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Dan Mackin (ElEngr鈥�08) and Trent Hein (CompSci鈥�91) launched their 麻豆影院based company Rule4 on Sept. 17. They also wrote the 5th edition of the Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook, published in August 2017.

Laura Barber (Art) writes she recently landed her 鈥渄ream job.鈥� She is the new San Francisco Bay Area and Northern Nevada sales consultant for Boonsupply. com, an online shopping and fundraiser platform launched by Serena & Lily co-founder Lily Kanter. 鈥淚f either shopping or giving to a worthy cause makes you happy, can it get any better than shopping and supporting your favorite cause at the same time?鈥� she wrote.

Suzanne DiBianca (Comm), executive vice president of corporate relations and chief philanthropy officer at cloud computing company Salesforce, accepted the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Commonwealth Club at its annual awards ceremony in San Francisco, in Salesforce鈥檚 honor. Suzanne leads corporate giving, community relations and sustainability efforts. She was named one of Inside Philanthropy鈥檚 50 鈥淢ost Powerful Women in Philanthropy鈥� and is a member of the San Francisco Business Times鈥� 鈥淢ost Influential Women in the Bay Area鈥� Business Hall of Fame.

In March, Mar铆a Sep煤lveda (IntlAf) was named vice president of community and government partnerships at Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver. In her new role, Mar铆a will lead Habitat Metro Denver鈥檚 advocacy program, managing the government grants and contracts team and advancing its community development strategy.

Sabine Kortals (Fin,Mus; MJour鈥�96) married Malte Stein on July 6 near Hamburg, Germany. Sabine is a freelance writer based out of Hamburg and Denver.

The Colorado Technology Association awarded Trent Hein (CompSci) with its 2019 Colorado Entrepreneur Excellence APEX Award for entrepreneurial leadership in a Colorado tech company. Along with Dan Mackin (ElEngr鈥�08), Trent is co-CEO of information and technology services company Rule4, his third successful 麻豆影院-based tech venture.

In an effort to reinvent eyeglasses, Philip Staehelin (Econ, IntlAf) created DOT Glasses. Using a revolutionary design that snaps together, the glasses can be sold to customers for as little as $3 a pair. The company aspires to make eyeglasses accessible to everyone globally. Philip lives in the Czech Republic. Read more.

Doctor Ken Starr (MCDBio) of Los Osos, California, serves on the staff of three local hospitals. He founded his own clinic in 2012, which administers the compounds NAD+ and Nicotinamide Riboside, which were featured in the Winter Coloradan鈥檚 鈥淭he Anti-Aging Pill鈥� as potential compounds to slow human aging. He wrote, 鈥淭hey truly are a game-changer.鈥�

In his debut novel The Reincarnation Papers Eric Maikranz (Rus), of Creatives,鈥� a campaign to help raise awareness and stop misinformation. The UN selected all 14 to feature. Selva also wrote 鈥淭he Need to Report Carbon Emissions Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic,鈥� an article for Cointelegraph. She is also a contributing expert to The Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change, the world鈥檚 first climate change museum.

Adventurer Katie Writer (Geog) of Talkeetna, Alaska, is a pilot, journalist and photographer. Her latest piece, 鈥淕eneral Aviation鈥檚 Role in Studying Climate,鈥� will appear in the October issue of the AOPA Pilot magazine. See her photography, oil and acrylic art at katiewritergallery.com.聽

Kim Dvorchak (WomSt) is executive director of the National Association of Counsel for Children, a Denver-based nonprofit dedicated to legal advocacy for children across the country.

Last August, Michelle Ray (Arch) was named workplace studio leader for SmithGroup鈥檚 Phoenix, Arizona, office. Her work will include building design teams to solve the complex challenges presented by mixed-use projects. Michelle is also the co-founder and co-chair of Arizona Kids Build, an award-winning student mentoring program aimed at teaching elementary school students how the built environment affects both their well-being and the world around us.

In the Bay Area, Jean Walsh (Hist) was elected director of Alameda-Contra Costa Transit, the bus operator of the East Bay in California. Jean writes that she ran against a 20-year incumbent and won with 76% of the vote. In her new role, she will be representing more than 285,000 residents.

Katie Writer (Geog) has been pursuing her journalism career documenting climate change in Alaska. Her recent art and photography show River Shadows and Bushwheels was on display at The Hanger in Talkeetna, Alaska, through February 2021.聽

After receiving his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, Albert Flynn DeSilver (Art) became an internationally published poet, memoirist, novelist and nonfiction writer. He has created the Mindful Authors Accelerator, a wisdom school for creative writers. 鈥淭here are so many ways CU helped shape my transformation, and it鈥檚 one ofthe many reasons I keep connected to Colorado,鈥� he writes.

This spring, the CU 麻豆影院 College of Music recognized Leenya Rideout (Mus) as a distinguished alumnus of the college. Leenya has lived in New York City for the past 25 years. In 1997, she played violin, sang, danced and acted in the Broadway show Cabaret. She also wrote her own musical, Wild Abandon, about herself and her mom, which was shown off-Broadway in New York in 2018. 鈥淚 feel like art can do so much right now for the world,鈥� she told the music college. 鈥淭he world needs a lot of healing and a lot of bringing people together.鈥�

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.

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.

惭补谤驳补谤别迟听贬补测苍别蝉听(MBA鈥�91) has been聽announced as Right At聽Home鈥檚 CEO. Haynes聽has more than 25 years聽of senior management聽experience, including a聽decade on the leadership聽team at Right at Home聽鈥� eight of which were聽spent as the COO. Right聽at Home, a leading in-home senior care brand,聽has over 650 franchise聽locations in the U.S. and聽seven other countries.聽Margaret previously聽served as senior vice聽president of financial聽services at First Data聽Corporation. She lives in聽Bellevue, Nebraska.

Hong Kong resident聽Dana Magenau (Chin鈥�91)聽is the vice president of聽commercial and corporate partnerships at the聽Kai Tak Sports Park, a聽more than 70-acre mega聽complex that includes聽a 50,000-seat stadium聽with a retractable roof, a聽10,000-seat indoor sports聽arena, a public sports聽ground and 600,000聽square feet of retail.聽Dana鈥檚 colleague and聽fellow Buff, Meg McWilliam (ArtHist, EnvDes鈥�05,聽MArch鈥�07), associate聽principal architect at Populous based out of Los聽Angeles, is the lead architect of the main stadium.聽Kai Tak Sports Park will聽be Hong Kong鈥檚 largest聽sports and entertainment聽structure. The raising of聽the over 6,000-ton roof聽trusses was recently celebrated with a traditional聽Bai Sun Ceremony.