ROAD RUNNERS
1986
(B.A. Communications multimajor, ’86) has been a history teacher for 18 years and currently teaches at Santa Fe Preparatory School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Before embarking on a teaching career, Murray worked for 15 years as a theatrical-lighting designer with the Denver Center Theater Co., the Santa Fe Opera, the Portland Opera and La Scala in Milan, Italy. He has traveled extensively in Latin America, Europe, Japan and Vietnam, and lived in Rotan, Honduras, for a year. DAN MURRAY
2004
(B.S. Management, ’04) is a financial advisor and sales director with Mutual of Omaha. He recruits, trains and mentors new interns MIKE FAULHABER
and helps clients reach their financial goals.
2006 BRITTANIE ATTEBERRY ASH
(B.S. Human Services, ’06) graduated last May with her Ph.D. in social work from the University of Denver. Following graduation, she accepted a position as an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington. There, Ash researches the intersection of identity and experiences in oppression and teaches courses on social justice, power, privilege and oppression. (BSN Nursing, ’06) is the senior director of medical and surgical services and house supervisors at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver. CRYSTAL DECOLA
As part of the MSU Denver accelerated BSN program’s second cohort, she completed clinical rotations at St. Joseph Hospital and accepted a new grad RN position following graduation. DeCola quickly moved up the leadership chain and now works on the front lines of the Covid-19 battle.
2009
(B.S. Mechanical Engineering Technology, ’09) is a project engineer with Sargent & Lundy who has worked for several engineering consulting companies designing energy facilities and industrial plants. After moving into project management, Olson earned his professionalengineer license, becoming a certified project-management professional. In December, he CHRIS OLSON
graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a master’s degree in engineering management and a leadership-and-management certificate.
2010
(B.A. English, ’10) is the co-founder of Red Ace Organics in Boulder, which he created and launched immediately after graduating from MSU Denver. In 2013, Whole Foods Market began regional distribution of the organic-beverage-and-food manufacturer’s products, followed by national placement. After selling Red Ace in 2019, Leslie and one of his original partners repurchased the company last September. The team is working hard to rebuild the brand to its maximum potential. WILLIAM LESLIE IV
2015
(BFA Art, ’15) entered graduate school in fall 2015 shortly after earning her degree at MSU Denver and is in the final semester of her Master of Arts in Art Therapy program. She is working on art-based research, coding and thematic analysis for her thesis, which is focused on how lifetime and cumulative trauma affects older women. DOROTHY ROGOWSKI
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