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.

Posted Mar. 11, 2022

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

Posted Mar. 11, 2022

Vanessa Schatz (Comm; MA鈥08) managed Growing Up 麻豆影院鈥檚 (GUB) business development. The CU affiliate program is one of the nation鈥檚 most successful child-friendly city initiatives that works with young people of all backgrounds to include their input in local government decisions, including city planning and equitable community development. In May, Congressman Joe Neguse (Econ, PolSci鈥05) attended the program鈥檚 youth voice celebration. Vanessa has more than 15 years of national and international experience in business and community development, including Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and government and is a Stanford GSB LEAD (2021-2022) participant.

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

Travis Macy (Hum) grew up watching his dad compete in Ironman races and ultra-marathons, eventually following in his father鈥檚 adventurous footsteps. To date, he has completed over 120 ultra-endurance events in 17 countries. In 2019, Travis and his father teamed up with several others to compete in World鈥檚 Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji, hosted by Bear Grylls on Amazon Prime.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

After 10 years in commercial real estate, Eric Chamberlin (Econ) joined Opus Group鈥檚 Denver office this summer as a senior manager of real estate development. He will focus on identifying and executing multifamily, senior living and industrial development opportunities across the greater Denver region.

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

Aly Jamison (Comm) won a Stevie American Business Award for her work in the communications field. Aly currently works for the sales training company RAIN Group in San Diego as public relations director. She is also a San Diego Blood Bank 鈥淕allon Donor.鈥

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

Erich Schubert (Jour; MA鈥08) has been promoted to senior director of communications and content for the Denver Broncos. In his thirteenth season with the Broncos, Schubert鈥檚 role now involves overseeing both the day-to-day functions of the public relations department as well as managing the club鈥檚 digital and social teams. While working on his master鈥檚 at CU, Eric worked as a graduate assistant under associate athletic director and sports information director David Plati (闯辞耻谤鈥82).

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

Anna-Liisa Mullis (Jour, Law鈥11) has been named shareholder of Denver鈥檚 Brownstein Hyatt Farber and Schreck law firm.

Posted Jun. 1, 2020

Associate creative writing professor Jennifer Moore (MEngl) is the new director of the School for the Humanities and Global Cultures at Ohio Northern University. She lives in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Posted Jun. 1, 2020

In 2012, Pat Allen (Comm) lost one of his best friends, Ben Weible (Phil鈥06). It was a life-changing event that led Pat to quit his job and move to Los Angeles, where he initially slept on the couch of another friend, Brent McHenry (Bus, Comm鈥04). Pat then founded the clothing company UNI/FORM. One of the first products the company began to distribute was called 鈥淏en鈥檚 shirt,鈥 a gray T-shirt named for his friend. Fifteen percent of proceeds go to the Harmony Project, a charity that provides music lessons to kids who couldn鈥檛 otherwise afford them.听

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

Former CU football player Sean Tufts (Soc;MBA鈥11) is president of Buffs4Life, which assists former CU student athletes and coaches. In June, the nonprofit held its seventh-annual Kyle MacIntosh Fun Run, named for Kyle MacIntosh (Comm鈥13), a former Buffs track athlete who died in 2015. Proceeds were donated to a college fund for the five daughters of former Buff TJ Cunningham (Comm鈥99), who was killed in February.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

Robert Kyle Crowder (Psych) is a major in the U.S. Marine Corps and lives in Fredericksburg, Va. He works in government contracting for the U.S. Department of Defense. The married father of six children remains a huge Buffs fan.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

From July to December 2017, Ben Slavin (MechEngr鈥05) and wife Amberlynn biked through seven countries, riding from China, through Central Asia and into the Middle East along the historic Silk Road. You can watch a documentary about their journey called Cycling the Silk Road on YouTube.听

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

Lauren Ludtke (Art鈥05) graduated with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in Boston in June 2018. She completed an internship at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital last fall and is now employed as a physical therapist in Orlando, Fla.

Posted Mar. 1, 2019

Neil Meiklejohn (Film, Soc) is the film editor for the听In Septmeber听Netflix documentary series Wild Wild Country, which received five Emmy nominations and won for Best Documentary. The series is centered around controver- sial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), who established a 鈥渦topian city鈥 in Wasco County, Ore., leading to tension with locals and escalating into a national scandal. The series was released March 16 after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

Ben Slavin (MechEngr) and his wife, Amberlynn, recently returned from听sabbaticals after pedaling their bicycles 5,000 kilometers through seven countries as they rode from China through Central Asia and into the Middle East along the historic Silk Road. A YouTube documentary was created from the journey to inspire other travelers, which can be watched at youtube.com/ben-slavin.听

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

Minnesota Lawyer听Magazine听named听Patrick Fenlon听(Psych) an 鈥淯p听& Coming Attorney.鈥 He specializes in business litigation, and听was recognized for his 鈥減rofessional achievements, leadership and community involvement throughout his first听10 years of practice,鈥 according to the magazine. In his spare time, Patrick serves on the board of directors of Neighborhood Roots,听a Minneapolis-based organization supporting farmers markets and small businesses.

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

K.J. Rawson (MEngl) was promoted to associate听professor with tenure by the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. A member of the English department, K.J. has a PhD in composition and cultural rhetoric from听Syracuse University. His research interests include composition, rhetoric, digital media, feminist and queer theory and LGBT studies. In 2016, he founded and created the Digital Transgender Archive听鈥 a publicly available database for transgender history. He has been a member of the Holy Cross faculty since 2012.

Posted Jun. 1, 2018

Christy Predaina听(Astro, CompSci) was听awarded the Society of听Women Engineers鈥 2017听Emerging Leader Award.听She was recognized for听her leadership capabilities听while developing the next听generation of engineers听and for advancing an听innovative approach to听systems engineering听collaboration. Christy听is director of program听management operations听at Northrop Grumman听Technology Services. She听lives in Herndon, Va.听

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

Last year听Preston听Dyches听(Astro) concluded听his service as the public听information officer for听NASA鈥檚 Cassini mission,听as that spacecraft ended听its dramatic final year of听operations by making a听final plunge into Saturn.听He now serves as the lead听for public engagement听special projects at NASA鈥檚听Jet Propulsion Laboratory听in Pasadena, Calif.听

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

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