{"id":204878,"date":"2026-03-05T02:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/204878\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T02:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:36:17","slug":"five-prominent-csuf-alumni-honored-with-vision-visionaries-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/204878\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Prominent CSUF Alumni Honored With Vision & Visionaries Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"


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For their contributions to Cal State Fullerton and professional achievements, five business and education leaders have been selected as recipients of the 2026 Vision & Visionaries<\/a> distinguished alumni awards.<\/p>\n

The accolade is the university\u2019s highest honor bestowed upon alumni and community supporters. With more than 344,000 CSUF alumni, the award has only been presented to 160 recipients since 1994.<\/p>\n

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Kristin Crellin \u201995 (B.A. history)
Distinguished Alumna Award<\/p>\n

As senior vice president of community and membership development at SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, Crellin has made an impact on school employees and their families.<\/p>\n

Crellin earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in history in 1995, with her husband and son also earning degrees at CSUF. She is a member of the Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Board of Governors and served on the College of Education\u2019s Dean\u2019s Advisory Board.<\/p>\n

She is also chair of the California State University Foundation Board of Governors, which represents 22 CSU campuses, and is a past president of the CSUF Alumni Association.<\/p>\n

Robin Holmes-Sullivan \u201986, \u201990 (B.A., M.A. psychology)
Distinguished Alumna Award<\/p>\n

In July 2022, Holmes-Sullivan was selected to lead Lewis & Clark College. She is the first woman and first person of color in the college\u2019s 155-year history to serve as president.<\/p>\n

As a student-athlete at CSUF, Holmes-Sullivan was a four-year starting point guard for the NCAA Division I women\u2019s basketball team. She graduated with bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in psychology and went on to earn a doctorate in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in 1992.<\/p>\n

During her career, Holmes-Sullivan held numerous leadership roles, including serving as vice president for student affairs for the 10-campus University of California system. She also spent 25 years at the University of Oregon, ultimately serving as vice president of student life.<\/p>\n

Michael T. Losquadro \u201986 (B.S. business administration-management)
Distinguished Alumnus Award<\/p>\n

Losquadro, who earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration-management in 1986, spent his career in higher education advancement, raising funds to support college students and programs.<\/p>\n

During his career, he held top-level fundraising positions at UC Irvine, Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Dominguez Hills. He retired from the CSU Chancellor\u2019s Office as senior adviser for campus advancement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Losquadro<\/a> and his husband, Dr. Brian C. Keller, pledged a transformational planned $1.5 million gift to benefit CSUF\u2019s LGBTQ+ student community and business students. In recognition of their gift, the Losquadro Keller LGBTQ Resource Center was named in their honor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peter Mitchell\u00a0
Distinguished Alumnus Award<\/p>\n

Mitchell, a top-100 nonpartisan political consultant, is the founder of P.M. Consulting Inc. and serves as its president and chief executive officer.<\/p>\n

Mitchell, who attended CSUF in the late 1980s and studied political science, is also the founder and managing partner of Springboard Ventures. The company focuses on investing in and supporting early-stage technology startups.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The entrepreneur and philanthropist is a supporter and alumnus of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and helped to reinstate the fraternity\u2019s Cal Pi chapter at CSUF. He also serves on the Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation Board of Governors and is co-chair of the Advocacy Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Greg Wright \u201900, \u201908 (B.S. biological science, M.S. biology)
Distinguished Alumnus Award<\/p>\n

Wright, an inventor of numerous patents related to bioprosthetic heart valves, is the senior vice president of research and development for the Surgical Structural Heart Business Unit at Edwards Lifesciences.<\/p>\n

He spearheaded the Tissue Center of Excellence and launched the KONECT RESILIA aortic valve conduit. He also co-invented and championed next-generation tissue RESILIA\u2122 and has supported other initiatives over his 20-year career at the Irvine-based company.<\/p>\n

Wright earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in biological science in 2000 and a master\u2019s in biology in 2008. He gives back to his alma mater by serving on the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics\u2019 Dean\u2019s Advisory Board and the ECS Innovation Hub<\/a> Campaign Cabinet. He also helped establish a partnership between Edwards Lifesciences<\/a> and the College of Engineering and Computer Science.<\/p>\n

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