New York City resident Dorie Hagler (Film, PolSci鈥90) is producer of the documentary 8x10, a film about solitary confinement. For seven years, Dorie documented the re-entry of Johnny Perez into society. Johnny spent 13 years in prison, including three in solitary confinement, and is now dedicated to ending the practice of solitary confinement. Dorie called upon her former Baker Hall resident advisor and friend Kevin Corke (Jour鈥88; MA鈥02) to help advise her on the film. Learn more at .
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Mark Solomon (MElEngr鈥91) was named president of intellectual property law firm Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds. He specializes in intellectual property rights and has won various awards for his work. He also served as president and founding co-chair of the Boston Patent Lab Association. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Right at Home, an in-home senior care company, elected Margaret Haynes (MBA鈥91) as CEO. With 25 years of experience, Margaret will continue to grow the company through job creation and expansion. She lives in Bellevue, Nebraska.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
This spring, Jennifer Alsever (Jour鈥94) published her fifth young-adult fiction book, Burying Eva Flores. The novel, which takes place in Paonia, Colorado, depicts a war between two teen girls that spins out of control when one of them discovers an ability to write her own future. Jennifer, a resident of Eagle, Colorado, is a freelance writer and has contributed to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Fortune, Inc., Wired and others. In 2016, she published the Trinity Forest Series, a young adult trilogy, and, in 2020, Extraordinary Lies, a young-adult novel about psychic testing at Stanford Research Institute in the 1970s.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Solar physicist Martin Snow (PhDAstroPhys鈥95) became the first SARCHI research chair at the Space Weather Centre of South Africa (SANSA) in Hermanus, South Africa, in 2021. Martin researches ultraviolet solar spectral irradiance and serves as an investigator and instrument scientist for space missions. He was also a part of the Solar-Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment (SOLSTICE).
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Keith Soriano (Mgmt鈥00) was named regional director for the Professional Golfers鈥 Association of America (PGA). Keith oversees the Mountain and Midwest Region 鈥 including Colorado and 11 other states in the region 鈥 which serves more than 3,000 PGA members and associates. He received his MBA from Louisiana State University.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Scott Martinez (Econ, IntlAf鈥00) was named Top Latino Lawyer by Latino Leaders magazine. He is a business and government law attorney and managing partner of his Denver firm, Martinez and Partners.聽
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
In August, Maria Coady (PhDEdu鈥01) will join the North Carolina State College of Education as the inaugural Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Educational Equity. Prior, Maria worked at the University of Florida鈥檚 College of Education as the Irving and Rose Fein Endowed Professor of Education and professor of English speakers of other languages (ESOL) and bilingual education. Maria focuses on literacy and language development for rural multilingual students.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Executive producer of Colorado Public Radio鈥檚 Audio Innovations Studio, Brad Turner (Jour, Mus鈥02), contributed to the podcast 鈥淢usic Blocks,鈥 which won the 鈥淏est Podcast for Kids鈥 Ambie award. 鈥淢usic Blocks,鈥 geared for middle and high schoolers, explores how songwriters and composers express emotion through sound.聽
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Freelance writer and editor Heather Mundt (MJour鈥02) published her first book, Colorado Family Outdoor Adventure, in May. The book details more than 60 destination options, sorted geographically and with rankings of difficulty and age-appropriateness. Her two sons are featured throughout the book. Heather thanks Doug Cosper, her favorite CU journalism professor, in her book鈥檚 acknowledgments section.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Attorney Payal Salsburg (MCompSci鈥03) received the 2022 community service award from the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts. An attorney at the Boston law firm Laredo & Smith, Payal focuses her practice in the areas of business litigation, corporate advice and counsel and white-collar criminal defense.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 study abroad program brought Heather Corinne Cumming (Hum鈥03) from Norwich, England, to the U.S. Peace Corps, where she served as a volunteer from 2004 to 2006 in Zambia. She founded her own organization in 2009 that serves remote villages in rural Zambia, rural Sierra Leone and formerly the border point of Ethio-South Sudan with water wells, clean and sustainable water year-round and simple irrigation systems. She is looking to begin a project site in North Sudan or Mali. Learn more about her work at or email her at ssaapafrica@gmail.com.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Cerno, a lighting business, was started by Bret Englander (Jour鈥04) 鈥 resident of Laguna Beach, California 鈥 and two of his childhood friends. Cerno products are inspired by nature and manufactured in California. Bret serves as the company鈥檚 director of sales and marketing.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
After working as a contractor for Amazon Web Services, 鈥嬧Lauren Glendenning (Jour鈥05) joined the company full time in January as global communications manager on the employer brand team. Prior, Lauren was director of content and communications for PowerPublish, a small content marketing startup. She also worked at Swift Communications for more than 13 years, with roles including content marketing director, editor-in-chief at The Aspen Times, editorial projects manager at Colorado Mountain News Media and senior reporter and assistant managing editor at the Vail Daily.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
On March 7 founder and CEO of Urban Golf Performance (UGP) Mackenzie 鈥淢ac鈥 Todd (Psych鈥08) announced his partnership with golfer Collin Morikawa, who, in May, was No. 3 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Drawing from his own experiences during his golf career, Mac founded his company to help golfers of all abilities improve and nourish their love of golf. UGP currently has a staff of 50 employees and four locations across California. Mac resides in Carmel Valley, California, with his wife and three children.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
After obtaining his license to practice psychology in New York and New Jersey in 2021, Steve Pappalardo (Psych鈥08) is working with children, adolescents and adults as a clinical neuropsychologist and psychologist. Steve earned his doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University and later completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
HBO Max cast Christopher Maller (Advert鈥08) of Denver for its new series Swiping Across America. The show started filming in 麻豆影院 in April and will culminate in Honolulu.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Red Bull鈥檚 鈥淲akeboards & Waterslides,鈥 directed by Jonny Zeller (Film ex鈥09), won a Gold Telly Award, which recognizes exemplary work across television. Jonny also second-unit directed Deadly Illusions, which was a global hit on Netflix. He directs campaigns for big name brands like Google, AT&T and Toyota. Jonny credits the CU film school for teaching him about avant-garde filmmaking and fostering his artistic sensibilities.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Andrew Keesee (Film鈥09) is vice president of the 麻豆影院-based venture capital firm Trailhead Capital, which invests in endeavors related to regenerative food and agriculture. Mark Lewis (MBA鈥11) and William 鈥淭ripp鈥 Wall (Phil鈥97) serve as managing partners at the firm.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
Courtney Claghorn (Mgmt鈥09) and Sam Offit (Econ鈥09) married on March 2 at the Malliouhana Resort on Anguilla, a Caribbean island. The couple met at CU. Sam lived in the Cheyenne Arapaho residence hall, the same that Courtney鈥檚 mom, Colleen DalSanto Ryan (Fin鈥78), lived in 30 years prior. The couple started a business more than 10 years ago, Sugared + Bronzed, which is now the nation鈥檚 largest sugaring and airbrush tanning business. The company received its first round of investment funding in early 2020.
Posted Jun. 21, 2022
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