Lauren McCain (MPolSci; PhD’03) is a federal lands policy analyst with Defenders of Wildlife, a nonprofit conservation organization. She works to defend, strengthen and expand federal law, policy and management that conserve wildlife and habitat on federal lands. She co-founded and served as executive director of the Southern Plains Land Trust, which protects grassland species on private lands in the Southern Great Plains. She also has helped conduct conservation field projects in Africa and Mongolia, studying wild animals. She lives in Denver.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

The Denver-based nonprofit MyLifeLine.org Cancer Foundation appointed health care executive Pete Sheehan(PolSci) CEO. Pete drives strategic planning, business development, product innovation and partnership development efforts for the organization. He lives in Denver with his wife and two children.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

In 2007 and 2011 Arturo Jimenez (A&S; Law’98) was elected to the Denver Public Schools Board of Education to represent northwest Denver. He will finish his current term in November. Arturo is also completing 17 years as an immigration attorney at the Law Office of Arturo Jimenez P.C. He continues to participate in Aztec dance and run races in addition to the Bolder Boulder each year. He can be reached at jimenez.arturo72@gmail.com.

Posted Sep. 1, 2015

In 2003 Jennifer Kuzma (PhDChem) joined the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and the Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota. She works as an assistant professor at the university and as associate director of the CSTPP. After earning her degree at CU, she became a research fellow at Rockefeller University’s plant molecular biology lab. This September she co-authored a report that examined the potential applications, benefits and risks of nanotechnology-based food and agriculture.

Posted Dec. 1, 2015

DJ Chamberlain (MAeroEngr) started a mountain campus above Fort Collins for growing cannabis through responsible hydroponic and horticulture techniques. He aims to expand and share knowledge of new techniques for growing and breeding cannabis and cannabis oil extraction. His privately held company, H.A.S.H., helps individual growers with proper, pestfree growing. DJ’s book, Aromatic Cannabis, outlines many advances in growing and harvesting.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

Scientist Kristin LaVelle Thunhorst (MChemEngr; PhD’98) is a lead research specialist in 3M aerospace and commercial transportation and has 16 patents. She is a supporter of STEM education and encourages children to develop their interests in science.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

Caitlin Avery (Thtr) released her second book, The Last Cruz (SDP Publishing), an adventure/thriller about three women riding motorcycles down Baja on a vacation gone horribly wrong. Caitlin received an honorable mention in the Royal Dragonfly Awards when the book was still an unpublished manuscript. Find the paperback and e-book at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Posted Jun. 1, 2016

Sharon Cairns Mann (MComm) won the 2016 Colorado Authors’ League Annual Award in the short fiction category for “Knife River Flint.” The story appeared in Rozlyn: Short Fiction by Women Writers and Tesserae: A Mosaic of Story in 2015. Sharon began writing “Knife River Flint” while taking an evening class at CU Boulder in 2003.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

John Worrell (Econ), senior sales engineer for online file sharing service Box.com, works in Sydney, Australia. He made the move Down Under with wife Christine Bohan Worrell (Psych) and their two children, Reese and Gray, in August 2015.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

Holly Wagstaff-Bellomo (Advert) has been hired as Romano’s Macaroni Grill’s new vice president of marketing. Holly served in the same position for Denver-based Noodles & Company. She lives in Denver with her husband, David, and their children.

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

Quirk Books published Bonnie Burton’s (Engl, Jour) new work, Crafting with Feminism: 25 Girl-Powered Projects to Smash the Patriarchy. It includes finger puppets of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bell Hooks and Frida Kahlo. Bonnie lives in San Francisco.

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

Julie Wehmeyer (Arch) is an associate principal with GreenbergFarrow, a nationally recognized architecture, engineering, planning and development consulting firm. Julie is a registered architect in Illinois and is an active member of the American Institute of Architects.

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

In 2016 Ted Kowalski (Law) left the Colorado Water Conservation Board. He now works at the Walton Family Foundation, leading its Colorado River Initiative. Ted and wife Jessica live in Louisville, Colo.

Posted Mar. 1, 2017

The Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel hired Sean McNamara (Mktg) as director of sales. Previously Sean worked at the Sheraton Kona Resort and Spa at Keauhou Bay in Hawaii for 6 years.

Posted Mar. 1, 2017

After 18 years at 9NEWS in Denver, Cheryl Preheim (Comm) anchored her last newscast for the station on Dec. 16. The Indiana native has interviewed countless newsmakers, including former President Jimmy Carter and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousafzai. Cheryl and her family now live in Atlanta, Ga., where she works as a morning anchor for WXIA.

Posted Mar. 1, 2017

David M. Dye (PolSci), founder of Trailblaze, Inc., works with people in leadership roles to teach them how to build successful and engaged teams of employees. Since graduating, David has served as president of the Colorado chapter of the National Speakers Association and recently released an award-winning book, Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results Without Losing Your Soul.

Posted Jun. 1, 2017

The CU Men's Rugby Club will celebrate their 50th anniversary during Labor Day weekend. Alumni are encouraged to attend. The weekend's highlight will be the alumni match on Sept. 2, which will include Shane Brown (AeroEngr'95; MS'99). Kickoff will be at noon on the CU Business Field. For more details and to register for the event, contact Nic Williams (CompSci'18) (club president) at curugby@colorado.edu.

Posted Jun. 1, 2017

After serving for 18 years as an attorney in public service, Devona Futch Able (Law) has accepted an appointment as an administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration in Alexandria, La. Devona lives in Louisiana with her husband and four children.

Posted Sep. 1, 2017

In October Bonnie Burton (Engl, Jour) released J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World: Movie Magic Volume Three: Amazing Artifacts. The book features behind-the-scenes information and interviews with cast and crew about the props featured in all eight Harry Potter movies and in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Bonnie is a contributing writer to CNET.com, Make magazine and Journal of Alta California. She lives in San Francisco.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

Musician Michael S. Young’s (IntlAf) praise and worship band, The Ninth Measure, released its debut album, Homecoming, last fall. Michael, who is a vocalist and guitarist, was the main song writer. The album is available on Amazon.

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

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