States District Court for the Central District of California William F. Rylaarsdam, of the California Court of Appeal Michael T. Sauer, Superior Court judge and former appellate lawyer Carolyn Turchin, retired (2010) United States Magistrate Judge Political figures Eloise Reyes J.D. California State Assembly. Ben Cayetano, J.D. 1971, former Governor of Hawaii William P. Clark Jr., J.D. 1957, former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, Deputy Secretary of State, National Security Advisor and Secretary of the Interior Mike Gatto, J.D. 2004 (evening program) California State Assemblyman representing the 43rd Assembly District Tom Harman, J.D. 1968, California State Senator representing the 35th Senate District Sung Kim, United States Ambassador to the Philippines as well as the former United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy. Alejandro Mayorkas, United States Secretary of Homeland Security Robert Joseph Miller, J.D. 1971, former governor of Nevada Kevin Murray, J.D. 1987, former California State Senator representing the 26th Senate District Diane Patrick, J.D. 1980, labor lawyer and former First Lady of Massachusetts (2007–2015) Nick Pacheco, a former member of the Los Angeles City Council Eric J. Perrodin, Mayor of Compton, California Tony Rackauckas, J.D. 1971, District Attorney of Orange County and former Superior Court Judge Richard Bloom, J.D. 1978, Member of the California State Assembly from the 50th District and former Mayor of Santa Monica Libby Schaaf, J.D. 1993, 50th Mayor of Oakland, California Other distinguished alumni James L. Barrett, winemaker Tammara Billik, noted casting director Gene Bleymaier, athletic director at Boise State University David W. Burcham, constitutional law scholar and President of Loyola Marymount University John Edward Anderson, president of Topa Equities, Ltd., founder of Kindel & Anderson law firm, namesake of UCLA Anderson School of Management (deceased) Tony Blankley, editor at The Washington Times (deceased) Joe Escalante, punk-rock musician and record label entrepreneur Josh E. Gross, publisher of Beverly Hills Weekly Pat Haden, former NFL quarterback and current athletic director at the University of Southern California John C. "Pappy" Herbst, flying ace and war hero (of World War II) Craig Kirkwood, actor (played "Rev" in Remember the Titans) Gary Knell, president and CEO of the National Geographic Society Chris Kobin, screenwriter and producer Darren Levine, martial artist and entrepreneur Bob Myers, J.D. 2003, general manager for the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Gordon Naccarato, chef and restaurateur Adam Nimoy, television director Clark A. Peterson, founder of Necromancer Games Ian Sander, television producer