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In September, the Banc of California announced the hiring of Jason Pendergist (Comm; MBA鈥�00) as its executive vice president and head of real estate banking. Jason and wife Juliana have two children and live in California.

Alanna Rizzo (IntBus; MJour鈥�03) finished her fourth season as the Los Angeles Dodgers鈥� broadcaster for SportsNet LA. Alanna also is a passionate dog rescue advocate.

Jeff Osterkamp (MEngr), a senior Ball Aerospace executive and past chair of the advisory council for the engineering college鈥檚 BOLD Center, received the Alumni Association鈥檚 2017 Alumni Recognition Award over Homecoming Weekend. The award recognizes alumni who connect, contribute and celebrate their CU pride through their extraordinary service to CU Boulder.

In July, Travis Howe (Fin) joined ESPN as senior vice president of digital ad product sales and strategy. Travis serves as聽an executive member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau and also serves on the board of directors for the Lighthouse Guild, a charitable organization providing services to the blind and visually impaired.

In May, Forbes called Sarah Kauss (Acct), founder and CEO of S鈥檞ell water bottle company, one of America鈥檚 most successful self-made women. Also in May, S鈥檞ell won Inc. Magazine鈥檚 2017 Design Award for brand design.

Jagged Peak Energy, Inc., recently named John Roesink (Geol; MS鈥�05) its vice president of development planning and geoscience. John lives in Denver with his wife, Heather

Jonathan Berohn (MEngl; MPolSci鈥�05) launched a political satire website, . Jonathan, who has an undergraduate degree from Harvard, has taught classes on both political science and creative writing and is a published author. He lives outside of Boulder with his wife and has two children in college.

Sambazon, a leading maker of a莽a铆-based products co-founded by former Buffs football player Ryan Black (Fin), can be found in most grocery stores, juice bars and cafes in North America. Ryan, the CEO, started the company following a surf trip to Brazil in 1999 with his brother and a friend. He lives near the beach in San Clemente, Calif., and his interests include travel, music and surfing.

Helicopter pilot and U.S. Navy commander Patrick Burrus (ChemEngr) is in charge of the Helicopter Maritime Strike Weapons School Atlantic in Mayport, Fla. A Nebraska native, he enlisted in the Navy in 1987 and has served tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Emily Brett Seiden (Kines) has published her first novel, Found, based on her experiences as a former ICU nurse. The story is about a fictional travel nurse who escapes near-death experiences. Emily lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., with her husband, three kids and their rescue dog, Farley.

Andy DeRoche (PhDHist) has taught history full-time since 1998 at Front Range Community College in Longmont, Colo., where he lives with his wife, Heather, and their two children, Ellen and Zeke. Andy also lectures part-time at CU Boulder, most recently teaching courses on the U.S. Civil War. Andy鈥檚 book, Kenneth Kaunda, the United聽States and Southern Africa, was published in May. Andy is an avid supporter of CU football and basketball.

Scott Lininger (Art) co-founded Bitsbox, a Boulder company that teaches kids to love software coding with monthly app projects that arrive in the mail. In May Bitsbox was selected to participate in Aspire, an AT&T accelerator that supports promising educational technologies.

In March, the Boston Museum of Science named Todd Sperry (InfSys) senior vice president for marketing strategy and communications. Todd is in charge of public relations, advertising and social media initiatives. An avid ski mountaineer, he lives in Cambridge, Mass.

Facebook鈥檚聽global marketing聽director, Kelly Graziadei聽(Jour), delivered May鈥檚聽commencement address聽to the CU-Boulder Class聽of 2016. Prior to joining聽Facebook, she worked聽for Yahoo, Alta Vista and聽SBC/AT&T. Read more聽about Kelly in the Fall 2014聽issue of this magazine or聽on our website.

叠辞耻濒诲别谤鈥檚 Greg Powers聽(Mktg) is CEO of Boulder聽Organic Foods. The company makes soups in small聽batches from garden-fresh聽ingredients that are certified organic,聽gluten-free聽and non-GMO. Founded聽in 2006, the company聽is growing quickly, with聽a 125 percent revenue聽growth from 2014 to 2015.聽He also works in the test聽kitchen with founder Kate聽Brown to create recipesfor new soups.

Rosa Blooms, the latest book from Lori Batcheller (MJour), is a children鈥檚 picture storybook about a wild rose that seeks to find her place in the natural world. The full-color illustrations depict the Flatirons, local flora and fauna and the seasonal weather of the Front Range. Lori is a freelance writer specializing in health and wellness, yoga and disabilities.

James Eric Lupo (ElCompEngr; MD鈥�08) moved back to Colorado from Los Angeles after completing his final two years of surgical training in otology, neurotology and lateral skull base surgery. He joined the practice at the Rocky Mountain Ear Center in Englewood, Colo.

In July 2017 Katie Stanich Kramer (Mgmt) will become the president and executive director of the Boettcher Foundation. She becomes the fifth executive director in the foundation鈥檚 78-year history, as well as the first woman and the youngest to serve in the position. A Boettcher Scholar herself, Katie has worked at the foundation for nearly 20 years, including 13 years as vice president and assistant executive director. In 2014, she was recognized as one of the Denver Business Journal鈥檚 鈥�40 Under 40.鈥� She lives in Arvada, Colo., with聽husband Joseph (ElEngr鈥�97), who was a member of the CU-Boulder Alumni Association鈥檚 board of advisors.

Nicole Vranesh (ArchEngr) was inducted into the CU Athletic Hall of Fame this November. As a Buff volleyball player, she was a two-time, first-team All-Mideast Region selection by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. She helped bring the Buffs to the national stage in volleyball and as setter led the Buffs to the 1992 and 1993 Big Eight Tournament Championships and the 1993 Big East title.

CU couple Scott (Mktg) and Allyson Roach Berberich (Mktg鈥�98) and their two children threw a dog birthday party in their hometown of Parkville, Mo., for their dogs Folsom and Ralphie, Allyson writes. Scott is a vice president at Commerce Bank in Kansas City and Allyson works for Bartlett Grain Company.