Notes from the Class of 2006

During his time at CU Boulder Troy Hendershott (Jour) was working full time for HDNet, which is now AXStv, as the Program Manager from 2000-2012. He retired in a sense to fulfill his dream of traveling around the world. Hendershott left Denver on a one-way ticket to Belize and has traveled to 35-countries—living in 19 of them. He is always proud to be a CU Boulder Alum and hopes to inspire others. Throughout his travel experiences he’s  learned an incredible amount of things and have worked a variety of jobs. Follow Hendershott on his travel blog.

The Denver Post recently profiled entrepreneur and Arvada native Scott Spears (Comm). He owns multiple businesses in Olde Town Arvada: Super Zoom Bang Bang, Scrumptious, Sock, and School House Kitchen and Libations.

Victoria Doramus (Advert) is based in London with the Amy Winehouse Foundation as a self-employed director of philanthropy and is involved in the Women's Prison Association. She also volunteers for Room to Read and Best Friends Animal Society. 

Chris Avantaggio (Advert) is an associate creative director at The VIA Agency in Portland, Maine, and founder and creative director of the Maine lifestyle brand LiveME. He and his team at The VIA Agency recently developed the “Be an Outsider” campaign for L.L. Bean. He misses the Rockies but is happily rooted back in Scarborough, Maine, with his wife and three young sons.

Brit Stueven (Comm) is the creator of The Break Changer, which helps people break smarter, work better and live with more intention. The idea for TBC was sparked while she was living in Dusseldorf, Germany. Since June 2015, she has worked with more than 2,000 people through workshops, online programs, one-on-one coaching and sessions for companies. As the owner of Brit Stueven PR, she helps small-business owners with storytelling, email newsletters, design and community building. Since 2013, she’s worked with over 100 businesses and nonprofits. Brit lives in Lakewood, Colorado, with her husband, David (Bus’07).

Mike Tarson (Jour) and Allyson Valentine (Advert) are married and live in Fairfield, Connecticut, with their son and twin daughters. Tarson joined NewsNation in March and is a supervising producer on Elizabeth Vargas Reports. Prior to that, he was with CNN for 15 years. After eight years of teaching in public schools, Valentine started Pop Studio, a balloon decor company, in 2020.

Andrew Villegas (Jour) recently moved back to Colorado from Louisville, Kentucky. In January 2019, he started a new job as morning editor for Colorado Public Radio. 

John Barrall (Jour, Thtr) returned to Colorado from New York in 2017 and joined the CU Boulder donor relations team as a senior program manager. He also lends his event planning skills to nonprofits, including the Ronal McDonald House, 9/11 Memorial, HRC Annual Gala, GLAAD Media Awards and Denver Pride Festival. 

Jessica Roy (Jour) is executive chief and owner of Shiso Kitchen, a recreational cooking school in Boston. She has appeared in on-air food segments for both local and national networks and has her own digital series, Cooking Cheat Sheet, on Food Network. 

Kieley Taylor (Advert) is a managing partner and global head of social at GroupM, the world's largest media investment company. She lives in New York City with her husband, David. 

Darrin Chiaverini (Comm) is an offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach for CU Boulder’s football team. Darrin and his wife, Shannon, have two children: Curtis, a junior in CMCI's Department of Communication, and Kaylie, a first-year student.

After serving as the station’s news director since 2013, Cara Pallone (Jour) became executive director of KOTO Community Radio in Telluride in September 2019.

Spencer Trierweiler (Advert) is the senior vice president of creative for the advertising agency Motive, leading brands like Mtn Dew and Pepsi. Happily married to a (gulp) Nebraska graduate, Trierweiler enjoys his time skiing, hiking and biking the trails with his dogs. He is excitedly expecting his first child.