Alumni Interviewers 2025-2026

    With COVID-19 infections still occurring, we will continue to take precautions to stop the spread.  We also recognize that the virus is not going to disappear completely.

    We want to assure that prospective students (and their families) feel safe and confident during the interview.  Both in-person and virtual interviews are acceptable, depending on student and interviewer preferences.

    First year applicants are offered an opportunity to interview with a Claremont McKenna College alumnus between September 1 and December 12. Interviews are available to any student living in the US, and some countries abroad.

    These interviews are not required for admission to CMC, but we highly recommend them. Please contact directly an interviewer in your local area (one interviewer at a time) to set up your interview. Alumni interviewers are volunteers; they will respond to you as promptly as their schedules allow. Interviews will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis and are not guaranteed.  Only one interview per student. 

    The interviews are an evaluative part of your application.  They give us a chance to learn more about you. Likewise, through the interview you will have the opportunity to learn more about CMC in a one-on-one setting. Whether the interview is in person or virtual, you may dress more formally, however, casual or business casual attire is also fine. Interviews typically last 30 to 45 minutes.  If interviewing virtually, please choose a place in your home that has few distractions, good lighting, and a good Internet connection.

    Please include the following information when contacting an interviewer: your legal name, date of birth, high school name and high school city/state, and your email address.

    If you are unable to schedule an interview by mid-December, we strongly encourage you to submit the optional video response.  Applicants who interview may submit the video response as well.

    Domestic

    Arizona: Phoenix

    Spencer Cashdan
    scashdan@dickinson-wright.com 

    Arizona: Tucson

    Rhonda Mallis Rosenbaum
    azbuz1@gmail.com

    Arizona: Yuma

    Gowan Deckey
    gdeckey@gowanco.com

    California: San Francisco Bay Area  

    Carolina Auerbach
    carolinaauerbach@gmail.com
    San Francisco  

    Jack Cavellier
    jcavellier21@cmc.edu
    San Francisco

    Lauren Giurata
    laurenbgiurata@gmail.com
    San Francisco

    Michelle Goodwin
    michelle.goodwin16@gmail.com
    San Francisco 

    Josh Guggenheim
    josh.guggenheim@gmail.com
    San Francisco 

    Kara Hagler 
    khagler24@cmc.edu
    San Francisco

    Nishka Khoobchandani 
    nishkahk@outlook.com
    Redwood City

    Lindsay Lew 
    llew25@cmc.edu
    San Francisco   

    Tran Ly
    emailtran@gmail.com
    San Francisco  

    Bridget Moran
    bridgetmoran131@gmail.com
     
    San Francisco

    Paul Nathan
    paulhnathan@gmail.com
    San Francisco, Orinda  

    Dawson Reckers
    dawson.reckers@gmail.com
    San Francisco  

    Lauren Rosenberger
    laurenmrosenberger@gmail.com
    San Francisco  

    Anthony ‘Tony’ Sidhom
    asidhom17@cmc.edu
    San Francisco 

    Eric Warmoth
    ericwarmoth@gmail.com
    San Francisco 

    Daniel Yim
    danielphyim@gmail.com
    San Francisco 

    California: East Bay  

    Chris Cheung
    ccheung03@gmail.com
    Danville

    Christina Coffin
    ccoffin@placer.ca.gov
    Sacramento, Placer County  

    Henry DeRuff
    hderuff@coronorcal.org
    Oakland   

    Katie Echavia
    kechavia@gmail.com
    Pleasanton, Oakland 

    Ted Hall
    tedrhall@comcast.net
    Oakland, Walnut Creek  

    Ellen Lempres
    ellen.lempres@gmail.com
    Piedmont 

    John McDowell
    johnmcd@hotmail.com

    Sacramento   

    Paul Nathan
    paulhnathan@gmail.com

    San Francisco, Orinda   

    Eva Pruitt
    eva@pruitt5.com
    Berkeley

    California: North Bay

    Elizabeth Carrade
    elizabethcarrade@gmail.com

    Marin County   

    Henry DeRuff
    hderuff@coronorcal.org

    Marin County  

    Paul Gero
    paulgero@yahoo.com

    Marin County, Napa 

    California: South Bay 

    Adrienne Mitchell
    adrienneandrews@yahoo.com
    Monterey Peninsula/Carmel/Big Sur  

