Mark Johnstone recently relocated to Trinidad, Colorado, and sits on the Corazon de Trinidad Creative District board. He spent the last 16 years in Hailey and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, working at the local and state levels with ArtsIdaho. He was also public art adviser for the entire state, 2012-13. Prior to that, Mark was a curator, writer, and educator in Los Angeles for 27 years, during which time he was administrator of the Percent for Art program with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. He was a visiting professor from 1975-84 in the CC summer Photography Institute.
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Susan “Sue” Sonnek Strater and friends had their annual meetup this year via Zoom due to COVID-19. From left to right, top: Linda Snow Sweets Martin ’79, Sue Sonnek Strater, and Kathy Loeb ’79, and left to right, bottom: Nancy Levit ’79, Julie Edelstein-Best ’79, and Deborah Parks Palmisano ’79.
John Traeger took a coast-to-coast bike trip with three other CC alumni from Anecortes, Washington, to Bar Harbor, Maine, from Aug. 2 to Oct. 1, 2019. The group had a number of alumni join along the route, including a few days up in Canada with former CC hockey player George Nickerson ’78. In the photo from Day 1 of the trip from left to right: Traeger, Catherine Murphy Craig ’78, Peter Bansen ’78, and Robert LeVine ’78. Pete drove the RV for most of their adventure and John says, “We could not have done it without him.”
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Camille Blakely recently became director of agency operations at AdPro 360, a Colorado Springs advertising agency. Prior to her new post, Camille was the director of community engagement for The Resource Exchange and president and a partner in the Blakely + Co. advertising agency. She also held executive positions with Graham Advertising, Team Automotive, and the Burt Automotive Network.
Thomas “Tom” Southall was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2019. Tom played football and participated in track for Colorado College. He led the nation in punt-return yardage and set the NCAA Division III career record for kickoff return yards. He was track MVP all four years and set school records in the long jump, 200-meter dash, and 4 x 100-meter relay. He is one of only two physically impaired athletes in their state association halls of fame including the Colorado High School Activities Association Hall of Fame. Tom’s work in Paralympics led to trips with the U.S. National Paralympics Track & Field Team to the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico, his selection to the 2007 Paralympics Academy in Colorado Springs, and 2008 Paralympics Beijing.
1985
Thomas “Shaun” Sullivan announced his retirement as the Broomfield city and county 1979 attorney in Colorado. His work there for the past two years has included navigating various oil and gas issues, as well as local and state public health orders while supervising 40 attorneys who provide legal advice in real estate, environmental law, and financial litigation. Shaun also served as principal attorney for Denver’s Department of Environmental Health and Board of Environmental Health since its inception in 1997 and, in 2005, as assistant director of the Municipal Operations Section in Denver.
Julie Meltzer, director of curriculum, assessment, and instruction for the Mount Desert Island (MDI) Regional School System, was named the Curriculum Leader of the Year for Maine for 2019-20 by the Maine Curriculum Leaders Association. Julie has worked for the MDI school system since 2013.
