Rockies Project Alumni

Angela Banfill
Angela Banfill
Background:
Boise, Idaho
Environmental Science Major
CC Class of 2006
Rockies Involvement: 2005/06 student researcher

What Since: Currently a wildland firefighter in Idaho
Simon Cataldo
Simon Cataldo
Background:
Concord, Massachusetts
Environmental Science Major
CC Class of 2008
Rockies Involvement: 2007/08 student researcher

What Since: Graduated May, 2008; 2008-09 Environmental Education Teacher Teach For America, Bronx, NY
Lucy
Emerson-Bell

Lucy Emerson-Bell
Background:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Biology Major
CC Class of 2008
Rockies Involvement: 2007/08 student researcher

What Since: Graduated May 2008
Brandon Goldstein
Brandon Goldstein
Background:
Bozeman, Montana
Mathematical Economics Major
CC Class of 2008
Rockies Involvement: 2007/08 student researcher

What Since: Working for the Wilderness Society in Denver, Colorado
Brian Hall
Brian Hall
Background:
Westcliffe, Colorado
Economics Major
CC Class of 2008

Rockies Involvement: 2006/07 student researcher

What Since: Graduated May 2008

 

Patrick Holmes
Patrick Holmes
Background:
New Hope, Pennsylvania
Liberal Arts & Sciences: Natural Resource & Policy Major
CC Class of 2003
Rockies Involvement: 2003/04 and 2004/05 Program Coordinator and co-editor of Report Cards; 2005/06 guest contributor

What Since: 2006-2008 Master of Environmental Management program, Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Bryan Hurlbutt
Bryan Hurlbutt
Background:
Ketchum, Idaho
Physics Major
CC Class of 2004
Rockies Involvement: 2004/05 student researcher and co-editor of Report Card; 2005/06 Program Coordinator and co-editor of Report Card

What Since: 2007/08 enrolled in law school, Columbia University
Chris Jackson
Chris Jackson
Background:
Avon, Colorado
International Political Economy Major
CC Class of 2006
Rockies Involvement: 2005/06 student researcher; 2006/07 and 2007/08 Program Coordinator and co-editor of Report Cards

What Since: Working with Tri-Lakes Cares and the State of the Rockies Project
Jared Kapela
Jared Kapela
Background:
Hunting Valley, Ohio
Environmental Science & Economics Majors
CC Class of 2006
Rockies Involvement: 2005/06 student researcher

What Since: Master of Environmental Management program, Duke University’s Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences, graduated May 2008
Julianne Kellogg
Julianne Kellogg
Background:
Northboro, Massachusetts
Environmental Science Major
CC Class of 2009
Rockies Involvement: 2006/07 student researcher

What Since: Environmental Science major, graduating May 2009
Elizabeth Kolbe
Elizabeth Kolbe
Background:
Grinnell, Iowa
Environmental Science Major
CC Class of 2008
Rockies Involvement: 2007/08 student researcher

What Since: 2008/09 State of the Rockies Program Coordinator
Matthew
Lee-Ashley

Matthew Lee-Ashley
Background:
Colorado Springs, Colorado
History Major at
Pomona College Class of May 2004
Rockies Involvement: 2004/05 visiting student researcher

What Since: Legislative assistant in the Washington D.C. office of Senator Ken Salazar
Carissa Look
Carissa Look
Background:
Edgartown, Massachusetts
Environmental Science Major
CC Class of 2007
Rockies Involvement: 2006/07 student researcher

What Since: Working for Mayor’s Task Force on Open Space, San Francisco Neighborhood Parks Council
John MacKinnon
John MacKinnon
Background:
Boise, Idaho
Economics Major
CC Class of Aug. 2006
Rockies Involvement: 2007/08 project researcher

What Since: Attending Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, OR
Tyler McMahon
Tyler McMahon
Background:
Fairplay, Colorado
Economics Major
CC Class of 2007
Rockies Involvement: 2006/07 student researcher

What Since: 2007/08 Fulbright Scholar, researching the economics and policy implications of rainwater harvesting as a large-scale water supply system in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal
Pablo Navarro
Pablo Navarro
Background:
Barranquilla, Columbia
Mathematical Economics Major
CC Class of 2008
Rockies Involvement: 2006/07 student researcher

What Since: Transfer Pricing Consultant at Ernst & Young in Chicago, IL
Caitlin O'Brady
Caitlin O'Brady
Background:
Portland, Oregon
Environmental Science Major
CC Class of 2005
Rockies Involvement: 2004/05 student researcher and 2005/06 research manager and co-editor of Report Card

What Since: Engineering Department academic and student support coordinator at Swarthmore College
Christine Renner
Christine Renner
Background:
Columbia, Missouri
Economics Major
CC Class of 2005
Rockies Involvement: 2004/05 student researcher

What Since: Executive Assistant to the CEO, First Affirmative Financial Network
Wiley Rogers
Wiley Rogers
Background:
Kensington, California
Liberal Arts & Sciences: Ecological Economics Major
CC Class of 2008
Rockies Involvement: 2007/08 student researcher

What Since: Graduated May 2008
Rebecca Schild
Rebecca Schild
Background:
Boulder, CO
Liberal Arts & Sciences: International Sustainable Development Major
CC Class of Dec. 2005
Rockies Involvement: 2004/05 student researcher

What Since: 2008 researcher for Wild Connections/Upper Arkansas & S. Platte Project on Pike National Forest; attending graduate school in environmental policy, Fall 2008
Amanda Strauss
Amanda Strauss
Background:
Birmingham, Alabama
Biology Major
CC Class of 2006

Rockies Involvement: 2005/06 student researcher

What Since: Currently an organizer for Barack Obama in Colorado Springs, CO

Chase Whitney
Chase Whitney
Background:
Colorado Springs, Colorado
U.S. History & Environmental Studies/Policy Major at Cornell College, Class of May 2002
Rockies Involvement: 2004/05 visiting student researcher

What Since: MBA – Finance Concentration, University of Denver 2007; Developer - Iberdrola Renewable Energies USA - World's largest owner/operator of renewable assets - Boulder, CO
Andrew Yarbrough
Andrew Yarbrough
Background:
Roxbury, Connecticut
International Political Economy Major
CC Class of 2006
Rockies Involvement: 2005/06 student researcher

What Since: 2006/07 & 2007/08, staff member for Colorado’s US Senator Ken Salazar, in Colorado Springs, Denver, and then Washington DC offices
Gregory Zimmerman
Gregory Zimmerman
Background:
Winnetka, IL
Environmental Science Major
CC Class of 2006
Rockies Involvement: 2005/06 student researcher

What Since: 2007/08 serving as Vista Volunteer with Colorado Watershed Assembly in Hotchkiss Colorado