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• The ’50s
• The ’70s
• The ’80s
• The ’90s
• The ’00s

The ’50s

Garrett Ray (’59) was awarded the Eugene Cervi Award at the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors’ annual conference in June. The group’s most prestigious award recognizes newspaper editors who have consistently acted in the conviction that “good journalism begets good government.” Ray edited and published the Littleton Independent in Colorado from 1966 to 1981 before joining the journalism faculty at Colorado State University. He retired in 2001.

The ’70s

Rebecca English (­’75) is a sustainability consultant and technical editor at Rebecca English and Associates. English is interested in promoting sustainability for business operations and residences and is currently working on the launch of leading-edge energy auditing software. She is also working on the launch of a startup nonprofit dedicated to education of municipal officials and staff on how to develop renewable energy projects, energy efficiency programs and other sustainable initiatives.
beckyrep@gmail.com

Tim Alger (MA ’79) is deputy general counsel of Google in Mountain View, Calif., where he manages the company’s litigation and trademark and employment legal work. Previously, he was a partner at the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges in Los Angeles. Alger, his wife, Mindy, and their children, Rebecca and Matthew, live in Palo Alto.
tlalger@gmail.com

John Leach (’74, MA ’79) is a visiting professor of journalism at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif. He is also continuing his position as managing partner at Digital Strategies, an Internet-consulting business in Phoenix, and as a faculty associate at Arizona State University.

The ’80s

Pamela Erkenbeck Krider (’82) launched a new consulting firm in August that focuses on corporate communications, professional coaching and culture change. Krider has 25 years of experience in strategic management consulting to senior management at Fortune 500 companies, including Honeywell, Motorola, Limited Brands, Qwest and Coors Brewing Co. She is a board member for the CU Alumni Association.

Michael O’Keeffe (’82) is a member of the award-winning New York Daily News sports investigative team. O’Keeffe and his colleagues – Teri Thompson, Nathaniel Vinton and Christian Red – are the authors of American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime, which was published by Knopf and released in May. The Daily News I-Team took first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors’ investigative category this year for their coverage of Clemens in the wake of the Mitchell Report on baseball and steroids.

Julie Zafiratos (’82) is a film and TV producer in Los Angeles. This year she worked on the fourth season for “Dress My Nest,” a home makeover show starring Thom Filicia (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”). Zafiratos also just produced two commercials for the Mattel ToyStore fall campaign.
jzafiratos@yahoo.com

Gary Gleason (’86) is the vice president at both Nusura and Communique USA. Nusura is an emergency management consulting firm, and Communique USA is a consulting firm involved in marketing communications.
Gary.gleason@nusura.com

Tom Costello (’87) played a major role in reporting “Bailout Talks Collapse,” a story that was awarded a national Emmy in September for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast. The piece ran on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Costello has been a correspondent in NBC’s Washington bureau since 2005.

Marcia Jarmel (MA ’87) is a documentary producer and director. She recently premiered her new documentary film, “Speaking in Tongues,” to four sold-out screenings. The film, which looks at the debate surrounding bilingual education in the U.S., was given the Audience Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Screenings continue to be held around the country, and it will be broadcast on public television in 2010.

Gina Amato Berg (’89) is the director of development for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. This foundation is dedicated to education and research on causes and treatment of breast cancer and the search for its cure.
gberg@komendevner.org

Stacy Alan Brethauer (’89) is an associate staff physician in laparoscopic and bariatric surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. After graduating from CU, he attended medical school at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in Bethesda, Md., and received his M.D. degree in 1993. Brethauer completed his general surgery residency at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego and then was assigned as an air wing flight surgeon in Okinawa, Japan. In 2004, he deployed with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force to Taqaddum, Iraq. He joined the staff at the Cleveland Clinic in 2007.

Tanya Ishikawa (’89) produces a show that was recently selected as a finalist in the WAVE Awards, which honor the best programs in public access television in the West. The show, “In the Loop: Colorado Filmmaking,” features filmmaking activities and films from Colorado. Ishikawa is a professional writer and editor, producing content for newspapers, magazines, Web sites and video production. She is also a Federal Heights City Council member and a mother of a 4-year-old son.
i.tanya@comcast.net

Scott Takeda (’89) has been following his passions this year. On top of running his story-focused marketing company in Denver, Short Sirkit Creative Inc., and playing trumpet in a concert band, Takeda said he recently acted in two feature films and guest-starred in a CW Network dramatic series.

