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'90
Kathleen Campbell Dipaolo lives in Newport Beach, Calif., with her husband Erik and their children, Conner, Christopher, and Posy. Kathleen runs her own business, Pacific Family Investment Co. • Jonathan DuPont and Stacey Sauburan were married July 4, 2002, in Bath, Maine. Alumni in attendance were Christina Braun Gomer, Ted McLean, and Steven Waldeck. Jonathan and Stacey live in Taipei, Taiwan, where they teach at the Taipei American School. • Justin Eisenberg is a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

William Harrison left his internal medicine practice in Fort Collins, Colo., to enter a residency in anesthesiology at Dartmouth Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., where he lives with his wife Jenny and their daughter, Emma. • Luke Hermann lives in New York, where he is an assistant professor in the department of emergency medicine at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. • Christie Kirk is an associate with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., in Washington, D.C. • Rebecca Knight is in private practice in general surgery in Wheat Ridge, Colo. • Julie Martin lives in Evergreen, Colo., where she is a veterinary cardiologist with the Veterinary Referral Center of Colorado. • Courtney Murphy Price is an art director with the magazine AARP in Washington, D.C.

'91
James Eule is an orthopedic physician with Orthopedic Physicians of Anchorage in Alaska, where he lives with his wife Christine. • Becky Gillette is a park ranger in Dinosaur National Monument near Mancos, Colo. • Ann Mayo Kiely is a wilderness coordinator for Isle Royale National Park in Houghton, Mich. • Katie Lawson lives in Berkeley, Calif., where she is pursuing a master's degree in divinity at Starr King School for the Ministry. • Sarah Murphy attends Creighton University's School of Medicine in Omaha, Neb. • Deb Robison works for the Sierra Club in Boulder, Colo., as a federal lobbyist and organizer. • Joel Schaefer completed a surgical residency at the University of Florida in June 2002, and now works as a general and trauma surgeon in Grand Junction, Colo.

Chris Shadid is a resident in the college of medicine's department of anesthesiology at the University of Oklahoma. Chris lives in Oklahoma City with his wife Dominique. • Arden Trewartha and Read McCulloch were married June 22, 2002, outside of Buena Vista, Colo. Alumni in attendance were Ryer Triezenberg '80, Christopher Barnes '89, Tim Swope '89, Molly Mayo '90, Liz Payson '90, Lisa Pike '90, Laurie Grigg Lamb, Jennifer Micheletti, Katherine Pease, Sarah Sellergren, Amy Swiatek '92, and Melody Schmid '00. Arden and Read spend their time between their rammed-earth lean-to in Buena Vista and their city dwelling in Salida. Arden is a prevention specialist in seven counties around Colorado.


'92
Alice Behrens DeVaney is pursuing a master's degree in school counseling. She lives in Sparks, Md., where she is enjoying life as a single mother to daughters, Blake and Morgan. She is looking for other CC alumni in the Baltimore area for environmental projects, hiking, and camping. • Sharon Gedack Dockery is a technology specialist at Kilmer Elementary School in Colorado Springs. • Troy Gedack is the gifted and talented coordinator at Manitou Springs Middle School in Manitou Springs, Colo. • Pete Icke and Myra Decomarmond were married March 14. They live in Gilbert, Ariz., where Pete is a systems analyst for Safeway, Inc. • Karla Markendorf lives in Seattle, Wash., where she is an art therapist and yoga instructor in private practice.

Jill Miller is an assistant professor in the department of biology at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass. • Andrew and Belinda Burns '94 Paredes live in Steamboat Springs, Colo., with their two sons. Andrew owns a mortgage company with fellow alumnus Jose Trujillo '93, and Belinda is a stay-at-home mom and does occasional Web site design. • Susan Patrick is deputy director in the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. • Alison Walter is pursuing a master's degree in nursing at Emory University. • Miles White lives in Seattle, Wash., where he is completing his Ph.D.


'93
10th Reunion - Oct. 10-12, 2003!
Marieka Brown
and Jeanne Abkes had a ceremony celebrating their lifetime commitment on May 4, 2002. They live in Las Cruces, N.M., where Marieka is an ESL instructor at Dona Ana Branch Community College. • Cynthia Butterfield has been a ranch hand on the Allen cattle ranch in Crawford, Colo., since graduation. She also started her own business selling grass-finished beef. • Karen Calderon lives in San Anselmo, Calif., where she is pursuing a master's degree in Oriental medicine. • Katherine Eastman and Don Spicer were married Feb. 15 in Santa Fe, N.M. Alumni in attendance were Ben Eastman '63, Hugh Entrekin '79, Brian Mandabach '84, Bill '87 and Joyce Vigil '84 Martinez, and Cassidy Bolger '94 and Leslie Jones '94. They live in Colorado Springs, where Katherine practices law with the public defender's office. • Michael Eastman teaches English in Redondo Beach, Calif. Michael and his wife Lysa live in Rancho Palos Verdes. • Clay Fenlason attends Boston University's School of Management. • Keith Holcombe is a private second class in the U.S. Navy. • Gus Janeway is a winemaker with Artemis Cellars in Ashland, Ore.

