Director of family wealth planning at Crestone Capital Advisors, Randi Grassgreen (Law’98) joined the board of trustees of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County. He lives in Boulder.

Posted Sep. 1, 2012

Erie, Colo., resident Jennifer Spitz (Law’98) was named to the ĂŰĚÇÖ±˛Ą Super Lawyers list as two of the top attorneys in ĂŰĚÇÖ±˛Ą for 2012. She practices in areas of trust and estate planning, taxation, probate, charitable planning, real estate and business law.

Posted Sep. 1, 2012

Louisville, Colo., resident Clint Wells (Psych’98) ran in the Bolder Boulder in May. He placed eighth with a time of 32:16.

Posted Sep. 1, 2012

Avid mountaineer Peter Beal (MArt’98) wrote Bouldering: Movement, Tactics and Problem-Solving (Mountaineers Books). He has climbed for more than 30 years with a strong focus on bouldering. He also teaches art history at Front Range Community College and lives in Boulder.

Posted Jun. 1, 2012

Uruguay resident Lucy Peglar’s (Anth’98) was surprised to hear her purse was featured in a Dec. 8 Denver Postarticle about hip purses that are pushing the envelope in handbag fashion. Lucy and her husband own Cocobelle Designs, a purse, sandal and jewelry business. They live on the coast of Uruguay with their three daughters. While Lucy loves beach life, she says she misses Boulder and the Flatirons. She is the sister of Tori Peglar (MJour’00), the editor of the Coloradan.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

At the fourth annual Change LA event, former student leader Pilar Diaz (Ethn’98) received the NextGen Leadership award by the Liberty Hill Foundation. The award recognized her commitment to social justice and her work in philanthropy. She lives in Los Angeles.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

Baby girl Eve Alexandra Graves was welcomed by parents Kimberly Martin Graves (PolSci, Soc’98) and Peter Graves on Jan. 28, 2011. Eve joins big sister Lola and the family in Oregon City, Ore.

Posted Mar. 1, 2012

Chandler Smith (Mktg’99) was named executive director of the Grand Valley Outdoor Recreation Coalition, based in Grand Junction, ĂŰĚÇÖ±˛Ą. The organization plays an integral role in fostering a sustainable and inclusive outdoor recreation industry across the Western Slope. Smith lives with his wife and daughters in Grand Junction and remains a principal with The Ride Collective, which produces the road cycling events Copper Triangle, Tour of the Moon, Tour de Vineyards and the Enchanted Circle Bicycle Tour.

Posted Jul. 15, 2024

Jordan Maness (Jour, Mktg’99) is the career advising specialist in ĂŰĚÇÖ±˛Ąâ€™s Division of Continuing Education. He created a Coursera course, “Thriving 101: Designing a Fulfilling Life & Career,” which is self-paced and open to anyone. He lives in Arvada, ĂŰĚÇÖ±˛Ą.

Posted Mar. 4, 2024

Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and the Ski Resort That Never Was, a nonfiction book written by Greg Glasgow (MEngl’99) and his wife, Kathryn Mayer, tells the story of a ski resort the Disney company tried to build in Mineral King, California, throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Coinciding with the start of the modern environmental movement, the Sierra Club environmental organization filed a lawsuit against the project that was eventually presented to the Supreme Court. The book also features the late John Harper (PhDGeog’74), one of the Sierra Club activists who worked against the Disney project.

Posted Jul. 10, 2023

Merrill Lynch financial advisor Daniel Sandlin (Fin’99) was named to the 2023 Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list. Dan is senior vice president of The Sandlin/Crowley Group, a full-service wealth management practice that helps individuals organize their financial lives. Dan manages more than $450 million in assets while growing each year.

Posted Jul. 10, 2023

The ĂŰĚÇÖ±˛Ą State University board of governors named Amy Parsons (Law’99) as president of ĂŰĚÇÖ±˛Ą State University. She has 16 years of experience in higher education leadership. She previously served as CEO of a global e-commerce company based in Denver.

Posted Mar. 6, 2023

Lara Salazar Day (Jour’99), chief culture and communications officer at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Denver office, joined the board of directors at the Denver Fire Department Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the Denver Fire Department by providing public education, leading efforts to improve firefighter safety and quality of life, and providing direct resources to meet firefighters’ needs. Lara has worked for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, a law firm, for more than 10 years.

Posted Mar. 6, 2023

Shareholder of financial consulting firm BSW Wealth Partners Nicole Murphey (Hist’99) and her team received awards for their work, including Best for the World B Corp ranking, Outside Magazine Best Place to Work (No. 14), Investment News Best Place to Work (No. 21) and Top 50 ESG Financial Advisory firm in the country. Nicole is the chief compliance officer and oversees BSW’s risk management and compliance program

Posted Mar. 11, 2022

Former Buffs basketball star Chauncey Billups (Soc ex), who played 17 seasons with seven teams in the NBA, is now head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. Chauncey is the first Forever Buff to become an NBA head coach.

Posted Nov. 5, 2021

Chris DiDonato (Mgmt) has become an employee shareholder at Holmes Murphy, one of the nation’s largest employee owned and controlled insurance brokerages.

Posted Nov. 5, 2021

Coast Guard commander Lance Tinstman (Mktg) was selected to serve as the senior defense official at the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica. He, his wife, Leah, and son, Lance Jr., relocated to San Jose, Costa Rica, from Washington, D.C., in September 2020. 

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

Steven Blincoe (Kines) performed dynamic maneuvers during a New School Flight University Camp at Hurricane Factory, Madrid. He founded the wind-tunnel school in 2002 and travels the world flying and instructing. He lives in Studio City, California.

Posted Jul. 2, 2021

Hunter Sykes (Geog, Hist) produced and directed an award-winning conservation documentary, The Hunter Legacy. The film examines 80 years of conservation and change in Kenya through the eyes of the descendants of big game hunters. The production was filmed in part by fellow Buffs alum Darren Campbell (·ˇ˛Ô±ą°ä´Ç˛Ô’94).

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

Caryn Hartman (Anth, RelSt) of Denver won the 2019 Nautilus Award for Best Children’s Illustrated Fiction Book for Dorje the Yak, a dual-language story in English and Tibetan.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

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