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In January, Meredith (Arndt) Mirrington (MediaSt) joined PR Talent, a communications recruitment firm, as managing director. For the previous two decades, Mirrington led high-impact communications efforts for companies in industries ranging from tech to tourism. Most recently, she was a global communications and culture leader at Amazon Web Services. Mirrington lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and serves as an adjunct instructor in CMCI’s online corporate communications graduate program.

Michael Maney (MJour) was named head of internal communications for The Home Depot in January and is building a center of excellence to engage with more than 500,000 associates across North America. He was previously head of internal communications for Amazon’s Whole Foods Market and Target, and led communications for Sony and Disney.

Reid Kaplan (Advert) is a residential real estate broker and value-add apartment investor based in west Los Angeles. In 2021, he ranked in the top 1.5% of realtors in California. Kaplan is married with two sons.

Piya Sorcar (Bus, Econ, Jour) is the founder and CEO of the social venture TeachAids, an adjunct affiliate at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a faculty fellow at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health. TeachAids HIV education software is used in 82 countries, including areas where HIV-related education was previously forbidden. TeachAids launched CrashCourse concussion education in partnership with 23 of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s national governing bodies. Sorcar lives in Mountain View, California.

Megan Bundy (Advert'01) has worked in advertising for the last 20 years in the New York City area and is currently the senior vice president at FCB New York. She lives in Connecticut with her family and is a proud mother to two beautiful girls. She misses Boulder and hopes to visit for a football game soon!

Danielle Praeger (Advert) is the vice president of R&D at Dr. Praeger’s Sensible Foods. She has devoted her professional career to helping to grow the company her father founded in 1994. She develops new nutritious products, including veggie-forward, plant-based, and kid- friendly frozen foods. During non-COVID-19 times, you’ll find her pursuing adventures like hiking Mount Kilimanjaro, exploring Southeast Asia or seeing the sites of Italy.

Mike DePaolo (Comm) is the senior manager of digital marketing at Titleist, makers of the No. 1 ball in golf and one of the leading brands in the game. He lives in Ashland, Massachusetts, with his wife, Ashley, and two sons.

Lauren Gullion Utecht (Jour) lives in Los Angeles and is the vice president of human resources and corporate communications at Penske Media Corp., which owns more than 20 media brands including Rolling Stone, Variety, Robb Report and WWD. In 2012, she earned an MFA in creative writing from Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ State University.

Jessica Schilling (Jour, Mus) lives in Boston and is the senior product designer and information architect at Solaria Labs, the innovation incubator at Liberty Mutual Insurance. She is the user experience director for its new Certainly insurance platform. Jessica also travels nationwide as a DJ for Argentine tango events and festivals.

Michael Maney (MComm) moved to Austin, Texas, in 2018 to become the senior director for internal communications for Whole Foods Market. In 2019, he was promoted to the global head of internal communications and engagement.Ìý

A short film called Laboratory Conditions thatÌýRobert Scheid (Jour)Ìýedited (and got to act in as well) is making the film festival rounds. The film stars Marisa Tomei, Minnie Driver and Paulo Costanzo. Robert acts, edits and teaches editing and all things Apple in Los Angeles and remotely via the Internet.

Robert Coombs (Comm; MA) is the founder and CEO of Baton Health, a company that helps verify and credential healthcare teams.

Ian Cohen (Jour) serves as PayPal’s senior director of global creative strategy and production and head of the brand communications team. He is a four-time Daytime Emmy-nominated television producer, winning twice for Outstanding Daytime Show of the Year for his work on Rachael Ray. He recently became an elected official in his hometown, Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Heather Fehringer Mundt (MJour) is a freelance writer. She wrote a comprehensive guide to family travel called Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Family Outdoor Adventure, which was published in May 2022 by the University of New Mexico Press. The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ native and mom of two teen boys lives in Longmont with her husband and two rescue huskies. She writes about family, adventure and outdoor travel.

Mitch Schneider (Jour) and his wife, Tania, welcomed their first child, Ivy Isabella, in mid-July. Schneider is approaching nearly two decades of work in technology software sales. He spent the last four-and-a-half years working for Braze, a customer engagement platform, on the global strategic accounts team, selling to many of the world's largest media and entertainment brands. Braze went public in November 2021.

Heather Mundt (Jour) is a freelance writer. She wrote Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ’s only comprehensive guide to family travel, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Family Outdoor Adventure, which was published in May 2022 by the University of New Mexico Press. The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ native and mom of two teen boys lives in Longmont with her husband and two rescue huskies. She writes about family, adventure and outdoor travel.

In 2004, Melissa Stockwell (Comm) became the first woman to lose a limb in the Iraq War when she lost her leg to an IED during a routine patrol in Iraq. After a long and challenging recovery, she went on to win three paratriathlon world championships and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Her memoir, The Power of Choice: My Journey from Wounded Warrior to World Champion, was published in 2020, and in 2021, she competed in the Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.

Natalia Zea (Jour) is the district director of communications for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, where she oversees media relations, citizens’ information and translation services. She spent 14 years as a television reporter and anchor covering everything from politics to crime to hurricanes. In 2019, she received the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce Businesswoman of the Year award for public service. Natalia has a 7-year-old daughter, 6-year-old son and 8-year-old rescue pup.

Natalia Zea (Jour'02) is the district director of communications for Miami-Dade County Public Schools where she oversees media relations, citizen's information and translation services. Previously, she spent 14 years as a television reporter and anchor, covering everything from politics to crime to hurricanes. In 2019, she received the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce Businesswoman of the YearÌýaward for public service. Natalia has a 7-year-old daughter, Ìý6-year-old son and 8-year-old rescue pup.

Donald Anderson (PhDComm) lives in Highlands Ranch and is the director of organization and talent development at Oracle. He has written two books: Organization Development: The Process of Leading Organizational Change in 2017 and Organization Design: Creating Strategic & Agile Organizations in 2018. He also edited two volumes of case studies in organization development and change.