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Three years after graduating聽Jimmy Calano聽(Mktg) co-founded CareerTrack, a company that revolutionized the professional development training industry. Under Jimmy鈥檚 leadership, the company grew from a start-up to a nationally recognized corporation. After great success in the corporate sector, Jimmy sold his company and shifted his focus to the community. His involvement has aided several community projects and organizations, including United Way of 麻豆影院, the CU Foundation, the Dairy Center of the Arts and the CU-麻豆影院 Alumni Association. He was awarded this year鈥檚 George Norlin Award for his service and will be recognized at the Alumni Association鈥檚 annual awards ceremony in the University Memorial Center Oct. 15 during Homecoming Weekend.

Craig Clark聽(CivEngr) served as a charter member for the installation of a new chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society at Alfred State College. He serves as the dean of the school of applied technology. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation鈥檚 oldest academic society honoring all academic disciplines. Craig lives in Alfred, N.Y.

Barron鈥檚 magazine ranked聽James Moore聽(Fin) among the top financial advisors for 2015. He works as a managing director of investments for the Clayton, Mo., Wells Fargo branch and was ranked 12th in the state of Missouri. James, who has 36 years of experience in the brokerage industry, lives in St. Louis with his wife and five children.

President Barack Obama nominated聽Gayle Smith聽(Engl) this spring as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Of her work, the President said, 鈥淚鈥檝e worked closely with Gayle for nearly a decade, and for the past six years Gayle has served as a senior leader on international development, humanitarian crisis response and democracy issues on my National Security Council staff.鈥� Since 2009, Gayle has served as special assistant to the President and senior director for development and democracy on the National Security Council staff, where she is responsible for global development, democracy and humanitarian assistance issues.

础迟迟辞谤苍别测听Sharon Caulfield聽(Anth; Law鈥�82) joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck鈥檚 health care group as a shareholder this spring. She advises many types of health-care providers and senior services organizations in regulatory compliance, operational effectiveness and good employment practices. She was named a top health-care attorney by 5280 magazine and has been listed as Best Lawyers 鈥淏est Lawyer in America鈥� for nearly a decade. She lives in 麻豆影院.

Scott Thompson聽(Econ) was part of an investment group that purchased the Beverly Hills Country Club. The group will invest an additional $10 million to restore the club as one of the premier athletic and fitness clubs in Los Angeles. Scott is a real estate investor and transactional attorney in Westlake Village, Calif. Both of his children,聽Hailey Thompson聽(Mktg鈥�09) and聽Nathaniel Thompson聽(Fin鈥�12), are CU graduates also.

础迟迟辞谤苍别测听John Lund聽(Econ) has joined law firm Parsons Behle & Latimer鈥檚 Salt Lake City office. John has more than 30 years of experience as a trial attorney. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and trial work in the Intermountain West. John is admitted to the Utah, Wyoming and Colorado State Bars.

Former CU-麻豆影院 Alumni Association board member聽Jenny L. Herring聽(Jour) joined the Broomfield, Colo., office of investment advisory firm Wilshire Associates. She has had a career in public relations, marketing and writing for financial services companies and is now part of Wilshire Consulting鈥檚 business development team. Her 2014 article 鈥淩emembering Jamestown鈥� was published in the Forever Buffs Insider e-newsletter.

Ever thought about dropping everything and traveling the country? When聽Penny Roushar Jansen聽(Mgmt) and her husband retired, they decided to do just that 鈥� on a bike, for a year. After eight months and more than 6,000 miles, Penny wrote about some of their adventures in the Wall Street Journal, advising other adventure-seekers to 鈥渓ook beyond your fears.鈥� Penny, a mother of three, also blogged about her adventures at .

Tax attorney聽Susan Seabrook聽(Hist) joined Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney鈥檚 Washington, D.C., office. She previously worked as a trial attorney for the IRS and as an attorney advisor in the National Office of Chief Counsel. She is a three-time recipient of the IRS鈥檚 Special Act Award, once for significant issue litigation and twice for her superior performance.

Wendy M. Kent聽(EnvCon) joined Portland, Ore., law firm Bodyfelt Mount LLP this spring as partner. Wendy鈥檚 practice emphasizes employment, professional malpractice and personal injury defense. She previously worked for nearly a decade as managing attorney and lead trial attorney for Zurich North America Insurance Company in Portland. She has more than 25 years of trial experience handling civil claims in Oregon, Utah and Washington.

After writing a paper for CU鈥檚 College of Music on Beethoven,聽Geary Larrick鈥檚 (DMus) piece was placed in the archive collection in the library at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, Germany, Beethoven鈥檚 hometown. The paper was originally published in the journal of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors. It can also be found in the collection in the University of Colorado Music Library.

Northbrook, Ill.-based TotalLink2 Community appointed聽David Wolf聽(Hist) director of development. The nonprofit helps the developmentally disabled. In his role, David writes grants, reaches out to donors, creates and manages the organization鈥檚 donor database and secures gifts from individuals, foundations and corporations.

After working several decades in real estate in New York City,聽Colin Rath聽(Econ) published a book about his experiences entitled聽It Is What It Is: A True Manhattan Real Estate Nightmare with a Silver Lining. This year Colin and his family traveled the world on their sailboat Persevere and raced in major regattas. Find him at .

Keith Villa聽(MCDBio), founder and head brewmaster of Blue Moon Brewing Company, was named the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver鈥檚 2015 Businessman of the Year. The Arvada, Colo., resident鈥檚 family includes several Forever Buffs: wife聽Jodi Nelson Villa聽(ArchEngr鈥�86), mom聽Mercedes Wheeler聽(Nurs鈥�88) and daughters聽Catherine Villa聽(MechEngr鈥�16) and聽Marie Villa听(叠耻蝉鈥�19).

Make Yourself Indispensable,聽Darren McKnight鈥檚 (PhDAero) fifth book, is a practical guide to career success. He provides insights about core aspects of being indispensable: Effective communication skills, taking a strategic view to success and a passion for learning. Darren, who is technical director for Integrity Applications Inc., lives in Centreville, Va.

After the $44 billion merger of the French and Swiss cement-supplying giants Lafarge and Holcim,聽Eric Olsen聽(Fin) was named CEO. Eric had been with Lafarge since 1999, holding several positions in the company鈥檚 North American operations. Originally from Chicago, Eric became a joint U.S-French citizen last year after more than a decade in France.

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP hired聽Scott Bales聽(Econ) as a managing director in its San Francisco office. He focuses on multi-housing investment sale transactions in Northern California. Scott has more than 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry and has closed more than $2 billion in transactions encompassing more than 5,000 multi-housing unit deals.

Jeanette Meyer聽(MBA) of Meyer and Associates at Remax Alliance ranked in the top 10 percent of the 902 realtors in Colorado鈥檚 Larimer County last year. Jeanette is in her 14th year as a residential realtor in Northern Colorado.

After retiring from Microsoft in February,聽Louis Flint Ceci聽(MCompSci) plans to write more stories and novels about the residents of Croy, Okla., a fictional town in the south-central part of that state and the setting of his 2008 novel Comfort Me. At Microsoft, Louis served as a senior software engineer and worked on Skype for Android, specializing in adapting the user interface for use by the visually impaired.