Jevan Fox (Engl) writes that he is keeping CU Boulder front-of-mind at all times. He is helping launch Bixler Collegiate (bixlercollegiate.com) licensed fine jewelry, and is launching in a big way with CU. The line, in sterling silver and 14k gold with diamonds and gemstones, will be available via the company website and local retail outlets, as well as through the Alumni Association. Jevan resides on the East Coast with another Buff, his wife Jerusha Fox (Engl’11).

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

After moving to Argentina on a whim in 2010, David Burg (Hum) stumbled into his dream career. While looking for a season ski pass in the Catedral Alta Patagonia region, he ended up with a job for South America Snow Sessions, an adventure travel business. Today he is director of finance for SASS and serves as general manager for its backcountry program in Argentina. David splits his time between SASS’ global headquarters in Rincon, Puerto Rico, and his home base in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

Posted Mar. 1, 2017

Cable Hill Partners, an investment advising company, hired Kendall Acheson (IntlAf) as its newest lead adviser. Active in his Portland, Ore., community, Kendall serves on the board of New Avenues for Youth and on the finance committee of the Portland Japanese Garden.

Posted Sep. 1, 2017

On Sept. 9, Kate Goltz Moulton (Psych) and Kevin Moulton (Biochem, MCDBio’08) were married at the Sunrise Amphitheater in Boulder. The couple dated for 11 years after meeting their junior year at a party on The Hill. Officiant Jared Leidich (AeroEngr’09) also graduated from CU.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

After graduating from CU Margot Hensler Phelps (Astro) worked at Caltech, helping install the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Hanford, Wash., and Livingston, La. During her time on the team (three members of whom won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics), she patented an optics cleaning process. She then completed her doctorate in gravitational  wave research at the University of Glasgow. In March she will begin a post-doc position at the Albert Einstein Gravitational Wave Institute in Hanford, Germany.  

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

Ted Vardell (Comm) and his brother Tommy Vardell, former NFL fullback, started the Boulder- based nonprofit called Brotherbird Foundation in 2016 to encourage youth to explore art, music and sports. The organization has hosted programs at the Temple Grandin School of Autism, Denver School of the Deaf, Malley Elementary, OUR Center of Longmont, Columbine Spanish Immersion Elementary and Mountain Children’s Foster Home.

Posted Jun. 1, 2018

Carlin Karr (Comm) drinks wine for a living: She's wine director for the Boulder restaurants Frasca Food and Wine and Pizzeria Locale and Denver restaurant Tavernetta. She was named one of this year’s “Sommeliers of the Year” by Food & Wine magazine, and was featured in an article titled “Liquid Diet: Sommelier Carlin Karr Crushes LaCroix and Tastes 50 Wines Before Dinner Service.” Carlin lives in Boulder with her husband, Adam, and their dog, Coche.

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

In Septmeber Dan Mackin (ElCompEngr) and Trent Hein (CompSci’91) launched Rule4, a Boulder-based company that focuses on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, IT and more. The duo also co-wrote the fifth edition of the Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook. 

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

Maria O’Malley (PhDEngl’08) co-authored the book Beyond 1776: Globalizing the Cultures of the American Revolution. Maria is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska, Kearney, where she specializes in colonial and early American literature, multicultural and transnational literature, poetry and Emily Dickinson.

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

Benjamin Kramer (Fin’08) joined the Fort Collins-based law firm Gast Johnson & Muffly as a shareholder. He joined the firm in 2015 and focuses on business, real estate and estate planning matters. He is co-chair of the firm’s pro bono program and president of the Young Lawyers Division of the Larimer County Bar Association.

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

Rick Thomas (PolSci’08) was promoted to shareholder at the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. He is a member of the firm’s real estate department in its Denver headquarters, and he represents developers, buyers and sellers of a variety of properties, including senior living facilities, shopping centers, golf courses, medical office buildings and hospitals.

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

Rajesh Bagchi (PhDBus) was named head of the marketing department at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business. After graduating, Rajesh began teaching at Virginia Tech in 2008. He focuses his research on the psychological processes that underlie decision-making in consumers and managers.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

Kate Mishara (Jour) is a school leader at Wyatt Academy, a K-5Title I elementary school in the Denver Five Points neighborhood. “My work at Wyatt has transformed us from a school to a hub of community resources and an institution of learning,” Kate wrote. “At our school, we deeply believe in meeting the basic needs of our scholars and families.” To help provide for student and family needs, the school has built an all-natural food pantry, a no-cost clothing shop and a family computer lab. It will soon add a washing machine and dryer to the community resource center.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

Therese Vinal (Jour) is the in-game video host for the San Francisco Giants. Her work includes interviewing current and former players, as well as special guests, for video features shown during home games.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

For the past 10 years Greg Butler (Acct) and Brian Fisher (Mktg) have successfully run their business, This is a Clue Trivia. They and their employees are found at about 40 bars a week across Colorado and Texas, and are continuing to grow. 

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

Sustainability coordinator and head bartender is the unique title Dane Dostert (EnvSt) carries at Maui Tropical Plantation, a restaurant, coffee roaster, retail and agricultural business located on the western side of the Hawaiian island. One day he might be working on the craft cocktail menu, and the next designing a new compost system, but for Dane it’s all another day in paradise.

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

Disney director Jeff Gipson’s (Arch) latest project was a virtual reality short film titled Myth: A Frozen Tale, based in the Frozen universe. He was also the director of the award-winning Disney short Cycles

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

David Palmer (PolSci) is the founder of both the Joan Rose Foundation and Good Threads Needle Point. In the first semester of his senior year at CU, David studied abroad in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This trip inspired him to create his foundation in 2010, which helps impoverished children receive access to food, schooling and medical care. Good Threads was created to employ the children’s mothers, who had few work opportunities. Their work has been featured on CNN.

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

Rajesh Bagchi (DBA) was named the R.B. Pamplin Professor of Marketing by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors in July 2020. The American Marketing Association ranks Rajesh among the top 20 marketing scholars worldwide, based on publications in marketing’s top journals during the past decade.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

Julia Rhine (Class) was promoted to shareholder in Brownstein’s Denver office in January 2021. As a member of the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources Department, Julia helps her clients traverse Colorado’s oil and gas landscape.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

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