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Ernest Wong (ExecMBA) was named vice president of corporate development at Accera Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on product development for Alzheimer’s disease. Ernest has more than 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. He previously worked at Piramal Imaging, where he was responsible for business development and licensing transactions in neuroimaging.

In August 2015, ±Ê²¹³¾±ð±ô²¹Ìý¶Ù²¹»å²¹´Ç²õ (Soc) joined the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Alumni Association as program manager for athletics and regional outreach. Prior to joining the Alumni Association, she spent a year with the CU Buff Club and three years working for Kroenke Sports & Entertainment. While attending CU, she worked for the Recreation Center and the City of Â鶹ӰԺ, while also serving as an intern for CU Athletics and as a student ambassador. A native of Healdsburg, Calif., Pamela now resides in Denver where she spends her free time rooting on the San Francisco Giants and skiing.

Two years ago Tim Jenkins (Econ, PolSci) founded Seattle Food Rescue, which redistributes food that would be thrown away by businesses to people who can benefit from it. Recently, the organization partnered with Capitol Hill Housing to distribute food directly to three residential apartment complexes in need. Tim brought the food rescue concept to Seattle after working with Â鶹ӰԺ Food Rescue while he was a student at CU. At Seattle Food Rescue, nearly 85 percent of his volunteers are students, many from the University of Seattle. Tim hopes to expand to incorporate graduate students from the University of Washington on a geographical information systems project to map donors and recipients and determine the best bike routes.

Only six months into her biathlon skiing career, a sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, Joanne Reid (Math; MS’16) participated in the biathlon World Cup in the 15-kilometer individual. It was only her eighth biathlon race ever. Before becoming a biathlete, she led CU’s NCAA Nordic championship team in 2013. After graduating from CU, she took a year off from skiing, but returned to training in 2014 while working toward a master’s degree. From there, she earned a spot on the U.S. Ski Team’s squad for the Under-23 World Championships. She was the top American skier in the 10-kilometer skate and the 15-kilometer skiathlon.

In January ³Û³Ü²¹²Ô³ú³ó±ðÌý´Ü³ó²¹²Ô²µ (PhDElEngr) joined the Efficient Power Conversion Corporation as director of applications engineering. Yuanzhe’s focus is designing state-of-the-art envelope tracking systems for 4G, LTE and 5G wireless infrastructure that demonstrates the benefits of using gallium nitride transistors.

This summer ´¡²Ô»å°ù±ð²õÌý´¡°ù°ù¾±´Ç±ô²¹ (Fin) and µþ°ù¾±²¹²ÔÌý¸é¾±³Ù³Ù±ð°ù (Soc’07) will launch a free mobile app that connects individuals with friends and mentors, much like Uber connects people with drivers. The duo also launched a Kickstarter campaign in April with the hopes of raising $50,000 for their company, SocialPing Inc.

Water resources engineer Anna Campbell (EnvEngr; MCivEngr) was named young professional of the year by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado. She works at the Denver company Wright Water Engineers, Inc., and was a contributor to a 10-month effort to investigate storm water discharges from a Hawaii landfill during two large storms.