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In November聽2017,聽顿补苍颈别濒听叠濒耻尘蝉迟别颈苍鈥檚 (EPOBio)聽seventh book,聽Ecotourism鈥檚 Promise聽and Peril: A Biological聽Evaluation, was published by Springer聽International Publishing.聽Dan is a professor and聽former department chair聽at UCLA. He spends his聽summers studying marmots near Crested Butte.

Thirty-two years after聽receiving his commission from CU鈥檚 Army聽ROTC,聽Lou Carmona聽(OrgMgmt) will retire this聽summer as a colonel聽in the Army and Army聽National Guard. He deployed four times during聽his military career and聽served as an Army aviator in active flight status.聽He plans to continue聽working in aviation. He聽writes that he is currently聽the state Army aviation聽officer for the California聽Army National Guard and聽lives in Northern California, where the fires and聽floods have kept him聽busy. He and wife Tamyra聽have five children.

In June, the Los Angeles Press Club awarded Santa Monica resident George Johnston (Jour) first place in the personality profile category for his story 鈥淪till Hovering: Ex-Door Gunner鈥檚 Vietnam Memories Never Far Away.鈥� Published by the Pacific Citizen, the article follows the life of John Masaki, a Japanese American whose family lived in an internment camp during World WarII and who served in the Vietnam War.

In 1995, Arvada, Colo., resident Keith Villa (MCDBio) created Blue Moon beer. After he retired from MillerCoors in 2018, Keith and his wife Jodi Villa (ArchEngr鈥�86) co-founded Ceria Brewing, which specializes in cannabis-infused, nonalcoholic craft beer.The beer can be foundin 132 dispensaries statewide.聽

After graduating from CU, Bill Schoewe (PolSci) received his law degree from the University of Denver. Among other professional experience, Bill ran his own firm for 15 years as a criminal defense lawyer and worked as a senior attorney for the Colorado Public Defenders office for 10 years. He writes, 鈥淚 would love to hear from my old friends, especially those I worked with in the Peer Counselors Office in the College of Arts and Sciences.鈥� His email is聽wild4533@aol.com.聽He lives in Colorado Springs.聽

With more than 15 years of experience as a corporate recruiter, Eileen Goode (IntlAf)of Madison, Wisconsin, shifted her business focus to job search consulting. She works with clients to help them search for work and groom their r茅sum茅s, LinkedIn profiles and interviewing skills. Previously, she was sales director with National Demographics and Lifestyle in Denver. With two partners she also established a technical staffing firm in 麻豆影院. She writes she is 鈥渆ager to help any CU Buffalo grads that are challenged in their job search.鈥�

Karen Elting Brock (Engl) published Every Thread a Story: Traditional Chinese Artisans of Guizhou Province in April. Karen is the associate publisher of Thrums Books and has edited and helped produce 15 titles, bringing to life the stories of indigenous artisans from across the globe, honoring diverse cultures, history and craft traditions. This is the first book she has written for Thrums. She lives in Loveland, Colorado.

Last year, after over 30 years in sales and marketing, Kim Swilpa (Mtkg) retired to focus on family and travel. After a visit to Sri Lanka she was inspired to start the nonprofit Elebalance, which aims to create a peaceful coexistence between elephants and humans. Elebalance feeds into the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society鈥檚 Project Orange Elephant, which helps farmers plant citrus trees to naturally deter elephants from their crops. Find out more at elebalance.org. Kim lives in Montville, New Jersey.聽

The Nature of Fear: Survival Lessons from the Wild, Daniel Blumstein鈥檚 (EPOBio) most recent book, came out in September 2020. Daniel is a UCLA professor in ecology and evolutionary biology and a member of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. He spends his summers in Gothic, Colorado, studying yellow-bellied marmots

California bankruptcy attorney Robyn Sokol (Fin) joined Leech Tishman as a partner in the business restructuring and insolvency practice group. Robyn has also served as a judicial law clerk in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California for the Honorable Robin Riblet; and as a judicial law clerk for Judges Ahart, Lax, Lasarow, Marchand Zurzolo.

The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals selected Michael Parker (ArchEngr) as the next bankruptcy judge in the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division. Michael is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright and has been with the firm since the end of his two-year bankruptcy clerkship in the Western District of Texas with Hon. Ronald B. King in 1995. He was scheduled to take the bench on Nov. 2, 2021.

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.

The 2022 Distinguished Landscape Practitioner Award was awarded to David Theobald (Geog鈥�86; PhD鈥�95) by the North American Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology. David works as a research scientist in Fort Collins at Conservation Planning Technologies, a company he founded in 2013 to address challenges in conservation planning through use of spatial analysis and earth systems data and design. He focuses on land-use trends in the U.S.

叠别别产别听叠补丑谤补尘颈听(MCDBio鈥�86), an聽award-winning writer and聽anthropologist known聽for her travel narratives,聽memoirs and guide-聽books, released . In the book,聽Beebe recounts her聽experience making the聽500-mile pilgrimage on聽the Camino de Santiago聽across southern France聽and聽northern Spain, and聽her quest to unearth the聽mystery of the symbol of聽the goose along the path.

Tim Tomasik (Advert鈥�86) was sworn in as聽the 149th Chicago Bar聽Association president.聽Tim, founding member of聽Tomasik Kotin Kasserman聽LLC, has practiced law聽for nearly three decades.聽Among his most notable聽accomplishments is his聽work as a lead attorney聽on the plaintiffs鈥� executive聽committee in the World聽Trade Center litigation,聽securing a $1.2 billion聽settlement against the airlines for security breaches聽that led to the 9/11 hijackings and air crashes.

In March, the 麻豆影院 International Film Festival (BIFF) celebrated its 19th year in operation. Sisters Kathy Beeck (Engl, PolSci鈥�86) and Robin Beeck (Comm鈥�88) founded the festival in 2004, and since that time, they鈥檝e grown it into one of the country鈥檚 most respected film festivals. It attracts more than 20,000 film enthusiasts, media and industry members annually. Named one of the 鈥�25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World鈥� by MovieMaker Magazine, BIFF brings films and filmmakers from around the world to 麻豆影院 for a four-day annual celebration.

David Bagby (Mktg鈥�86) founded Alliance Memory Inc., a memory technology company, in 2006. Today he is the president and CEO. With over three decades of experience in the memory marketing industry, Bagby continues to drive positive change and stand out as a market leader in the evolving technology landscape. His daughter, Courtney Bagby (Advert鈥�15), is a fellow CU alum.