The College of Media, Communication and Informationwas established in 2015. The CMCI alumni community includes you, your classmates and all graduates of the Department of Communication and the former School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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Brent McHenry (Comm, Bus) is a director and producer based in Los Angeles. Since earning his MFA in cinematic arts at USC, Brent has helped produce numerous commercials, PSAs, music videos, and short and feature-length films. His most recent production, 40 Minutes Over Maui, was an official selection of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and over 40 other national and international film festivals. Most recently, he directed an ad campaign and brand anthem video for the clothing company UNI/FORM, founded by his longtime friend and fellow Buff Pat Allen (Comm’05).

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

Rachael (Shapiro) Lipton (MJour) is the copy chief of features and entertainment at the New York Post, where she has worked since 2004. Rachael edits famous gossip columnist Cindy Adams and contributes celebrity items to Page Six. She's hired a staff of copy editors and reports directly to the managing editors.

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

Dan Hyatt (Jour) hosted and produced a number of radio shows in Denver and St. Louis between 2004 and 2008 before being hired as the production manager and associate director for Fox Sports Midwest’s broadcast
of St. Louis Cardinals games in 2007. In addition to his work with the Cardinals, he is a researcher and statistician for many other MLB and NBA broadcasts, including the Colorado Rockies, Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers. He is based in Denver.

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

Patrick Gleason (Comm) is the Baltimore Ravens’ vice president of public relations. He has spent 15 seasons with the organization, including its 2012 Super Bowl- winning campaign. Patrick has also assisted with NFL communications at multiple Super Bowls and served as the AFC’s PR director at five Pro Bowls. He began his career as a student assistant in CU’s Sports Information Department.

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

Tucker Gilmore (Comm) is a vice president with CPA Global, a leading IP management, technology and services company. He lives in San Diego with his wife and 2-year-old son. They carve out time to watch the Buffs on TV as much as possible.

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

Rachael (Shapiro) Lipton (MJour'04) is the copy chief of features and entertainment at the New York Post, where she has worked since 2004. Rachael edits famous gossip columnist Cindy Adams and contributes celebrity items to “Page Six.” She's hired a staff of copy editors and reports directly to the managing editors.

Posted Aug. 5, 2020

In March 2018,Chrissy Wolfram Taylor (MJour)joined the Chicago Tribune as managing editor of audience. Previously, she spend eight years at theHartford Courrant. Chrissy and her husband,Jonathan (Film'04), have two children.

Posted Nov. 14, 2019

Sarah Bruckner (Comm)moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2017 and works as a global communications manager for BASF. She also volunteers for her local Make-A-Wish chapter.

Posted Nov. 14, 2019

Beth McDowell Cleveland (Jour) is a partner at the creative communications firm Praytell, a two-time winner of PRWeek’s Agency of the Year and the only agency to ever win Best Place to Work every year in business. She helped start Praytell in 2014 and has grown the company to six offices across the U.S. and London. She lives in the San Francisco area.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Robert Barba (Jour)is deputy spot news editor forThe Wall Street Journal. He focuses on real-time coverage, including stories on mergers and acquisitions, executive changes, and quarterly results. Before his appointment atWSJ, he held financial reporting positions at Bankrate, American Banker and Tresaure Coast Newspapers.

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

After more than 11 years in various roles with Alliance Wake Magazine—the last three years as Editor-in-Chief—Garrett Cortese (Jour)has moved on to a new opportunity and adventure. At the start of 2017 Cortese began his new job as the Editorial Director of Watersports for the Bonnier Corporation in Winter Park, FL. His biggest duties will be to oversee the creation and production of Wakeboarding Magazine and WaterSki Magazine, both of which he read as a child growing up in California. Aside from the magazines Cortese will also help produce digital content, special issues, and brand extensions for each.

Posted Oct. 24, 2017

Jesse Wallace (Comm) has worked as head of sports and entertainment partnerships at Google since 2022. Previously, he held communications roles at the NFL, NBA, Disney/ESPN and Viacom. He lives in Chappaqua, New York, with his wife and two daughters.

Posted Aug. 26, 2024

Drew Giles (Jour, MEdu) was appointed a founding executive director of the San Francisco Unified School District. He recently earned a doctorate in educational leadership from San José State University, where he researched mindfulness-based professional development for early-childhood educators.

Posted Aug. 26, 2024

Peter Booth (MediaSt) is an attorney and shareholder at Polsinelli PC. Booth lives in «Ƶ with his wife, Lisa Schneider (Eng'96), and their children, Sidney and Sebastian.

Posted Oct. 12, 2022

Lauren Glendenning (Jour) is the global communications manager for Amazon Web Services on the global employer brand team. Glendenning previously held the roles of sponsored content director at Swift Communications, editor-in-chief at The Aspen Times, editorial projects director at Colorado Mountain News Media, and reporter and senior editor at the Vail Daily.

Posted Oct. 12, 2022

Lauren Glendenning (Jour) is the communication manager for Amazon Web Services on the Global Employer Brand team. Glendenning previously held the roles of sponsored content director at Swift Communications, editor-in-chief at The Aspen Times, editorial projects director at Colorado Mountain News Media, and reporter and senior editor at the Vail Daily.

Posted May. 4, 2022

Joshua Hernandez (Jour) is the co-founder of Impossible Possibilities, a volunteer-based education nonprofit that supports students in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and abroad through college scholarships and literacy programs. He is an avid traveler, photographer and nature enthusiast, and he’s writing his first novel, Maven the Raven and the Search for the Last Imperial, which uses birds as main characters. Hernandez married Celine Gallais in August.

Posted Oct. 20, 2021

Aly Jamison (Comm) won a Stevie American Business Award for her work in the communications field. Jamison works for the global sales training company RAIN Group as a public relations manager. She’s also a San Diego Blood Bank gallon donor.

Posted Oct. 20, 2021

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 “Gallon Donor.”

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

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

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

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