Distinguished Alumni Award- College of Business Administration
The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented by the Cal Poly Pomona Alumni Association to honor those who have shown outstanding achievement in a profession or a vocation. Through their generosity, these alumni have also engaged in servicing local, national, or global communities and to their alma mater, Cal Poly Pomona.
2017 Pawan Tomkoria — MBA, '84
Owner and managing director of Pnab Advisors, LLC, a national financial advisory firm, Pawan Tomkoria finds time to stay connected with his alma mater as an adjunct professor, teaching finance and international management in the College of Business Administration. He praised Cal Poly Pomona’s polytechnic approach as the catalyst for his professional success. “On a broader level, the openness and accessibility of faculty when I was a student were very supportive.”
Past Awardees
YEAR HONORED |
FULL NAME |
DEGREE |
GRADUATION YEAR |
2017 |
Pawan Tomkoria |
MBA |
1984 |
2016 |
Lance K. Williams |
Finance, Real Estate and Law |
1991 |
2015 |
Marissa J. Andrada |
Management & Human Resources |
1989 |
2014 |
Joe Guerra |
Finance, Real Estate and Law |
1985 |
2013 |
A. Barry Hirschfeld |
M.S. Business Administration |
1964 |
2012 |
Victor Stenger Tanon |
Finance, Real Estate, and Law |
1994 |
2011 |
Mahvash Yazdi |
Business Administration |
1974 |
2010 |
John Finton |
Finance, Real Estate, and Law |
1989 |
2009 |
Lawrence Taff |
Accounting |
1980 |
2008 |
Kathy Lynn Tully |
Marketing Management, |
1976, |
2007 |
Steven P. Cesinger |
Accounting |
1985 |
2006 |
Viggo Butler |
Business Administration |
1964 |
2005 |
Bruce Ray |
Business Administration |
1965 |
2004 |
Dorothy L. Roberts |
Business Administration, |
1968, |
2003 |
D. Scott Mercer |
Accounting |
1976 |
2002 |
Lance Calvert |
Marketing Management |
1969 |
2001 |
Ronald W. Gregoire |
Accounting |
1974 |
1999 |
John B. Pollara |
Accounting |
1974 |
1998 |
Mark S. Segal |
Accounting |
1980 |
1997 |
Dennis Pope |
Accounting |
1980 |
1996 |
J. Douglas Ramsey |
Finance, Real Estate, and Law |
1982 |
1995 |
Douglas G. Wageman |
Operations Management |
1984 |
1994 |
Marie Porter |
Marketing Management, |
1984 |
1993 |
Barbara A. Henderson |
Accounting |
1970 |
1991 |
Nolan H. Spencer |
Accounting |
1979 |
1990 |
Carolyn D. Beaver |
Accounting |
1979 |
1989 |
Donald N. Ecker |
Accounting |
1968 |
1988 |
Dudley W. Williams |
Business Administration |
1966 |
1987 |
Linda L. Holmes |
Business Management |
1982 |
1986 |
Joseph G. D'Oliveira |
Accounting |
1974 |
1985 |
Lolita G. Beltramo |
Business Management |
1969 |
1984 |
Richard A. Yardley |
Data Processing |
1971 |
1983 |
Alford B. Neely |
Accounting |
1972 |
1982 |
Frederick Gallegos |
Data Processing |
1972 |
1981 |
Duane C. Slocum |
Business Administration |
1963 |
1980 |
Karen Dillon |
Business Administration |
1971 |
1979 |
Jay Bonacci |
Accounting |
1963 |
1978 |
James R. Smirl |
Business Administration |
1970 |
1977 |
Clifton C. Booth |
Business Administration |
1964 |