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1993 David Radcliffe (MBA ’93) retired from Google as vice president of real estate and workplace services after more than 16 years with the company. 1996 Gordon Gallagher (JD ’96) has advanced by a vote of 14-7 by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to become a federal trial judge for Colorado. If confirmed, Gordon, currently a part-time U.S. magistrate judge and defense attorney, will become the first resident of the Western Slope appointed to Colorado’s seven-member court since 1989. Thomas Krysa (JD ’96) was named one of the Top Thomas is a partner at Foley & Lardner. Previously he was an SEC senior officer and a federal prosecutor. Rico Munn (JD ’96) will join the Colorado State Univer sity Office of the President as chief of staff on July 1. Rico previously was the superinten dent of Aurora Public Schools, a position he held since 2013. He has served as executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education and the Colo rado Department of Regulatory Agencies and has served on the Board of Governors of the CSU System from 2013–2020, including two years as chair. 25 Attorneys of Colorado for 2022 by Attorney Intel.

1998 Nicole Ament (JD ’98), chair of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s real estate depart ment, has been appointed to the board of directors of Denver Civic Ventures, Downtown Denver Partnership’s charitable public purpose board. 2002 Kerith Kanaber (BS, MBA ’02)

2008 Mia Elizardi (MA ’08)

publications have been cited over 4,000 times, according to the website Google Scholar. 2004 Brian Elizardi (BA ’04, MA ’06, EMBA ’21) was appointed director of community impact and innovation at Colorado State University. Trent Trujillo (BSBA ’04) was promoted to vice president of investor relations at UDR. 2005 Sammie Chergo (MS ’05) was promoted to executive di rector of regional advancement, while maintaining her current role as chief development officer, at Purdue University. Max Goldberg (BSBA ’05) and his wife welcomed baby boy Jasper Peter Rapoport Goldberg in January. Lauren Schick (JD ’05) has been named a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, working in the firm’s Nashville office. Lauren specializes in commercial real estate and leasing-related matters and is board certified in estate- planning law. 2007 Greg Shick (BSBA ’07) was

was appointed director of operations of The Offr Group. 2010 Ellie Lockwood (JD ’10) was named one of the Top

25 Attorneys of Colorado for 2022 by Attorney

Intel. Ellie is a partner and the commercial litigation practice group leader at Snell & Wilmer. She handles all aspects of business disputes including business torts, fraud, antitrust and matters involving both trustee and fiduciary disputes. 2012 Margaret Boehmer (JD ’12)

was named one of the Top 25 Attorneys of Colorado for 2022

by Attorney Intel. Kerith is a partner at Dorsey & Whitney. Her practice focuses on consumer products, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. 2003 Casie Collignon (JD ’03) was

was named one of the Top 25 Attorneys of Colorado for 2022 by

named one of the Top 25 Attorneys of Colorado for 2022 by Attorney

Attorney Intel. She is a partner at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, where she helps clients with civil litigation and defense legal issues. 2013 Betsy Bengtson (JD ’13) was elected

Intel. Casie is a partner at Baker & Hostetler. She is the digital assets and data management practice group leader in the firm’s Denver office. Lauren Labrecque (MA ’03) has reached a career

partner at Kilpatrick Townsend. Betsy works from the

promoted to director of advanced analytics at Charles Schwab, a

firm’s Denver office on the trademark and copyright team. 2014 Nick Ota-Wang (MA ’14) recently graduated from the University of Colorado Denver

milestone with over 5,000 citations

financial services and wealth management provider. In this role, Greg will support Schwab Asset Management and Cor porate Risk. In addition, Greg serves on the advisory board for the business information and analytics department at the Daniels College of Business.

from scholars who reference her work. Lauren is an associate professor of marketing at the University of Rhode Island. She has published 31 marketing pa pers. In the past five years, her

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