The four-part mini-series “Making Monsters” was produced by Nathan Charlan (Jour’03) and aired on the Travel Channel’s “Weekends to Die For” in October. Nathan is director of development at the television production company Warm Springs Productions based in Missoula, Mont. He finds potential characters and television series ideas to pitch to networks, often traveling the country in search of new ideas. When not on the road, he lives in Arvada, Colo., with his wife and young son.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

Denver resident and German native Matthias Edrich (InfSys’03) was elected to the German American Chamber of Commerce as secretary of the Colorado chapter. It promotes trade, commerce and investment between Germany and Colorado. Matthias has been a board member of the Colorado chapter for two years and is a governor’s appointee to the State of Colorado Private Activity Bond Allocations Committee. He is a tax attorney in the Denver office of Peck, Shaffer & Williams, a public finance law firm.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

Community and environmental issues are an important aspect of Thor Erickson’s (EnvDes’03) life. He joined the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh as the community programs manager where he oversees grant-making and is involved with community outreach, educational events and civic engagement. Prior to joining the company, he worked for the Bigfoot Asia Pacific Foundation in the Philippines where he served while in the Peace Corps. He is an active member of Habitat for Humanity International.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

In recognition of her 15-year tenure at CU Kathleen Bollard (MBA’03) was honored by President Bruce Benson(Geol’64, HonDocSci’04) at the Office of the President and System Staff Council’s Years of Service awards reception. She works as a faculty member in the modern languages department at CU Denver.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

ł˘˛ą·É˛â±đ°ůĚýNicholas Kant (Jour’03, Law’06) has won many prominent cases in his career, including one against Walmart on behalf of the attorney general of New Jersey. He also successfully sued a drapery maker, which was covered on Fox 5’s “Shame Shame Shame” television segment, and won a default judgment against duct cleaning companies who were manipulating customers with a bait-and-switch scheme. Nick lives in South Orange, N.J.

Posted Dec. 1, 2011

Caroline Hult (Engl, Hum’04) and Elliott Hood (Comm, PolSci’04) met 21 years ago by the pool at CU Boulder. They married 15 years ago. On Twitter, Elliott wrote, “I’m still counting my blessings and grateful for her love, support, and patience.”

Posted Mar. 4, 2024

Genét Simone (PhDEdu’04) is academic program director for Western Washington University’s teacher education outreach programs in Bremerton, Washington. She writes, “All of my experiences as a grad student in Boulder helped pave the way for supporting new candidates and mentoring them into the teaching profession. I am forever grateful for the mentoring of my professors.” She is also a high school teacher. Last year, she published a memoir Teaching in the Dark about her first year as a teacher in the Arctic.

Posted Mar. 4, 2024

This spring, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis appointed Michelle A. Chostner (Anth, Psych’04) to the 10th Judicial District Court of Pueblo, Colorado. She was sworn in by the chief judge of the district in April. In 2017, the Colorado District Attorneys Council selected her as the outstanding prosecutor of the year. Michelle is married and has three children. She and her family live in Pueblo. 

Posted Nov. 6, 2023

Robert Coombs (Comm, MA’04) is CEO and founder of Baton Health, a healthcare technology company. The company, which focuses on healthcare credentialing, has generated just under $9 million since its founding in October 2022. Robert lives in New York City. 

Posted Nov. 6, 2023

Joe Franco (PolSci’04) is a public affairs and advocacy expert. He was appointed vice president of programs and development for The Washington Campus, where he will design and lead graduate-level courses in public policy for MBA students from around the world. He was also appointed by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore to serve on the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority, serving a four-year term to provide oversight over the Preakness and other key horse racing operations in the state of Maryla

Posted Nov. 6, 2023

Law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck named Patrick Berry (Comm’04) as a shareholder in the firm’s corporate department. Patrick’s work has included private middle-market mergers and acquisitions, as well as joint ventures and partnerships. Patrick is based in the firm’s Denver office.

Posted Jul. 10, 2023

Jamie Kreiner (Hist, Mus’04), a history teacher at the University of Georgia, released a new book, The Wandering Mind. The book recounts how medieval Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge — and how their efforts to defeat it can impact people today. The book received praise from Time, The New York Times and The New Yorker.

Posted Jul. 10, 2023

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published Clean Energy Innovators: NREL People Working to Change the World, a softbound book written by NREL’s Ernie Tucker. The book, which can be downloaded online for free, tells the stories of NREL’s people and the technologies they’ve advanced to help confront the climate crisis. The book features several CU alumni including catalyst researcher Kim Magrini (PhDChem’88), hybrid electric vehicles researcher Rob Farrington (PhDMechEngr’92), battery system researcher Matt Keyser (MechEngr’91) and Olympic biathlete Tim Tetreault (MechEngr, MS’04).

Posted Jul. 10, 2023

´ˇ±č±č±đ±ô±ô˛ąłŮ±đĚý±ô˛ą·É˛â±đ°ů Kendra N. Beckwith (Jour, PolSci’04) joined Lewis Roca’s litigation practice group as a partner. Kendra has briefed and argued almost 60 cases nationwide in both state and federal courts and deals with a variety of issues relating to employment, insurance law, commercial litigation and more.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

National Institute of Standards and Technology physicists Ian Coddington (PhDPhys’04) and Kevin Cossel (PhD-ChemPhys’14), along with Nathan Newbury, were finalists for the 2022 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in the science, technology and environment category. They were recognized for developing a revolutionary system to detect methane gas leaks from oil and gas production facilities in addition to identifying other pollutants that contribute to global warming. Working with collaborators at CU, this technology has been transferred to a startup company that has made strides in expanding its capabilities and deploying the system in key oil and gas-producing states.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

Jonathan Lucero (Fin’04; Law’07) and his wife, Brittany, welcomed a third addition to their family. Zoé Sofía Lucero was born three months premature, and Jonathan writes she has made a miraculous recovery. Judge Lucero serves as a municipal court judge in Aurora, Englewood and, occasionally, Castle Rock, Colorado.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

Patrick Salvi II (Mgmt’04) was named president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. In 2007, he graduated from Notre Dame Law School and joined Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. as an attorney, where he was named managing partner of the Chicago office in 2017. Patrick concentrates his legal practice on cases involving personal injury, medical malpractice and masstorts. He also serves as a board member of Legal Aid Chicago, an organization that provides free legal services to people living in poverty. In recognition of his outstanding legal work, Patrick has been listed in Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America, an elite guide in the legal profession, for the past six years.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

After living in London for nine years, ˛Ń±đ°ůľ±ł¦ľ±ĚýłŐľ±˛ÔłŮ´Ç˛Ô (PolSci’04) moved to Washington, D.C., to join the U.S. Digital Service (USDS) at the White House. Over the past year, she has led Child Tax Credit Implementation for USDS. After graduating from CU, Merici received her MBA at University of Denver and then went on to set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and set the digital and data strategy for its first director, Elizabeth Warren. Her family lives on Capitol Hill and loves visiting Denver and Boulder.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

Cerno, a lighting business, was started by Bret Englander (Jour’04) — resident of Laguna Beach, California — and two of his childhood friends. Cerno products are inspired by nature and manufactured in California. Bret serves as the company’s director of sales and marketing.

Posted Jun. 21, 2022

Mike Carter-Conneen (Jour), a former D.C. TV reporter and anchor, is now director of corporate communications at CarbonCure Technologies. In April, the company won the $20 million Carbon XPRIZE for its innovations in carbon dioxide removal, transforming concrete into a climate solution.

Posted Nov. 5, 2021

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