Doug Slaybaugh (Acct) started his own business, The CPA Coach. Doug was previously an audit partner with EKS&H, a professional services firm based in Colorado. Doug is being certified as a professional coach to challenge and encourage CPAs, accountants, finance executives and professionals to exceed their own expectations.
Posted Dec. 1, 2016
On May 26, Freight Books released Shawn Stein’s (Span) book, Idols and Underdogs: An Anthology of Latin American Football Fiction, in the United Kingdom. An associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, Shawn plans to create a digital soccer-fiction bibliography to help advance the emerging field of literary soccer studies.
Posted Sep. 1, 2016
Arapahoe Libraries executive director Nicolle Davies (Jour; MPubAd’03) was named Library Journal’s Librarian of the Year. This is the first time a Colorado librarian has earned this honor. The award recognizes one individual for transforming their library and community and leading the profession toward innovation. Her library district offers access to technology including 3D printers, Go Pro cameras and virtual reality headsets. Nicolle served as deputy director of Arapahoe Libraries before advancing to executive director in 2012.
Posted Jun. 1, 2016
Producer and writer Drew Goddard (Engl; Film) received his first Academy Award nomination, Best Adapted Screenplay, this year for his work on The Martian. He is also the producer and showrunner for Daredevil, a Netflix original TV series that began its second season this spring.
Posted Jun. 1, 2016
Entrepreneur and engineer Marco Campos (CivEngr) was named the 2015 9News Leader of the Year by the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation and 9News. Through his engineering, procurement and construction services firm, Campos EPC, Marco is dedicated to investing in STEM education efforts, especially those focused on helping female and under-represented minority students. He lives in Denver.
Posted Jun. 1, 2015
With more than 12 years of experience in the healthcare and benefits field, Christopher Walker (PolSci) joined Edgewood Partners Insurance Center as director of healthcare compliance. The company consults on retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits. Christopher is based in San Francisco.
Posted Jun. 1, 2015
CU couple Dipesh Amin (Bio, Econ; MD’05) and Sita Kedia (MCDBio, Ger’01, MD’05, MPubHealth’14) are physicians by day, restaurant owners by night. The duo and a friend opened Table Top last summer in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood. The restaurant focuses on new American cuisine and craft beer.
Posted Mar. 1, 2015
Eric Schweikardt’s (CompSci, EnvDes’98) Moss robot-construction kits gained great support after a crowdfunding campaign began last year. Eric is co-founder of Boulder-based Modular Robotics. The campaign brought in $77,000 in pledges in the first seven and a half hours, according to an article published in BizWest. The kits include different plastic modules, such as sensors or motors with magnets embedded in the corners, for connection points.
Posted Dec. 1, 2014
The World Economic Forum named Amy Cuddy (Psych’98) one of its 2014 Young Global Leaders. Each year 250 leaders under the age of 41 receive the distinction. Amy is an associate professor and Hellman Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School.
Posted Sep. 1, 2014
The Quarterly Forum, a leadership organization connecting Colorado’s influential executives and companies, named Ryan Heckman (Fin’98) executive director in January. Prior Ryan spent his 17-year-long career as a private equity investor. Before he entered the financial market, the Colorado native and passionate skier became the youngest member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team. He lives in Denver.
Posted Jun. 1, 2014
Former Leeds business school dean and current Trinity University President Dennis A. Ahlburg promoted eight members of his faculty to full professor in February. Mark Lewis (MAstro’98, MCompSci’00, PhDAstro’01) was one of them. Effective this fall, he will be a professor at Trinity’s computer science department. Mark lives in San Antonio.
Posted Jun. 1, 2014
Olympia, Wash., resident Stephen Manning (Mktg’98) joined the law firm of Bean, Gentry, Wheeler & Peternell as associate attorney. Stephen received his law degree from Seattle University and works in the areas of business, employment, real estate, health care and administrative law.
Posted Mar. 1, 2014
Freedom’s Frontier: California and the Struggle over Unfree Labor, Emancipation, and ReconstructionĚý˛ú˛âĚýStacey Smith (Hist’98) details the battle of slavery in the multiracial state of California. It covers such topics as African American slavery, American Indian indenture, Latino and Chinese contract labor and sex traffic in Indian and Chinese women. The University of North Carolina Press published the book in the fall.
Posted Dec. 1, 2013
Co-owner of Cocobelle sandals and accessories Lucy Peglar (Anth’98) lives in Uruguay with her husband and three daughters. Cocobelle’s sandals were featured in the Garnet Hill summer 2013 catalog. More of her collection is at cocobelledesigns.com.
Posted Sep. 1, 2013
Pirie Associates Architects promoted Brady Stone (EnvDes’98) from project manager to associate. Pirie Associate Architects is one of New Haven, Conn.’s, top architecture firms. Brady has been professionally designing, detailing and constructing the built environment for more than 14 years. His work includes a contemporary addition to and rigorous restoration of a 1950s modern residence designed by architect-turned-sculptor Tony Smith. Brady lives in New Haven with his wife and two boys and is always working on their mid-century modern home.
Posted Sep. 1, 2013
On Dec. 21 Courtney Nowlin Opdyke (Hist, PolSci’98) and Christopher Opdyke (Econ’99) welcomed their third son, Andrew Clement. The family lives in Park City, Utah.
Posted Jun. 1, 2013
Apple recognized Jordan Schugar (Engl, Geog’98) as one of the nation’s most notable and innovative teachers with its prestigious Apple Distinguished Educators Award. He is one of 90 U.S. educators selected for the award and will serve as an “ambassador of innovation” at education events around the world. Jordan is an instructor at West Chester University and specializes in teaching writing, composition, literacy and educational technology. He lives in West Chester, Pa., with his wife and two children.
Posted Jun. 1, 2013
In January Risa Kass (EnvSt, EPOBio’98) and her fiancé are expecting their first baby. Her law firm, Kass & Navins, is thriving with three locations with a concentration on divorce coaching. Risa lives in Nyack, N.Y.
Posted Dec. 1, 2012
The Arapahoe Library District Board of Trustees appointed Nicolle Ingui Davies (Jour’98, MPubAd’03) as executive director. In this position she is responsible for formulating and administering an annual budget as well as developing and implementing policies that support the organization’s strategic plan. She lives in Littleton, Colo.
Posted Dec. 1, 2012
In January Eben Clark (Law’98) joined Johnson & Repucci as counsel. Eben’s practice consists of land use, resort development and project financing, real estate and commercial litigation. He lives in Boulder.
Posted Sep. 1, 2012
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