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.

2018 Diane Gronkiewicz Miller — Information Systems, '81

Director, InfoSec & Cyber Initiatives - Northrop Grumman Corporation

Biography:

"Ever since her freshman year of college when Diane Miller took a software programming class, she knew she wanted a career related to computers. And that is where her path has led, taking her to one of the top corporations in the national defense industry. Miller has built a career at Northrop Grumman, where she is director of InfoSec Operations and Cyber Initiatives, as well as director of Global Cyber Education & Workforce Program. She is responsible for ensuring effective information security, works to develop the corporation’s cybersecurity strategy, and leads Northrop Grumman’s actions as the presenting sponsor of CyberPatriot, the National Youth Cyber Education Program, and other global initiatives. She previously was employed at McDonnell Douglas. Miller graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems from Cal Poly Pomona in 1981.She is a Certified Computing Professional, a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, and holds a Certificate in Leadership from the University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business. She continues to be connected with the university, serving as a mentor, guest speaker, and member of the university’s Strategic Planning Steering Committee, led by President Soraya M. Coley. Miller lives in Oakton, Virginia, with her husband, Kent Miller, also a 1981 Cal Poly Pomona graduate. They have two grown children, Matthew and Stephanie." - From Alumni Affairs

 

Past Awardees

YEAR HONORED	FULL NAME	DEGREE	GRADUATION YEAR
2018	Diane G. Miller	Information Systems	1981
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, MBA	1976, 1980
2007	Steven P. Cesinger	Accounting	1985
2006	Viggo Butler	Business Administration	1964
2005	Bruce Ray	Business Administration	1965
2004	Dorothy L. Roberts	Business Administration, M.S. Business Administration	1968, 1978
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 Royce	Marketing Management, Human Resources	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