For the third time Paul Kasemir (CompSci, ElEngr, MElEngr’09) competed in NBC’s American Ninja Warrior competition last summer. He lives in Longmont, Colo.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

CU couple Lara Murphy (Comm’09) and Andrew Herlihy (PolSci’09) married on Aug. 11 in Boulder. Lara works in human resources at Nordstrom and Andrew is a law student at the University of Wyoming.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

On May 13 Lara Wahl (Acct’09) and her boyfriend miraculously survived a horrible car crash and explosion when a truck fell from an overpass onto their car as the couple was driving on Interstate 70 on their way to play tennis. The story appeared in The Denver Post. Lara says, in retrospect, they snapped into fight-or-flight mode to survive. Lara works as an auditor and lives in Avon, Colo.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

After graduating from CU’s arts program, Julia Lamberton (Art’09) moved to China to teach English.

Posted Jun. 1, 2012

After wrapping up 10 months of community service, Katherine Adams (Ling’09) graduated from the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps Pacific Region. The members worked in teams throughout the U.S., and Katherine’s team provided support to Missouri and Montana residents affected by tornados and floods. She lives in Frederick, Calif.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

Rakefet Megory (MCDBio’09) and Matthew Orobona (MCDBio’10) plan to get married in July. Rakefet is enrolled in the veterinary program at Colorado State University where Matthew is attending graduate school. The wedding will take place in Boulder.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

Dustin Rumsey (Mus’09) is a composer and soundtrack engineer for Boulder-based Square Two Productions while also offering private music lessons. He lives in Longmont, Colo.

Posted Dec. 1, 2011

Campton, Ohio, resident Brandon Vaccaro (DMus’09) is an assistant music professor at Kent State University. He also spends his days as a freelance composer, audio engineer and producer.

Posted Dec. 1, 2011

Stephanie May Wilson (Jour’10) hosts the podcast Girls Night, which has over seven million downloads. Wilson has also written a new book: , which dives into the period that she calls the “Everything Era” — the weird, wonderful and wildly difficult span of years for women in their 20s and 30s. in the coming months, Wilson plans to move to Spain with her husband and twin toddlers.

Posted Jul. 15, 2024

Carolyn Kenney (IntlAf’10) joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as an adjunct research staff member in the Joint Advanced Warfighting Division of IDA’s Systems and Analyses Center. IDA is a nonprofit corporation that operates three federally funded research and development centers, and answers the most challenging U.S. security and science policy questions with objective analysis. Carolyn received her master’s degree in international human rights from the University of Denver in 2014.

Posted Jul. 10, 2023

In January, law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck promoted Zach Siegel (IntlAf, PolSci’10; Law’15) to shareholder. A member of the firm’s Denver real estate department, Zach leverages an understanding of his clients’ businesses to achieve their strategic goals. He has expertise in complex acquisitions and dispositions and leasing and development projects. His work spans asset classes including multifamily, retail, office, industrial and mixed use transactions.

Posted Mar. 6, 2023

Judd Shader (EthnSt’10), founder and CEO of Leeds West Group, an automotive repair franchise management platform, joined the Javonte Williams Foundation’s executive advisory board. The Javonte Williams Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to providing youth in the Denver metro area foster care system with essential resources and life-changing experiences. Judd will provide strategic direction for the foundation’s key fundraising campaign efforts. He lives in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Posted Mar. 6, 2023

In late 2022, Cody Hawkins (Hum’10), CU Buffs quarterback from 2007 to 2010, was named head coach of Idaho State University. He previously served six seasons as a football coach at University of California, Davis, the last three of which he was the  offensive coordinator.

Posted Mar. 6, 2023

Michelle Tamayo (AeroEngr’10; MS’10) has worked as a dynamics engineer at United Launch Alliance (ULA) for 10 years. She worked for four years on the integration for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which launched from ULA’s Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station in May. She also has spent seven years working on development for ULA’s Vulcan rocket.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

Judd Shader (EthnSt’10) is founder, board member and CEO of Leeds West Groups (LWG), based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. He launched the company from his apartment while a junior at CU Boulder. LWG is a management platform capitalized by family office funds that acquires, owns and manages national automotive repair franchise brands including Midas, Big O Tires and SpeeDee Oil in addition to a national real estate portfolio and other outside investments. Today, he has more than 1,000 members on his team across 117 automotive retail locations and operates in 18 states.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

Corbin Clement (Mktg’10) is a digital analyst for the ecommerce team at Specialized Bicycle Components. The new position allows him to return to the Denver area after spending two years at Salomon’s North American headquarters in Ogden, Utah.

Posted Jun. 21, 2022

Two-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jamie Boyle (Film’10) released a feature documentary, Anonymous Sister, which premiered at Doc NYC — America’s largest documentary festival — in New York. Shot over 30 years, it tells the story of her mother and sister's opioid addiction. The film was also shown at the Denver Film Festival with an accompanying panel featuring leaders of the local and national efforts to end the opioid epidemic, including Colorado’s attorney general.

Posted Mar. 11, 2022

A former environmental journalist based out of Colorado and Arizona, Emery Cowan (Jour, Span’10) now works as program coordinator for the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition, nonprofit that works with collaborative conservation and natural resources policy, in Hood River, Oregon. The position closely aligns with her interest in the environment.

Posted Mar. 11, 2022

After several management jobs at corporations including L’Oreal and many startup experiences, Ehsan Shariati Varnosfaderani (MElEngr) co-founded the Functionland corporation. The company provides open-source technology to help users create their own personal server. 

Posted Nov. 5, 2021

Jacqui Dietrich (MBA) is head of brand, sales and marketing for Startup Space, which helps economic and small business development organizations connect entrepreneurs to resources in their communities while providing data analytics and management systems.

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

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