The ’90s

Amy Jewett Sampson (’90), after two pregnancies followed hard on the heels of an adoption, was faced with the problem of raising three children under the age of 3 and found herself struggling with multiplied parenting woes. Sampson, a media relations consultant and former spokeswoman and policy adviser for former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens, turned her adventure into a how-to guide for other parents. Her book, “Mamma Mania: Managing the Craze of 0-5 Year Olds,” gives tips on getting kids to sleep, encouraging healthy eating and dealing with the terrible 2s.

Priscilla Slocum Lacy (’91) is a part-time teacher and public relations professional. She serves on the board of the nonprofit CenterStage Theater Company. Lacy said she enjoys spending time with her three children and volunteering her PR skills to the local public schools and her community. She lives in Louisville.
pslocumlacy@yahoo.com

Tim Wieland (’91) is the news director at KCNC-Channel 4 in Denver. He’s held the position since 2004.

Dimitria Cook (’92) is a leisure-travel consultant or, in her words, “travel deals queen,” for Rovia, an online travel and host agency. www.celestialtravel.rovia.com
dimicook@sbcglobal.net

Matthias Spielkamp (MA ’94) lives and works in Germany. He blogs at www.immateriblog.de and is also working on www.iRights.info, a Web site that focuses on copyright in the digital world.
spielkamp@autorenwerk.de

Jim Moscou (MA ’95) has joined TDA Advertising & Design as director of strategy and development. His duties for the newly created, agencywide position are planning and agency development. Moscou was recently working at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Boulder, on the Microsoft and Alliance for Climate Protection accounts.

Naomi Binkley (’96) is the co-founder and owner of Fireside Production, a professional video production service, which specializes in creating corporate, promotional and business-events videos. The company was recently named a finalist for the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Emerging Business of the Year. Binkley founded the company four years ago after a decade as a television news producer, host and writer, most recently at KDVR-Fox 31 News in Denver.
Naomi@firesideproduction.com
Jodi Rave (’96), an award-winning Native American affairs reporter and columnist, is leaving newspapers to write a book about Elouise Cobell and the Indian Trust Fund lawsuit.

Dennis M. Wilkins (Ph.D. ’96) was recently promoted to the rank of professor in the Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication at St. Bonaventure University in western New York. Wilkins has taught in the school for 13 years, following a 20-year career as a journalist. In 2006, he received the annual faculty Award for Professional Excellence in Teaching.
dwilkins@sbu.edu

Katrina Martin Davenport (’99) presented her paper “The Owl and the Pussycat: Animal Visitations in Dreams and Waking Life” at the 25th annual International Association for the Study of Dreams conference in Chicago in June. Davenport is a master’s candidate in consciousness and transformative studies at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, Calif. She is also a photographer and a mixed-media artist.
katrina@katrinadreamer.com

Dan Perlet (’99) is director of communications at Corbis Corp. in London. Corbis, founded by Bill Gates, represents more than 100 million creative images that are licensed by publishers and advertisers around the world.
Dan.Perlet@corbis.com

The ’00s

Ryan Chiaverini (’00) is the weekend sports anchor at WLS-TV in Chicago; he also hosts “The Chicago Huddle,” a 30-minute show on the local scene. Chiaverini moved to Chicago in 2006 from KUSA-Channel 9 in Denver.

Darcy Couch (’00) is in her fifth year at the University of Southern California, where she is assistant sports information director. She was voted Staff Member of the Year by the student-athletes and athletic department staff. Her job was also profiled in ESPN the Magazine in February.
Dcouch@usc.edu

Mary K. Bowannie (MA ’00) is a lecturer in journalism and politics at the University of New Mexico, where she has students look at the media’s impact on Native Americans. In September, Bowannie attended the Journalism Center for Children on Families seminar on covering early childhood learning.
mkbow@unm.edu

Cara Eastwood (’00), former press secretary to Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal, recently joined the staff at Linden, a full-service marketing firm in northern Colorado with clients in health care, education and many other professional, consumer and service-based industries.
cara@golinden.com

Katie Herzig (’00) is working as an independent singer and songwriter in Nashville. Her work has been featured in commercials and on the TV show “Grey’s Anatomy.”

Alan Jackson (’00) is the executive producer of Denver Broncos football for 850-KOA Radio and the creative production director for 850-KOA, AM-630, and AM-760 at Clear Channel.
Ajx00@aol.com

Kami Carmann (’01) joined KMGH Channel 7 as the weekend sports anchor and sports reporter. She returned home to Denver from a job with NewsChannel5 in Nashville, Tenn., where she was a sports reporter and covered the Tennessee Titans, Nashville Predators, University of Tennesee and Vanderbilt University, among others. At CU she was a four-time letterwinner and two-time captain of the women’s basketball team.

