Alumni Honors
Making change in the world.
When we send our graduates out into the world, it's with confidence that they have the knowledge, the tools, the connections and the courage to make real change. We see this come to fruition each year when the University of San Diego celebrates the accomplishments of our extraordinary alumni. The following Kroc School alumni have been honored for their efforts to build peace with justice in the world.
Recent Alumni Honors Awardees

2019 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award
John Patterson '13 (MA)Deputy Team Leader for the Venezuela Regional Crisis Response Team, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance

2018 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award
Eleonora-Markella Mantika '06 (MA)Political Affairs/Liaison Officer, United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia
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2017 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award
His Honorable Roosevelt Z. WillieJudge, Criminal Court 'A', Montserrado County, Liberia
President, National Associal of Trial Judges of Liberia

2016 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award
Janice DeatonTraining Course Director, Justice in Mexico's OASIS Initiative, Law Offices of Janice M. Deaton

2015 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award
Lee SorensenDirector, Shuraako, One Earth Future Foundation

2014 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award
Shobha Pradhan ShresthaFounder and Executive Chair, Women for Peace and Democracy (WPD), Nepal

2013 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award
James T. WaringExecutive Chairman and Co-Founder, CleanTECH San Diego

2012 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award
Susi MenazzaSenior Policy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy

2011 Emerging Leader Award
Kevin TurnerHuman Rights Officer, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations

2010 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award
Christopher YanovFounder and Executive Director, Reality Changers

2009 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award
Judy Ann KamanyiSenior Policy Consultant in Development and Gender Issues
Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies