Greg Benchwick (Jour) is a longtime travel writer whose work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, Wild Blue Yonder and numerous Lonely Planet guidebooks. He also writes for the U.N. Development Programme and UNICEF. Last December he published his first fiction book, Martha: The Last Passenger Pidgeon, which helps children explore conservation, environmentalism and history. He lives in Denver, and when he’s not traveling for work he travels for fun with his 10-year-old daughter.

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Lee Hood (MJour; PhDComm’01) is an associate professor at Loyola University Chicago where she won the national Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education in 2018. She taught broadcast journalism at CU Boulder from 2000 to 2009 after an 18-year career in TV news.

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Leslie Oliver (Jour) is director of media and external communications at Comcast NBCUniversal. Previously, she was the communications and policy director for U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter. After following her brother, David Oliver (Jour’91), to CU Boulder, Leslie lived in Washington, D.C., where she worked as a political consultant and with trade and nonprofit organizations. She is a CU football season ticket holder and recovering attorney, and has lived in Denver since 2000.

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Julie (Dybdahl) Meidlinger (MJour) is program coordinator for Raritan, a quarterly journal of politics and letters based at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

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Jill Painter Lopez (Jour) was recognized as the 2019 Southern California Sports Broadcasters (SCSB) reporter of the year for her reporting on the Los Angeles Angels and Anaheim Ducks for Fox Sports West. She shared the award with Alanna Rizzo (IntBus’97; MJour’03), who covers the Dodgers for SportsNet LA.

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Jennifer (Pollice) Darrow (Jour) works for Denver- based production company Citizen Pictures. She is an executive producer on Food Network’s hit series Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and has received four Emmy nominations since working on the show.

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As vice president of marketing at Match Media Group, Vicki Shapiro (Comm) works with leading brands to bring their messaging to a portfolio of dating apps, including Tinder, OK Cupid and Match. With more than 15 years of experience developing marketing programs, Vicki oversees the creative and research teams to support the sales staff worldwide. She previously worked as vice president of digital for the sports division at Madison Square Garden. Vicki lives in New York City.

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Bill Shander (MJour) has been in information design and data visualization for 25 years. In addition to working with clients through his company, Beehive Media, he teaches data storytelling and visualization workshops
for organizations around the world, including the U.S. government, Starbucks, the International Monetary Fund and others. All of his journalism skills are put “to good use in my work on a regular basis,” he says.

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Fields Moseley (Jour) is communications director for Maricopa County in Arizona, where his team manages media relations, marketing and internal communications. During the COVID-19 pandemic he led the county’s Joint Information Center. Before joining the county in 2015, Fields spent two decades as a broadcast reporter and anchor across the country, including in the Phoenix and Salt Lake City markets. Fields and his family live in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Matt Reed (Jour) is the newest communications strategist at Curley & Pynn Public Relations Management, where he manages media relations, social media and marketing communications to support the agency’s execution of strategic public relations for its clients. Before joining the firm, Reed was communications director and assistant superintendent for Brevard Public Schools. Reed also offers 24 years’ experience as a journalist and editor, including 16 years as senior editor for Florida Today—a member of the USA Today network.

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David Oliver (Jour) is a senior vice president for member solutions at the Georgia Bankers Association, where he has worked since 2008. His responsibilities include media relations, member education programs, and products and services. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Rachel, and 12-year-old son, Jack. In addition to rooting for the Buffs deep in SEC country, they enjoy traveling, watching Atlanta Braves baseball and spending time with David’s sister and fellow Buff, Leslie Oliver (Jour’96).

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Troy Rappold (Comm) released his first book, Learn to Walk, Try to Fly: A Faith that Guides for a Lifetime, last October with Credo House Publishers. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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Mari Kim (Coleman) Novak (Comm) is chief marketing officer at YieldMo, an advertising technology and data company based in New York City. She lives in Morris County, New Jersey, with her husband of 20 years, along with her son and daughter.

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In 2016, Jeff Shearer (Jour) joined Auburn University athletics as a senior writer. Previously, he served as sports director at WSFA-TV in Montgomery, Alabama, for 25 years, anchoring the 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. He and his wife, Rhonda, have two daughters, Sara Schiller (Chris) and Meagan, and two young grandsons, Carter and Dawson.

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Patrick Ryan (Comm) is a senior director in the Office of Alumni Relations and Development at Northwestern University and has worked on the Evanston, Illinois, campus since 2012. He was a four-year starter and letter winner for the CU football team. He held development positions at Loyola University Chicago, the University of Illinois–Chicago and Miami University. Pat has a master’s degree in sports studies from Miami University and lives in Chicago with his wife, Alyson.

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Patrick Saunders (MJour) has worked for The Denver Post for two decades and is the beat writer for the Colorado Rockies. In 2018, he was named the National Sports Media Association’s Colorado Sports Writer of the Year. In 2017, Patrick served as president of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

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After close to 20 years in broadcast television, Kelly (Farmer) Rostad (Jour) segued into media relations and is now a principal at KGR Media, a PR and communications agency that she founded. She works with a wide range of industries, including education, biotechnology and environmentally based companies, and recently worked with a client sponsoring the 2019 Birds of Prey World Cup in Beaver Creek. She has three children and lives on the North Shore of Boston in Wenham, Massachusetts, with her husband, Johan.

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John Marinelli (Jour'18) has been working as a general assignment reporter covering Longmont for the Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call. Previously, he was an education reporter for the Yuma Sun in southern Arizona. He plans to pursue a master’s degree in computer science at CU Denver.

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Eve Bryon (Jour) recently moved to Missoula, Montana, where she covers natural resources for the Missoulian after 25 years as a reporter in Helena.

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Van Woodcock (Advert) is the senior vice president of global sourcing, logistics and trade in the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products division of The Walt Disney Co. Van has been with the company for 17 years and lives in Pasadena, California.

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