Christine Peck (EPOBio) is co-founder of Wannaplé, a company whose goal is to provide children with access to the benefits of play. She recently launched Silly Street, a line of games and toys to help children develop curiosity, empathy and creativity. She lives in Minneapolis, Minn., with her husband, Stephen.

Posted Jun. 1, 2017

Alexander Brown (PhDMechEngr) was named an American Society of Mechanical Engineers fellow, a distinction reserved for only 3.1 percent of ASME’s 107,895 members. He works at Sandia National Laboratories and has had an exciting career in fire research, including serving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as an expert reviewer for nuclear power plant fire assessments for the past decade.

Posted Sep. 1, 2017

Online marketplace DataStreamX named Hari Krishnan (MTeleCom) to its advisory board. Hari is CEO of PropertyGuru Group, Asia’s leading online property group.

Posted Sep. 1, 2017

Scottsdale, Ariz., law firm Rose Law Group has named Laura Bianchi (PolSci) director of its cannabis department. Laura will continue to serve as the director of its business/corporate transactions and estate planning departments.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

Over Labor Day weekend, the CU Men’s Rugby Club celebrated its 50th anniversary with an alumni reunion in Boulder. The weekend’s highlight was a match pitting alumni against current CU players. About 40 alumni from all five decades played in the match, including Dan Bludeau (±áľ±˛őłŮ),ĚýJeff Sorenson (MCDB, BioChem’01), Eric DeKruif (´ˇ±đ°ů´Ç·ˇ˛Ô˛µ°ů’03),ĚýChad Slaby (°ä´Çłľłľâ€™03),ĚýMarc McGinn (Bus’04) and Charlie BarkmeierĚý(·ˇł¦´Ç˛Ô’15). Read more here. Planning for the next reunion, in 2018, has already begun. Email curugby@colorado.edu for details.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

Olympic runner Kara Goucher (Psych) has launched a post-workout recovery fashion line with the athletic apparel company Oiselle. Kara graduated from CU with three Division I NCAA championships in cross-country, the 3000m and 5000m. Kara and husband Adam Goucher (Comm’98) have a son, Colton.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

Mark Ferguson (Fin) has flipped more than 120 houses and sold more than 1,000 as a real estate agent. In 2013, he started Invest Four More to help people become real estate investors. Mark lives in Greeley, Colo. 

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

Last AprilĚý´Ü˛ął¦łóĚý˛ŃłÜ±đ±ô±ô±đ°ů (Span; Nurs’04; PhD’06), a registered nurse with more than 17 years in healthcare, was named chief nursing executive of Medical City Healthcare, where he’s worked since 2011. He oversees the nursing practice, education, operations and research for 14 hospitals in North Texas. He lives in Dallas. 

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

Laboratory Conditions, a short film Robert Scheid (Jour, Mgmt) edited and starred in, made the film festival rounds this year. It stars Marisa Tomei and Minnie Driver, both Academy Award winners. In addition to editing, Robert has been acting and teaching editing through institutions and one-on-one with clients since 2002. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and one-year-old son, but writes he makes a yearly trip out to Boulder to recharge. 

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

Andrew Cary (Bus, Hist) writes that he is now a partner at Select Sales Agency, which specializes in the sale of horses. He co-founded the firm in 2009. For the past 10 years, he has sold horses that have run in the Kentucky Derby and at Royal Ascot in England. The company’s most famous horse, Tepin, won the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Mile. “One day I hope to raise thoroughbreds in Colorado, where they can receive superior high-altitude training; it works for the U.S. Olympic team!” he writes.

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

Austin Sol, the professional ultimate frisbee team Patrick Christmas (CompSci) founded in Texas in 2015, is now in its fourth season. Sol has a 35-player roster and is a member of the American Ultimate Disc League. Since 2001, Patrick has worked as a chief software engineer at National Instruments. He and the Sol appeared in the Coloradan’s March 2016 cover story, “Ultimate Goes Pro.” This year Patrick took a spring break trip with his family to Big Bend and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks, “a great trip that always seemed too far away when I lived in Colorado,” he wrote.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Michael Maney (MComm) is local head of team member communications and engagement for Whole Foods Market in Austin, Tex. He previously held a similar position with Target.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Escaping war-torn Vietnam as a child was just the beginning for Nhi Aronheim (MTeleCom). She became valedictorian of her high school, and received a bachelor’s in mathematics from Centre College in Danville, Va., before coming to Boulder. Her career involved work in the telecommunications and marketing fields. Nhi has retired and is a volunteer mediator for the Colorado Better Business Bureau. She is writing a book about her harrowing journey, showing that even in the face of overwhelming odds, anything is possible. She lives in Englewood, Colo.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

Emilie Upczak (RelSt, WomSt) wrote and directed Moving Parts, a movie about human smuggling and sex trafficking set in Trinidad and Tobago, which premiered at the Denver Film Festival in 2017. It began streaming on Amazon in January. She currently teaches film at the CU Boulder Department of Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts.

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

Literary magazine Ploughshares featured Diana Spechler (Engl, Psych) and her short story, “An Older Woman,” in its Winter 2020 issue. Diana’s was one of only eight fiction stories in the issue. She lives in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Posted Jun. 1, 2020

In 2013, Blain Howard (Phil), senior communication manager of Microsoft’s Xbox, demoed the Xbox One with Jimmy Fallon and actor Will Forte on The Tonight Show. “It was also probably the most nervous I’ve ever been. Being live on-air was intense knowing millions of people were watching,” Blain told the Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine in February. Seven years later, Blain still works in what he considers his dream job. He lives in Seattle.

Posted Jun. 1, 2020

In August, Colorado governor Jared Polis appointed Robert James (Law) as district court judge for the state’s 13th judicial district. 

Posted Nov. 5, 2021

Jamahl Mosley (Soc) was a four-year letterman at CU and is one of only 37 players in CU history to score more than 1,000 points. He was named as an assistant coach of the 2021 USA Select Team for Basketball, which trained against the USA National team as it prepared for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Jamahl has coached for the Denver Nuggets, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas’ Summer League squad and the Dallas Mavericks. 

Posted Nov. 5, 2021

In August, Maria Coady (PhDEdu’01) will join the North Carolina State College of Education as the inaugural Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Educational Equity. Prior, Maria worked at the University of Florida’s College of Education as the Irving and Rose Fein Endowed Professor of Education and professor of English speakers of other languages (ESOL) and bilingual education. Maria focuses on literacy and language development for rural multilingual students.

Posted Jun. 21, 2022

In July, ´ˇ˛Ô»ĺ°ů±đ·ÉĚýł˘łÜłć±đ˛Ô (Atmos, PolSci’01) was appointed by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis as a district court judge for the City and County of Denver beginning in January 2023. Andrew has worked as a chief deputy district attorney for the Denver District Attorney’s Office since 2019, and has worked in the office since 2006.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

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