Rob Decker (Comm)听is a photographer and graphic artist based in Longmont. After working for clients including American Express, Dell, Dick鈥檚 Sporting Goods, the National Association of Realtors, Overstock.com, Stanford University,听The Washington Post听and others, Rob is now focused on his National Park Posters project, creating vintage-style posters for parks around the country.

Posted Oct. 24, 2017

Kim Christiansen (Jour) will be the new female voice of the "Train Call" announcements at Denver International Airport after winning a statewide contest among many longtime newscasters. Kim, who grew up in Colorado, has spent her entire career at 9News working as a news writer and producer, general assignment reporter and news anchor. She has won seven Heartland regional Emmy awards for spot news, news writing and news reporting.听

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

Jay Rothman (Jour)听is the vice president of production at ESPN, where he's the lead producer of听Monday Night Football. Last fall, he invited four CMCI seniors鈥揅hangler Gould (Jour, PolSci'18), Tessa Diestel (Jour'18), Rachel Robinson (Jour'18) and Ashley Ben-Porat (Jour'18)鈥搕o Kansas City, Missouri, to go behind the scenes at a live听Monday Night Football听辫谤辞诲耻肠迟颈辞苍.听

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

Joanne Bischmann (Comm) retired in January from Harley-Davidson after nearly three decades with the company, most recently as the company鈥檚 vice president and chief communications officer, as well as president of the Harley-Davidson Foundation. In December, she was inducted into the PRWeek Hall of Fame. Joanne lives in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, with her husband, Rob, and four sons.听

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Karen Reid (Jour; MJour鈥90) was named chair of the 2018鈥19 Foundation Fundraising Committee for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). As president and founder of Kaber Communications, she engages workforces through ambassador and volunteer programs that enrich organizational culture and maximize community impact. Karen and her husband, Charlie (PhDMechEngr鈥89), live in Dallas.听

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Neal Scarbrough (Jour) is an award-winning journalist, content creator and multimedia executive who has delivered a diversity of revenue-generating franchises across print, digital and broadcast. He is vice president and executive editor for Fox Sports. In this capacity, Neal has editorial oversight of FS1鈥檚 studio programming and serves as the daily talent coach for Fox Sports鈥 on-air personalities. He and his wife, Michelle, live in Los Angeles.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Holly Gauntt (Jour) is the news director at Denver7. She started her career at KUSA in Denver and then KCNC, and spent 27 years in newsrooms in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Baltimore and Seattle before returning to Denver. She has covered the 9/11 attacks, President Bill Clinton鈥檚 impeachment, the D.C. sniper attacks and the bombing of the federal building Oklahoma City. She has won numerous Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards, including the national award for overall excellence in Washington, D.C., and Seattle, and at Denver7.

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

Tracy Lehr (Jour) won a Pacific Southwest Chapter Emmy for her human interest story 鈥淎SL Interpreters Relay Crucial Information During Disasters.鈥 Tracy has worked for KEYT-KCOY and KKFX, an ABC/CBS and Fox11 affiliate in Santa Barbara, California, for two decades. She is the evening weekend news anchor and an evening live reporter during the week. She recently won a Golden Mike for a story called 鈥淐haplains Answer the Call.鈥

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

Van Woodcock (Advert) is the senior vice president of global sourcing, logistics and trade in the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products division of The Walt Disney Co. Van has been with the company for 17 years and lives in Pasadena, California.

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

After a 36-year career as a reporter and editor at the Eagle Valley Enterprise and Vail Daily, Pamela Holmes Boyd (Jour) and her husband, John, moved to Utah in 2021. She is executive director of the nonprofit United Way of Eastern Utah.

Posted Aug. 19, 2024