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After losing his sight at age 36, Trevor Thomas (Econ鈥�93) became a professional hiker. His guide dog, a black lab named Tenille, recently retired after seven years of service. Her successor is a golden lab named Lulu. Lulu is currently working on learning the items on Trevor鈥檚 shopping list and honing her backcountry navigation skills.

Katherine Wegher Haney (Comm'93) is the public affairs director for North Carolina鈥檚 Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. When she isn鈥檛 spending time with her husband, two daughters and miniature dachshund, she volunteers as vice president of the nonprofit charity CDH International, a global initiative to find the cause and cure for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, a birth defect that occurs in 1 in every 2,500 babies.

T. Jeffrey Fitzgerald (Math) was named to BTI Consulting Group鈥檚 2019 Client Service All-Stars list. Jeffrey is recognized for his work as shareholder in the firm鈥檚 healthcare litigation and disputes practice in Denver.

Kent Holsinger (Psych) was named in the Denver Business Journal and Colorado Farm Bureau鈥檚 Who鈥檚 Who in Agriculture lists in 2019. He was also in the journal鈥檚 Who鈥檚 Who in Energy in 2019. Kent founded Denver-based Holsinger Law, LLC in 2006, which specializes in land, wildlife and water law.

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Andy Rice (Bus) is parks and recreation director for Alamosa, Colo. He writes that Ture Nycum (Mktg鈥�90) and Ken Sherbenou (Econ, PolSci鈥�02;听 MPA鈥�06) are also parks and recreation leaders, in Fruita and Grand Junction,Colo., respectively, and all three serve on the legislative affairs committee of the Colorado Parks and Recreation Association.

The Pueblo County Chapter of the Colorado Teacher Awards honored Yvette Padilla Teschner (Jour, Mus) as a 2019 Colorado Teacher of the Year. Yvette has been an elementary music school teacher in Pueblo for 16 years.

The Rubenstein brothers, Brett (EPOBio) and Scott (Engl鈥�95), both recently celebrated 20 years in their respective fields. Brett is an educator and current science department chair at the Fountain Valley School of Colorado in Colorado Springs. Scott is a lawyer based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was an assistant prosecutor for Hamilton County before taking over their father鈥檚 criminal defense practice.听

In September, Chad Scates (CompSci) of Erie, Colorado, was named senior vice president of engineering at FreeWave Technologies. He has more than 20 years of technology engineering experience.听

Tom Swett (Engl, Hist; Law鈥�99) was awarded one of the 2019 faculty awards at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, a 麻豆影院-based nonprofit. Since 2006, Tom has given more than 65 seminars to lawyers on everything from trial and deposition skills to child advocacy. He lives in Louisville, Colorado.

In 2020, Kenneth (Ken) Frenchman (Mktg) joined several colleagues to launch their own law firm, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna. The firm plans to continue representing a client base of Fortune 500 companies, hedge funds and private equity firms.

With over 20 years of experience representing clients, Cynthia Hegarty (PolSci) has been hired as legal counsel for Winthrop and Weinstine. She is also the chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association鈥檚 Bankruptcy Law section.

Faegre Drinker partner Heather Carson Perkins (Acct; Law鈥�98) has been elected to the governing committee of the American Bar Association Forum of Franchising. She also co-presented at the 42nd Annual Forum on Franchising and served a three-year term as editor-in-chief of the forum publication The Franchise Lawyer and associate editor of The Franchise Law Journal.

Frances Tourtelot (Advert) and Allison Langeler Hastey (Soc鈥�04) recently celebrated six years of owning Merritt+Grace, a Denver-based marketing agency. They write that they use their combined 35+ years of marketing expertise, which started while they were students at CU, to serve a variety of clients, including the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, former office of Governor John Hickenlooper and Cirque du Soleil.

Drawing from her childhood, her time at CU and her career as a women鈥檚 empowerment and communications speaker and coach, Eliza Vancort (PolSci) wrote her book, A Woman鈥檚 Guide to Claiming Space. Eliza is founder of The Actor鈥檚 Workshop of Ithaca, a Cook House Fellow at Cornell University, an advisory board member of the Performing Arts for Social Change, a Diversity Crew partner and a member of Govern for America鈥檚 League of Innovators. In 2018, Eliza gave a TEDx talk, 鈥淲omen, Power and Revolutionizing Speech,鈥� in which she shared her personal story while offering tools for meaningful personal and social change.

麻豆影院 to Birmingham, an Emmylou Harris听tribute band created by听singer and songwriter听Tricia Parish (Psych鈥�93),听features a blend of country and western music听with instruments including the electric guitar,听fiddle, pedal steel guitar,听bass, vocals and percussion. While battling stage听4 breast cancer, Tricia听continues to perform听music with 麻豆影院 to听Birmingham. She also released an original album听in 2010. To find a live听performance or to learn听more, find and @麻豆影院toBirmingham on Facebook.听Tricia lives in Manitou听Springs, Colorado.

Margaret听Hart (MFA鈥�93)听is a professor in听the art department听at the University of听Massachusetts Boston.听This October, Boston鈥檚听Kingston Gallery featured an exhibition of听Margaret鈥檚 work, along听with guest artists, that focuses on climate change听through the lens of social听and climate justice. Visit听 to听see her work.

Julie Crea Dunbar (Geog鈥�93) is the editorial manager for ABC-CLIO, a publishing company specializing in academic reference works and periodicals. Her book, Exploring World History Through Geography: From the Cradle of Civilization to a Globalized World, was published in September. Her sons, Grant Dunbar (AeroEngr鈥�19; MS鈥�19) and Joseph Dunbar (ApMath, ElCompEngr鈥�21; MS鈥�23), are also Forever Buffs. Julie lives in Erie, Colorado.

Global law firm Mayer Brown appointed Joanna Horsnail (Advert鈥�93) to managing partner of its Chicago office. Joanna鈥檚 practice focuses on design and construction, public and project finance, and government transactions. Outside of the firm, she is on the board of directors for the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Board and the Misericordia Women鈥檚 Board.

Author and听screenwriter,听Heather Hach Hearne听(Advert鈥�93) released her听first adult novel, The Trouble with Drowning,听in October. The book is听a psychological thriller听about mental health.听Heather was a screenwriter on the movies听Freaky Friday and What听to Expect When You鈥檙e听Expecting. She also was听a librettist for听Legally听Blonde The Musical,听which was nominated for听a Tony award.听