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Kathleen Ratteree (Engl), who works with the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, a federally recognized tribe of Oneida people, published a book titled The Great Vanishing Act: Blood Quantum and the Future of Native Nations. Kathleen and husband Paul Wochinske (Acct, MS’03) live in Wisconsin with their daughter.

Scott Fields (EnvSt) was recently appointed head coach of the men’s lacrosse team at NCAADivision III Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.

Paul Gesterling (Econ, PolSci) has joined the Steier Group, a national capital campaign fundraising firm, as a campaign manager. He previously served as development director for the Catholic Alliance in Denver. Paul is currently conducting a campaign planning study in Reno, Nev. He and wife Lisa have three children.

Former CU Buffs women’s soccer player Ashley Grosh (BusAd, Econ) was named to the Denver Business Journal’s 2017 40 under 40 list of influential young people working in business. Ashley is vice president of environmental affairs for Wells Fargo and has partnered with Buffalo Sports Properties to help conserve water throughout the west. She and husband Michael live in Denver with their two children

In June, Olivia Koski (EngrPhys, Ger) published Vacation Guide to the Solar System. The book is part of her work with the Intergalactic Travel Bureau, a public outreach STEM program about humans in space. Olivia works as head of operations at Guerilla Science, an organization that creates and plans installations for festivals, museums and galleries. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Jessica Feinstein (EPOBio) was named principal of law firm Jackson Lewis P.C.’s Omaha, Neb., office. She represents U.S. and multinational companies in employment-based immigration. Jessica speaks nationally on immigration matters and has presented to the American Immigration Lawyers Association at its annual conference.

Last fall Jennie Hornbeck Schmaltz (Psych) won the Milken Family Foundation’s $25,000 Milken Educator Award. Jennie received it during a surprise all-school assembly at Elkhart Elementary in Aurora, Colo., where she teaches third grade. Around Elkhart, Jennie is known for both her literacy teaching skills and for raising the school’s teacher retention rate.

Last November Ian Weintraub (Comm) was named vice president of marketing for Limelight Media, a Los Angeles-based entertainment marketing firm. He heads the company’s New York office. Ian has worked with A-list talent such as Sylvester Stallone and developed successful engagement programs for Samsung, TaylorMade-Adidas, Motorola and Lexus.

After working in communications for more than a decade, Gwendoline Van Doosselaere (Anth, ArtHist; MJour’07) is now executive director for Ecology in Classrooms & Outdoors, an elementary school that connects students with the natural world, in Portland, Ore.

One of the most impressive women’s cross-country and track stars in ²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s history, Sara Gorton Slattery (Econ; MEdu’05) will be inducted into the CU Athletic Hall of Fame Nov. 17. Sara was the first CU woman to earn All-America honors as a freshman after finishing eighth in an NCAA meet. She is married to former CU distance runner Steve Slattery (Econ’02).

As a past graduate student studying German at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä and craft beer lover, it is no surprise that Jason Wiedmaier (MGer) was hired as Broken Compass Brewing’s newest brewer. Jason will be an essential part of the Breckenridge, Colo., brewery’s expansion, which he hopes will be complete by the end of 2017. Jason was previously head brewer at Lone Tree Brewing in Lone Tree, Colo.

In December, ±·¾±³¦³ó´Ç±ô²¹²õÌý°­²¹²Ô³Ù (Jour; Law’06) represented the state of New Jersey in a $2 million settlement with Accutest Laboratories to resolve allegations that it strayed from federal and state requirements for the extraction and testing of certain compounds and submitted false claims to the state and its agencies for payment. This was the largest non-Medicaid-related False Claims Act settlement in New Jersey history.

Dylan Kletter (Psych) was elevated to partner at the Hartford, Conn., branch of the law firm Brown Rudnick LLP. He represents clients across the country in a range of litigation matters, focusing on private equity and venture capital firms and their portfolio companies. He also works with strategic acquirers concerning failed mergers and acquisitions, securities fraud, contract disputes, ear-outs, post-closing adjustments, escrow disputes, customer and supplier disputes and environmental issues.

Since graduation, Jacob Loskutoff (Comm) has found his niche in the world of sports television as a videographer, editor and producer. Last summer he won his first Emmy Award for Multi-Cam Videography for his work on a documentary for Fox Sports. You can follow Jake on Instagram @JakeLoskutoff.

Scott Pertel (Comm) was elected president of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the commercial real estate development association NAIOP for a one-year term. Scott oversees chapter finances and eight committees that manage day-to-day activities. He also represents the chapter’s 560 members and 52 sponsors.

Former Buffs football cornerback and nine-year NFL star ¶Ù´Ç²Ô²¹±ô»åÌý³§³Ù°ù¾±³¦°ì±ô²¹²Ô»å (MechEngr) joined the Mechanical Engineering Strategic Advisory Board at CU-Boulder. In 2007 he founded Visionary Moments, a San Francisco-based business that makes multimedia display cases. He says his mechanical engineering degree from CU-Boulder was instrumental in helping him design and bring his products to life. He also initiated the ¶Ù´Ç²Ô²¹±ô»åÌý³§³Ù°ù¾±³¦°ì±ô²¹²Ô»å Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to steering young people toward a successful future through education and sports.

Former CU basketball player Kate Fagan (Comm) is now lead writer for espnW, an ESPN website for women who love sports. She also has written about LGBTQ issues in sports and has been published in ESPN the Magazine, ESPN.com, the Philadelphia Inquirer and many other smaller publications including the Boulder Daily Camera, which launched her career. Last year she published her first book, Reappearing Act.

CEO and founder of Deep Ellum Brewing Co. John Reardon (Fin) was awarded the 2015 EY Entrepreneur of the Year in the Southwest region for entrepreneurial excellence in the emerging consumer category. The three-year-old company has grown from two employees to more than 30, and in the last year saw beer sales rise from 12,500 barrels to 35,000 barrels. Five hundred restaurants and retail locations carry Deep Ellum’s 50 different beers. Zack Fickey (Comm’02) serves as the company’s events and sponsorships coordinator.

Arnstein & Lehr partner Kevin H. Morse (Hist) was chosen to participate in the fifth annual Next Generation Program of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. He represents various clients, from Chapter 7 financial trustees to financial institutions and large Chapter 11 debtors. Kevin previously served a one-year term as the judicial law clerk in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Mechanical engineer Peter Alspach (MCivEngr) was promoted to principal at Arup, where he’s worked since 2001. Peter leads the sustainability, mechanical and plumbing teams in the Seattle office and is the global skills leader for environmental and building physics. He has worked on more than 150 projects at Arup and is a specialist in the design of low-energy buildings.