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Independent insurance broker聽Donna Ruff聽(Bus鈥�84) specializes in life, disability, long-term care insurance and retirement and estate planning needs.This is her 19th year qualifying as a member of the Million Dollar Round Table, an honor given to the top 6 percent of insurance professionals worldwide. Donna lives in Louisville, Colo.

Kathryn Willoughby鈥檚聽(MBA鈥�85) first solo exhibition, 鈥淚n The Garden,鈥澛爓as hosted at Gallery聽9 in Los Altos, California this summer. This聽exhibition featured more聽than 30 lush landscape聽paintings, including 12 of聽Bay Area gardens. In addition, she has published聽a companion book, , available on Amazon and at Gallery 9.聽View Kathryn鈥檚 work at聽.

Robin Wurtzel聽(Law鈥�85) is chief counsel at the Hawai鈥檌 Civil聽Rights Commission. She聽writes that she 鈥渇eels聽good about rounding out聽over 35 years of public聽interest law at a great聽government agency.鈥澛燬he lives in Honolulu.

碍颈尘产别谤濒测听颁辞濒别尘补苍听叠耻谤苍蝉 (Jour鈥�85) won the聽National Indie Excellence聽Award for Regional聽Fiction, the Western聽Fictioneers Peacemakers聽Award for Best First聽Western and a gold medal from the Independent聽Publishers Awards for her聽Victorian-era novel, . Her husband,聽Robert Burns (Fin鈥�86),聽is a senior vice president聽of Pacific Investment聽Management Company.

In May, the Environmental Law Institute聽selected Mark Laska聽(DistSt鈥�85) as the business leadership winner聽of the National Wetlands聽Award. This award recognizes individuals who聽strive to protect wetland聽resources in the face聽of developmental and聽climate-related challenges. Mark 鈥� founder,聽president and CEO of聽the ecological consulting聽group Great Ecology 鈥攚as recognized for his聽work as an ecological聽restoration practitioner.

On Jan. 8, Chris Fowler (Jour鈥�85) and Kirk Herbstreit announced their second NFL game ever when the Chiefs took on the Broncos. Chris works as a television sportscaster for ESPN and generally announces college football. This season, Chris announced the college football playoff championship game on Jan.10. He lives in Miami Beach, Florida.

On March 10, Colorado Law will award Kathleen B. Nalty (Law鈥�85) the Sonny Flowers Award for her commitment to inclusion, diversity and equity in practicing law. Kathleen worked as a federal civil rights prosecutor, co-chaired the diversity committee for the Colorado Bar Association and wrote a book called Going 鈥淎ll-In鈥� on Diversity and Inclusion: The Law Firm Leader鈥檚 Playbook, among many other responsibilities throughout her career. This award will be presented at the 41st annual alumni awards banquet, which will take place at the Denver Center.

Teresa Schmitt Pierce (PolSci鈥�85) is in her fourth term in the Maine House of Representatives. She is house chair of the joint standing committee on appropriations and financial affairs and chair of the marijuana advisory committee. Teresa and her husband, Sam, have two children and live in Falmouth, Maine.

Clinical supervisor and board-certified behavior analyst at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders Ann Leventen Derentz (Hist) works with children and adults who have developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and social and behavioral issues by creating treatment plans and overseeing programs for her clients in the San Francisco Bay Area. She misses Boulder and plans to visit in the near future.聽

Sports marketing enthusiast Jenny Anderson (PE) has worked for the PGA TOUR, U.S. Tennis Association, U.S. Pro Ski Tour and World Cup Soccer 1994. She is now the ride manager for the Buffalo Bicycle Classic, a job she writes is perfect and combines everything she loves. The bicycle ride supports Colorado high school graduates with four-year need- and merit-based CU Boulder scholarships. This year鈥檚 race is Sept. 12. Register at .

In 2019 Teresa Gergen (Math) became the first person to climb all 846 peaks over 13,000 feet in the 48 contiguous states, plus Hawaii. She also has climbed all 2,311 Colorado peaks above 10,000 feet. Teresa, now retired, was a library technician at CU. She has spent her retirement summers traveling around the country and unsurprisingly, climbing mountains.聽

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler appointed Lori McFarling (Jour) to a four-year position on the board of directors for the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, a nonprofit created to raise national awareness of environmental issues. She also was named president of global corporate partnerships for Discovery Education, an ed-tech firm based out of Washington, D.C., where Lori lives with her husband and three kids.聽

Bradford Geiger (Phil;Law鈥�88) of Highlands Ranch, Colo., was confirmed by the Colorado Senate to serve as a citizen member of the state鈥檚 Juvenile Parole Board. Originally appointed by Governor Hickenlooper in 2017, Bradford was reappointed by Governor Polis in 2019 and will serve a four-year term.

Durango, Colo., resident Tim Thomas (Jpn) teaches wilderness medicine and serves as a senior polar tourism guide in Antarctica. Last fall he worked for the U.S. Antarctic Program, helping with safety issues along the highway connecting McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Stations. He considers himself semi-retired.

In May, Chris Lehnertz (EPOBio) became president and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. In her prior career with the National Park Service, she served as superintendent of both Grand Canyon National Park and Golden Gate National Recreation Area, as well as deputy superintendent at Yellowstone National Park. Chris was the subject of a Coloradan cover story in December 2016.

Sam Ventola (PolSci; Law鈥�88) was awarded the 2019 Outstanding Community Servant Award by Sisters in Service, which provides scholarships and book stipends to Colorado residents ages 17 to 23. Sam is the founder of Denver-based law firm Ventola Law, which specializes in business formation, litigation and mediation, as well as employment law.

Sofinnova, a biotech investment firm, has added Alan Colowick (MCDBio) to its partnership. Previously Alan worked as executive vice president for Celgene Corporation, a biotech company that topped Business Insider鈥檚 鈥淏est Employer in America鈥� list in 2013 and 2014. He and wife Casey have two children.

Derek Thompson (CompSci, ElEngr) was recognized by Intel Corporation with a promotion to principal engineer. Before joining Intel in 1997, Derek worked as a design engineer for NCR Corporation.