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On March 10, Colorado Law will award Kathleen B. Nalty (Law鈥�85) the Sonny Flowers Award for her commitment to inclusion, diversity and equity in practicing law. Kathleen worked as a federal civil rights prosecutor, co-chaired the diversity committee for the Colorado Bar Association and wrote a book called Going 鈥淎ll-In鈥� on Diversity and Inclusion: The Law Firm Leader鈥檚 Playbook, among many other responsibilities throughout her career. This award will be presented at the 41st annual alumni awards banquet, which will take place at the Denver Center.

Teresa Schmitt Pierce (PolSci鈥�85) is in her fourth term in the Maine House of Representatives. She is house chair of the joint standing committee on appropriations and financial affairs and chair of the marijuana advisory committee. Teresa and her husband, Sam, have two children and live in Falmouth, Maine.

At the 41st annual CU law alumni awards banquet March 10, Victoria J. Ortega (Span鈥�86; Law鈥�90) will be presented with the distinguished achievement award for public service from Colorado Law. After working in the Denver City attorney鈥檚 office as an assistant city attorney, Victoria works as the city鈥檚 deputy clerk and recorder at the Denver Clerk and Recorder Office, where she oversees a variety of subjects including finances, human rights, community partnerships and data protection. She lives in Denver.

Lance Geiger (PolSci鈥�89) has made a name for himself as 鈥淭he History Guy鈥欌�� on YouTube. In October, his channel 鈥� presenting short stories of forgotten history 鈥� surpassed 1 million subscribers, a milestone achieved by less than .005% of YouTube鈥檚 37 million channels. He lives in O鈥橣allon, Illinois.

Edward J. Knight鈥檚 (Phys鈥�90) newest novel, Gunslinger: The Dragon of Yellowstone, was published by WordFire Press in April 2021. Set in mythicized Golden City, Colorado, the book tells the story of a 16-year-old hotel chambermaids quest to save the western world from giants, trolls and a dragon. Outside of writing, Edward worked on Landsat 9, a satellite launched by NASA on September 27, 2021. Edward served as the chief engineer on the Operational Land Imager 2, which is taking images of the Earth鈥檚 surface and continues Landsat鈥檚 50-year legacy of supporting environmental science.

Centennial, Colorado, resident Rodney Lie (MusEdu鈥�95; MA鈥�99) was named chief operating officer for Worldwide Coaching Group (WCG). Based out of Denver, WCG focuses on training, coaching and consulting business coaches, professional sales teams and C-suite executives and entrepreneurs.

Colorado Law will present Dru R. Nielsen (Law鈥�97)with the distinguished achievement award for a small or solo practitioner at its 41st annual awards banquet March 10. Dru is acknowledged as one of Colorado's best criminal defense attorneys and worked as a Colorado deputy state public defender for more than 10 years. Dru later formed her own practice, Eytan Nielsen, with her friend and partner, Iris Eytan.

Shareholder of financial consulting firm BSW Wealth Partners Nicole Murphey (Hist鈥�99) and her team received awards for their work, including Best for the World B Corp ranking, Outside Magazine Best Place to Work (No. 14), Investment News Best Place to Work (No. 21) and Top 50 ESG Financial Advisory firm in the country. Nicole is the chief compliance officer and oversees BSW鈥檚 risk management and compliance program

Christina Martin (IntlAf鈥�00) is the president and co-founder of Sator鈥� an app that allows users to earn non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and crypto tokens as a reward for their engagement with the content they're interested in on the platform. Users have the opportunity to interact with others on the app by chatting and playing trivia. Sator has landed partnerships with many different prominent networks, shows, games and other entertainment media producers that involve exclusive NFT drops on the app based on their content. Christina lives in Beverly Hills.

In December, Sean Babington (EnvSt鈥�05) was named senior advisor for climate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture鈥檚 Office of the Secretary. Before his new role, Sean served on the U.S. Senate鈥檚 agriculture, nutrition and forestry committee as senior professional staff to chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, where he managed business pertaining to forestry, pesticides and climate change. Prior, he worked in the office of Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet as senior policy advisor for energy and natural resources. He is also an adjunct lecturer for Georgetown University's environmental studies program.