Kathryn Cook (’01) has been named to the 2009 Joop Swart Masterclass, a venerable and extremely competitive honor granted by the World Press Photo Foundation in Amsterdam. Cook will join 11 other young photographers this fall as they delve into the technical, ethical and journalistic side of their work with the help of six photojournalism masters.

Sara Gillesby (’01) is assignment manager for Associated Press Television News in New York City. Gillesby is responsible for coverage of major news events in and around the New York region for an international and online audience. Before that, she was a senior producer with AP television.
sgillesby@hotmail.com
Larissa Kusel (’01) has co-authored a book with her husband, CU alum Daniel G. Kusel. “The Financial Love Triangle: Yours, Mine & Ours,” mixes real-life stories about the authors’ and various couples’ experiences with practical exercises and tools for couples to begin aligning the love and money in their lives. www.amazon.com/Financial-Love-Triangle-Daniel-Kusel/dp/0979625580
larissakeever@hotmail.com

Nathan Webb (’01) began attending University of Texas-Houston Medical School this fall.
Webb_nr@msn.com

Bria Colyer (’02) has been promoted to digital management supervisor for Nissan at TBWA/Chiat/Day in Los Angeles. She most recently worked on the Cube launch.
briacolyer@gmail.com

Maya Ellman (’02) recently moved back to Colorado to attend the University of Denver for her master’s degree in international relations. Ellman is the director of communications for Educate!, an organization that empowers students in Uganda to become socially responsible leaders. www.experienceeducate.org
Mayarae789@yahoo.com

Dana Rebik (’02) is reporting for KCPQ-Fox TV in Seattle, where she focuses on feature reports for the morning show. Rebik moved to Seattle from WPTY-TV in Memphis. It was her fourth move since graduating from CU.
cubuff98@aol.com

Mitch Schneider (’02) has been a senior account executive for Marketwire, a news and communications service in San Francisco, since 2005. His primary responsibilities include marketing services to public relations and communications professionals as well as consulting with organizations on the best practices for engaging traditional and social media. Schneider was named Marketwire’s U.S. “Account Executive of the Year” for establishing company records for new business generated and total revenue.
mschneider@marketwire.com

Jessica Ferrante Beck (’03) is living in Santa Barbara, Calif., with her husband, Chad Beck, a CU alum. She is the executive producer at KEYT 3-TV. Beck was first hired as a news producer at KEYT but was quickly promoted to her present position.
jbeck@keyt.com

Daniel Clifford (’03) is in his second year as chief copy editor of the Hurriyet Daily News in Istanbul. Clifford was married earlier this year; he met his wife, Gaye, in London, where they were both students.
diggitydiscodan@yahoo.com

Shoba Rajgopal (Ph.D. ’03) is the director of the Gender Studies Program at Westfield State College in Massachusetts. She teaches courses on race, gender and representation in the visual media, and takes students to India on special gender and communications-related programs. Rajgopal recently attended the International Conference of the Humanities at Thrissur, Kerala, in southern India.
demuzi2003@yahoo.com

Tracee Herbaugh (’04) is working for the Newark Star Ledger news wire service in her first full-time reporting position.
tracee@gmail.com

Juliana Broste (’05) is a freelance video journalist. Broste has been working for High Noon Entertainment on a Food Network show, “Unwrapped.” She has also worked on projects for the Travel Channel, MTV and Starwood Hotels. She maintains a travel blog, which was recently featured in Budget Travel Magazine. www.julianabroste.com
juliana.broste@gmail.com

Carolyn Meyer (’05) is an account production manager at Merkle Inc., a customer relationship marketing company in Denver.
cmeyer@merkleinc.com

Michael Palmrose (’05) was recently promoted to supervisor at Falls Church Community Television in Falls Church, Va., an access station serving a small community outside of Washington, D.C.
palmrosem@fccps.org

Amanda Wagner (’05) has returned to KKCO-TV 11 News in Grand Junction as a news director and anchor. She was previously a production assistant and anchor. Wagner also worked as an anchor and weekend reporter in Madison, Wis., before returning to KKCO and her hometown.
Amanda.Wagner@nbc11news.com

Adam Creapo (’06) is going back to school at CU-Denver to obtain his teaching license in secondary English. He has taught in Adams 12 District and at Denver Public Schools.
Adamcreapo@gmail.com

Troy Hendershott (’06) is a programming coordinator for HDNet in Denver.
thendershott@hd.net
Corey Reynolds (’06) is working for Corner Alliance, a management consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. The firm helps government leaders create and implement change in their organizations.
creynolds@corneralliance.com

David Tauchen (’06) is a multimedia journalist at KUSA-Channel 9 in Denver.
David.tauchen@gmail.com

Rachel Boxer (’07) recently became the Senate Minority Office press secretary for the Colorado State Senate.

