Steve Peyton '12, President

Steve Peyton '12, President

Steve works in business development at TeleSense, an IoT company in Sunnyvale. He lived and played American football in Helsinki, Finland for three seasons, winning 3 Finnish national championships in the process. In the offseason he worked in finance in the corporate treasury and in education as a substitute teacher and tutor. Amateur painter, trail runner, and wildlife rescue volunteer, he enjoys getting outside whenever possible.

At Brown: Sadly the last of his kind- his major, Human Biology: Ecosystems, Evolution, and the Environment was cancelled the year after he graduated. 

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Julia Kelly '15, Vice President

Julia Kelly '15, Vice President

Julia graduated from Brown in 2015 with a degree in Business, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations. While at Brown, she was the President of Brown University Gilbert & Sullivan, a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Society, and worked in the Events & Operations Department at WaterFire Providence for three years. A New England native, she moved out to Silicon Valley after graduation to work as the Operations Manager for TeleSense, a small IoT startup based in Sunnyvale. 
 

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Naeem Zafar '81, Treasurer and Board Member

Naeem Zafar '81, Treasurer and Board Member

Naeem is a serial entrepreneur and teaches at the University of California Berkeley, Center of Entrepreneurship and Technology.  After Brown with an electrical engineering degree he exiled to frozen tundra of Minnesota for graduate school and has been in Silicon Valley since 1988.  Twenty years, two kids, one IPO and three CEO stints later, he founded Startup-Advisor, a company focused on educating and advising entrepreneurs on all aspects of starting and running a business (www.Startup-Advsior.com )

Sci Li days:  "It took me a long time to find out that there is another library on campus. Other than flipping between Barus and Holley and Ratty I spent every day in the basement of Sci Li that had a vibrant social scene."

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Luther Miller '93, Events Chair, East Bay

Luther Miller '93, Events Chair, East Bay

Mr. Miller is a principal with Pariveda Solutions.  He has over 17 years of professional experience developing software in the US, Europe, and Australia with many companies including the Miami Marlins, Air Products, Hewlett-Packard, Kodak, and Microsoft. Luther is currently a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and has worked with several relational database systems, Java, .NET, and a wide range of other technologies.

Out of the office, Luther enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, and running.  He has also lived in Sydney, London, Amsterdam, and Berlin and speaks fluent German.

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Calvin Ho '03, Events Chair, South Bay/Peninsula

Calvin Ho '03, Events Chair, South Bay/Peninsula

Calvin discovered his passion for food while at Brown. In addition to creating his own speciality drinks at the VW or cooking stir fry in his dorm room at MoChamp, Calvin enjoyed frequenting Spikes, East Side Pockets and Antonio Pizza for a quick bite on Thayer Street. 

A former manager of the Brown Daily Herald, Calvin completed his M.Phil from the University of Cambridge and received his MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management. Currently, Calvin works at Adaptv managing digital media sales and marketing and is proud to call the Bay Area home. 

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Emil Dizon '02, Online Community Manager

Emil Dizon '02, Online Community Manager

At home equally on both coasts, Emil is a social media community manager by day, writing and generating content for all matter of organizations.  By night (but actually, by day as well), he serves as the Public Address Announcer to several college athletic teams (including two NCAA team champions and several conference team champions in the Pac-12, WCC, and Big West) as well as a certified tennis line and chair umpire.

College Hill Memory: Putting on an impromptu solo hip hop show using the "Pump It Up" game at Dave & Busters in Providence Place during senior week.  The performing arts eluded me as a student since I was BSR's Sports Director, but for one night, I was able to display theatrics seen only within the confines of my Andrews Hall suite.

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Sarah Coogan '02, Board Member

Sarah Coogan '02, Board Member

Sarah is an educational administrator currently serving as the Lower and Middle School Admissions Director at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton.  She moved to Manhattan upon graduation from Brown and earned a masters in developmental psychology from Columbia University.  A native of San Mateo, Sarah returned to the Bay Area in 2011 and spends her free time volunteering, hiking and playing tennis.

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Norman Yang '08, Board Member

Norman Yang '08, Board Member

Norman oversees young alumni engagement in the Brown Club of Silicon Valley, with 4 years of experience as a chair on the Brown University Alumni Club of Southern California Board. He is currently a Project Manager in design & construction contracting and has completed over $300M value in projects. Norman is an active fitness enthusiast with a love for the outdoors.

At Brown: Norman's favorite find in Providence was enjoying a meteor shower atop a tall building rooftop at night.

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Kevin Epstein '92, Board Member

Kevin Epstein '92, Board Member

Kevin prefers being known to Brown folks as "That guy who started the big SVBrownAlums.org mailing list", but insists it was all a misunderstanding. When not working on his day job (google or linkedin him), he teaches at Stanford and online, advises startup companies, and is an advocate for autism-related legislation. He is moderately concerned that he's still allowed to interview prospective Brown students for the admissions committee.

Signs of the times: Kevin is glad the Howell House math department isn't there any more, so they're be no questions about the whereabouts of the department sign. He cannot say the same about the street sign for Benevolent Street.

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Victoria Pao '94, Board Member

Victoria Pao '94, Board Member

Victoria is a Silicon Valley native who ventured across the country to enter Brown’s PLME (Program in Liberal Medical Education).  After eight years in Providence, she returned to the Bay Area and completed a combined residency in general surgery and plastic surgery at Stanford.  She has travelled internationally performing reconstructive surgery and has been involved in medical research at several universities, biopharmaceutical companies, the Palo Alto VA and NASA.  She now wrangles two boys and has a private practice on the side.

College Hill Memory:
Coming face to face with Audrey Hepburn after her inspirational speech for the World Hunger Program…and being too star-struck to say anything. 

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