St. Louis, Mo., resident聽Charles H. 鈥淐hip鈥 Fendell聽(InfoSys) was directly affected by kidney disease and received two life-saving kidney transplants. After his experience, he began working with the National Kidney Foundation to educate the public about kidney disease. Last year he was elected to the foundation鈥檚 board of directors. Charles is a partner at the Thompson Coburn law firm and has been voted into the Best Lawyers in America since 2005.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

Tina Bennett Andrykowski鈥檚 (IntlAf) son Easton attends CU-Boulder and she takes advantage of every opportunity possible to visit him. 鈥淚 have great memories of my years at CU and I wish the same for my son,鈥 she writes. Tina lives in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Posted Jun. 1, 2015

Amparo Ramos Humphrey (Span; MA鈥89) has retired after teaching middle school and high school in Adams County, Colo., for 25 years. She published her first book, Wicked Eden, under the pen name Alura Ruhu. It鈥檚 available on Amazon.com and Createspace.com. She writes that she enjoys life as a 鈥測oga ninja.鈥 Contact her at aluraruhuwriter@ gmail.com.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

The city of San Jose, Calif., appointed Jacky Morales-Ferrand (A&S; MPubAd鈥97) housing director. She previously served as assistant director, overseeing planning and operations for programs with a combined annual budget of $62 million, a portfolio of $800 million in loans and grants and a staff of 62 employees. She has also served as director of housing and neighborhood development in Denver and as homeownership program manager for Boulder.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

After a back聽injury left聽Renny James (Edu)聽confined to a wheelchair,聽he took up bee farming聽as a way to manage his聽depression. This year, his聽hive will produce about聽250 pounds of honey.聽His children also help聽with the bees. Renny聽lives in Kirk, Colo., where聽he graduated from high聽school and where he later聽taught. Last fall, he was聽featured on the cover of聽The Fence Post magazine.

Posted Jun. 1, 2016

Todd Lampert (Acct)聽was elected chairman of聽the board of directors of聽Waveny LifeCare Network,聽which provides comprehensive healthcare for聽older adults. Todd has聽been聽an attorney for more聽than 25 years. His law聽practice, Lampert, Toohey聽and Rucci in New Canaan,聽Conn., has served clients聽since 1997. Todd is also聽the founder of the聽Bank聽of New Canaan, now聽Bankwell, and serves as聽director and corporate聽secretary for the bank. He聽lives in New Canaan with聽his wife, Antoinette, and聽their three children.

Posted Jun. 1, 2016

Weston Tew (MPhys;聽PhD鈥89), a staff physicist聽at the National Institute聽of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg,聽Md., received the ASTM聽International Award of聽Merit,聽the highest organizational聽recognition for individual聽contributions to standards聽activities. Weston has聽worked in the thermal and聽electrical metrology sector聽for more聽than 35 years and聽is a recognized expert in聽the field of thermometry.聽He was a staff physicist in聽the NIST process measurements division for 17 years聽and has been in his current聽role in the NIST sensor science division since 2011.

Posted Jun. 1, 2016

Michael Brody (A&S)聽produces the Crested聽Butte Film Festival. Now in聽its sixth year, the festival聽annually screens documentary, narrative, short,聽and action adventure films聽the last weekend in September. Festival dates for聽2016 are Sept. 29 鈥 Oct.聽2. Says Michael: 鈥淛oin聽your alumni friends here聽and make new ones.鈥 cb-filmfest.org

Posted Jun. 1, 2016

Gary Kramer (IntlAf; Law鈥89), formerly of Berenbaum Weinshienk PC, was appointed as a district court judge for the 18th Judicial District, which covers Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties in Colorado. A shareholder at Berenbaum Weinshienk, Gary鈥檚 practice focused on contract disputes, state retirement benefits, domestic matters, pro-bate, fiduciary disputes and land use.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

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

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

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

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

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 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

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 精品SM在线影片 scholarships. This year鈥檚 race is Sept. 12. Register at .

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

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