The '00s

Photo by Michael Alosi Kathy and David Martin look at a three-dimensional memorial plaque honoring their son, photojournalism student Zachary "Zack" Tyler Martin ('03), during a reception at the School. This fall, a photo gallery for displaying student photos was installed in the Armory in memory of Martin, who was killed in an automobile accident.

Samantha Barsky ('00) is a freelance art director in San Francisco. Samantha@barskydesigns.com

Dana Cantarano Berry ('00) and husband John Berry had a baby boy, Connor, on Aug. 25. Dana, PR director for Magnolia Hotels, is the 2008 social committee chair for the PRSA Colorado Chapter.

Ryan Chiaverini ('00) joined the ABC 7 Chicago sports team as sports reporter/fill-in sports anchor in March 2006. Chiaverini went to ABC 7 from KUSA-Channel 9 in Denver where he had been a sports reporter since 2002. During his tenure there, he covered the Denver Broncos and other teams for KUSA's newscasts. He also served as host and reporter for KUSA's sports shows, including "John Elway's Crush Zone" and "The Bronco's Huddle with Mike Shanahan." Before he was at KUSA, Chiaverini worked at KTVQ-TV in Billings, Mont., and KFBB-TV in Great Falls, Mont.

Colin Chmielewski ('00) is a sports writer for the Albany Herald in Albany, Ga., covering University of Georgia football. After leaving CU, he went to graduate school at Syracuse.

Alan Jackson ('00) has been promoted to creative production director at 850-AM KOA in Denver. He will also continue to serve as executive producer of CU football on KOA.

Chris Jacobs ('00) is a senior account manager at Action Marketing Group in Boulder.

Jessica Kelly ('00) left her job with "American Idol" and has produced a documentary on biodiesel called "Revolution Green." She writes: "The film is 78 minutes long and details the story of a man on Maui seeking to make biodiesel out of waste cooking oil back in 1996. He succeeds and starts building biodiesel plants across America with the help of friend and country music legend Willie Nelson. Woody Harrelson narrates the film, and the journey of those visionaries, musicians, truckers, farmers and mothers across America seeking to use renewable energy." www.revolutiongreen.com.Jeskelly@mac.com.

Kristin Lutwack ('00) is a project coordinator for EXI Parsons Telecom in Denver.

Tara Manthey ('00) is working at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette with her husband, Toby Manthey. She covers K-12 and higher education. taraprecious@mac.com

Todd Sainer ('00) is working part-time at KOA-AM as a fill-in news anchor on occasional weekend mornings. His full-time job is as the program director for Intercambio de Comunidades Denver, an affiliate of the Boulder-based nonprofit that provides language education for the local immigrant community. tsainer@hotmail.com.

Josh Samuels ('00) started his TV career in Grand Junction but for almost four years has been in Champaign, Ill., where he is the sports director at WICD-TV. He says it's a great sports market, in a college town with a lot of big-city sports nearby. He has covered the last three World Series and a Final Four, and the PGA championship at Medinah in Chicago. He says he also went to the Super Bowl in Miami last year.

Kirk Siegler ('00) left his job as news director at Aspen Public Radio for a reporting job with NPR station KUNC-FM on the Front Range. He writes: "KUNC recently added a Boulder signal and also is expanding its reach into the Denver area. So I'll be based in those two places." Siegler says he's excited for the opportunity to go back solely to reporting, although he's had "a fun run" in Aspen. kirk.siegler@kunc.org

Greg Bledsoe ('01) is now reporting on weekdays and doing weekend weather at KNSD in San Diego, where he's been for several years. He is engaged to Jessica Erickstad ('01).

Matthew Monks ('01) is an associate financial adviser with the practice of Mark Spinnato in Westminster. Matthew.s.marks@ampf.com

Chris Taylor ('01) left his news writing job at KCBS/KCAL, where he has been for the past four years, to work as a features producer for the NFL Network. He's also still working part-time at Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC. He has worked for NBC to cover recent Olympic Games. chris@christaylor.org

Amy Warden ('01) is an art director for Element 79 in Chicago.

