The '90s

Photo by John Russell ('90) Shannon Lukens ('82) writes a daily column on skiing and riding in Colorado that can be seen at OnTheSnow.com. She and her family live in Steamboat Springs.

Gina Seamans ('90) rejoined JohnstonWells Public Relations in July when that firm acquired Accent Public Relations, owned by Seamans. She brings clients Bernina of America, Enstrom Candies, Laser Technology, SmartCare Family Medical Clinics and Sterling-Rice Group. She worked for JohnstonWells from 1994 to 1998.

Carrie Askren ('91) is a reading instructor at Northlands Job Corps in Vergennes, Vt.

Patrick Everson ('91) is a sports copy editor/writer for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he won first place for Best Sports Story in 2006 Nevada Press Association contest. He lives in Henderson, Nev., with his wife, Annette Stanford, and their two children Ryan, 11, and Amanda, 8. peverson@reviewjournal.com

Susan Hunter ('91) is a senior writer/producer for the Disney Channel. She Lives in Redondo Beach, Calif. Susan.hunter@disney.com

Angelia McGowan ('91) has been named assistant director of communications at Metropolitan State College of Denver. angeliam@mscd.edu

Jon Sarche ('91) began a new career as public information coordinator for the Colorado State Judicial Branch in April following nearly 15 years as a general assignment reporter for The Associated Press with significant beat work in courts and legal affairs. He lives in southeast Denver with his wife, Jamie, sons Alec, 11, and Danny, 9, and lab Koko. Jon.sarche@judicial.state.co.us

Ben Wallace ('91) is president and marketing consultant for Link Positive Inc. (www.LinkPositive.com) in St. Paul, Minn. He started the market research and strategy business in 2004 after 15 years in brand strategy and account services leadership positions at several Twin Cities marketing communications agencies and design firms. He served as president of the Advertising Federation of Minnesota in 2001-2002. BenWallace@LinkPositive.com

Wendy Bell O'Toole ('92) is an anchor/reporter for WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh. She won four Emmy Awards in 2006, bringing her total to six. She is an Edward R. Murrow Award winner and a National Headliner Award recipient for a story on airfare pricing structure. She and her husband, Joe O'Toole, have three sons.

Doug Baughman (MA '93) is the managing editor of VeloNews in Boulder. He began his magazine career as an intern at the magazine, then moved to New York where he helped launch Oprah magazine and later worked for Rolling Stone, US Weekly and New York Magazine, where he served as assistant managing editor for five years. dbaughman@insideinc.com

Patti Parisi (MA '93) works as a consultant in communications and corporate social responsibility. Over the years, she has worked as a reporter and producer for various print and broadcast media. She lives in the Los Angeles area. pparisi@mindspring.com

Kristy Alexander ('94) is a digital asset management consultant for Advertising Production Resources in Denver.

Greg Avery ('94) is an aerospace, biotech, tech and telecom reporter at the Denver Business Journal in Denver. gavery@bizjournals.com

Benilda Samuels (MA '94) left Denver Health Medical Center to become a media relations and promotional manager at Denver Department of Human Services. Benny.samuels@denvergov.org

Lisa Whitsell ('94) started Whitsell Consulting in 1997 and will be celebrate the company's 10th anniversary in April. She specializes in creating custom software solutions, many of which are entirely Web-based. Her clients have included the U.S. Court of Appeals, Boston Market and Nortel Networks. www.whitsellconsulting.com

Sam Flickinger ('95) is an executive editor for Ski Racing magazine in Salt Lake City. He has been with the publication since July 2006 and has been reporting on domestic and international ski racing events for 10 years. It is the only publication of its kind in the United States. sflickinger@skiracing.com

Chris Gehrke ('95) is a senior manager of network services for PBS Kids Sprout 6 in Denver. Chris_gehrke@sproutonline.com

Lisa Christie ('96) is an account group supervisor at GolinHarris PR in Chicago. lchristie@golinharris.com

Monique Cuvelier ('96) is the founder of NewsJobs.Net, an online community for job-seeking journalists, editors and others in the publishing industry. Cuvelier started the Web site 10 years ago in Boston. monique@newsjobs.net

Leslie Heineman ('96) has started a proofreading business in the Seattle area. She says she started volunteering with the local chamber of commerce last spring and decided to create a service the community needs. She lives in Gig Harbor, Wash. www.soundproofediting.com

Sabine Kortals (MA '96) is a freelance classical music/opera critic for The Denver Post. She was chosen to participate in the fourth annual National Endowment for the Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera. The fellowship took place at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in New York City in October, providing an intensive cultural and writing immersion program for arts journalists and editors from across the country.

Matt Samet ('96) is the editor of Climbing magazine in Boulder.

Nancy Cornwell (Ph.D. '97) is leaving her position as associate professor of mass communication and department chair at Linfield College in Oregon to begin as associate professor and chair of the Department of Television-Radio at the Park School of Communication, Ithaca College in New York.

Stephanie Pytlinski ('97) is a news anchor at KXRM, the Fox TV station in Colorado Springs.

Ryan Katz ('98) is working on the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, video game. He lives in Southern California.

Sheri Southern ('98) is the daily poet for the Colorado Daily. She lives in Louisville with her two sons.

Alissa Walker ('98) is a freelance writer based in Hollywood where she writes for publications including Good, Wired, Dwell, Fast Company, I.D., Metropolis, ReadyMade and The Los Angeles Times. She is the gossip columnist for the California editionof The Architect's Newspaper, editor of the design blog UnBeige and associate producer of the public radio show "DnA: Design and Architecture."

Malinda Miller-Huey ('92, MA '98), director of Web Communications for CU-Boulder, recently won a poetry contest sponsored by Ghost Road Press. www.ghostroadpress.com/contest.htm

Kristy Mylroie ('98) is a communications specialist for Spokane (Wash.) Public Schools. Nancy Simeone ('98) is a Web editor for the American Dietetic Association in Chicago, where she helps the staff maintain the eatright.org Web site for the public and the ADA's more than 50,000 members. She is also starting a freelance writing business, 100indecisions, and currently writes press releases for tour operators for Adventure Travel Media Source. nancy@100indecisions.com

Kristin Boehm ('99) is news editor at PEOPLE.com in New York City.

Michael Fischer ('99) is a marketing director at Pragmatic Software Inc., a small software company in the Denver Tech Center.

Trista Kelley ('99) is working for Bloomberg in London. T.Kelley2@Bloomberg.com