    California: Peninsula/Silicon Valley

    Matthew Choi
    mchoi23@cmc.edu
    San Jose  

    Xiangyu Fu
    xfu18@cmc.edu
    Santa Clara
     

    Ava Kopp
    akopp25@cmc.edu
    Los Altos

    Barbara Rogan
    barbrogan@gmail.com
    San Jose 

    California: Southern California Counties

    Charlene Marie Baghdadi 
    charlenebaghdadi@gmail.com
    Los Angeles 
     

    Jessica Dang  
    Jessica.h.dang@gmail.com
    Orange

    Elizabeth ‘Ducky’ Duckworth
    duckworthea@gmail.com
    Los Angeles 

    Tim Gallagher
    tgallagher19@cmc.edu
    Ventura

    Corie Hack
    coriejhack@gmail.com
    San Diego

    Lisa Hao
    lisa.hao13@gmail.com
    Los Angeles 

    Eddy Hernandez 
    ehernandez25@cmc.edu
    Los Angeles 

    Jenna Hussein
    jennahussein@alumni.stanford.edu
    Los Angeles 

    Anne Jang
    ajang21@cmc.edu
    San Diego   

    Melanie Kallah
    melanieekallah@gmail.com
    Orange

    Desmond Mantle
    desmondmantle@gmail.com

    Los Angeles 

    Austin Melody
    amelody17@cmc.edu

    Los Angeles  

    Ajinkya Rane
    arane24@cmc.edu
    Orange
      

    Mark Schwartz
    marknschwartz@gmail.com
    Los Angeles  

    Ryan Sung
    rsung18@cmc.edu
    Los Angeles    

    Eddie Wei 
    eddiewei03@gmail.com
    Los Angeles   

    David Ying
    davidying1999@gmail.com
    Los Angeles
      

    Colorado: Denver    

    Kyle Covell
    kacovell@hotmail.com

    Tarah Gilbreth
    gilbrethtarah@gmail.com

    Samantha (Sam) Kunz
    samkunz16@gmail.com 

    Holly Shankle
    hollyshankle1@gmail.com    

    Connecticut: Fairfield County    

    Campbell Streator
    campbell.streator@gmail.com
    NY: New York City  

    Delaware: Cape Region

    Peter J. Caltagirone
    pjc@caltaglegal.com 

    Florida: Miami

    Katherine Almendarez
    kalmendarez22@cmc.edu

    Georgia: Atlanta 

    Catherine Harris
    catherinemvharris@gmail.com

    Dominican Republic 

    Nandini Jayaram
    nandinijayaram44@gmail.com 

    Hawaii: Honolulu 

    Tyler Kimura
    tyler.kimura@spirehi.com 

    Jennifer Otto
    tigger2lee@netscape.net

    David Oyadomari
    davidxoyadomari@gmail.com

    Illinois: Chicago  

    Aviv Caspi
    caspi.aviv@gmail.com 

    Cam Finley
    csfinley98@gmail.com  

    Anika Kimme
    anika.kimme@gmail.com 

    Carlos Rivas
    carlosrivas89@gmail.com  

    April Weathers
    aprilfweathers@gmail.com 

    Dr. Timothy W. Wright III
    twright3rd.tw@gmail.com

    Illinois: Evanston

    Teressa Ulrich
    teressa.ulrich@gmail.com

    Illinois: Wheaton

    Drew Van Pelt
    drew.vanpelt@gmail.com

    Kansas: Kansas City

    Nathan Kurtz
    nkurtzy@gmail.com
    MO: Kansas City 

    Massachusetts: Boston

    Haley Goodman
    haleyrgoodman17@gmail.com   

    Michigan: Detroit 

    Jordan Aronowitz
    jgaronowitz@gmail.com   

    Missouri: Kansas City 

    Cristi Cruz
    ccruz24@cmc.edu 

    Nathan Kurtz
    nkurtzy@gmail.com
    KS: Kansas City

    Nevada:  Las Vegas

    Tara Emad Dawood 
    tdawood25@gmail.com

    New Jersey

    Robin Bartlett
    rbbartlett01@gmail.com
    NY: New York City   

    New Mexico: Santa Fe

    Jenny Kaufman
    jennyfkaufman@gmail.com 

    New York: Long Island

    Lisa McCaffrey
    lmccaffrey@hotmail.com

    New York: New York City   

    Robin Bartlett
    rbbartlett01@gmail.com
    NJ: Northern Counties  

    Sophie de Castro
    sophiedecastro13@gmail.com 

    Madeline (Maddie) Galbraith
    madelinegalbraith8@gmail.com 

    Hannah Goldberg-Morse
    hgm915@gmail.com

    Grace Kelleher
    grace.kelleher21@gmail.com  

    Antonio Melendez 
    cmelendez25@cmc.edu

    Tammy Phan
    tammyjphan@gmail.com 

    Dorcas Saka
    dsaka22@cmc.edu  

    Campbell Streator
    campbell.streator@gmail.com
    CT: Fairfield County  

    Adhitya Venkatraman
    avenkatraman22@cmc.edu

    Joseph Zhong

    jzhong25@cmc.edu 