Ian Cohen ('02) left the Martha Stewart Show to be a field producer for the Rachel Ray's nationally syndicated show. He lives in New York City.

Bria Colyer ('02) is an account supervisor for TBWA/Chiat/Day-Tequila in Los Angeles, a global marketing services network. briacolyer@hotmail.com

Jefferson Dodge (MA '02) was promoted to editor at Silver & Gold Record on the retirement of Susan Jones in June. He will be responsible for editing the opinion pages, as well as reporting on systemwide governance groups. dodgej@cusys.edu

Billi Hazle ('02) is leaving TV news after 2 years as anchor and reporter at WLIO in Lima, Ohio. She will be campus visit coordinator in the admissions department at Bluffton University in Ohio. While in news, Hazle won AP awards for Best Feature Reporter (2005) and Best Anchor (2006).

Loryn Kasten ('02) is a director of marketing and communications for Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort.

Marie Kennedy ('02) is a marriage and family therapist intern in Orange County, Calif. She completed her second master's degree last December in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, after getting an MA in professional writing from the University of Southern California. She says she's keeping up her writing, working on her second novel and her first nonfiction book. snoshine@aol.com

Courtney Staufer ('02) is a communications associate in the dean's office of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Courtney.staufer@colorado.edu

Jennifer Tierney ('02) is a business relationship manager for Wells Fargo Bank in Boulder.

Kevin White ('02) is a production manager at The Integer Group in Lakewood. kduballstar@gmail.com

Elke Barter ('03) is an art director at Partners + Simons in Boston. elke@partnersandsimons.com

Amy Clore ('03) is a marketing coordinator at Backpacker Magazine in Boulder. She interned at SKI last spring.

Adam Dormuth ('03) is media relations specialist at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver. He previously worked in radio sports and news in Wyoming. adormuthjr@yahoo.com

Matthew Gonzales ('03) is an account representative at HealtheCAREERS, a network that facilitates the online job boards of more than 70 medical associations. Matthew.gonzales@healthecareers.com

Lisa (Martin) Hidalgo ('03) is a weathercaster at KMGH-Channel 7 in Denver.

Kate Lee ('03) is in her second year of law school at Indiana University in Bloomington. She interned at Justice Department in Washington, D.C., last summer.

Peter Lockley ('03) is the chief sports photographer at The Washington Times, where he started in March 2005. The majority of his work revolves around sports, he says, but he occasionally works on a national or political story. He was featured in Popular Photography Magazine in the August 2007 issue for work he did in March and April at the Washington Nationals' spring training camp.

Kellie MacMullan ('03) has left KRDO-TV in Colorado Springs for a reporting and fill-in anchor job at KWGN-Channel 2 in Denver.

Devon O'Donnell ('03) is a senior media planner at Digitas Inc. She lives in New York City.

Alanna Rizzo (MA '03) moved back to Denver to work for FSN Rocky Mountain covering the Rockies, Broncos, CU, CSU and local high schools. alanna_rizzo@yahoo.com

Ryan Van Duzer ('03) rode his bicycle down the East Coast with two friends. They biked 2,500 miles from Portland, Maine, to Key West. duzer.wordpress.com crazyduzer@gmail.com

Sean Anderson Vie ('03) will be the communications assistant for the Colorado House Republicans during the General Session from January into May.

Mike Conneen ('04) spent the summer filling in as the weekend anchor for KXRM-TV, the Fox station in Colorado Springs.

Anne Herbst (MA '04), a photojournalist for KUSA-Channel 9 in Denver, was a finalist for the National Photographer of the year in 2007.

Bryan Keating ('04) was named sports director at KTXS-TV in Abilene, Texas, after spending two years as the weekend sports anchor at KAVU-TV in Victoria, Texas.

Jennifer Coffman Kerchner ('04) is teaching sixth grade at Welchester Elementary School in Golden. She is helping produce Welchester's "KEGL News," which airs every Wednesday and features sixth-grade anchors and reporters. She writes, "It is a blast working with kids in the classroom, as well as teaching them how to be good reporters." kyokojen@comcast.net

Jenny Mammel ('04) is in graduate film school at Emerson University in Boston. She spent the summer in Israel working as a freelance editor on a documentary about the newly created Israel Baseball League.

