Catherine Guzelian Bazile (Mus, PolSci), formerly a member of the energy group at Holland & Hart LLP in Denver, has opened a private practice, Summit Energy Law LLC, in Englewood, Colo. The firm will specialize in matters pertaining to oil and gas title and transactional work.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

Tucker Hamilton (AeroEngr) and Aaron Frey (AeroEngr’02; MS’03) are both F-35 test pilots at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Tucker and Aaron are two of a handful of people testing all three variants of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Aaron is a major in the U.S. Marine Corps; Tucker serves in the Air Force. The friends grew up together in Evergreen, Colo., and played basketball on the same middle school team.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

Emmy-award winning producer Alexis Martin Woodall (Film) was nominated for a 2017 Emmy for her work on Feud: Bette and Joan. Alexis has won Emmys as a member of producing teams for The Normal Heart and The People v. O.J. Simpson. She and husband Dave recently opened a restaurant, Red Herring, in Eagle Rock, Calif.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

Daniel Livesay (Psych) wrote Children of Uncertain Fortune, which delves into the 18th-century migration of elite mixed-race individuals from Jamaica to Great Britain. An assistant professor at Claremont McKenna College, he focuses on early American and Atlantic history, examining the intersection of race, family and slavery in North America and the Caribbean.

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

Juli Rasmussen (Jour) and Aaron Clymer (MechEngr’12) won the software competition Go Code Colorado. They were the first team from the Western Slope to win in the competition’s five- year history. The team, which included two other members, won $15,000.

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

Crista Newmyer- Olsen (Engl, Soc;Law’07) said she has committed herself to “fighting the good fight.” Born and raised in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, she is currently the district attorney for the 12th Judicial District of Colorado. As a law student, Crista took primarily American Indian law classes. Her favorite professors included Jill Tompkins, then clinical professor in the American Indian Law Clinic, and Professor Emeritus Charles Wilkinson, whom Crista remembers fondly as a “wonderful professor in addition to a delightful human being.” Outside the courtroom, Christa enjoys spending time with her family and her menagerie of cats, dogs and horses at her home in Mosca, Colo.

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

Alexis M. Woodall (Econ, Film) won her third Emmy Award in the Outstanding Limited Series category for her work as executive producer for the show Assassination of Gianni Versace, which details the fashion designer’s murder. She has won several Emmys including for The Normal Heart in the Outstanding Television Movie category and The People vs. O.J. Simpson in the Outstanding Limited Series category.

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

Juli Rasmussen (Jour’02) helped organize the golf tournament Tiara Rado in Grand Junction in collaboration with the local Rotary and one of CU’s alumni chapters, Grand Valley Forever Buffs. The tournament raised money for engineering scholarships for Colorado Mesa University and CU Boulder students.

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

Kaite Barchas Wilson (Phil, Psych) was named Community Leader of the Year in the young professional category by the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce. Katie is president of The Market Group, Inc., a boutique marketing, public relations and events firm. She is also the founder of the High-Heeled Happy Hours, a women’s networking event series that honors female business leaders, and raises funds and awareness for local charities. She lives in Purcellville, Virginia, with her husband, three kids, two dogs, two cats and one fish.

Posted Jun. 1, 2020

After Ryan McMunn (Mktg) and his wife Allie recovered from COVID-19, they knew they had to act. The Tricam Industries CEO utilized his business experience to source hundreds of masks from a Chinese factory that produces ladders for his company. They donated the masks to UC Health Boulder and the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. Ryan lives in Denver and also is CEO and founder of BRIC language systems and founder of Leroy Street Capital. 

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

Writer and assistant professor of politics Ahmed Khanani (IntlAf) serves as co-director of the Center for Social Justice at Earlham College. His book All Politics Are God’s Politics: Moroccan Islamism and the Sacralization of Democracy was published in January.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

In 2004, Melissa Stockwell (Comm) became the first woman to lose a limb in the Iraq War when she lost her leg to an IED during a routine patrol in Iraq. After a long and challenging recovery, Melissa went on to win three paratriathlon world championships and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Melissa’s memoir, The Power of Choice: My Journey from Wounded Warrior to World Champion, was published in 2020.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

Michael Hake (Mktg) of Erie, Colorado, and Gary Shirman (Soc’80) of Boulder formed Boulder Wealth Advisors, a financial planning and investment management firm. 

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

Holly Morphew (IntlAf) is CEO and founder of Financial Impact, a financial coaching practice, and author of Simple Wealth. Published in 2021, the book became a No. 1 bestseller in nine out of 10 categories on Amazon.

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

Denver’s Brad Turner (Jour, Mus) is working at Colorado Public Radio making podcasts. As executive producer of CPR’s Audio Innovations Studio, he released a new podcast, Music Blocks, a five-minute music appreciation podcast designed in collaboration with Colorado educators. The show helps teach music appreciation to middle and high schoolers, featuring contemporary music along with examples from different genres and cultures. “We touch on music by Lil Nas X and Olivia Rodrigo, but also Beethoven and John Coltrane,” he wrote. “Each installment looks at how artists express a different emotion through music.”

Posted Nov. 5, 2021

Freelance writer and editor Heather Mundt (MJour’02) published her first book, Colorado Family Outdoor Adventure, in May. The book details more than 60 destination options, sorted geographically and with rankings of difficulty and age-appropriateness. Her two sons are featured throughout the book. Heather thanks Doug Cosper, her favorite CU journalism professor, in her book’s acknowledgments section.

Posted Jun. 21, 2022

Executive producer of Colorado Public Radio’s Audio Innovations Studio, Brad Turner (Jour, Mus’02), contributed to the podcast “Music Blocks,” which won the “Best Podcast for Kids” Ambie award. “Music Blocks,” geared for middle and high schoolers, explores how songwriters and composers express emotion through sound. 

Posted Jun. 21, 2022

Khalilah Louis Caines (Psych’02) is a professor of social work at Saint Leo University in Saint Leo, Florida. Khalilah served her community as a social worker for over a decade in many positions, including child welfare case manager and adoption care manager. In 2016, she transitioned to teaching social work courses at Saint Leo University, where she’s been since. Caines has a master’s degree in social work, numerous certifications within her field and is currently working toward a PhD in public affairs from the University of Central Florida.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

Jefferson Dodge (MJour’02) was named Colorado State University’s director of internal communications in June. Jeff, who worked for CU’s former faculty and staff newspaper Silver & Gold Record for 12 years, has been at CSU since 2014, serving most recently as interim director of the university’s News and Media Relations team.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

Aaron Perry (Ger’02; MA’02) published his debut novel, Viriditas. The eco-thriller is Colorado-based and includes scenes from the CU Boulder campus before the protagonist makes a fateful decision. Aaron is also the co-founder, executive director and host of the Y on Earth community podcast. Aaron lives in Boulder.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

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