Notes from the Class of 1998

Holly Shrewsbury (Jour) is currently serving as the Communications Director for Colorado's Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne, and as Interim Communications Director for Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper.

Sandy Blumberg (Advert) left his job as the director of field marketing at Coca-Cola to take on new role as the director of field & experiential marketing for Bulletproof 360.

Meredith Long (Jour) is the chief revenue officer for Quantcast, a leader in artificial intelligence and its application for brands, agencies and publishers. She spent more than 15 years at Time Inc., serving in various roles including publisher of TIME. 

Greg Benchwick (Jour) is a longtime travel writer whose work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, Wild Blue Yonder and numerous Lonely Planet guidebooks. He also writes for the U.N. Development Programme and UNICEF. Last December he published his first fiction book, Martha: The Last Passenger Pidgeon, which helps children explore conservation, environmentalism and history. He lives in Denver, and when he’s not traveling for work he travels for fun with his 10-year-old daughter.

Kristin Patturelli (Advert'98) has come full circle to land back in journalism after a 20-year career in digital media. Working in sales at Muck Rack, she resides in Westchester, New York, with her husband, 7-year-old daughter and rat terrier and chihuahua mix, Don Vito. After 15 years in New York, she spends her free time counting down the days until she returns to the West Coast.

Peter Finch (MJour) is a news anchor at KCBS Radio in San Francisco and is the producer and host of the podcast Finch Files: Stories From San Francisco and Beyond. He has worked in San Francisco radio since moving there from Boulder in 1993. In 2014, he was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame.

Kristin Patturelli (Advert) has come full circle to land back in journalism after a 20-year career in digital media. Working in sales at Muck Rack, she resides in Westchester, New York, with her husband, 7-year-old daughter and rat terrier and chihuahua mix, Don Vito. After 15 years in New York, she spends her free time counting down the days until she returns to the West Coast.

In February 2021, Tom Stilwell (Jour) started a new role as vice president for corporate communications at “cybersecurity unicorn” Illumio. Previously, he ran communications at Zscaler and Splunk. Before moving into technology communications, Stilwell spent 12 years in broadcast news production working in the Colorado, Oregon and San Francisco Bay Area markets.

Jad Davenport (MJour), a National Geographic represented freelance photographer and writer, captured a flock of Iceland gulls outside of Ilulissat, Greenland, which sits at the mouth of the Ilulissat Kangerlua glacier (Jakobshavn Icefjord). The glacier produces 20 million tons of ice a day. See "Never-Ending Story" from the fall 2021 issue of CMCI Now for more of Davenport’s photos and an essay on visual storytelling. His memoir, Blue Horizons: In Search of the Last Wild Islands, will be out in early 2022.

Kevin Atticks (MJour) was appointed as Maryland’s secretary of agriculture by Gov. Wes Moore. Atticks founded Grow & Fortify, serves on the University of Maryland College of Agriculture’s Global Leadership Council and is on the faculty at Loyola University Maryland.

Craig Berkley (MJour) is a media technology consultant with more than 20 years of experience negotiating and managing partnerships in advanced media, video advertising, data and analytics. Previously, he was head of revenue for LiveRamp TV. There, he led the sales and development efforts of LiveRamp’s identity products and services across the video advertising industry. Prior to LiveRamp, he held senior executive positions at MasterCard, Charter Spectrum and Comcast.

Kate Whiteley (Jour) started her career as a television reporter and anchor before moving to public relations. Since 2018, she has worked for Caesars Entertainment, where she is vice president of corporate communications and production. She lives in Las Vegas.