Jennifer Matoney (MA '04) has taken a producing position at the PBS station in Binghamton, N.Y., WSKG-TV. She had been working at the PBS station in Sioux Falls, S.D. She will be starting a new art/music series and working on a variety of other productions. jenmatoney@yahoo.com

Alannah Moore ('04) is a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Madagascar.

Courtney Smith ('04) is an account executive at 104 West, a PR firm in Denver. She specializes in media relations for technology clients. courtney.smith@104west.com

Dan Viens (MA '04) is working as a copywriter and producer at an advertising agency in Portland called Rain. He left KUSA-Channel 9 in Denver about a year ago after winning an Emmy for interactivity and a 9News "Shooting Star" award.

Frances Algeo ('05) is the new 10 p.m. producer at KKTV, a CBS affiliate in Colorado Springs. She had previously worked at KWGN-Channel 2 and at KCNC-Channel 4 in Denver. fmalgeo@yahoo.com

Kristen Allen ('05) is an intern for The Associated Press in Berlin. She says that will be followed by another internship at Reuters.

Kelly Davidson (MA '05) accepted an associate editor position with Home Power magazine, "The Hands-On Journal of Home-Made Power." She is working remotely from New Jersey. The magazine is based in Oregon.

Brett Del Balso ('05) is working at Boston Sports Club.

Drew Giles ('05) returned to Colorado from teaching stint in South Korea and is now in graduate school in education at the University of Denver.

Lauren Glendenning ('05) is a reporter at the Vail Trail and the Vail Daily after a year and a half of reporting in Washington, D.C., and North Virginia. Lglendenning@vailtrail.com

Kent Green ('05) is an editor at Advanced Business Intelligence Solutions (ABIS) in Evanston, Ill. He is also in charge of new-employee training at the ABIS Group. Kent.green@theabisgroup.com

Erin Hooley ('05) recently became a photographer for the Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner.

Nicole Houston ('05) is starting her own production company and is planning a 10-year reunion for the Rosa and Raymond Parks Foundation. She lives in Charlotte, N.C.

Sadie Hughes ('05) left her reporting job at KOA-AM radio in Denver for a job at KCSG-TV station in St. George, Utah.

Suzanne Lyon ('05) is an agent trainee at the William Morris Agency in New York City. She writes, "I work for an agent in the broadcast/nonscripted television department and primarily handle broadcast news talent." KJSasst@wma.com

Kimberly Morrison ('05) is covering Wal-Mart for The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas' Bentonville bureau. She credits the Politics & Journalism Semester and her accompanying internship at the Knight Ridder's Washington bureau internship with helping her land the job.

Bianca Prieto ('05) is working at the Orlando Sentinel. She started as the night cops reporter in August.

Sarah Schwabe ('05) has been promoted to weekend anchor at KIDK-TV in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She will continue to report three days a week in the Pocatello bureau.

Abbie Steinbrueck ('05) has been doing freelance work in Central and South America.

Han Tran ('05) is a community and leadership development manager at New York Cares, a nonprofit organization. Tran.hanh@gmail.com

Brenda Willis ('05) is an interactive media planner at Ignited in El Segundo, Calif. bwillis@ignitedLA.com

Dan Baker ('06) is a freelance photographer and film editor. He lives in San Francisco.

Anne Blain ('06) is doing freelance production for FSN Rocky Mountain and Invesco Field at Mile High. She lives in Superior.

Erin Bosik ('06) is a copywriter at Sterling-Rice Group. She lives in Boulder.

Shannon Brohard ('06) is a researcher and photo archivist at High Noon Entertainment. She lives in Denver.

Jessica Buchanan ('06) went to Zimbabwe for two weeks to help Robin Truesdale ('87, MA '03) with a documentary. She is working as a campaign journalist for parliamentary elections in Meru, Kenya. Buchanan plans to go to India for a few months and then South America for a year. Kesse_sky@hotmail.com

Sarah Burney ('06) is a graphics and camera operator at KRQE-TV in Albuquerque.

