Expand your network with trailblazing UC Davis alumni.
Our MBA alumni are highly sought-after and leaders at top biotech companies. You'll benefit from our business school community and UC Davis' global network of more than 314,000 campus alumni worldwide.
Many of our MBA alumni stay connected as guest speakers, volunteers on our Advisory Council, as well as mentors for students, hosts of shadow days at their companies and staging mock interviews with our students to prepare them for their career search. These professional relationships are vital and can help catapult your career as you earn your degree and long after graduation.
Just a Few MBA Alumni in Our Biotechnology Network

Travis Engelman MBA 09
VP M&A Business Development & Strategy, Danaher Corporation
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Sonny Johl MBA 10
Director of Drug Substance Manufacturing, Coherus BioSciences
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Jim Houk MBA 11
Clinical Operations Portfolio Leader, Genentech
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Sarah Kleinberg MBA 11
Director of Operations, Transform Health
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Gary Chiu MBA 16
Sr. Director, Facilities & Engineering, Sana Biotechnology
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Julia Wasielewski MBA 17
Commercial Business Intelligence Director, BioMarin
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Stephanie Soderberg MBA 24
Manager, Program Management and Digital Transformation Office, Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Dr. Vishu Gupta MBA 22
Product Analyst, Amgen
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Fernanda Castro Villegas MBA 22
Business Development Manager, Illumina
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Teri J. Slack MBA 21
Associate Director of Business Development, Slingshot Biosciences
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Lori Tan MBA 10
Sr. Director, Commercial Operations, Synthego
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Justin Smith MBA 22
Director of Marketing, VGXI
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Roger Halualani MBA 91
Founder & Principal, Epiphany Partners Inc.
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Jacqueline Jaszka MBA 10
Chief of Staff
(PD Regulatory),
Genentech
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Jiwon Yang Ph.D., MBA 23
Principal Scientist,
The Jackson Laboratory
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Brian Soldavini B.S. 02, MBA 07
Global Head of Finance for Supply Chain and Product Strategy, Roche
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