Kathleen Chambers ('90) is marketing director of Mothering magazine. She lives in Santa Fe.

John Russell ('90) of the Steamboat Pilot & Today received an honorable mention, first- and second-place prizes for portrait and personality photos, and second place and an honorable mention in sports photo from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters awards in February. He also won the second-place award for best sports column from the Colorado Press Association.

James Amos ('91) is the business editor of The Pueblo Chieftain and helped win the "Best News Story" in the Colorado Press Association division for midsized newspapers for coverage of the state's devastating 2006 blizzards. He also wrote, produced and acted in a melodrama that included jokes about mortgage brokers and Colorado Springs. It was performed in Pueblo. jamos@chieftain.com

Heather Hill ('91) moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to work as an associate director of brand integration for Saatchi & Saatchi after six years as the vice president of brand communications for Go Fast Sports & Beverage Co. in Denver. In March, Hill was planning to move to Boise, Idaho, to join Oliver Russell & Associates as the director of marketing for the 2009 Special Olympic World Games. heatherhill33@mac.com

Christine Penfield ('91) works for the state of Colorado as a probation officer. chrstine.penfield@judicial.state.co.us

Troy Renck ('93) of The Denver Post won second place in best sports event story from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Greg Avery ('94), formerly of the Boulder Camera, received the first-place award for best sustained coverage with Alicia Wallace ('03) and Eric Schmidt ('04) from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Lori Call ('94) is brand/external communications manager at Kaiser Permanente in Denver where she oversees advertising, sponsorships, events, creative services, internal branding as well as media relations and crisis communications.

Gregory Corns ('94) is the broadcast operations and master control supervisor at the Andrita Studios in Glendale, Calif., for Playboy Entertainment Inc. In addition to uplinking more than a dozen Playboy Entertainment channels, the Andrita Studios facility acts as a multichannel service provider for more than 20 networks monitored 24/7 from its master control. He lives in Los Angeles. gcorns@andritastudios.com

Michael Kelly ('95), formerly of the Longmont Times-Call, won the second-place award for the best sports column writing from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Leslie Oliver ('96) is the communications and policy director for Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter in Denver. leslie.oliver@mail.house.gov

Katie Shoemaker ('96) is vice president and account director of Saatchi & Saatchi X, leading the Chicago office and its Frito Lay account. kshoemaker@saatchix.com

Lori Batcheller ('97) is an editor for the Shambhala Mountain Center in Boulder and will be offering her popular journal-writing workshops and yoga classes in the area. She will be publishing "Real Yoga for Real People: 10 Ancient Secrets to Make Any Yoga Practice Your Own," with Mark Whitwell and "Rosa Blooms," her first children's book, this year. ljbatcheller@earthlink.net, www.lbcreative.com

Amy Bounds ('97) of the Boulder Camera won first place for best education story from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Steve Graham ('97) of the Golden Transcript won third place in public service from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Laura Schneider (MA '97) is the associate director and lead associate in service excellence who received the "All Bar None Volunteer of the Year" award for exemplifying the energy and enthusiasm to help advance the network's mission for All Bar None, the Women's Network at UBS. colorado66@hotmail.com

Michelle Brier ('98) is an associate producer at Fox Business Network in New York City.

Mike Ortiz ('98) is the video coordinator for Oregon State University football in Corvallis. mike.ortiz@oregonstate.edu

Andrea Palten ('98) is the director of "ePhilanthropy" at the American Humane Association and is the head of interactive media marketing department. She is the owner of Yumlet.com, an online blog about fashion trends and celebrity news. She does contract work in all areas of online marketing and Internet strategy with various companies.

Jennie Walker ('98, MA '00) is a human resources development specialist in leadership and management development for Safeway's Denver Division office in Centennial. She is a first-year doctoral student in education at the University of Denver. She also teaches SCUBA at A-1 Scuba in Englewood and is a triathlete sponsored by Goody hair care products for the 2008 race season. jenniewalker21@hotmail.com

Kristy Bassuener (MA '99) is communications manager for the Denver Art Museum. Previously, she worked for Webb PR and as a reporter and magazine editor for publications including the Colorado Springs Gazette, The Aspen Times, Wireless Week and the Boulder County Business Report. kbassuener@denverartmuseum.org

Beth DeFalco ('99) is day supervisor for The Associated Press in Trenton, N.J.

Courtney Oaks ('99) of the Aurora Sentinel won third place in best sports event story from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Ryan Thompson ('99) has taken a position as a reporter for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Thompson, a lawyer, will cover Brooklyn legal and court-related news.