Britt Carlson ('06) is an anchor/reporter at KCBY-TV in Bend, Ore.

Natalia Castaneda ('06) is an editor at Consorte Media in San Francisco, an online marketing company that focuses on the Hispanic market. natalia@consortemedia.com

Valerie Castro ('06) has been promoted to general assignment reporter at KOB-TV in Albuquerque.

Mary Caton-Rosser (Ph.D. '06) has accepted a professorship at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, S.D., after nearly a year as a research coordinator at Sopris West Educational Services.

Owen Clark ('06) is a reporter for KNVN/KHSL-TV in Chico, Calif.

Katherine Crowell ('06) is a reporter for The Daily Times in Salisbury, Md.

Chrissy Elmblad ('06) is an account coordinator at Environics Communications in New York City.

Erin Feese ('06) is a community journalist at YourHub.com. She oversees the Lakewood edition. She lives in Littleton.

Marla Goldsmith ('06) is an assistant account executive at Publicis in New York City. She lives in Montclair, N.J.

Rachel Gonzales ('06) is an administrative assistant for philanthropic services at the Denver Foundation. She lives in Denver.

Besse Halbrooks ('06) is a marketing analyst at Sterling-Rice Group. She lives in Boulder.

Alysen Hargrove ('06) is a production assistant at the Mountain West Sports Network. She lives in Aurora.

Pamela Haynie ('06) is an education and exhibits coordinator at Geospatial Information + Technology Association. She lives in Lakewood.

Erik Heinonen ('06) is a Peace Corps volunteer in Moldova.

Troy Hendershott ('06) is a quality control coordinator at HDNet in Denver. thendershott@hd.net

Alycia Holland ('06) is an account coordinator at the Design Mine. She lives in Lafayette.

Jennifer Kastner ('06) is an investigative producer at KVOA-TV in Tucson.

Christine Keller ('06) is a junior account planner for McClain Finlon Advertising in Denver. She lives in Wheat Ridge.

Adam Marquez (MA '06) is a communications and marketing strategist at Witeck-Combos Communications in Washington, D.C. adam.marquez@gmail.com

Dave Mason ('06) has been hired as the interactive content manager at KXRM-TV, the Fox station in Colorado Springs.

Lauren Matter ('06) is a weekend anchor/reporter at KTAB-TV in Abilene, Texas.

Nicole Miller ('06) is a copy editor at Steamboat Pilot + Today. Nicole.miller@colorado.edu

Lauren Monitz ('06) does promotions for US Concepts Inc. in Chicago. Lmonitz@gmail.com

Bryan Ozamoto ('06) is a traffic and print production coordinator at Weston|Mason in Santa Monica, Calif. He lives in Culver City.

Elissa Polls ('06) is a morning news producer at KWGN-Channel 2. She lives in Denver.

Yvette Rebik ('06) is an account coordinator position at Traction Communications in Denver.

Rania El-helo (MA '06) is a full-time lecturer at the School of Journalism at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza and a part-time public relations officer at American Near East Refugees Aid (ANERA), based in Washington, D.C.

Brian Riedel ('06) is a financial analyst at Total Wine & More. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Jennifer Shannon ('06) is an analyst at KTM Energy Consulting Services in Boulder. Jennifer.L.Shannon@gmail.com

Lindsey Sidener ('06) is an assistant banquet coordinator at the Downtown Aquarium in Denver.

Mike Tarson ('06) began this fall at CNN Business News in New York City, assisting in production, writing, tape library, graphics and editing. He said the print-to-broadcast and broadcast-to-print exercises he did at SJMC were essential to him getting the job. mike.tarson@gmail.com

Dave Tauchen ('06) is a reporter and photographer at KOAA-TV in Colorado Springs. Tauchen says he went to work right after graduation at KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he got a lot of practice covering political stories, but he is happy to be back in Colorado. david.tauchen@gmail.com

Evan Thomas ('06), who double-majored in aerospace engineering, is an aerospace engineer at NASA. He lives in Houston.

Kellen Unger ('06) is a product manager at Rocky Mountain Clothing Co. She lives in Englewood.

