Birgit Fladager, ’85, became the first elected female district attorney of Stanislaus Countywhen she took office in January 2007 . She began working at the district attorney’s office in 1990 after serving as a Judge Advocate General officer in the Navy. She was promoted to chief deputy in 1999. Fladager was a key member of the winning prosecution team in the high-profile 2004 murder trial of Scott Peterson. The sensational case made front-page national headlines for more than a year. The Modesto man is now on death row for killing his wife, Laci, and unborn son, Connor, whose remains were found in San Francisco Bay.