Warren Green (’07) is the director of marketing and business development for The Town Center in Aurora.
WarrenRGreen@gmail.com

Brian Frederick (Ph.D. ’07) is the deputy editorial director at Media Matters for America.

Amanda Hein (’07) is an assistant account executive at DDB Worldwide in Venice, Calif.
Hein.Mandy@gmail.com

Whitney Levine (’07) is the Web coordinator at outdoor Divas in Boulder. She does all things e-commerce, including order management, Web design, product description and blog writing. Levine also occasionally does freelance writing for Climbing Magazine.
wlevine@outdoordivas.com

Morgan Ralph (’07) is the associate editor at The Natural Foods Merchandiser in Boulder.

morgan.ralph@penton.com

Elizabeth Barbot (’08) is a certified nursing assistant for Mesa Vista, a nursing home in Boulder.
Elizabeth.barbot@colorado.edu

Nichole Berger (’08) is an art director for the advertising firm Wexley School for Girls in Seattle. She creates concepts for both global and national ad campaigns and events. Berger also designs and produces the work that results from her concepts.
nicholeb@wexley.com

Jayme Bregman (’08) works at KYSL-FM Krystal 93 Radio in Dillon as an account executive and a weekend DJ. Bregman focuses on sales and marketing, and on the air, she plays music and gives updates on news, weather and road conditions.
jayme.bregman@yahoo.com

Krisan Christensen (’08) is the art director for Women’s Adventure Magazine and Telluride Publishing. She lives in Boulder.
krisanc@hotmail.com

Stephanie Collins (’08) is a producer and multimedia journalist at KOAA-TV in Colorado Springs. She lives in Pueblo.
scollins@koaa.com

Jade Cunningham (’08) is a production assistant for KGWN-CBS, Channel 5, in Cheyenne.
Jade.c.lee@gmail.com

Julie Dyer (’08) is a contributing writer and administrative assistant at Hartle Media’s 7×7 Magazine. She interviews artists and reviews shows and albums. She lives in San Francisco.
julieadyer@yahoo.com

Emily Emerick (‘08) is an assistant project manager at Tribal DDB in New York City, where she had been an intern. She lives in Brooklyn.

Rodrigo Finkelstein Ogueta (MA ’08) has published his master’s thesis through German publishing house VDM Verlag Dr. Muller AG & CO. The book is titled “The Constitutive Role of Occupational Safety in Chile: The unintended consequences of an ideological symbolic content.”
www.amazon.com/Constitutive-Role-Occupational-Safety-Chile/dp/363916637X
Rodrigo.Finkelsteinogueta@colorado.edu

Amy Foster (’08) works for the Association for the National Beer Wholesalers Association. Among other duties, Foster follows all state legislation and organizes conferences. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Amyfos7@gmail.com

Jason Griffith (’08) is a national field organizer for MoveOn.org.  He lives in Denver.
jason.w.griffith@gmail.com

Erica Grundin (’08) is the account manager assistant for Page 1 Solutions. Her duties include Web updates, quality analyses of new sites and statistical reports. She lives in Arvada.
Erica.Grundin@colorado.edu

Anna Haislip (’08) is a community journalist for The Denver Post’s yourhub.com.
haislipa@yourhub.com

Ryan Hatch (’08) is the sportswriter for the Duncan Banner in Duncan, Okla. He also shoots video and stills.
hatchms@gmail.com

Benjamin Howell (’08) is the main sports reporter and producer for KGWN-TV’s CBS Northern Colorado 5 newscast in Fort Collins.

benjamin.howell67@yahoo.com

Sarah Rhodes Hudnall (’08) is a training manager at Hacienda Colorado, where she writes training manuals, organizes company training and oversees the training staff. Hudnall lives in Westminster.
Sarah.rhodes@colorado.edu

Scott Lasher (’08) is a sales account manager for Maintenance Connection in Davis, Calif.
Scott.Lasher@colorado.edu

Jenny Luu (’08) is an assistant content manager for Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder. She works on the Microsoft interactive account.
jluu@cpbgroup.com

Grant McGilvray (’08) is the marketing manager for CUBuffs.com in association with JumpTV. He lives in Lafayette.

