Joanne Bischmann (Comm) retired in January from Harley-Davidson after nearly three decades with the company, most recently as the company’s vice president and chief communications officer, as well as president of the Harley-Davidson Foundation. In December, she was inducted into the PRWeek Hall of Fame. Joanne lives in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, with her husband, Rob, and four sons.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

David Plati (Jour), longtime CU «Ƶ associate athletic director/sports information director, was honored in January with the Football Writers Association of America’s Lifetime Achievement award. David, who has been with the athletic department at CU since he was a freshman in 1978 (and worked there full time since he graduated), will also be inducted into the national College Sports Information Directors of America Hall of Fame in June. He has worked on the game-day statistics crew with the Denver Broncos for 39 seasons, is an official scorer for the Colorado Rockies and is on the game week PR staffs for the Rose Bowl and College Football Playoff championship game.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Marsha Piccone (Jour, Law’85) is a partner with Fox Rothschild LLP and was named a top appellate lawyer for 2018 by 5280 magazine. She and her husband, David, have two sons, one of whom is a freshman in the CU «Ƶ College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Shannon Lukens (Jour) is the award-winning news director for all seven radio stations in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She can be heard daily on the radio and as a sports announcer for events across Colorado. As president of Lukens Mountain Media, she manages social media for clients. Shannon and her husband, Jeff, have three children, two of whom are CU «Ƶ alumni.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Steve Getzug (Jour) spent 15 years as a journalist in Colorado, Wyoming and California before becoming a corporate communications executive at AECOM, a global infrastructure firm based in Los Angeles. He manages CEO and strategic communications activities while occasionally daydreaming about moving back to «Ƶ.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

As senior vice president of government affairs for T-Mobile, Kathleen O’Brien Ham (Jour) is the company’s chief public policy advocate and manages all public policy issues before federal and state governments. Previously, she worked for the FederalCommunications Commission in several top policy positions, including deputy chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Kathleen and her husband live in Arlington, Virginia.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

In 2017, Barbara Vobejda (Jour) was named deputy managing editor of The Washington Post.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

In 2018, Laurie Cantillo (Jour) left NASA’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., to start a job as deputy director of communications and education directorate at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Vicky Collins (Comm) is president of the Denver-based television production company Teletrends. She is an Emmy-winning freelance producer for NBC Network News and works primarily as a field producer and booker for NBC Nightly News,Today, MSNBC and Dateline NBC. She also produces long-form stories and image-oriented videos for nonprofit organizations. Vicky is the proud mother of two boys: a University of Kansas graduate and a junior at CU «Ƶ’s Leeds School of Business.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019
John E. “Ned” Walker (Comm) is senior vice president and chief communications officer of Delta Air Lines. He and his wife, Jeanne Bryant Walker (Educ’74), split time among Aspen, Atlanta and «Ƶ.
Posted Jun. 3, 2019
William Hessin (Comm) has worked for decades in the Denver broadcast community, including at radio stations such as KIMN, KOA, KPPL and KTLK. He’s done voice-over work for local television stations and national clients such as Frontier Airlines, Starz!, Encore, the NHL and the Department of Defense. A member of Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado, William lives in Englewood, Colorado, with his wife, Polly. They have two daughters and four grandchildren.
Posted Jun. 3, 2019
Ken Jones (Jour) is a tax attorney for Eversheds Sutherland in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Previously he was a partner with a Big Four accounting firm, beginning in its D.C.-based national tax office before becoming a national partner in charge of the firm’s tax controversy services practice.
Posted Jun. 3, 2019

In November 2018, Sheila Hollis (Jour) received the Petroleum Economist Legacy Award in London for achievements in energy law and policy worldwide. She is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Duane Morris and lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband, John.

Posted May. 31, 2019

Ken Frazier (Jour) and his wife, Ruth (Eng’65), made the trip to «Ƶ from their home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last fall to attend CMCI’s Homecoming reception and the CU football game. Ken is the editor of Skeptical Inquirer: The Magazine for Science and Reason, which publishes critical scientific evaluations of controversial and extraordinary claims, including pseudoscientific and fringe-science matters. He won CU «Ƶ’s Norlin Award in 1985.

Posted May. 31, 2019

This spring, Kelsey Simpkins (MJour) left her position as a science and news writer in media relations at CU «Ƶ after more than three years, where she was a 2023 Hermes Creative Awards gold winner and received a 2022 Silver Pick Award from the Public Relations Society of America, Colorado Chapter. She joined Colorado’s Regional Air Quality Council, the lead agency for improving air quality in the Front Range, as its communications and programs coordinator.

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

Nick Mott (MJour)is a reporter at Montana Public Radioand a producer forThreshold, a podcast founded by former Center of Environmental Journalism fellow Amy Martin that tackles environmental issues. Nick's reporting has been featured by news outlets includingThe Washington Postand NPR'sMorning Edition.

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

Chase Gregor (InfoSci, Anthro)is an analyst in DaVita's compliance department where he assists in the maintenance and accuracy of Davita's kidney dialysis payment and performance data.

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

Esteban Hernandez (Jour)joined Denverite, a news website covering the city of Denver. He primarily covers politics, but also some community and general news. Esteban has recently returned to Colorado.

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

Mike Wiley (MComm)is the co-owner and chef of three restaurants in Portland, Maine–Eventide Oysters, The Honey Paw and Hugo's– and of Eventide Fenway in the Boston, Massachusetts. In 2017, he and his business partner won a James Beard Award in the Best Chef: Northeast category.

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

David Stiller (Comm)is the president of Heritage Aviation. He joined Heritage in 2014 to transform the company into an employee-owned organization and has presided over the establishment of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and the implemation of open book management. Dave holds a Master of Fine Arts in emergent media from Champlain College and lives in Burlington, Vermon, with his wife.

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

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