Four Westmont Alumnae Join Board of Trustees

Denise Jackson ’78, a director of human resources in Pasadena, Calif., Sharon Rose ’89, an attorney in Washington, D.C., Lynne Tahmisian ’67, vice president of La Arcada Investment Corporation in Santa Barbara, Calif., and Celeste White ’76, president of Vintage Ranch Properties in Napa, Calif., are all alumnae of Westmont.

Jackson, who works at Career Education Corp., serves the Westmont Alumni Advisory Committee and the Wallace Emerson Society. “My goal, responsibility and focus is to make sure alumni issues, concerns and interests get brought to the board,” she says. “I am a big proponent of connectivity. When I look at my own life, my relationships and my closest friends, they all come from Westmont, whether I knew them here or have met them along the way. I want people to remain connected with the college over a long period of time.”

Rose, who earned a Master of Business Administration degree at Claremont Graduate University and a Juris Doctor from UC Davis, is an associate with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, the oldest continuously operated law firm in the United States. Rose, a former partner of Trinity Financial Partners, spent 15 years in financial services before entering the legal profession. “As a student at Westmont, I really appreciated the overall educational experience and the lifelong friendships and relationships that I developed,” she says. “Westmont has a unique combination of academic strength and commitment to Jesus Christ — making Him preeminent in all things, as our motto says.”