We are pleased to announce the 2025 slate of directors for the Caltech Alumni Association board of directors and executive committee.
Linde Endowment
A lead naming gift from the Lindes endows The Ronald and Maxine Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy.
Mario Peraza Appointed to Lead Alumni Engagement Efforts
In this joint appointment between the Institute and the Caltech Alumni Association (CAA), an independent 501c3 organization, Peraza will lead efforts to nurture relationships with 25,000 Techers worldwide.
CAA’s award-winning magazine, Techer, celebrates the diverse lives and achievements of Caltech alumni and their impact locally, globally and astronomically.
Connect
Caltech alumni around the world know that advancing humanity through science and technology is a team effort. Our community is here to help you live your best life while making your best contribution to the world. Connect and engage with Techers around the world on the Caltech Alumni Portal – available exclusively to Caltech graduates.
Events
Spaces to gather, build, and strengthen our community. Together we explore possibilities, create opportunities, spark new ideas and relationships.
Engage
Science and technology work for the world through the people who create it, innovate it, and deliver it. People work better and achieve more together.
Grow
An active community helps support and build momentum for everything we strive to accomplish in work and in life. Join with others and watch the possibilities expand.
Achieve
Caltech alumni are vital to the foremost efforts around the world in solving unknowns, projecting what-ifs and pioneering never-been-done-befores.
The Distinguished Alumni Award
The Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor the Institute bestows upon a graduate.
The Chang Career Exploration Prize
Recipients of the Chang Career Exploration Prize are exploring new professional opportunities while working to make the world better.
CAA’s award-winning magazine, Techer, celebrates the diverse lives and achievements of Caltech alumni and their impact locally, globally and astronomically. Techers are transforming the world, and Techer showcases alumni who are shaping, innovating and leading.
Solving for the Roots
Taking the pulse of urban forests
Numbers Game
Sports analytics icons Ari Kaplan, BS (BS ’92) and Dean Oliver, PhD (BS ’90) on the next era of game-changing data
AI for All
Startup founder Zehra Cataltepe on how humanity will shape the era of AI
From Moon to Mars
Amit Kshatriya, MA (BS ’00), who is leading NASA’s planned return to the moon, on the power of galactic ambitions
Quantum Leaps
Eric Ostby, PhD (MS ’04, PhD ’09) on the current state of quantum computing—and the shape of things to come
The Right Fit
Raquel Vélez, BS (BS ’07) on her pivot from tech to fashion, the stereotypes that affect the apparel industry, and how sustainability is still possible in a world of fast fashion