Independent insurance broker聽Donna Ruff聽(Bus鈥84) specializes in life, disability, long-term care insurance and retirement and estate planning needs.This is her 19th year qualifying as a member of the Million Dollar Round Table, an honor given to the top 6 percent of insurance professionals worldwide. Donna lives in Louisville, Colo.

Posted Dec. 1, 2011

Kathryn Willoughby鈥檚聽(MBA鈥85) first solo exhibition, 鈥淚n The Garden,鈥澛爓as hosted at Gallery聽9 in Los Altos, California this summer. This聽exhibition featured more聽than 30 lush landscape聽paintings, including 12 of聽Bay Area gardens. In addition, she has published聽a companion book, , available on Amazon and at Gallery 9.聽View Kathryn鈥檚 work at聽.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

Robin Wurtzel聽(Law鈥85) is chief counsel at the Hawai鈥檌 Civil聽Rights Commission. She聽writes that she 鈥渇eels聽good about rounding out聽over 35 years of public聽interest law at a great聽government agency.鈥澛燬he lives in Honolulu.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

碍颈尘产别谤濒测听颁辞濒别尘补苍听叠耻谤苍蝉 (Jour鈥85) won the聽National Indie Excellence聽Award for Regional聽Fiction, the Western聽Fictioneers Peacemakers聽Award for Best First聽Western and a gold medal from the Independent聽Publishers Awards for her聽Victorian-era novel, . Her husband,聽Robert Burns (Fin鈥86),聽is a senior vice president聽of Pacific Investment聽Management Company.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

In May, the Environmental Law Institute聽selected Mark Laska聽(DistSt鈥85) as the business leadership winner聽of the National Wetlands聽Award. This award recognizes individuals who聽strive to protect wetland聽resources in the face聽of developmental and聽climate-related challenges. Mark 鈥 founder,聽president and CEO of聽the ecological consulting聽group Great Ecology 鈥攚as recognized for his聽work as an ecological聽restoration practitioner.

Posted Nov. 7, 2022

On Jan. 8, Chris Fowler (Jour鈥85) and Kirk Herbstreit announced their second NFL game ever when the Chiefs took on the Broncos. Chris works as a television sportscaster for ESPN and generally announces college football. This season, Chris announced the college football playoff championship game on Jan.10. He lives in Miami Beach, Florida.

Posted Mar. 11, 2022

On March 10, Colorado Law will award Kathleen B. Nalty (Law鈥85) the Sonny Flowers Award for her commitment to inclusion, diversity and equity in practicing law. Kathleen worked as a federal civil rights prosecutor, co-chaired the diversity committee for the Colorado Bar Association and wrote a book called Going 鈥淎ll-In鈥 on Diversity and Inclusion: The Law Firm Leader鈥檚 Playbook, among many other responsibilities throughout her career. This award will be presented at the 41st annual alumni awards banquet, which will take place at the Denver Center.

Posted Mar. 11, 2022

Teresa Schmitt Pierce (PolSci鈥85) is in her fourth term in the Maine House of Representatives. She is house chair of the joint standing committee on appropriations and financial affairs and chair of the marijuana advisory committee. Teresa and her husband, Sam, have two children and live in Falmouth, Maine.

Posted Mar. 11, 2022

Clinical supervisor and board-certified behavior analyst at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders Ann Leventen Derentz (Hist) works with children and adults who have developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and social and behavioral issues by creating treatment plans and overseeing programs for her clients in the San Francisco Bay Area. She misses 麻豆影院 and plans to visit in the near future.聽

Posted Nov. 5, 2021

Sports marketing enthusiast Jenny Anderson (PE) has worked for the PGA TOUR, U.S. Tennis Association, U.S. Pro Ski Tour and World Cup Soccer 1994. She is now the ride manager for the Buffalo Bicycle Classic, a job she writes is perfect and combines everything she loves. The bicycle ride supports Colorado high school graduates with four-year need- and merit-based CU 麻豆影院 scholarships. This year鈥檚 race is Sept. 12. Register at .

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

In 2019 Teresa Gergen (Math) became the first person to climb all 846 peaks over 13,000 feet in the 48 contiguous states, plus Hawaii. She also has climbed all 2,311 Colorado peaks above 10,000 feet. Teresa, now retired, was a library technician at CU. She has spent her retirement summers traveling around the country and unsurprisingly, climbing mountains.聽

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler appointed Lori McFarling (Jour) to a four-year position on the board of directors for the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, a nonprofit created to raise national awareness of environmental issues. She also was named president of global corporate partnerships for Discovery Education, an ed-tech firm based out of Washington, D.C., where Lori lives with her husband and three kids.聽

Posted Feb. 1, 2020

Bradford Geiger (Phil;Law鈥88) of Highlands Ranch, Colo., was confirmed by the Colorado Senate to serve as a citizen member of the state鈥檚 Juvenile Parole Board. Originally appointed by Governor Hickenlooper in 2017, Bradford was reappointed by Governor Polis in 2019 and will serve a four-year term.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

Durango, Colo., resident Tim Thomas (Jpn) teaches wilderness medicine and serves as a senior polar tourism guide in Antarctica. Last fall he worked for the U.S. Antarctic Program, helping with safety issues along the highway connecting McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Stations. He considers himself semi-retired.

Posted Oct. 1, 2019

In May, Chris Lehnertz (EPOBio) became president and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. In her prior career with the National Park Service, she served as superintendent of both Grand Canyon National Park and Golden Gate National Recreation Area, as well as deputy superintendent at Yellowstone National Park. Chris was the subject of a Coloradan cover story in December 2016.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Sam Ventola (PolSci; Law鈥88) was awarded the 2019 Outstanding Community Servant Award by Sisters in Service, which provides scholarships and book stipends to Colorado residents ages 17 to 23. Sam is the founder of Denver-based law firm Ventola Law, which specializes in business formation, litigation and mediation, as well as employment law.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Elizabeth聽W. Bisgar聽(EPOBio; MD鈥93) was appointed medical director of occupational medicine for the southern region of the University of Colorado Health. She is an assistant clinical professor in the physical medicine and rehabilitation department at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She resides in Parker, Colo., with her two daughters. When she鈥檚 not working or teaching, she can be聽found figure skating at the ice rink.聽

Posted Nov. 30, 2018

Cyndi Boman Thompson聽(Mktg) writes that she聽is now vice president at Cinder, a business journal in Portland, Ore. Cyndi, who is a licensed financial planner, joined聽Cinder聽in 2015. She currently serves on the board of directors for the Financial Planning Association of Oregon and Washington.

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

Sofinnova, a biotech investment firm, has added Alan Colowick (MCDBio) to its partnership. Previously Alan worked as executive vice president for Celgene Corporation, a biotech company that topped Business Insider鈥檚 鈥淏est Employer in America鈥 list in 2013 and 2014. He and wife Casey have two children.

Posted Sep. 1, 2017

Derek Thompson (CompSci, ElEngr) was recognized by Intel Corporation with a promotion to principal engineer. Before joining Intel in 1997, Derek worked as a design engineer for NCR Corporation.

Posted Sep. 1, 2017

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