Alistair Lucks is a designer with William Wilson Associated Architects in Boston, Mass. • Andrea Paist and Rob Greebon were married March 7 in McKinney, Texas. Alumna Rachel Tallman '94 was in attendance. They live in Chico, Texas, where Andrea is pursuing a master's degree in counseling at the University of North Texas. • Kathryn Plummer is a naturopathic doctor in Loveland, Colo., where she lives with her partner, Deirdre Koloski. • Manuel Rendon is the technology specialist for the Midwest Instructional Technology Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. • Gina Gianarelli Taranto is a major gift planning associate at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in Denver. • Jennifer Gregory Whitfield is a senior lecturer at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. • Patti Wood is a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, where she works as a personnel officer.

Karen Badonie Sopko is practicing medicine at the VA Hospital in Albuquerque where she will also be an assistant professor with the medical school at the University of New Mexico. She finished her residency in June and begins work in August. • After graduation, Cindy Mitchell Endicott married Steve Endicott at Shove Chapel. They moved to St. Louis where Cindy got her M.S. in physical therapy at Washington University School of Medicine. After five years in St. Louis, Cindy joined Colorado College as assistant athletic trainer in the sports medicine department in July 1998. She and Steve live in Colorado Springs and, together with their two very active boys - 2 and 6 years old - love to play outside, play hockey, ride bikes, camp, and ski. • This spring, Phil Brown completed his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan and accepted a tenure-track position at Colby College.


'94
Kimberley Bauer is a naturopathic medical student at Bastyr University in Seattle, Wash. She'd love to hear from fellow non-violence theme house alumni. • Andy Brown passed the Texas bar exam and works as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Randy Crane in McAllen, Texas. • Chris Bryan and Denise Moore were married Nov. 2 in Tucson, Ariz. Alumni in attendance were Aubrey Hord '91 and John White '92, Shannon Nienow Carboni '93, Barry Gordon, and Matt Perdue '96. Chris and Denise live in Seattle, Wash. • Elliott Davis is moving to Boulder, Colo., this summer, where he hopes to reconnect with friends and find a job in software development. • Brian Deutsch is president of The Sylvan Group in White Plains, N.Y.

Elizabeth Dunne and John Spilotro were married Oct. 5 in Chicago. • Caleb Franklin works in quality control and finishing at Moots Cycles in Steamboat Springs, Colo. • Mindy Klowden was accepted to the Denver Community Leadership Forum, a group that works to address metro Denver's challenges and opportunities. She also continues to advocate for the housing needs of low-income people as the executive director of the Colorado Affordable Housing Partnership.

Christopher Masoner lives in Lawrence, Kan., with his wife Michelle and their sons, James and Paul. • Todd Mays and Heather McGuire live in Durham, N.C., with their daughter, Riley. Todd is a science teacher and football coach at a local high school and Heather is doing a fellowship in nephrology at Duke University. • Mike Montoya works in the Center for Educational Research at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. • Heather Moore and Martin Renner were married Feb. 9 in Hatcher Pass, Alaska. Alumni in attendance were Amber Boast, Kevin Murphy, Shea Andersen '95, and Jennifer Pierce '95.


'95
Chara Armon lives in Havertown, Pa., where she is pursuing her Ph.D. at Cornell University. • Lynn Sandifer Cobb is a project manager for the C.I.O. of McData, and serves on the board of directors for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Data Management Association. She lives in Westminster, Colo., with her husband Andy and their daughter, Rosie. • Sarah Gorecki is program coordinator for Colorado Fourteeners Initiative in Golden, Colo. • Shawna Hedlund and Jason Stinson were married March 16 in Minneapolis, Minn. Alumni in attendance were Nancy Crane, Becky Manchester, Lara Papadakis, Ben Bursell '96, Kate Stewart '96, Katie Leary '97, Mike Mancini '97, and Luke Manger-Lynch '97. • Becky Hoenigman lives in Longmont, Colo., where she is pursuing her post-doctoral studies at the University of Colorado. • John Holecek is pursuing a Ph.D. in climate science at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego.

