Photo Gallery

City Slickers, Stanford alums who now serve the City of Palo Alto, April 2006

Front row (L-R): Chris Rafferty (Public Works), Jane Ratchye (Utilities), Dr. Karl Knapp (Utilities), Libby Dame (Administrative Services Division), Yoriko Kishimoto (Vice Mayor), Jon Abendschein (Planning)

Back row (L-R): Agent Zach Perron (Police), Debra Lloyd (Utilities), Phil Bobel (Public Works), Wynne Furth (Attorney's Office), Bern Beecham (Council Member, former Mayor), Debra Jacobs (Public Works), Sharon Erickson (City Auditor), Sharon Olson (Library), Mary Minto (Library), Chief Nick Marinaro (Fire)

Not pictured: LaDoris Cordell (Council Member), Eloiza Murillo-Garcia (Planning), Steve Baca (Police), Nancy Nagel (Administrative Services Division), Diane Claerbout (Library), Michael D. Laufer, M.D. (Fire), & Robert Longwell (Police)

Call to Serve meets with Stanford Alumni-in-Government Club of Sacramento, March 2006

( Photo Credit: Kiyomi Burchill ’06, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity/Political Science)

Spearheaded by the Stanford Alumni-in-Government Club of Sacramento, the Call to Serve Initiative staff, with support from the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, was able to charter a bus to take nearly 30 students to Sacramento for this day of events with alumni working in California state government.

Outside of Stanford Historical Mansion in Downtown Sacramento

(L-R): Lizet Ocampo ’06 (Political Science BA/ Education MA), Bernard Fraga ’08 (Political Science/Linguistics), Assemblymember Sally Lieber ’00, Luis Fraga (Political Science), Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Inglewood, CA (and candidate for the 51st Assembly district) Curren Price ’72 (Political Science), Call to Serve Student Assistant Kiyomi Burchill.

The Stanford Call to Serve Initiative group on the west steps of the California State Capitol building: (From left to right):

FIRST ROW (closest to front): Jacobe Bell ’ 06, Jessica Daniel ’ 06, Alex Quezada ’ 07, Natalie Farrell ’ 06, Christian Tabing ’ 09, Albert Chang ’ 06, Michelle Shepard ’ 07, Sherly Chavarria ’ 06, Partnership for Public Service Coordinator Megan Swezey Fogarty ’ 86

SECOND ROW: Lizet Ocampo ’ 06, Janice Sanchez ’ 06, Sean Sandoloski ’ 08, Noah Lang ’ 06, Luz Reyes, ’ 07, Diego Martin ’ 06, Andrew Barragan ’ 08, Jon Elkin ’ 06, Call to Serve Student Assistant Kiyomi Burchill, Assistant Director of the Career Development Center Sam Rodriguez

THIRD ROW: Alyssa Battistoni ’ 08, Joaquín Chapa ’ 07, Michael Franco ’ 07, Bernard Fraga ’ 08, Associate Professor of Political Science Luis Fraga, Alejandro Rivas ’ 06, Emmerich Davies ’ 07, Francisco Preciado ’ 07, Agustín Cervantes ’ 06, George Hill ’ 06

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) speaker, astronaut Ellen Ochoa

(Photo credit: Elise Miller, Haas Center for Public Service)

In February 2006, Call to Serve brought NASA astronaut Ellen Ochoa ’81 (MS, Electrical Engineering; ’85 PhD) to speak to students about the role of scientists and engineers in government and public service.

(L-R) Tim Chang ’07 (Engineering), President, Tau Beta Phi, Engineering Honor Society; Rebecca Perez ’08 (Political Science), Academic Coordinator, El Centro Chicano; Ellen Ochoa; Nicole Quesada ’06 (Chemical Engineering), President, Society of Women Engineers; Chris Cordova ’09 (Undecided), freshman staff, El Centro; Marcelo Worsley ’07 (Chemical Engineering/Spanish), President, Society of Black Scientists & Engineers.

Ellen Ochoa talking with staff and students from Stanford’s El Centro Chicano, and (front, left), Dean Jim Plummer, School of Engineering.

May 2006 Send-Off Dinner for Stanford University Public Service Fellows

SIG Sacramento Fellows discuss the summer ahead with Stanford Alumnus, Jim Hartley.

(Seated, L-R): Andrew Melaragno ’07 (International Relations), Megan Swezey Fogarty, Call to Serve Coordinator, Orlando Trejo ’08 (Chemical Engineering), Sasha Richey ’08 (Civil Engineering), Wendi Chiong ’08 (Political Science); Standing: Hartley and Stuart Baimel ’09 (Political Science).