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Fashion photographer Sammy Keller (Comm) has always loved taking photos. She works for the Denver-based vintage shop Orenda Lou and has also worked with Urban Outfitters. When she isn鈥檛 doing freelance work, Sammy works full-time at Rooster Magazine in Boulder.

Chelsea Miller (IntlAf) and Will John (Engl鈥�12) eagerly awaited their Aug. 13 marriage in Boulder. It involved an interfaith Jewish ceremony. The couple began dating six years ago after meeting through rugby at CU. Their first date was a one-on-one rugby match. Chelsea, a full-time law student, also works part-time in Jewish education in New York. Will is a judicial criminal court clerk in Jersey City, N.J.

Mallinda, a Denver startup co-founded by Chris Kaffer (MBA) and Philip Taynton (PhDChem鈥�15), was awarded a $750,000 grant by the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Small Business Innovation Research program. Mallinda produces reusable carbon fiber composite, which Chris believes can help cut a car鈥檚 weight and improve its fuel efficiency.

This September, Jessica Hatz (EnvSt) and Jessa Ellenburg (CivEngr鈥�01) are scheduled to host the 8th Best of Both Worlds Conference on Environmental Education for Sustainable Development in Estes Park, Colo. Jessica and Jessa both work for the GO3 Project, an environmental education nonprofit in Boulder that focuses on monitoring air pollution.

Pana, a new Denverbased app that acts as聽a virtual travel agent, was launched in April by Lianne Haug (CompSci), Sam Felsenthal (Fin) and Devon Tivona (CompSci). The app appeals to the frequent traveler and can check you in for your flights. Lianne, Sam and Devon have received more than $1.35 million in seed funding.

In January聽驰耻补苍锄丑别听窜丑补苍驳 (PhDElEngr)聽joined the Efficient聽Power Conversion聽Corporation as director of applications聽engineering. Yuanzhe鈥檚聽focus is designing聽state-of-the-art envelope tracking systems聽for 4G, LTE and 5G聽wireless infrastructure聽that demonstrates the聽benefits of using gallium聽nitride transistors.

When bombs hit Stella Nawi Lunyaramoi鈥檚 (IntlAf) village in South Sudan, Stella fled to a Kakuma refugee camp and was eventually relocated to Boulder through the Community of South Sudanese and American Women, which aims to bring 鈥渓ost girls鈥� from Kakuma Refugee Camp to the U.S. After graduating from CU, Stella was chosen as a White House intern in the office of Michelle Obama. She finished her internship and began working on a documentary, The Dawn Will Break.

Davis Saltzgiver (MechEngr) is head of product for Trago, a company that provides water bottles that track how much a person drinks and delivers that information to a person鈥檚 phone through an app. The Trago cap and water bottle can be ordered through its website, Trago.com. Davis developed the idea while a CU student.

Jamie Haller (IntlAf) worked in Guatemala with adults and the local tourist police force at a language school and taught in Colombia with under-funded and under-resourced public schools. She has since moved to New Mexico, where she teaches environmental stewardship at an elementary school. In March 2016 Jamie will head to the Dominican Republic for a 27-month position with the Peace Corps as a volunteer literacy promoter.

James Kohnen (MechEngr), Graham Risch (MechEngr) and Michael Stevenson (MechEngr) are undertaking a 20,000 mile, 28-country motorcycle trip across Eurasia. They left May 12, 2015 and are blogging at .

Nick Romcevich聽(MBA) founded Highline Coffee in Longmont, Colo., in October 2013. Early this year, his cold brew was placed in some of the celebrity after-party gift bags at the Academy Awards. His coffee can be found at Whole Foods and Natural Grocers.

Ashlee Broadus聽(ArchEngr) is a lighting professional at the St. Louis office of HOK, a design, architecture, engineering and planning firm. When she was first hired, she handled the lighting design for Salt Lake City鈥檚 airport terminal redevelopment program.

Colorado-based Key Equipment Finance promoted聽James Eulenstein聽(Econ) to equipment finance officer. He now leads equipment financing activities for the Hudson Valley/Albany district. James previously worked as a sales associate in the company鈥檚 full-time comprehensive training program.

This May聽Chloe Kay聽(IntlAf, Rus) began her Peace Corps service as a secondary education English teacher in Mongolia. She says her study abroad experience at CU helped prepare her for the Peace Corps. In 2015, CU-Boulder produced more Peace Corps volunteers than all other Colorado colleges.

奥丑别苍听Zachary Wehner聽(MMechEngr) graduated in December, he was the fourth generation of his family to earn a degree from CU-Boulder. His great-grandmother聽Anna Mary DesBrisay聽(Btny, Edu1914) was part of the first class to use Macky Auditorium. His grandmother,聽Margaret Sylvester Wehner聽(Edu鈥�53), was next to graduate, followed by his father,聽Russell Wehner聽(Econ鈥�83). 鈥淭hrough the years, the University of Colorado has been our stronghold and has served our family very well,鈥� Margaret says.

Courtney Bagby Lupilin (Jour鈥�15) is the CEO and founder of Little Red Management, a talent management firm for reality TV stars from shows on ABC, CBS, MTV and Netflix. Lupilin鈥檚 firm represents stars from The Bachelor and its franchises Big Brother, Love Is Blind and The Circle. The firm has also secured partnerships with household brands such as Mattel, Disney and Amazon.聽

Audiologist, Kenzie Phillips Reichert (SLHSci鈥�15) gave a TEDx Talk in September 2023 on the subject of hearing loss and dementia and the relationship between the two conditions. Kenzie founded an online accessible audiology practice, Hear Lab Clinic, which empowers individuals to put their hearing first.聽

搁补肠丑别濒听滨谤辞苍蝉 (EnvSt,聽EPOBio鈥�15) is co-founder聽of Nude Foods Market,聽a Boulder grocery store聽that opened in 2020 and聽eschews single-use containers by selling food聽and body care items聽in bulk, which are then聽packaged in reusable聽containers. Customers聽return the containers to聽be used again. Rachel聽and her team are opening another store at 44th聽and Lowell in Denver聽this fall.聽

In 2019, former SpaceX聽engineer聽Zeke Brechtel聽(MAeroEngr鈥�15)聽co-founded the technology company Prewitt聽Ridge. Zeke now serves聽as CTO of the company,聽which announced this聽fall it had closed on $4.1聽million in seed funding聽to accelerate the growth聽of its digital engineering聽platform, Verve. Verve,聽which Zeke helped build,聽helps product-building聽teams move faster and聽collaborate more efficiently across tools, and聽improve data connectivity while accelerating聽the time to build a model聽from months to hours.聽

Colorado Glass Works is Boulder鈥檚 only stained glass studio teaching the traditional art of stained glass. The studio is owned by Meggy Wilm (IntPhys鈥�15) and opened its doors on Pearl Street in August 2022. The studio specializes in custom work, selling supplies and materials to other artists and teaching stained glass classes for various experience levels. Ten percent of all profits from the studio are donated to a collection of environmental groups.