Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ

Drew Krejci (Advert) is vice president of corporate communications at Optum, a UnitedHealth Group company. Krejci’s time in Boulder launched a career in communications that has taken him to New York City, Washington, D.C., and now Minneapolis, where he lives with his wife and two children.

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.

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.

Jake Loskutoff (Comm) was recently nominated for three Emmy Awards for his work with the Los Angeles Angels, Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings. He continues to grow his production company, LIFEinaVAN Studios, and just completed his first marathon.

In April 2022, Robert Barba (Jour) joined the U.S. news desk of The Wall Street Journal as a news editor. Joining the WSJ in 2018, Barba was also part of a team named as a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting for a package on the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Zach Kouwe (Jour) just celebrated his 11th anniversary at Dukas Linden Public Relations, one of the largest independent financial communication firms in the industry. His work in PR came after more than a decade as a financial journalist, including time as a staff reporter for The New York Times.

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

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 Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Mountain News Media, and reporter and senior editor at the Vail Daily.

Brooke Diamond (Advert) has worked in advertising and marketing since graduating, leading brands such as American Red Cross, Gillette, Campbell Soup Co. and Johnson & Johnson. Diamond is the marketing director at Morgan Stanley. She met her husband while living in New York City. They welcomed their first child in November 2020 and live in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Christopher Bell (PhDMediaSt’09) is the director of creative inclusion at Skydance Animation. Before moving into this role, he served for 11 years as an associate professor of media studies in the Department of Communication at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Springs. Recognized nationally for his expertise in the area of children's culture, he teaches and has published in the areas of critical analysis of popular culture, rhetorical theory, representation theory and the history of mass media.

Jennifer Newell Davies (Comm) joined Trice Imaging as the marketing manager in January 2022. With offices in Del Mar, California, and Stockholm, Sweden, she is using both her journalism degree and Nordic studies minor.

Kim Fuller (Jour) is a co-founder of Jaunt Media Collective, a collection of print and digital lifestyle publications based in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ including the titles Spoke+Blossom and CO YOGA + Life. In 2021, Fuller, who lives in Vail, launched Covered Bridge, a print magazine for the Vail Valley.

Molly Rettig (MJour) published her first book through the University of Alaska Press, titled Finding True North: Firsthand Stories of the Booms that Built Modern Alaska. After moving to Fairbanks, Alaska, to work as a reporter for a local paper, Rettig explored the East Coast, where her assumptions about Alaska and herself were tested. She began writing her book, centered around one place that can be many things to many people—and how all of it can be true.Ìý

Jacob Elyachar (Jour) hosts a platform, Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar, which is celebrating its 11th year. The podcast has welcomed a variety of guests that range from reality TV stars to entertainment icons such as Howie Mandel and Desmond Child. He is also working at Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City.

Vignesh Ramachandran (Jour) is based in Denver and working as a multiplatform editor at The Washington Post, where he edits mobile platforms. He also continues to build Red, White and Brown Media, which shares stories about and engages with Asian American communities.

Esteban L. Hernandez (Jour) is employed at Axios Denver after four years of working for Denverite and Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Public Radio covering local news.

Elizabeth Hernandez (Jour) is a Denver Post reporter with a passion for covering historically marginalized communities and issues impacting millennials and younger readers.