Award-winning producer and voice actorÌýDavid Vincent (Jour)Ìýis known for voicing hundreds of characters in animation and video games such as Super Smash Bros. and Street Fighter. David is co-founder and CEO of iOS appÌý—the pop culture streaming network, putting fans and celebrities together. David lives in Los Angeles and travels the world greeting fans at comic and Japanese animationÌýconventions. HeÌýreturned to Denver for Colorado Anime Fest in springÌý2018.

Posted Oct. 24, 2017

Benilda Samuels (MJour)Ìýhas been promoted to chief operating officer of Nurse-Family Partnership, a national program that serves first-time mothers and their children.Ìý

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

Jennifer Alsever (Jour)Ìýhas spent two decades building a career in journalism. She's worked forÌýThe Denver PostÌýand worked as a freelance writer forÌý¹ó´Ç°ù³Ù³Ü²Ô±ðÌý³¾²¹²µ²¹³ú¾±²Ô±ð,ÌýThe New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Inc.Ìý³¾²¹²µ²¹³ú¾±²Ô±ð,Ìý°Â¾±°ù±ð»åÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýFast Company.ÌýIn 2017, she also plunged into fiction, releasing the first two novels in a young adult trilogy calledÌýThe Trinity Forest Series. Jennifer lives in the mountains just outside of Vail and enjoys reading, writing mountain biking skiing and yoga.Ìý

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

Jennifer (Pollice) Darrow (Jour) works for Denver- based production company Citizen Pictures. She is an executive producer on Food Network’s hit series Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and has received four Emmy nominations since working on the show.

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

Jill Painter Lopez (Jour) was recognized as the 2019 Southern California Sports Broadcasters (SCSB) reporter of the year for her reporting on the Los Angeles Angels and Anaheim Ducks for Fox Sports West. She shared the award with Alanna Rizzo (IntBus’97; MJour’03), who covers the Dodgers for SportsNet LA.

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

Michael Davies (Jour’94) spoke with CMCI students before a Buffs game to share his experiences as a senior vice president with FOX Sports. His team was setting up for the Big Noon Kickoff broadcast.Ìý

Posted Oct. 20, 2021

Dan Pacheco (Jour) is beginning his 11th year as the Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He is working on his first book, Experimenting With Emerging Media Platforms: Field Testing the Future, for publication by Routledge in 2023.

Posted Oct. 12, 2022

Kris Hudson (Jour) is a director of communications in Dallas for the commercial real estate services company CBRE. She joined CBRE in 2015 after a 20-year journalism career that included 10 years at The Wall Street Journal and five years at The Denver Post.

Posted Oct. 12, 2022

Jennifer Alsever (Jour), a business journalist and author based in Eagle, Colorado, released her latest young adult novel, Burying Eva Flores, a paranormal mystery set in Paonia. This is the fifth novel published by Alsever since 2016. When the Coloradan magazine published news about her first trilogy, the Trinity Forest Series, several years ago, L.A.-based film producer Matthew Moore (Engl’93) reached out and they began collaborating on adapting her stories for the big screen. Alsever credits her son, Jacob Beauprez (ExMediaSt’24), with pushing her to write fiction.

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Posted Oct. 12, 2022

Nancy Benfield Connery (Comm) splits her time between California and Colorado. Connery works with CU Athletics and, through her startup OpenComp, she and her team seek to break the cycle of workplace inequities relating to gender and pay. When not working, Connery can be found hiking, skiing or traveling with her husband, two young adult daughters and their golden retrievers.

Posted Nov. 2, 2023

Ali Bay (Comm) lives in Sacramento, California, and is the director of communications for the California Department of Public Health. In her 15 years with the state government, she has also served as deputy press secretary for then-Gov. Jerry Brown.

Posted Aug. 26, 2024

Lori (Ludvig) Call (Jour, MBA) is the associate vice chancellor for local government and community engagement at CU Boulder. She and her husband, Michael (Bus), met as students in Cheyenne Arapaho Hall and just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

Posted Aug. 26, 2024