After nine years in Oregon, two-time Olympian聽Kara Wheeler Goucher聽(Psych) and husband聽Adam Goucher(Comm鈥98) decided to move back to Colorado. Kara鈥檚 running career has been complicated by injuries, and she is eager to train again under her former CU coaches, Mark Wetmore and Heather Burroughs.

Posted Mar. 1, 2015

Buff love was in the air when聽Ron Geschwer聽(Psych), a CU alumni chapter leader of NY Buffs, met Desiree Bandelier (Psych鈥08) at a NY Buffs chapter event. The couple was married last September.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

The Denver-based Fruition Internet Marketing team hired聽Mark Kranjcec聽(Mktg) as director of strategic partnerships. After graduating from CU, Mark worked for the Daily Camera as retail advertising director. He also has worked at Prairie Mountain Media and is a volunteer for B Strong Ride, an annual bicycle event that honors cancer survivors.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

Historic Columbia named聽Sean Stucker聽(Engl) its director of facilities. Sean, a native of Columbia, S.C., is responsible for maintaining the organization鈥檚 historic buildings and structures. He previously worked with Trinity Design & Build in North Carolina. He holds a master鈥檚 degree from the University of Georgia in historic preservation.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

Dana Whitelaw聽(MAnth; PhD鈥10) has worked in wildlife conservation and education for more than 20 years. At CU, she focused on the ecological strategies of ring-tailed lemurs in southwestern Madagascar, where her work led to doubling in size of a reserve. A native Oregonian, Dana serves as executive director of the High Desert Museum in Bend, Ore.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

Skoler, Abbott & Presser, a labor and employment law firm in the Springfield, Mass., area, hired聽Erica Flores聽(Bus, Jour) as an associate. Erica joined the firm after relocating to Massachusetts from Pennsylvania, where she was an associate in the employment law practice group of the firm Morgan Lewis.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

After too many frustrating beer spills, aerospace engineer聽Joe Hackel聽(MAeroEngr) found a way to preserve opened bottles of beer. His invention, Pop&Stop, is a two-in-one bottle opener and re-sealer that uses 3D printing for production. Check out his product at . Joe lives in Louisville, Colo.

Posted Sep. 1, 2015

This spring聽Kristin Macdonald聽(IntlAf) received the M&A Advisor 鈥40 Under 40鈥 Emerging Leaders Award, which recognizes leading mergers and acquisitions, financing and turnaround professionals. In her role in Denver law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck鈥檚 corporate and business department, Kristin focuses on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings and public and private securities offerings.

Posted Sep. 1, 2015

The Davidson Honors College at the University of Montana appointed聽Brock Tessman聽(MIntlAf, MPolSci; PhD鈥04) as dean. Previously, Brock served the University of Georgia as an associate director of the Center for the Study of Global Issues, where he won numerous awards for teaching.

Posted Sep. 1, 2015

After spending more than 14 years in the translation industry, Leo Dur谩n (Fin) joined Magna Legal Services as general manager of its foreign language services department. Born in Spain and a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, Leo brings a multicultural viewpoint to the company and leads it into new areas such as pharmaceuticals and insurance.

Posted Dec. 1, 2015

Principal and head of Boulder鈥檚 Studio B Architecture and Interiors, Mike Pich茅 (Arch) was honored with one of Colorado Homes and Lifestyles鈥 Five Under 40 Awards. He also was chosen as the 2013 AIA Colorado Young Architect of the Year and has been involved with the modern design of nationally recognized projects such as Christ Episcopal Church in Aspen, Aspen Middle School and the Linear House, also in Aspen.

Posted Dec. 1, 2015

Patrick Christmas (CompSci), owner of the Austin Sol professional ultimate Frisbee team, saw the Sol debut in the American Ultimate Disc League in 2016. After playing ultimate at CU, Patrick moved to Austin, Texas, and continued playing competitively. He won the 2014 Master鈥檚 National Championship with the Tejas team. He writes that he is looking forward to bringing the professional game to Austin.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

Senior vice president and chief nursing executive at Medical City Dallas Hospital, Zach Mueller (Span; Nurs鈥04; PhD鈥06) is responsible for patient care for the entire Medical City organization, including Medical City Children鈥檚 Hospital. He has more than 16 years of healthcare experience and has served in a variety of leadership roles.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

The Douglas County Board of Education in Colorado elected Meghann Campos Silverthorn (AeroEngr, PolSci) president. First elected to the board in 2009 and reelected in 2013, she has been a supporter of the school district鈥檚 reform policies. She also has worked for the Air Force Research Laboratory as an analyst for the Department of Defense.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

Littler聽Mendelson聽P.C., the largest聽U.S.-based law firm representing management聽in employment, elevated聽Joshua Levine (Mgmt)聽to shareholder. Joshua聽represents employers on聽class actions, wage and聽hour disputes, wrongful聽termination and harassment and discrimination聽claims. He also advises聽employers on issues聽relating to compliance聽with California and聽federal employment law.聽Prior, Joshua served聽as a judge advocate in聽the U.S. Marine Corps,聽where he worked as lead聽counsel for more than 70聽cases and was deployed聽to Afghanistan as the聽deputy judge advocate for the 7th Marine聽Regiment.

Posted Jun. 1, 2016

Nicholas Bernstein (MAeroEngr; PhD鈥07) works for a company that produces anatomy teaching tools and surgical simulators for medical schools and residency programs.

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

David Wolf (Law, MBA) received the Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award at the 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 Alumni Association鈥檚 87th Annual Awards Ceremony. David is COO of BSW Wealth Partners, a multi-family office and wealth advisory firm with offices in Boulder and Denver. He has been an active member of the Leeds advisory board and has spoken at CU conferences, on industry panels and in classes and judged competitions. He also has mentored and hired numerous CU students. He lives in Boulder.

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

Adam Brammer (Mgmt) is the new general manager of GKN Aerospace Aircraft Transparency Systems, a United Kingdom-based provider of military transparency systems. Adam and his family, wife Neena and two children, live in California.

Posted Mar. 1, 2017

Samuel Shekanena (Geog) runs an interpreting services company and is also involved in real estate. He lives in Grand Rapids, Mich., and travels to Africa and Europe every year to refresh himself. Samuel has six children 鈥 two living in Colorado, two in college in Michigan, a highschooler and a middleschooler, both in Michigan.

Posted Mar. 1, 2017

Graham Frank (Fin; MBA鈥07) joined Breckenridge Grand Vacations as vice president of real estate development. Graham joins BGV from Vail Resorts, where he oversaw project management. He and wife Shawnna have two children.

Posted Jun. 1, 2017

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