The '90s

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1990

Sharon Almirall (’90 MA) became publisher of the Lake County News-Chronicle in October 2001 in Two Harbors, Minn. sharon.almirall@mx3.com

Christine “Chryss” Cada (’90) is a free-lance writer and columnist as well as an instructor of journalism at Colorado State University. She lives in Fort Collins. She can be reached at her Web site www.chryss.com.

Ali Nejadat (’90 MA) received a Ph.D. from Cairo (Egypt) University in December. Nejadat is a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan. He and his wife, Maha, have three children. anejadat@yahoo.com

John Russell (’90) of Steamboat Today won first-place for sports photography and second-place for feature photography for small markets from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters Association. For the Steamboat Pilot, he won third-place in the sports column category and first-place in sports photography from the Colorado Press Association. For the Hayden Valley paper, he won first-place in sports photography from the Colorado Press Association.

1991

Deborah (Privitera) Lagomarsino (’91) is a reporter for the Dow Jones Newswires covering the U.S. economy, U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Board. She lives in Arlington, Va. deborah.lagomarsino@dowjones.com

Dan Prescott (’91 MA) is Western Region PR manager for Saab Cars USA in San Diego. dan.prescott@saabusa.com

Rhonda Kay Sharp (’91) recently purchased a small family resort between Loveland and Estes Park in the Big Thompson River Canyon with her fiancé. Together, they have developed a water sports Web site for planning tropical vacations. The address is www.seamevacation.com. Email info@2eagleresort.com

Heather Stull (’91) was a participant in the San Diego Triathlon Challenge in November. She lives in Denver, where she is a director of programming for the Denver Advertising Federation.

Laszlo E. Varga (’91) is a self-employed video production lighting director. He and wife Cynthia welcomed triplets on Dec. 10. Grace, Daniel, Benjamin, mom and dad are all doing well. They live in Parker. levarga@attbi.com

1992

Dana Donley (’92) is communications manager for Business for Wilderness, which is a project of the Outdoor Recreation Coalition of America. She’s working on such projects as protecting the remaining roadless areas around the nation. She lives in Denver.

Missy Votel (’92) of the Durango Herald won first-place in the humor column category from the Colorado Press Association.

1993

Marc Hertz (’93) was formerly an editor at LookSmart in San Francisco and wrote free-lance movie reviews for the San Francisco Independent. He also has been writing screenplays and hopes to make that his career soon. He recently moved to Hollywood. marc_hertz@hotmail.com

1994

Kris Hudson (’94) of The Denver Post received an honorable mention from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters Association in the series category for large markets.

Kathryn Jamboretz (’94) is an anchor at WB11-TV in St. Louis. kathryn.jamboretz@wb11tv.com

Lisa Marshall (’94) of the Boulder Daily Camera won second place in news writing from the Colorado Press Association. She was recently named assistant features editor.

Dan Pacheco (’94) is a director in the AOL community products group. He is focusing on developing international chat rooms, finding ways to make them more interesting, dynamic and safe for users. He and Kendall Slee (’93) traveled to France this spring and are expecting their first child in November. They live in Falls Church, Va.

Benilda Samuels (’94 MA) is the marketing manager at Denver Health and Hospitals. benny.samuels@dhha.org

1995

Steve Hall (’95 MA), after 18 months with the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, was promoted to director of public affairs and marketing. He has been the acting director for nearly a year. He is also an adjunct professor of journalism at Metropolitan State College of Denver and published an article in Outdoor Life magazine about his adventures as a fly-fishing guide.

Julie Meidlinger (’95 MA) was a columnist for several small papers in the Virginia Beach area. Unfortunately, the papers closed, but she reports that she is at home, caring for her 3 year-old daughter, and says, “I’m busier than I’ve ever been.” kirstensmom@hotmail.com

Kris Scott (’95) of the Rocky Mountain News won second place in the single page design category from the Colorado Press Association.

1996

Eric Frankowski (’96 MA) of the Longmont Daily Times-Call won first-place in the deadline category from the Colorado Press Association.

Angus McGilpin (’96) and Lori White (Span, Comm, ’97) were married last May in California’s Napa Valley. They live in San Francisco.

Brent Schrotenboer (’96) recently found himself on Texas Tech basketball coach Bobby Knight’s bad side. According to the Boulder Daily Camera, Schrotenboer, a reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, angered Knight by mentioning that Knight was dismissed at Indiana after 29 years. Knight asked someone at the sports information director’s office to tell Schrotenboer that Knight didn’t want him around anymore, implying that his credentials might be revoked. It took intervention by Texas Tech Athletic Director Gerald Myers to get Knight to resume acknowledging Schrotenboer at news conferences.

Carly Schulaka (’96) accepted a position as associate editor of Senior Market Advisor magazine, a trade publication for financial planners. The magazine is a monthly Wiesner publication with a national circulation of 35,000. Previously, Schulaka was the editor of a Boulder-based Web site for nursing mothers and before that was a business reporter at the Boulder Daily Camera for three years. cschulaka@wiesner.com

Chris Vanderveen (’96) made the move from KOAA-TV in Colorado Springs to KUSA-TV in Denver as a general assignment reporter.

