Following a 34-year career,ÌýRichard Spiegel (MJour'07)Ìýretired from the U.S. Army in October 2019. He and his wifeÌýPolly (PolSci'90)Ìýthen took a five-month road trip and tour throughout the United States. In March 2020, Rich joined the Veterans Administration as the chief for stakeholder engagement with the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection. He and Polly live in Bethesda, Maryland.
Posted Jun. 3, 2019
Rebecca Bryant (Advert)ÌýÌýis a development and donor relations specialist at the California Community Foundation. Previously, she served as associate director of corporate relations at the J. Pail Getty Trust, where she created and launched its corporate partnership program. Rebecca lives in downtown Los Angeles with her fiance,ÌýJon McAlpine (Econ'07).
Posted Nov. 14, 2019
Michael Harris (Jour, Span)Ìýis vice president for media and consumer insights with Moosylvania, a brand-building agency. He lives in St. Louis with his wife,ÌýLeslie Gershein Harris (Jour'06; Law'10), and their four children.Ìý
Posted Nov. 14, 2019
Ben Johnson (Comm)Ìýis head of marketing and business development at The Drone Racing League, the premier international league for elite pilots, where he oversees sponsorships, content distribution, media partnerships and licensing. Ben lives in New York City.Ìý
Posted Nov. 14, 2019
After a 34-year career, Richard Spiegel (MJour) retired from the U.S. Army in October 2019. He and his wife, Polly (PolSci’90), then took a five-month road trip and tour throughout the United States. In March 2020, Rich joined the Veterans Administration as the chief for stakeholder engagement with the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection. He and Polly live in Bethesda, Maryland.
Posted Oct. 16, 2020
In March 2021, Morgan Bast (Jour) was named the new marketing director for Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. In that role, she oversees the resort’s marketing department, creates and analyzes marketing campaigns, and manages the Steamboat brand across all resort outlets, including the Steamboat Grand Hotel. Before joining Steamboat, she worked at Vail Resorts for 10 years, ending as regional director of marketing for Breckenridge and Keystone Resorts.
Posted Oct. 20, 2021
Cody McDevitt (Jour), an investigative reporter and historian, wrote Banished from Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania. The book tells the history of a 1923 incident in which the town mayor ordered 2,000 African Americans and Mexican immigrants out of the city at gunpoint and under a threat of imprisonment. McDevitt has reported for the Somerset Daily American in western Pennsylvania and lives in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
Posted Oct. 20, 2021
Brooke Diamond (Advert) has worked in advertising and marketing since graduating from ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder, leading brands such as American Red Cross, Gillette, Campbell Soup Company 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 into the world in November 2020 and live in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Posted May. 4, 2022
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.
Posted Oct. 12, 2022
Silvia Razgova (MJour) is a news photo editor at the Los Angeles Times, which she joined in 2022. Previously, she was a contract photojournalist for the Rocky Mountain News; staff photographer at the National, an English-language newspaper in Abu Dhabi; and a freelance photographer in California and the Middle East. In her personal photographic work, she explores the themes of home, loss, belonging and poignancy of life.
Posted Nov. 2, 2023
In March 2022, Richard Spiegel (MJour) left the Department of Veterans Affairs to take the role of director of corporate communication and legislative affairs at Naval Supply Systems Command, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He’s excited to be a naval civilian working with the Department of Defense.
Posted Nov. 2, 2023
Marisa (Klein) Beahm (Jour) works as the senior content strategist at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. A campaign she helped lead, The Undeniable Truth, recently won a Webby in the Public Service, Social Impact and Activism category.
Posted Aug. 26, 2024
Michelle Finelli (Advert) moved back to ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ with her family after 10 years in California. She has worked with big brands at a number of ad agencies, including R&R Partners, BSSP, R/GA and Cartwright.
Posted Aug. 26, 2024
Lee Riley (Advert) has worked as a creative director on brands such as Uber and Opendoor. He currently lives in Denver with his partner, Ryan, and two dogs, Rocky and Atlas.
Posted Aug. 26, 2024