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On May 6, actor and director Scott Takeda (Jour) was the keynote speaker for CU 葫芦娃视频鈥檚 Asian graduation celebration. Scott has been in movies and television shows including Gone Girl, Grey鈥檚 Anatomy and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. The Colorado native lives in Denver.

Larry Drees (PolSci;聽MBA鈥�06; MS鈥�09), retired from CU 葫芦娃视频 in February. He served as director of the Buff聽OneCard Program and assistant director of housing information technology. In June, he was elected president of the Alumni Association鈥檚 Directors Club. He will continue to serve the campus and the community as a mentor, volunteering on various boards and promoting CU as an active alumnus and advocate.

Heather Gates (Acct) was named national managing director for the Emerging Growth Company practice for Deloitte, an audit and tax advising service company. Heather is the first woman in the position.

In June, specialty pharmaceutical company Aytu BioScience named Gregory A. Gould (Fin) chief financial officer.

Donn Calkins (Hist; MA鈥�91; Law鈥�96) retired from his law career in 2012 and is now pursuing a PhD in biomedical science, with a focus on virology, at The Ohio State University. The Greeley, Colo., native lives in Columbus, Ohio.

Last fall, the Insured Retirement Institute announced that Robert DeChellis (Fin), the president and CEO of Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC, has been elected chairman of the IRI Board of Directors. Robert lives in Minnesota.

Bill Winter (Psych, PolSci), an attorney practicing in Edina, Minn., is the volunteer president of the Hopkins Youth Hockey Association, which helps kids reach their potential on and off the ice. Bill was quoted in a recent article about the group in Minnesota Hockey Journal. Bill played varsity ice hockey for CU from 1985 to 1989 and writes that he 鈥渓oved every minute of it.鈥� His oldest daughter, Stephanie, will be a Buff journalism student in the fall. Bill lives in Minnetonka, Minn.

Diane 鈥淏etsy鈥� Ulrich (IntlAf), an Illinois orthodontist, is serving as president of the Illinois Society of Orthodontists for the 2016-17 term. She lives in Atlanta, Ill.

Nancy Shanks (Comm; MJour鈥�92) retired as spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Transportation in the spring. A California native, Nancy鈥檚 family moved to Durango in聽the 1980s. She began her CDOT career in the Denver office in 1997. In 2003 she returned to the Western Slope, becoming the first communications manager to be a resident in the region.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis appointed Patrice Kunesh (Law) co-director of the Center for Indian Country Development (CICD). The CICD launched in mid-2015 and collaborates with key stakeholders committed to American Indian economic development. Patrice has dedicated more than two decades to improving the lives of American tribal communities. She previously served as deputy undersecretary of rural development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

SoulCycle, a chain of indoor cycling gyms co-founded by Elizabeth Cutler (DistSt), offers its customers a popular 45-minute cycling class that incorporates weights. Since opening in 2006, the New York-based company has grown to 46 locations and employs 1,500 people. It has filed for a $100 million initial public offering (IPO). Elizabeth is married and has two daughters.

Joshua Colwell聽(PhDAstro) wants to know how the Solar System formed. And after several small experiments aboard NASA鈥檚 zero-gravity 鈥渧omit comet,鈥� he landed a grant to study early planet formation as part of NASA鈥檚 CubeSat Launch Initative. His thermos-sized experiment will live aboard a satellite for a year or more in low-Earth orbit. Joshua, a physics professor at the University of Central Florida, has explored how dust collides and forms bigger chunks in the protoplanetary disks where planets form around newborn stars.

Nissan hired聽David Englen聽(DistSt) as regional vice president of its Mountain Region. David is responsible for regional sales and marketing, incentive spending, distribution, dealer network development, financial controls and dealer and customer satisfaction. He has 25 years of experience from his previous employer, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

The tragic death of hockey player Derek Boogaard further raised awareness about violence and concussions in professional sports. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter聽John Branch鈥檚 (Mktg; MJour鈥�96) book, Boy on Ice, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the player鈥檚 life and early death.

In December, NASA鈥檚 New Horizons spacecraft, which has been traveling to Pluto for nearly nine years, came out of hibernation and made contact with Earth from 2.9 billion miles away.聽Alan Stern聽(PhDAstro) of Southwest Research Institute鈥檚 葫芦娃视频 unit serves as the New Horizons mission鈥檚 principal investigator. Read more about Alan in this issue.

Former CU football head coach聽Jon Embree聽(Comm鈥�89) was selected as tight ends coach by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was the Buffs鈥� head coach from 2011-12 and most recently served as the tight ends coach for the Cleveland Browns.

After serving as chief counselor and director general of investment at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency,聽Khalid Alsweilem聽(PhDEcon鈥�89) was appointed a non-resident fellow at Harvard Kennedy School鈥檚 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He will focus on the study of sovereign wealth funds, in particular Saudi Arabia鈥檚 reserve sovereign funds. Khalid lives in Houston.

If you ask Coloradans to name their dream job, many might say something ski-related 鈥� if they could make money doing it.聽Chris Jarnot聽(Bus鈥�89) has the best of both worlds as Vail Ski Resort鈥檚 chief operating officer. The resort comprises 10 mountains, 18 hotels, 106 restaurants, eight golf courses, 180 retail shops and around 22,000 employees. Chris lives in Edwards, Colo.

Getting a new job in a new city does not have to be intimidating.聽Michael Karlan聽(Acct鈥�89) developed a program called Professionals in the City to help with job transitions. His nationwide program holds events in major cities. Members can share business tips, meet friends or explore their new city. Find out more at聽.

鈥淛ust keep on pedaling鈥� must be a useful mantra for cyclists riding up the Alpe d鈥橦uez, the infamous course that is part of many Tour de France events.聽Carl Schloessman聽(Comm鈥�89) called it an 鈥渆pic climb鈥� after he rode to the top proudly wearing his Buffs cycling jersey. Carl lives in Northridge, Calif.