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Holly (Shrewsbury) Jones (Jour) is a strategic communications advisor at Denver-based PR and management consulting firm GBSM. She previously spent 25 years in communication strategy roles for state and federal officials.

Heather (Nelson) Krueger (Comm) continued her studies by earning a master’s degree from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California. After working in marketing and public relations, she focused on raising three children, and her oldest is carrying on the tradition as a sophomore at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.

Lara Karchmer (Comm) is 25 years into her production career in Los Angeles, where she has worked on awards shows, music shows, standup comedy and televised fundraisers.

Sean Aronson (Jour), a Ballpark Digest broadcaster of the year award winner in 2016, is calling his 24th season as a Minor League Baseball broadcaster, and 18th season with the St. Paul Saints, the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins.

Lori (Ludvig) Call (Jour, MBA) is the associate vice chancellor for local government and community engagement at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder. She and her husband, Michael (Bus), met as students in Cheyenne Arapaho Hall and just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

Ali Bay (Comm) lives in Sacramento, California, and is the director of communications for the California Department of Public Health. In her 15 years with the state government, she has also served as deputy press secretary for then-Gov. Jerry Brown.

Kelley O’Gorman (Comm) worked in marketing at Levi’s and Nike, eventually returning to school to become a marriage and family therapist specializing in addiction. She has a private practice and is based in Oregon.

Meredith (Meskin) Martin (Jour) launched a company called StarBars, which offers salon-quality shampoo and conditioner bars without plastic packaging.

Shauna Emmons (Jour, Thtr) lives in West Hills, California, and is a vice president at CBS Studios, where she has worked since 2019.

Lance Wheeler (Comm) was a production manager in Los Angeles, making commercials and music videos, and later becoming a member of the Screen Actors Guild. He lives in Honolulu with his wife and two college-age children, who study creative media and occasionally work with him on television projects.

Dimitria Cook (Jour, Engl) launched her own business as an executive and leadership development coach. She also founded the Building Beyond Belief writers retreat, and leads wellness retreats for women and veterans.

Christine Mahoney (Jour) is back in Boulder after working remotely from Las Vegas. She is director of communications for Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s new Division of Public Safety.

Michele Heller (Jour) is the director of executive and stakeholder communications for FINRA, and previously worked for the Peterson Institute for International Economics and for the Obama administration at a financial regulatory agency. She was also a journalist for The Washington Post. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and two teenagers, but still visits Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ to ski.

Patrick Ryan (Comm) moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife in June 2023. He continues to work for Northwestern University’s development office.

After graduation, Jennifer (Tadvick) Campos (Jour) landed a job with the marketing and PR department at Empire Tours before moving to Washington, where she worked in advertising production for the Yakima Herald Republic. She is now the advertising manager at Grand Junction Media Inc., overseeing multimedia sales.

Marlene Prinzing (Jour, Dance), co-author of Voices of the 21st Century: Conscious Caring Women Who Make a Difference and founder of the Prinzing Method, made Amazon’s bestseller list in 2022. She resides in Boulder County.

Tom Costello (Jour) has been named NBC News senior correspondent. He’s been with NBC since 1996, reporting from London, New York and Washington, D.C., for the Today show, NBC Nightly News and other media outlets.

John Shepphird (Comm) is the senior creative director at FanDuel and writes crime fiction. His novels include Deception Specialist and Bottom Feeders.

Jeanette Minniti (Jour) published a historical fiction novel, The Only Way Home, in 2021. The story follows teens riding railways during the Great Depression. She is a former regional vice president of the American Cancer Society.

Dennis Drummond (EnvCon, Jour) worked in television for 15 years as a meteorologist. He lives in Washington state.