    Anna Zimmerman
    annahzimm@gmail.com  

    North Carolina: Charlotte 

    Jerry Lee
    jerryinbrooklyn@gmail.com

    North Carolina: Durham

    Adrienne Kafka
    adrienne.kafka@gmail.com    

    Ohio: Columbus  

    Bruce Alan Soll
    bsoll57@gmail.com
    UT: Park City  

    Oregon: Portland Metro Area 

    Morgan Beltz
    mbeltz@outlook.com 

    Kylie Bernardi
    kyliebernardi7@gmail.com

    Kathryn Holleb
    kathryncmc2012@gmail.com 

    Jesse Rebello
    rebello.jesse@gmail.com 

    Merrill Richmond
    merrill@merrillrichmond.com 

    Pennsylvania: Philadelphia 

    Elan Sippel-Feldman
    EFeldman10@gmail.com 

    Alex Towers
    towersa@chop.edu

    Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh  

    Claire Klein
    clairecklein@gmail.com 

    Patrick McDonough
    pmcdonough35@gmail.com
      

    South Dakota 

    Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek
    jennifer.zavaletacheek@sdstate.edu 

    Tennessee: Nashville 

    Adam Van Dyk
    avandyk7@gmail.com

    Texas: Austin

    Patrick Gallagher
    patrick.gallagher@gmail.com

    Alexis Gero
    alexiseg01@gmail.com 

    Texas: Dallas

    Karima Motiwala
    karimamotiwala@gmail.com 

    Lauren Yeske
    lauren.yeske@gmail.com

    Texas: Prosper

    Jane Matthews
    janejmatthews@gmail.com

    Utah: Park City

    Bruce Alan Soll
    bsoll57@gmail.com
    OH: Columbus 

    Utah: Salt Lake City

    Daisy Chou Phillips
    daisycphillips@gmail.com 

    Virginia: Richmond 

    Chris Reina
    creina07@gmail.com     

    Washington: Seattle  

    Eli Coon
    elicoon@gmail.com 

    Alison Ryan
    alison.ryan.09@gmail.com 

    Washington: Yelm

    Gary Carson
    gcarson47@gmail.com

    Washington, D.C.  

    Jeremy Anderson
    jeremy.gregorio.anderson@gmail.com 

    Lindsay Dixon
    Lindsay.b.burton@gmail.com 

    Will Ellsworth
    will.ellsworth27@gmail.com 

    Milli Kanani Hansen
    millikhansen@gmail.com   

    Luke Radice
    lukeradice@gmail.com 

    Sarah Servin
    servin737@gmail.com  

    Wisconsin:  Madison    

    Simrun Shroff
    sshroff24@cmc.edu

    International

    Note: In lieu of an alumni interview, international applicants whose primary language is not English are strongly encouraged to complete an InitialView or Vericant interview, which include a timed writing sample. All interviews are evaluative and weighed equally in the admission process.

    Brazil: Florianopolis

    Olivia Licata
    olicata25@cmc.edu  

    Dominican Republic

    Catherine Harris 
    catherinemvharris@gmail.com 
    Georgia: Atlanta

    India: Delhi

    Saumya Agarwal
    saumya@shreesharda.co.in  

    Rhea Jain
    rjain15@cmc.edu 

    Kanishk Kapur
    (Delhi & Gurgaon/NCR)
    kanishkkapur1996@gmail.com

    India: Kolkata and Indian Subcontinent Region

    Kunal Prakash Khemka (Singapore)
    kunal.khemka@gmail.com

    India: Mumbai   

    Jahnavi Kocha
    jahnavikocha@gmail.com 

    Sahil Sinha
    ssinha20@cmc.edu  

    Israel: Haifa

    Emma Finn
    emmalimorfinn@gmail.com

    Japan

    Evan Soll (Switzerland)
    evanasoll@gmail.com  

    The Philippines

    Gabie Ong 
    gabiejong@gmail.com      

    Singapore

    Kunal Prakash Khemka (India: Kolkata & Indian Subcontinent Region)     
    kunal.khemka@gmail.com

    Johann Lim
    Johannlim93@gmail.com  

    Spain: Madrid

    Brad Pine
    bradpine516@gmail.com

    Switzerland

    Evan Soll (Japan)
    evanasoll@gmail.com  

    Taiwan: Taichung

    Clive Hsu
    hsuc1@mca.org.tw

    Taiwan: Taipei

    Walter Huang
    walterhuang76@gmail.com

    Thailand: Bangkok

    Lucy Thompson
    lthompson25@cmc.edu    

    United Kingdom: London  

    Louisa Dunwiddie
    lcdunwiddie@gmail.com

    Yu-Yu Lin
    yuyulin8@gmail.com 

    Nandini Mittal
    Nandinimittal101@gmail.com 

    Anne Nguyen
    annenguyen@libertyglobal.com