Spencer Leese and Barbara Mann were married Aug. 3, 2002, in Portland, Ore. Alumni in attendance were Jenny Danielson '91, Penny Richardson '94, David Walsh '94, Jake Hynes, Mike Yriondo, Trevor Cheyne '96, Ethan Huff '96, Anaiis Karp '96, Nathaniel Lenfestey '96, and Paul Thompson '97. Spencer and Barbara live in Portland, where Barbara is the editor for the children's book division of Beyond Words Publishing, and Spencer is legal counsel for the intellectual property department of Shin-Etsu Handotai America, Inc. • Shawn Mitchell teaches social studies at Harrison High School in Colorado Springs, where he also sponsors the student government and is the head football coach and the assistant track coach. He vacationed with friends Blair Berselli, Ryan Ehrhart, Neil Goluba, and Josh Vitt in San Antonio, Texas for July 4, 2002, and again in Memphis, Tenn., in January 2003.

Hilaree Nelson, an extreme skier and mountaineer, has competed in numerous contests around the world. She has also been featured in films and videos, including Warren Miller's 2001 "Extreme Winter" and the 2000 NBC adventure series - The North Face's "Descending India." • Alex Salazar is director of the Wentworth Gallery in La Jolla, Calif. • Stacey Sowards is a professor in the department of communication studies at California State University in San Bernardino. • After many years together, Malia Sperry and Bill Crisco '97 had a December wedding on the big island of Hawaii. Malia is in her final year of a doctoral program in clinical psychology and working as a therapist and school counselor. Bill owns a Web development company and has become an avid surfer. • Dave Welz is the director of marketing and business development for Sports Express, L.L.C., in Durango, Colo.


'96
Spencer Bonnie is director of civic engagement for the YMCA of the USA. He develops programs to help local YMCAs attract volunteers and spends 40 percent of his time traveling. • After a summer spent traveling, Sarah Gibb will be back in Cambridge, Mass., where she will be doing an internship in preparation for ordination as a Unitarian Universalist minister. • Josh Gormally is a landscape designer for The WLB Group in Tucson, Ariz. • After three years in New York, Kenneth Harris is now painting in Venice Beach, Calif. • Jack Hayes is a doctoral student in modern Chinese history at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. • Tim Hebert teaches math at Valley Falls High School in Valley Falls, Kan.

Bill Mangle and Kim Hampleman were married Sept. 28 in Indian Hills, Colo. Alumni in attendance were Marley '95 and Jennifer Warner '97 Hodgson, Dan Burgard, Ian Creager, Jack Denman, Bill Dunbar, Wing Goodale, Paula Mathias, Dana Menzel, Matt Sampson, Michael Slaughter, and Justin Spring '98. • Saskia Nilsen lives in San Pedro, Calif., and works at The Chadwick School. • Jake Norton traveled to Africa, Costa Rica, and Iceland for the Outdoor Life Network, where he photographed a group of 12 competitors as they went through a "Survivor-like" program. The top five finishers win a cash prize plus a trip to Everest, which Jake will document with his camera.

Jessica Osborne lives in Denver and is a city planner for the City of Commerce City. • Kindle Rising is a speech language pathologist for HealthSouth Rehabilitation Institute of Tucson (Ariz.) • Dana Robertson and Michael Halter were married April 6, 2002, in Redmond, Wash. Alumni in attendance were Chelsie Adams, Sarah Spanberger Carlson, Elizabeth Cunningham, Amy Gaffney, Darbi Macy, and Lindsy Johnston Sanders. Dana and Michael live in Seattle, where Dana is pursuing a master's degree in public administration at the University of Washington.


'97
Matt Banks received a World of Difference Award from the World Wildlife Fund, where he works as a program officer. He was instrumental in the WWF's shift to purchase 10 percent of the building's power from a regional clean energy wind farm. • Joel Banslaben is a policy analyst with Battelle Coastal Resource and Environmental Management in Stony Brook, N.Y. • Cynthia Blea-Toland lives in Fountain, Colo., with her husband Martin and their children, Ariana and Kirk. • Karl Brunner is owner/captain of Downeast Friendship Sloop Charters in Southwest Harbor, Maine, which sails from June to October. Kurt is also refinishing an old Cape house on Mount Desert Island, Maine. • Jennifer Kolander Ceminsky teaches psychology classes at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Mo., where she lives with her husband Jason and their daughter.

Courtney Englestein lives in New York, where she works at an independent documentary production company.
Andre Gupta has been living in France for a few years and has started his own company in ski and paragliding management. He is also completing his degree in sports and leisure management at the Université Savoie. • Britney Lanham works in Nampa, Idaho, as a bilingual mental health educator while pursuing a master's degree in counseling at Idaho State University. • Kiandra Mitchell and Erik Haaf were married Mar. 9, 2002, in Lake Tahoe, Calif. Kiandra and Erik are both junior high teachers in Anaheim, Calif. • Last fall, Anna Noson led a conservation biology course in Namibia. She lives in Seattle, Wash., where she is a research associate/program manager with Round River Conservation Studies.

