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

John Patterson

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

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Eleonora-Markella​ ​Mantika

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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His Honorable Roosevelt Z. Willie

2017 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award

His Honorable Roosevelt Z. Willie

Judge, Criminal Court 'A', Montserrado County, Liberia
President, National Associal of Trial Judges of Liberia

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Janice Deaton

2016 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award

Janice Deaton

Training Course Director, Justice in Mexico's OASIS Initiative, Law Offices of Janice M. Deaton

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2015 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award

Lee Sorensen

Director, Shuraako, One Earth Future Foundation

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2014 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award

Shobha Pradhan Shrestha

Founder and Executive Chair, Women for Peace and Democracy (WPD), Nepal

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2013 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award

James T. Waring

Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, CleanTECH San Diego

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2012 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award

Susi Menazza

Senior Policy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy

2011 Emerging Leader Award

Kevin Turner

Human Rights Officer, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations

2010 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award

Christopher Yanov

Founder and Executive Director, Reality Changers

2009 Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award

Judy Ann Kamanyi

Senior Policy Consultant in Development and Gender Issues