Christopher McGrath (CivEngr鈥�05) was named asset management practice leader of Black & Veatch, an engineering procurement, consulting and construction company. Residing in San Diego, Christopher leads a team serving Southern California seaports.听

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顿别苍惫别谤鈥檚 Katie Wall (Thtr鈥�05) and Courtney Jacobson (RelSt鈥�07) are co-founders of TheCultureBiz, which helps companies build unique team cultures through play and connection. Katie, Courtney and their team offer workshops and resources to companies. Katie, the company鈥檚 CEO, credits her knowledge of the human experience, strong public speaking ability and understanding of team ensemble building to what she learned at CU. Courtney, the COO, credits her studies at CU for teaching her about community, critical thinking and the importance of ritual.

In January, Benjamin S. Akley (PolSci鈥�06) was promoted to partner of Pryor Cashman, a law firm based in New York City. Benjamin works in Pryor Cashman鈥檚 litigation, intellectual property and media group where he focuses on entertainment and commercial disputes on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.

Saginaw Valley State University professor Tami Sivy (PhDChem鈥�06) was honored with the 2021 Distinguished Professor of the Year Award. This award recognizes outstanding efforts in undergraduate education by faculty at Michigan public universities. Tami began working at SVSU in 2008 and has served as department chair since 2015. Tami teaches classes at every level, is responsible for the entire upper-level biochemistry curriculum and has mentored more than 50 SVSU students in laboratory research. She was involved in the development of the SVSU Sustainability Center鈥檚 curriculum, and has mentored many local high school teachers and students in environmental research projects. Additionally, her research on water quality has been used to help determine beach closings in Bay County and to detect COVID-19 levels in wastewater.

Jenny Trumble (Arch鈥�06) was promoted to associate at CCY Architects, where she started in 2013 as a designer. Jenny has worked on residential and resort community projects in several locations, including Aspen and Telluride Colorado, La Quinta in California and in China. Her projects have won several awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and she received the International Architecture Award for a project in Aspen. Jenny serves on AIA Colorado鈥檚 practice and design conference committee and the arts and culture board for the City of Glenwood Springs. In October 2021, Jenny spoke at CU 顿别苍惫别谤鈥檚 School of Architecture and Planning.

In January, Stephen E. Baumann II (PolSci鈥�07) was promoted to shareholder of Littler, a Denver labor law practice. Stephen manages employment and labor law issues for large and small companies and, if necessary, will represent these companies in both state and federal courts. He lives in Commerce City, Colorado.

Jason Reed (IntPhys鈥�08) was elected to the partnership of Maslon LLP, law firm in Minneapolis. Jason was recognized on the Minnesota Rising Stars list in 2019-21, designation awarded every year to only 2.5% of Minnesota attorneys. As a member of Maslon鈥檚 Financial Services Group,听 Jason focuses on corporate trust litigation and bankruptcy issues. He lives in Minneapolis.

Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World, edited by Carrie L. Ruiz (MSpan鈥�01; PhD鈥�08) and Elena Rodr铆guez-Guridi (PhDSpan鈥�07), was published in January by Bucknell University Press.This book of essays examines portrayals of nautical disasters in 16th- and 17th-century Spanish literature and culture. Carrie Is an associate professor of Spanish at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. Elena is an associate professor of Spanish at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. Both women have authored several works published in various journals.

Boettcher and Presidents Leadership Class scholar and founding member of the Colorado Creed Ben Whitehair (Thtr鈥�08) was elected executive vice president of the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, a labor union representing performers and media professionals worldwide. In addition, Ben serves as COO of TSMA Consulting, a premier social media management and growth firm in entertainment and technology.

颁丑颈肠补驳辞鈥檚 Gregory M. Emry (PolSci鈥�09) has joined Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP as an associate. Gregory practices in the Chicago office and focuses on environmental law, construction and commercial litigation and business disputes. He was previously an assistant state鈥檚 attorney at DuPage County State鈥檚 Attorney鈥檚 Office in Wheaton. He received his law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.