Krista Mehlbach (’08) is the executive assistant to the vice president of marketing for Clarins, a beauty product merchandiser. She is responsible for managing and organizing the daily activities of the creative and marketing department. Mehlbach lives in New York City.
kmehlbach@colorado.edu
Phillip Milani (’08) is the sports anchor and news reporter for KIEM News Channel 3 in Eureka, Calif. Milani anchors sports on weekends and is a news reporter and photographer during the week. Phillip.milani@colorado.edu

Alyson Mizke (’08) is the co-director of Project Type Zero for Oswego Creative/BCTD AFL-CIO. Project Type Zero is an international charity that benefits diabetes research. Mizke lives in Lakewood.
alyson@oswegocreative.com

Lucas Morin (’08) is a teacher in Chalmette, La. He teaches sixth- and seventh-grade reading and writing classes in the Teach for America program.
lukemorin@gmail.com

Alexandra O’Rourke (’08) is working at KOFY TV-20, cable 13, in San Francisco as part of the promotions street team. She also works full time at a San Francisco-based ad agency.
alexandrarorourke@gmail.com

Charles Powell (’08) is the owner and president of Story Shop PR, a strategic communications company that he founded in July. Powell lives in Englewood.
charlesjpowell@colorado.edu

Megan Rose (’08) is a communications specialist for the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is responsible for communications about capital construction and the new master plan.
Megan.Rose@colorado.edu

Kathryn Sholem (’08) is a project coordinator for General Growth Properties, a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns, develops and operates regional shopping malls across the United States. She lives in Chicago.
Katie.sholem@gmail.com

Jaclyn Smith (’08) is an account assistant at Christie Communications in Santa Barbara, Calif. She works on public relations for two accounts and specializes in green and organic marketing.
jaclynfsmith@gmail.com

Whitney Taylor (’08) is a manager for Vail Resorts’ Breckenridge Hospitality at Keystone. She lives in Breckenridge.
Whitney.b.taylor@gmail.com

Chris Velgersdyk (’08) is the newscast director for KULR-9 Television in Billings, Mont. He directs the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. news, handles preproduction and creates graphics.
Christophervelgersdyk@comcast.net

Stirling Wade (’08) is a sales representative for Pepsi Bottling Group. He works in Phoenix.
stirlingwade@gmail.com

Daisy Wiberg (’08) is an administrative assistant at Leven & Company Management. She lives in Westchester, Calif.

Dwiberg23@gmail.com

Amanda Wight (’08) is an account executive in New York City for the digital advertising company Night Agency.
amwight@gmail.com

Kasia Broussalian (’09) finished in the top 10 in the Hearst  Photojournalism portrait and personality feature and “personal vision” contest. The photos by Broussalian, a photographer for the Boulder Camera, placed eighth among 86 entries submitted by photographers from 52 colleges and universities nationwide.

Natasha Dadabhoy (’09) is a master’s student at CU-Denver, where she is pursuing a degree in public administration.
natasha.dadabhoy@colorado.edu

Jenny Depper (’09) works for Associated Content in New York City.

Allison Doyle (’09) spent the summer interning at KQED Public Radio, San Francisco’s NPR member station. Following her internship, Doyle said she plans to go to Toulouse, France, to teach English and explore media opportunities.
allison.doyle@colorado.edu

Claire Foss (’09) is working in account management at Crispin Porter + Bogusky. She lives in Boulder.
claire.e.foss@gmail.com

Lauren Friedman (’09) is the community manager at Context Optional in San Francisco. She works on social media marketing for Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft and Toyota.
friedmlh@gmail.com

Morgan Elizabeth Heim (MA ’09) has joined the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a science writer, photographer and multimedia specialist.

Marissa Hermanson (’09) is a special editions editor at the Boulder Weekly.
marissa.hermanson@colorado.edu

Alexander Zak Hesemann (’09) has joined Princess Cruise Lines as a video editor and videographer. Hesemann will be working on a ship that will set sail in either late December or early January.
Alexander.hesemann@colorado.edu

Kristi Miller (’09) recently finished a photo internship at the Fort Collins Coloradoan. She plans to travel across the country to photograph girls growing up in different family situations for a multimedia piece on gender norms in America.
kristi.ann.miller@gmail.com

Tim Ratchford (’09) is an associate copywriter at Leo Burnett in Chicago. He works on the McDonald’s account with fellow CU graduate Jason Curry (’09). The pair was hired as a team following their summer internship there. See page 14.
Timothy.ratchford@gmail.com

Sam Silberberg (’09) recently took a position as an assistant strategic planner at OMD in New York City.
Samsilb@gmail.com

Marilyn Spitz (’09) is teaching at Brawerman Elementary in Los Angeles.
marilyn.spitz@gmail.com

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