Class Notes

Corbin Clement (Mktg’10) is a digital analyst for the ecommerce team at Specialized Bicycle Components. The new position allows him to return to the Denver area after spending two years at Salomon’s North American headquarters in Ogden, Utah.

Chris Bilton (Econ’12), a private wealth advisor for Merrill Lynch, was named to the 2022 Financial Planning “Top 40 Advisors Under 40” list. Chris co-founded PLB & Associates, and is a member of the executive board for Barrington Children’s Charities.

Kate Kohnen Krukowski (Phil’13) joined Quarles & Brady as an associate in the law firm’s Phoenix office. Kate is experienced in personal injury, wrongful death and criminal defense lawsuits and has represented clients in areas such as breach of contract and fiduciary duties, employment disputes, construction litigation, negligence and products liability.

The.com, a user-friendly website building platform with $4.4 million in funding, was founded by Jeff McKinnon (Econ’13) and his brother. The platform allows for community website building and remixing. Before founding their business, Jeff began website building as a freelancer. While at CU Boulder, Jeff was the president of the CU Alpine Club.

Brothers Sean Chenoweth (EnvSt’17) and Wylie Chenoweth (ChemBioEngr, MCDBio’12) founded Aircada, an industrial augmented reality HMI (human machine interface) and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) company, which helps maintenance and manufacturing teams simplify their operations. Wylie taught industrial automation after graduating from CU, and saw a need for industrial technicians to have better access to their facility’s data. Aircada offers augmented reality displays of plant data so workers can point their camera at their equipment and see 3D meters, machine schematics, maintenance records and other documentation. Visit aircada.com.

The book Activist Media: Documenting Movements and Networked Solidarity by Gino Canella (PhDComm’18), published in May, details Gino’s documentary filmmaking with activist groups Black Lives Matter 5280 and Denver’s Service Employees International Union Local 105. Gino is an assistant professor of journalism and media studies at Boston’s Emerson College.

An F-15 Strike Eagle weapons systems officer, lieutenant Magen Olander (Russ’19) is stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Wayne County, North Carolina. She credits the CU ROTC program with teaching her the importance of balancing her studies, work and personal life.

Pianist Mina Gajić (DMA’19) and her husband Zachary Carrettín, a violinist and conductor, released a CD in April with the Sono Luminus label. They run the annual Boulder Bach festival, which occurred in May. Mina also founded and is artistic director of the Boulder International Chamber Music Competition.

Founder and CEO of Auguste Research Group, LLC, Donna Auguste (PhDTechMedSoc’19) works with drones to create more STEM career opportunities in aviation within underrepresented communities. She is also working to use drones as mobile sensor platforms and transport vehicles. For more information on Donna’s company, which is located in Oceanside, California, visit augusteresearchgroup.com.

Former editorial assistant for the Coloradan, Joshua Nelson (Jour’20) is the city government reporter for the Santa Maria Times in California’s central coast. His partner, Liezel Saldivar (EnvSt’22), graduated in May.

Artist Amy Hoagland (MArt’22) received a $10,000 fellowship grant from the Windgate Foundation for her work with sustainability through art. Amy couples traditional materials with new technology to create her art. “I seek to create new ways of seeing and conversing about our position within nature,” said Amy.