Christopher Allick (BA ’76) is a managing partner and founder (2000) of Instream Partners LLC, a technology investment bank. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and four children.

Paul B. Baum, Jr. (BA ’52) taught high school in Yuma County (Wray, Kirk), Colorado from 1952 to 1954; then at Chino High School, California, and Los Angeles County Court schools (teacher and principal). He retired in 1992 and did substitute teaching until May 2003.

Lisa Brown (MA ’81; PhD ’86) is the Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate. She has also served as the Chair of the Senate Energy, Technology, and Telecommunications Committee, the Senate Ways and Means Committee, and the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. She taught in the Economics Department at Eastern Washington University for many years (with colleague Doug Orr, also a CU graduate) and ran successfully for State Representative (as a Democrat) in 1992. Lisa says her economics training has been a great foundation for a career in politics! She also teaches part-time at Gonzaga University. Lisa has a 13-year-old son, and enjoys backpacking and bicycling.

Brian Burnett (BA ’85) received his MS in Finance at CU-Denver in 1993. He is the vice chancellor for administration and finance at CUColorado Springs. He was named Marshall Memorial Fellow by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (2000)— young leaders in U.S. transatlantic ties. Brian is married to CUBoulder business graduate Marilyn Graese Burnett and is the father of Derrick (12) and Victoria (9). He is in the PhD program at GSPA at UCDHSC.

Kyle Heckman (BA ’01; and BS Business Administration) is currently employed as a Portfolio Management Analyst, Bank of America, Global Corporate and Investment Banking, San Francisco. He has enjoyed many interesting assignments with the bank over the past three years: airlines, mining, forest products, and real estate companies, both domestically in San Francisco and internationally in London.

Louis Irwin (MA ’89) is currently employed as Regulatory Analyst, Office of Ratepayer Advocates at the California State Public Utility Commission. He provided key testimony in the historic $100-million settlement on behalf of California utility customers against San Diego Gas & Electric, 2002. Testimony was regarding the utilities imprudent electricity procurement practices.

Teresa Luther (BA ’02) received her MA in Economics from George Washington University in December 2004 and is currently employed as a Financial Economist at the U.S. Treasury, Washington, D.C.

Wendy Max (PhD ’83) is professor and co-director, Institute for Health and Aging, at the University of California, San Francisco. She has an active research program in health economics including studying the impact of tobacco use and cancer on health care expenditure. Wendy lives in Palo Alto with her husband Robert Siegel (PhD in MCDB, CU-Boulder, 1984; MD, Stanford, 1990), a professor at Stanford, and their three sons (10, 15, and 18).

Christopher T. Meyer (BA ’89) received his MBA at the University of New Haven in 1995 and an MS in Logistics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California in 2000. He served as Logistics Officer Fleet Hospital Three, 1st FSSG, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Kuwait and Iraq from January to June 2003. In July 2003, he was employed as Operations Research Analyst, Economic and Manpower Analysis Division, Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. Chris has recently been selected for promotion to Lieutenant Commander.

Christoper Opdyke (BA ’99) was recently promoted to vice president at Mortgage Design Group, Denver. He is the proud father of a beautiful son and an avid Colorado skier!

Phillip Prosseda (PhD ’04) was appointed the vice commander and dean of the United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado Springs, July 2004. As the dean, he oversees the operation and curriculum of three departments— English, math, and science. As the vice commander, he assists the commander in overseeing the military training and athletic departments.

Chief Justice Luis D. Rovira (BA ’48; LLB ’50), Colorado (retired), is currently employed as arbiter and mediator at Judicial Arbiter Group, Denver. He received the University of Colorado Alumni Recognition Award, 1963; University of Colorado Distinguished Services Award, 1987; and the University of Colorado Law School Knous Award, 1993. He was the president of the Associated Students, University of Colorado, 1947–48; president of the University of Colorado Denver Alumni Association, 1961–62; and a member of the Independent Investigative Commission appointed by the Board of Regents, 2004.

Philip Staehelin (BA ’91) was recently elected for a two year term to the board of directors of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in the Czech Republic He is currently employed as the head of the Office of the Managing Director for T-Mobile Czech Republic.