Notes from the Class of 2000

Tiffany (Mathews) Cross (Advert) is working for the Kellogg Co. as the Pringles USA associate brand manager.

Since graduating, Richa Giri Mitchell (Jour) has worked in various newsrooms throughout the country. She now works at a PBS affiliate in Los Angeles where she has been a news reporter/segment producer for six years. She was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2011 and has been a presenter for the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Andy Vuong (Jour) is the senior manager of communications at Charles Schwab. He lives in Lone Tree with his wife and two children. 

Brendan McNicholas (Comm) is the executive director of media services for the Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club. He previously spent time with the Colorado Rockies, Denver Broncos, University of Colorado and University of Denver. Brendan lives in Lone Tree, Colorado, with his wife, Eimear, and son, Caoimhin.

Since 2012, Kirk Siegler (Jour) has been a correspondent for National Public Radio News, covering the urban-rural divide, culture and politics in America. He has recently brought listeners and readers to a timber town in Idaho that lost its last sawmill just days before the 2016 election, as well as to small rural towns in Nebraska where police are fighting an influx in recreational marijuana coming from nearby Colorado cities. When not chasing a story, Kirk lives in Los Angeles. 

After 12 years as a producer at The Oprah Winfrey Show, Lindsay Feitlinger (Jour) returned to her hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband and two sons. For the past five years, she has worked at American Girl running their creative studios and leading digital engagement.

Alan Jackson (Jour) is in his 18th year at iHeartMedia as imaging director for three news, talk and sports radio stations. For the past decade, he has also been executive producer of Denver Broncos football at KOA NewsRadio.

For the past decade, Jamie Klausner (Comm) has worked as an account manager and digital media strategist for Hamagami/Carroll in Los Angeles. She also creates digital health and wellness content as the founder and publisher of Reformation Health, and enjoys spending time with her husband, Brian, and their fur baby, Niko. 

Jason Hoff (Jour) is a creative director and writer in advertising at Apple. Hoff began working in New York for agencies like BBDO, Cliff Freeman and R/GA, and he famously wrote the original campaign “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” for Las Vegas tourism. He lives in San Francisco.

Jennifer (Scholl) Anderson (Advert) is brand director and head of business development for KidNuz, a first-of-its-kind daily news podcast and platform for kids. She’s also a fractional creative director for startups in and beyond the Bay Area. She donates 10% of her services to women-led companies, an additional 10% to nonprofits and stays active on several boards. 

In fall 2022, Kirk Siegler (Jour) was selected as an inaugural fellow with the United Nations Foundation’s Thomas Lovejoy Press Fellowship to travel to a remote research camp in the Brazilian Amazon to report on deforestation and its effects on global climate change.

Carrie Strom (Comm) is senior vice president, AbbVie, and president, Global Allergan Aesthetics, where she oversees a multibillion-dollar global aesthetics portfolio. Previously, she led the U.S. aesthetics business for Allergan, and spent 11 years at Pfizer, where she held roles in sales and marketing. Strom lives in Corona del Mar, California, with her husband and two children. She is also on the board of directors for Girls Inc. of Orange County.