John F. Russell (’90) of the Hayden Valley Press won second place in sports photo in the 2006 Colorado Press Association Contest in February. He also won the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters first-place award in beat reporting, first place in sports column, and second and third place in feature photo for the Steamboat Pilot & Today, also in February.

Dennis Huspeni (’91) of The Gazette in Colorado Springs won with another reporter the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters third-place award in February for beat reporting.

Johanna Maes (’92) is the assistant dean of student life at the Metropolitan State College of Denver, overseeing the office of Student Media, which includes the Metropolitan student newspaper; the MetReport student television newscast; the Metrosphere, student literacy publication; and the MetRadio, student radio station. She is also pursuing a Ph.D. degree in higher education leadership at Colorado State University. jbmaes@yahoo.com

Rod Antone (’94) has moved to Yakima, Wash., to join the Yakima Herald Republic as a staff reporter. He had worked in Hawaii for 10 years, five as a broadcast news reporter with KHON and KHNL, and five as a print reporter with Honolulu Star-Bulletin. rantone@yakimaherald.com

Greg Avery (’94) of the Boulder Camera won the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters second-place award for business story in February.

Marty Caivano (’94) of the Boulder Camera won a Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters second-place award in February for portrait/personality photography.

Susan Becker (’95) is doing operational work for Creative Growth Group. She lives in Woodstock, Ga., with her husband and two children.

Joe Hanel (’95) of The Durango Herald won second place in the series category in the 2006 Colorado Press Association Contest in February. He also won the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters second-place award in business story, second place in environmental story and second place in investigative reporting, also in February.

Alex Hill (’95) is senior manager for strategy and corporate development for The Weather Channel in Atlanta. ahill@weather.com

Liz Holzemer (MA ’95) published her first book, “Curveball: When Life Throws You a Brain Tumor” in April, which tells of her experience as a brain tumor survivor. She is a freelance writer who covers a variety of topics including health issues, personality profiles and travel. She is the founder of Meningioma Mommas, a 24/7, online nonprofit support group to raise funds for meningioma research. She also has had numerous appearances in the media including Discovery Health Channel, the “TODAY” show, USA Today, Woman’s World, and the Rocky Mountain News.

Michael Kelly (MA ’95) of the Longmont Daily Times-Call won a Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters second-place award in February for sports column.

Julie Hoffman Marshall (MA ’95) and her husband, Tim, welcomed their second daughter, Jasmine Rose Marshall, who was born during the week of the Front Range blizzard on Dec. 18. They also have a 2-year-old daughter, Sarah. The family lives in Lafayette.

Mitch Rothman (’95) is a broker assistant with the Southeast Metro DTC office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. He and a business partner were ranked fourth among the company’s more than 1,800 real estate agents for 2006 based on gross commission income. Rothman also holds an MBA in marketing from Fordham University. He lives in Denver. RothmanMitch1@aol.com

Isaac Gerstenzang (’97) is working at the Palace Hotel in New York City as the director of e-marketing and customer relations. He lives in Hoboken, N.J. igerstenzang@nypalace.com

Tim Skillern (’98) of the Rocky Mountain News won first place in online features in the annual Colorado Society of Professional Journalists contest in March. He also won the Colorado Associated Press award with four other reporters for first place in online: special package in February.

Amy Mauro Sunahara (’97) is a corporate communication specialist for Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Englewood. She lives in Highlands Ranch.

Kathryn Russell (’98) is a copywriter at Greenhouse Partners in Boulder.

Nancy Simeone (’98) is a Web editor at the American Dietetic Association in Chicago. She is also starting a freelance writing business, 100indecisions, and is a freelance writer for Adventure Travel Media Source. nancy@100indecisions.com

Jason Starr (’98) of The Salida Mountain Mail won second place in agricultural story in the 2006 Colorado Press Association Contest in February.

Kristin Boehm (’99) became the first online editor for the New York Post in May 2006 after working as a news editor and designer since 2002. She was also part of the redesign team that launched a new look for the nypost.com and its 3 million users in September 2006. kboehm@nypost.com

Michael Fischer (’99) was recently hired as marketing director of Pragmatic Software, a small software company based in the Denver Tech Center. michael.fischer@pragmaticsw.com