1997

Zak Gilbert (’97) left his position as media relations director for the Colorado Rockies to become an assistant public relations director for the Green Bay Packers.

Anthony Martini (’97) was promoted to co-anchor of the morning show at KCOY-TV in Santa Maria, Calif. The station covers news from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Amy (Mauro) Sunahara (’97) is a corporate communications specialist at Navagant International in Englewood. She received her master’s degree in applied communications in 2001 from the University of Denver. sunaharaak@hq.navigant.com

John Gordon Thompson (’97 MA) is pursuing his lifelong ambition of becoming a lawyer. He will graduate in May from Cumberland School of Law in his hometown of Birmingham, Ala., and will focus on civil defense litigation with the law firm of Lightfoot, Franklin & White. jgthompson@samford.edu

Jill Tucker (MA ’97), a reporter for the Alameda News Group in Oakland, Calif., won the California Journalism Award for a series on special education. The contest is sponsored by the California State University at Sacramento and honors the best reporting about state government.

1998

Kelly Dukat (’98) is the new assistant editor of Mortgage Originator, a national trade magazine in San Diego, serving the mortgage lending industry. She is also a volunteer for animal rescue organizations and other local community groups. kdukat@pfpublish.com

Madeleine Hengge (’98 MA) is the associate producer for fund-raising TV spots and is the production coordinator for the Creative Services Department at KPBS-TV in San Diego.

Steve LePeau (’98) is a broadcast associate for CBS in New York City. He puts together packages for football and basketball games.

Christine McManus (’98) of the Douglas County News won third-place in the series category from the Colorado Press Association.

Karen Mockler (’98 MA) won the Dolly Connelly Award for Environmental Journalism for a series on the Columbia River estuary while working for the Daily Astorian in Oregon. She has relocated to Cody, Wyo., and works as a free-lancer for High Country News, the Idaho Falls Post Register and Wyoming Public Radio. sneakyspice@hotmail.com

Theresa (Benda) Sauer (’98) moved from her position in Colorado Gov. Bill Owens’ policy office to working on his campaign for re-election as his deputy press secretary. She is in charge of coordinating media events, scheduling production of campaign advertisements, writing press releases and meeting with the media, among other duties. theresa@owens2002.net

Annik Stahl (’98 MA) is a lead writer and columnist at the Microsoft Office Assistance Center in Redmond, Wash. She lives in Renton, Wash., and is expecting her first child late this summer. Annik@annik.net or anniks@microsoft.com

Jason Starr (’98) of the Summit Daily News won second-place from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters Association in the sports category for small markets as well as first-place from the Colorado Press Association for sports writing.

Dana (Fogel) Taylor (’98) married Britton Taylor, a strategic planner at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in September. She also received a master’s degree in advertising from Virginian Commonwealth University Ad Center in May 2001. They live in Richmond, Va.

1999

Curtis Esquibel (’99) is working in education on the Jemez Pueblo reservation in New Mexico. He tutors students and helps them with college scholarship applications. He also is the Jemez representative on a tribal education staff working to bring University of California and Los Alamos national lab employees to New Mexico reservations as tutors. clesquibel@hotmail.com

Laine Ewen (’99) finished the Columbia Publishing course and is currently interning at Premiere Magazine. She’s been able to do a little writing and is happy to be working at her favorite magazine. She recently applied for grad school in elementary education. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. saraxylem@aol.com

Justin George (’99) of the Boulder Daily Camera received an honorable mention from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters Association in the sports category for medium markets as well as second-place in sports writing and third-place in sustained coverage from the Colorado Press Association.

Julie Gordon (MA’99) and Robert Baun of the Fort Collins Coloradoan won first-place in the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters Association in the business category for medium markets.

Kim “Sassy” Hackett (’99) is the morning show co-host and program director for KKNN-FM 95 Rock in Grand Junction. In the fall Arbitron ratings, the station dominated almost all adult, and especially male demographics which means she is the brand manager of the No. 1 radio station in western Colorado.

Rebecca Self Hill (’99 Ph.D.) along with a partner founded 2SmartScribes, a corporate free-lance writing company “creating an avenue for talented moms to work from home.” The company is based out of their homes in Boulder County. Their Web site is www.2smartscribes.com.

Julie “Jag” Jagodzinske (’99) of The Durango Herald won first-place from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters Association in the sports category for small markets and second place in the sports column category as well as second place in the headline category from the Colorado Press Association.

Gwen McEntyre (’99) is a production assistant for “Hollywood One on One.” Her duties include traveling to New York and Los Angeles to interview movie stars.

Molly Osberg (’99) has accepted the director of communications position for the Colorado Dental Association. molly_o@hotmail.com

Gina Selby (’99) is an associate producer at KGWN-Channel 2 in Denver.

Travis Sexton (’99) left his job at the San Francisco Examiner last August and moved to Italy to teach English and study Italian.

Lisa Weber (’99 MA) is a reporter and fill-in anchor at KTHV-TV, a CBS affiliate in Little Rock, Ark. She is engaged to Chris Jilka, a photojournalist at the station, and they plan to be married this August. reporterlisa@aol.com