Notes from the Class of 1993

Doug Claussen (MJour) is the founder, publisher and editor of the I-70 Scout & Eastern Colorado News. The publication, established in 1994, covers news on the Eastern Plains of Colorado, including the towns of Watkins, Bennett, Strasburg, Byers, Deer Trail and Agate. In October 2019, Doug celebrated his 25th anniversary with the publication. 

Megan Garcia (Jour) has worked for Chevron in San Francisco for more than a decade. She is a communications advisor for the company’s digital transformation program. 

Katherine Wegher Haney (Comm) is the public affairs director for North Carolina’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. When she is not spending time with her husband, two daughters and miniature dachshund, she volunteers for a nonprofit working to prevent congenital diaphragmatic hernias.

Angela Johnson (Jour) is the senior vice president of national publicity at Fox Searchlight Pictures, where she has overseen publicity and awards campaigns for Academy Award Best Picture winners Slumdog Millionaire, Birdman and The Shape of Water. Previously, she managed releases and campaigns for Lost in Translation, The Pianist and Traffic at Focus Features/USA Films, and for The Shawshank Redemption at Castle Rock Entertainment. She is a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.

Fields Moseley (Jour) is communications director for Maricopa County in Arizona, where his team manages media relations, marketing and internal communications. During the COVID-19 pandemic he led the county’s Joint Information Center. Before joining the county in 2015, Fields spent two decades as a broadcast reporter and anchor across the country, including in the Phoenix and Salt Lake City markets. Fields and his family live in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Bill Shander (MJour) has been in information design and data visualization for 25 years. In addition to working with clients through his company, Beehive Media, he teaches data storytelling and visualization workshops
for organizations around the world, including the U.S. government, Starbucks, the International Monetary Fund and others. All of his journalism skills are put “to good use in my work on a regular basis,” he says.

As vice president of marketing at Match Media Group, Vicki Shapiro (Comm) works with leading brands to bring their messaging to a portfolio of dating apps, including Tinder, OK Cupid and Match. With more than 15 years of experience developing marketing programs, Vicki oversees the creative and research teams to support the sales staff worldwide. She previously worked as vice president of digital for the sports division at Madison Square Garden. Vicki lives in New York City.

Todd Goldstein (Comm, MBA’09) is chief revenue officer for AEG. He and his wife Kim (Erwin) (Jour’95) live in Los Angeles with their three children. Their middle child, Ben, is a junior at CMCI, majoring in communication and media studies.

Jenifer Karpan Marx (Comm’90; MJour) lives in Vail and works part time editing grants and writing for a nonprofit newsletter. She has served on the boards of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and Safe Harbor Lab Rescue, and continues volunteering in the community. Before staying home to raise her three children, she worked in various marketing and communication roles at U.S. West, Starz Encore and The Integer Group. A longtime Buffs season-ticket holder, she attends football games with her husband and best friends from Sewall Hall, Beth (Carmain) Watson (Jour’90) and Vance Watson (Hist’91).