Katharine Raker is a forensic counselor with Aurora Mental Health Center in Aurora, Colo. • Chris Rose is associate director of public policy for Colorado Catholic Conference in Denver. • Joleen Shaughnessy is a medical social worker in the department of clinical medicine at the University of Washington Medical School in Seattle. • Elaine Shea (MAT) received the 2002 Who's Who for America's Teachers at a ceremony in April 2002. • Carlye Stutz and Jeff Gordon were married Aug. 25, 2001, in Denver. Alumni in attendance were Pam Thatcher Marsh '66, Chris '92 and Allison Cole '92 Stutz, Brian '94 and Katie McVeigh '95 Richardson, Peter '96 and Molly Kruckeberg Geronazzo, Jennie Kauerz '96, Anna Dent Metheny '96, Tabi Gardner, Rob and Denise Long Needham, T.J. Tanberg '98, Joanne Svenningsen '99, and Benjamin McVeigh '03. • Tamar Orlansky Weisert is moving to Juarez, Mexico in August, where her husband will serve as a foreign service officer. • Jodi Woodward is an operations specialist with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., in Englewood, Colo.


'98
5th Reunion - Oct. 10-12, 2003!
Kimberly Clay
is a senior corporate financial analyst with Union Planters Corporation in Memphis, Tenn. • Donna Drucker is pursuing a Ph.D. in history at Indiana University in Bloomington. • Andrew Gerhart is a marine science instructor at Catalina Island Marine Institute in Claremont, Calif. • Deb Griffith teaches fourth grade at the Ruben Salazar Bilingual Education Center in Chicago. • Jason Hall is a geologist/hydrologist with Glorieta Geoscience, Inc., in Santa Fe, N.M. He lives in Pecos with his wife Sharada and their son, Cobin. • Sonja Hovey and Jacob Broten were married Dec. 21 in St. Paul, Minn.

Jill Kitchen is in marketing and publicity for CAL Productions in Tucson, Ariz. • Amanda Lloyd is completing her master's degree in teaching at CC. She and her fiancée are moving to Steamboat Springs, Colo., where she will be searching for a teaching position. • Kenneth Rubin and Elizabeth Smith were married Nov. 16. • Melanie Thielen is happily living in Denver, where she is a senior associate at Sondermann-E2 Partners, a strategic communications firm. • Allison Vetter and David Kern '00 were married Feb. 15 in Shove Chapel. Alumni in attendance were Christina Barriga, Holly Harbour, Diana Sepulveda '99, Bryn Clark '00 and Louis Sass '00, Tim Crawford '00, Brian Diamond-Falk '00, Michael Diggs '00, Whitney Faulkner '00, Steve Gaskin '00, Max Minnerop '00, Dan Niemela '00, Katie Steele '00, John Witucki '00, and Suzanne Kern '04.


'99
Robyn Anderson is pursuing a master's degree in educational leadership at Minnesota State University in Mankato. • Samuel Beebe lives in Portland, Ore., where he is C.F.O. of Skate Oregon. • J. Quinn Campbell attended the 4th International Sports Engineering Conference in Kyoto, Japan, where he sat as the chairman for a session on skis. He won the Young Investigator Award for his presentation "The Design and Development of a Skate that Simulates Carved Alpine Ski Turns." The design was a result of his master's degree work in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado.

Brooke Dunitz-Johnson and Ari Long '98 wrapped up a three-year stint in Ann Arbor, Mich., and are now living in Seattle, Wash. • Kelli Gertsch and Jason Matthies were married Oct. 5 in Cheyenne, Wyo. • Maggie Gilbrook completed her first year of a three-year graduate nursing program at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. • Todd Gustin is an investment banking associate at RBC Capital Markets in Minneapolis, Minn. • Wendy Hubbard and Anthony Newbold were married Oct. 26 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Alumni in attendance were Charity Shouse Haygood '96, Annissa Adams, Litzia Garbutt, Rachel Ngola, and Hong Nga Pham. • Jenny Murray and Eduardo Chavez were married Nov. 27 in Paraguay. They live in Paraguay, where Jenny is a Peace Corps volunteer.

Sumer Ortiz-Vesp is a program analyst with California State University in Fresno. • Sabrina Skinner works in the Silicon Valley as director of community outreach at EdVoice, a non-profit public education advocacy group. • Andrea Swenson is a neurology resident at the University of Iowa. • Natalie Swetye lives in McLean, Va., and is an elementary teacher for Fairfax County public schools. • Julie Schaller Wagne lives in San Francisco and is working at the Berkeley Art Museum. • Kathryn Webb attends graduate school at the University of Washington in Seattle. • Rachel Wenner is a third-year medical student at the University of Minnesota in Duluth. • Jodi White and Joshua Fuller were married March 9, 2002. Jodi is a researcher in the Arizona Prevention Resource Center at Arizona State University in Tempe. • Adam Woodis is pursuing a master's degree in German literature at the University of Wisconsin in Middleton.


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