bay - July 29, 2022
With more than 40 years of service to the CSU System, six as Dean of the CBA, Eduardo M. Ochoa retires
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Scoops on Tap in Covina makes ice cream with craft beer and wine Spectrum News - July 17, 2022
Sam Howland (‘15, hospitality management) and Bryan Marasco (‘16, marketing management) opened their first brick-and-mortar ice cream shop after years of operating as a mobile business. Their venture, launched in 2015, was initially funded by a $2,000 prize from the Bronco Startup Challenge.
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What Makes CBA the best? Cal Poly Pomona - July 18, 2022
Cal Poly Pomona Announces CBA's #5 in California ranking by Money on social media. It is CPP's second most-popular Instagram post and third most-liked Tweet of the week.
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CPP ranked Top 5 in California for “Best Colleges for Business Majors” in 2022 Polycentric - July 15, 2022
Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Business Administration was ranked No. 5 in California and No. 30 in the nation, according to Money Magazine’s 2022 ranking of “Best Colleges for Business Majors.” Ranked based on value and average salaries for recent graduates, the university bested both Cornell University and Carnegie Mellon University, and was one of seven CSUs that made it into the top 50 list.
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Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty 10x Group Hires Anita Witecki as General Manager Headlines of Today - July 24, 2022
California real estate industry leader Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty 10X Group (YHSGR) today announced the hiring of a new General Manager, Anita Witecki, to support the continued rapid growth of the business.
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CPP ranked Top 5 in California for “Best Colleges for Business Majors” in 2022 Money - July 5, 2022
Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Business Administration is No. 5 in California and No. 30 in the nation, according to Money Magazine’s 2022 ranking of “Best Colleges for Business Majors.” The list was based on value and average salaries for recent graduates.
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CPP ranked Top 5 in California for “Best Colleges for Business Majors” in 2022 CBA - July 18, 2022
Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Business Administration was ranked No. 5 in California and No. 30 in the nation, according to Money Magazine’s 2022 ranking of “Best Colleges for Business Majors.” The list was based on value and average salaries for recent graduates.
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Dr. Preiser-Houy Announced as Interim Dean of CBA CBA - July 1, 2021
Effective July 1, 2022, Dr. Larisa Preiser-Houy as agreed to serve as the interim dean of the College of Business Administration, according to Cal Poly Pomona Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Jennifer L. Brown, Ph.D.
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