Lindsey Vidoni ('06) is a recruiter for On Assignment Healthcare Staffing. She lives in San Diego.

Andrew Villegas ('06) is a reporter for The Tribune in Greeley. avillegas@greeleytribune.com

Keely Walker ('06) is a producer for KKTV News in Colorado Springs.

Dan Watson ('06) has been hired as a public affairs assistant for the 2008 Democratic National Convention Committee.

Jenna Weisser ('06) is an account coordinator for Schenkein PR. She lives in Denver.

Liza Wigert ('06) is an event planner for Hip Consulting Group. She lives in Denver.

Anna Wolferman ('06) is a production assistant at Cortina Productions in McLean, Va. She is logging footage for a project for the Sports Museum of America. anna@cortinaproductions.com

Marisa Beahm ('07) is teaching English in Budapest, Hungary, and writing for two publications. She is the contributing writer for monthly magazines Where Budapest (a travel/tourism publication) and Business Hungary (a publication of the American Chamber of Commerce). At a recent conference, she met Ildiko Rezmuves (Ph.D. '06), the marketing manager for the event.

Joan "Joni" Borzcik ('07) is attending the University of San Diego School of Law. jborzcik@gmail.com

Shannon Brewer ('07) is working on the Audi Account at Venables Bell & Partners in San Francisco.

Brooke Diamond ('07) accepted a position as an assistant account executive for the Gillette Venus account at BBDO in New York.

Ambree Garrett ('07) is a logger and transcriber for High Noon Entertainment in Centennial.

Nicki Gatlin ('07) has a job in the production department at KVBC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas. Nicolette.Gatlin@gmail.com

Scott Goodfriend ('07) is working as a production assistant at LMNO-TV in Los Angeles. scottgoody2@gmail.com

Lauren Hoffman ('07) is a media relations specialist at Business Wire in Washington, D.C. She interned in the PR department at The Washington Post last summer.

Katherine Johnson ('07) has landed a job as an anchor and reporter for WBUP-TV in Marquette, Mich., the ABC station that covers the majority of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. katherinechristinejohnson@gmail.com

Tara Kurtz (MA '07) is a morning news producer at KXRM, the Fox station in Colorado Springs.

Lauren Lusk ('07) is a digital service representative at Turner Broadcasting Sales Inc. in New York City.

Seth Masia (MA '07) has accepted a job as managing editor of Solar Today magazine. With an associated Web site, it is published by the American Solar Energy Society in Boulder.

Steve Mayer ('07) has been hired as a general assignment reporter at KNOE-TV, the CBS affiliate in Monroe, La. mayer.stephen@gmail.com

Gina Montoya ('07) was hired in July as a morning producer at KLKN-TV (ABC) in Lincoln, Neb.

Dave Oakes ('07) is working at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder.

Liz Owens ('07) is working in China and Japan with a campus ministry program.

Adam Paluka ('07) has accepted a reporting job at WTAJ in Altoona, Pa. He is based in State College.

Morgan Ralph ('07) is an online editorial coordinator at Mountain Sports Media in Boulder, which includes Ski, Skiing, Warren Miller Entertainment and Skinet.com.

Katie Riordan ('07) is a grants administrator for FJC Philanthropic in New York City. Katie.e.riorden@gmail.com

Efrem Rodriquez ('07) has joined JohnstonWells Public Relations in Denver. He's part of the firm's emerging-media division.

Josh Sanchez ('07) is a writer for WTLV-TV in Jacksonville, Fla.

Greg Schreier ('07) completed a Dow Jones internship at The Associated Press in New York City last summer, then was hired by The Tribune in Greeley this fall to cover courts.

Richard Spiegel (MA '07) is scheduled to take over as chief director in the Media Relations and Public Communication Division for the United States Army Europe. He lives in Germany.

Tracy Stientjes ('07) is a Web and newscast producer at KKTV-TV in Colorado Springs.

Megan Swezey ('07) is working part-time at KCNC-Channel 4 in Denver.

Callie Zanandrie ('07) is a reporter at KBCI-TV, the CBS station in Boise, Idaho.