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Scientist Kristin LaVelle Thunhorst (MChemEngr; PhD鈥�98) is a lead research specialist in 3M aerospace and commercial transportation and has 16 patents. She is a supporter of STEM education and encourages children to develop their interests in science.

Ahmed Mansoor Alabd (ElEngr; MTeleCom鈥�99) of the United Arab Emirates was named winner of the 2015 Martin Ennals Human Rights Defender Award by the Switzerland-based Martin Ennals Foundation. The award recognizes human rights defenders who have shown deep commitment to human rights at great personal risk. Winners are selected by a coalition of 10 leading international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

At CU, Richard English (MThtr) worked as production stage manager for the theater and dance department. He has since had a career in theater, serving as stage manager/technical director of the Colorado Children鈥檚 Chorale, as lighting designer for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, as a production manager at the Performing Arts Center at SUNY Purchase and also as a freelance lighting designer and producer. In the early 2000s he turned to writing with a focus on the history and sociobiology of beer, wine and spirits and now has more than 175 published pieces.

In October Carrie Morgan (Engl) published her debut novel, The Road Back from Broken, which won the Royal Palm Literary Award. The book depicts a Fort Carson-based family struggling to heal after the husband/father is injured by an IED in Afghanistan. Carrie lives in Florida with her husband, a U.S. Army infantry veteran.

James Eric Lupo (ElCompEngr; MD鈥�08) moved back to Colorado from Los Angeles after completing his final two years of surgical training in otology, neurotology and lateral skull base surgery. He joined the practice at the Rocky Mountain Ear Center in Englewood, Colo.

In July 2017 Katie Stanich Kramer (Mgmt) will become the president and executive director of the Boettcher Foundation. She becomes the fifth executive director in the foundation鈥檚 78-year history, as well as the first woman and the youngest to serve in the position. A Boettcher Scholar herself, Katie has worked at the foundation for nearly 20 years, including 13 years as vice president and assistant executive director. In 2014, she was recognized as one of the Denver Business Journal鈥檚 鈥�40 Under 40.鈥� She lives in Arvada, Colo., with聽husband Joseph (ElEngr鈥�97), who was a member of the CU-麻豆影院 Alumni Association鈥檚 board of advisors.

Rosa Blooms, the latest book from Lori Batcheller (MJour), is a children鈥檚 picture storybook about a wild rose that seeks to find her place in the natural world. The full-color illustrations depict the Flatirons, local flora and fauna and the seasonal weather of the Front Range. Lori is a freelance writer specializing in health and wellness, yoga and disabilities.

Ed Chambliss (MJour) has been promoted to president of Phelps, one of the West Coast鈥檚 largest independently owned marketing agencies. Ed joined Phelps 16 years ago as a team leader and managed prominent accounts, including Petco, DirectTV and Public Storage. Most recently he was COO. Ed started his marketing career as a writer at BBDO and taught copywriting at the Portfolio Center in Atlanta.

In November Eric Rajewski (Fin) and wife Shannon welcomed their first child, Graydon Eugene Rajewski, who weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces. They reside in San Francisco, where they鈥檝e lived for the last 15 years. Eric is head of institutional sales at B. Riley and Co., a full-service investment bank.

Ball Aerospace program manager Lisa Hardaway (PhDAeroEngr) was awarded the 2015 leadership award for outstanding dedication to space exploration from the Women in Aerospace (WIA) organization. She worked as program manager for Ball鈥檚 Ralph imaging instrument, which flew aboard NASA鈥檚 New Horizons mission to Pluto. She also has worked with the Hubble Space Telescope, on the company鈥檚 star tracker program and was part of Ball鈥檚 Deep Impact mission. WIA recognized Lisa for her dedication to guiding, supporting and mentoring female engineers throughout her career.

After exhibiting signs of depression post-graduation, Abel Laeke (Kines) wrote about his experience in a book, No Pressure, No Diamonds: My Life and What It Takes to Lead. Abel ran for a city council seat in Pueblo in November. Although he was unsuccessful, he said he has not given up.

Maureen McGinnis (PolSci), an elected judge in Troy, Mich., took office last year. Before she was elected, she practiced law at the law offices of Donald E. McGinnis, Jr.

Patrick Christmas (CompSci), owner of the Austin Sol professional ultimate Frisbee team, saw the Sol debut in the American Ultimate Disc League in 2016. After playing ultimate at CU, Patrick moved to Austin, Texas, and continued playing competitively. He won the 2014 Master鈥檚 National Championship with the Tejas team. He writes that he is looking forward to bringing the professional game to Austin.

Senior vice president and chief nursing executive at Medical City Dallas Hospital, Zach Mueller (Span; Nurs鈥�04; PhD鈥�06) is responsible for patient care for the entire Medical City organization, including Medical City Children鈥檚 Hospital. He has more than 16 years of healthcare experience and has served in a variety of leadership roles.

The Douglas County Board of Education in Colorado elected Meghann Campos Silverthorn (AeroEngr, PolSci) president. First elected to the board in 2009 and reelected in 2013, she has been a supporter of the school district鈥檚 reform policies. She also has worked for the Air Force Research Laboratory as an analyst for the Department of Defense.

Curious Minds: 40 Hands-on Activities to Inspire a Love of Learning, a book written by Azeem Vasi (Chem) and Tyler Kolstedt (Hist鈥�04; MEdu鈥�10), is intended for teachers, parents or homeschoolers searching for new ways to motivate and engage students between the ages of 9 and 12. Curious Minds takes a multidisciplinary approach to learning and incorporates science, social studies, math, language arts and world languages. Azeem and Tyler were roommates at CU.

Former CU basketball player Kate Fagan (Comm) is now lead writer for espnW, an ESPN website for women who love sports. She also has written about LGBTQ issues in sports and has been published in ESPN the Magazine, ESPN.com, the Philadelphia Inquirer and many other smaller publications including the 麻豆影院 Daily Camera, which launched her career. Last year she published her first book, Reappearing Act.

Brandon DeBenedet (Fin) joined the public finance group of D.A. Davidson鈥檚 fixed income capital markets division as senior vice president and public finance banker in the firm鈥檚 Denver headquarters. Brandon was previously with Wells Fargo, where he founded and developed a community banking聽public finance group. He is a member of the Friends of the Denver Fire Department board and frequently speaks at the Colorado Government Finance Officer Association and Colorado Special District Association.

Erika Nyhus (MPsych; PhDCogSci鈥�10), an assistant professor in neuroscience and psychology at Bowdoin College in Maine, is researching how different regions of the brain interact and communicate to create memories. She runs memory tests in her lab with student volunteers that measure the electrical activity in the subject鈥檚 brain with an EEG. Erika became interested in researching memory while at CU and saw how much memory interacted with other cognitive processes, including attention, cognitive control and emotion. She hopes to find better treatments for people with memory disorders by understanding how memory works, as well as ways to improve disordered memory systems. She is launching a study that looks at how lifestyle factors like meditation can affect attention, which plays a large role in memory.

鈥淢r. Lee鈥檚 Shangri-La鈥� is an art exhibition featuring exotic dancers, golden walls and paintings by expressionist artist Lisa Solberg (Art). After a preview in Florida, the exhibition came to the Los Angeles MAMA Gallery in December. Lisa said 麻豆影院 inspired her art, as she used to run up the Flatirons and up the canyon to Nederland.