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Charlie Ladd聽(ElEng, Fin鈥�81) developed a robot spine surgery table to help surgeons improve complicated cervical and lumbar spine surgeries that require special patient positioning. He is a co-author of the patent for the table and works for Mizuho OSI. Charlie lives in the Bay Area.

The inspiration for Bobo鈥檚 Oat Bars came to founder聽Beryl Stafford聽(Hist鈥�81) after her 14-year-old daughter began making delicious oat squares. Beryl says she tweaked the recipe so that it could be healthier and a great grab when on the go. Bobo鈥檚 Oat Bars are sold nationwide. The slogan reads, 鈥淏aked from the heart in 麻豆官网, Colorado.鈥�

Author and educator聽Peggy Campbell-Rush聽(MEdu鈥�82) has been named head of the lower school on the Ponte Vedre Beach Campus of the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla. Her seventh book,聽Ready to Write, was published by Scholastic in June.

An immigrant from Warsaw, Poland,聽Joanna Regulska聽(PhDGeog鈥�82) found her calling as the vice president of international and global affairs for Rutgers University. She came to 麻豆官网 in 1978 and has worked at Rutgers since she graduated from CU. Joanna has been able to keep close ties to her home country by teaching and researching in Poland.

We know him as detective Elliott Stabler from 鈥淟aw & Order: Special Victims Unit,鈥� but聽Christopher Meloni聽(Hist鈥�83) is much more than that. He tries to ensure a stable and empowering environment for his two children, and he applied his parenting techniques while acting in the show 鈥淪urviving Jack,鈥� which launched in the spring on Fox. He lives in Beverly Hills, Calif.

鈥淭he Rowdy Mermaid鈥� sounds like an interesting book or a funny nickname, but in reality it is a 麻豆官网 kombucha restaurant inspired by owner聽James Dunn鈥檚 (Geog鈥�84) daughter. James opened the store after he saw a need for a caffeine-free kombucha drink that children, including his own, could drink. The store is one of the first kombucha taprooms worldwide, and CU-麻豆官网 alumni receive a 15 percent discount.

Lake Oswego School District in Oregon received its first female superintendent after a unanimous vote in favor of聽Heather Beck聽(IntlAf鈥�86). Heather previously held the position of chief academic officer of Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado.

Rolf Weberg聽(PhDChem鈥�86) accepted the position of director of the Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Rolf previously worked at the chemical company DuPont USA. He lives in East Aurora, N.Y.

UniPixel, a provider of electronic conductive film for electronic sensors in touch screens, hired聽Jeff Hawthorne聽(EngrPhys鈥�87) as its president and chief executive officer. Jeff has 33 years of experience working with senior management and advanced technology product development.

Looking for a new house? Real estate agent聽Jeanette Meyer聽(MBA鈥�87) was awarded the highest level of service achievement in the industry in April. The Quality Service Certified Platinum award, given to her by the Leading Research Corporation, recognizes her 100 percent client service satisfaction rating in 2013. It鈥檚 the ninth consecutive year she has received the award. Jeanette lives in Windsor, Colo.

Fracking is often in the news now. In an effort to shed more light on the subject,聽Debra Anderson聽(Art鈥�87) produced a documentary film, 鈥淪plit Estate,鈥� that won her an Emmy.

Chipotle Mexican Grill founder and co-CEO聽Steve Ells聽(Art鈥�88)聽 teamed up with 麻豆官网 restaurateurs Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson to start a casual pizza restaurant called Pizzeria Locale. The restaurant is similar in style to Chipotle in that it serves up pizza in less than two minutes at an assembly line counter. Steve lives in New York.

Ellen Weihe Gorsevski聽(Hum鈥�88), an associate professor at Bowling Green State University, has published a new book,聽Dangerous Women. It tells the stories of the 11 women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize to date and explores the persuasive communication strategies and tactics they used for building peace and social justice, offering a close study of their modes of non-violent rhetoric. Ellen lives in Bowling Green, Ohio.

If you ask Coloradans to name their dream job, many might say something ski-related 鈥� if they could make money doing it.聽Chris Jarnot聽(Bus鈥�89) has the best of both worlds as Vail Ski Resort鈥檚 chief operating officer. The resort comprises 10 mountains, 18 hotels, 106 restaurants, eight golf courses, 180 retail shops and around 22,000 employees. Chris lives in Edwards, Colo.

Getting a new job in a new city does not have to be intimidating.聽Michael Karlan聽(Acct鈥�89) developed a program called Professionals in the City to help with job transitions. His nationwide program holds events in major cities. Members can share business tips, meet friends or explore their new city. Find out more at聽.

鈥淛ust keep on pedaling鈥� must be a useful mantra for cyclists riding up the Alpe d鈥橦uez, the infamous course that is part of many Tour de France events.聽Carl Schloessman聽(Comm鈥�89) called it an 鈥渆pic climb鈥� after he rode to the top proudly wearing his Buffs cycling jersey. Carl lives in Northridge, Calif.

ESPN launched a website, FiveThirtyEight.com, that features content about politics, economics, science, life and sports. CU-麻豆官网 professor聽Roger Pielke Jr.聽(Math鈥�90, MPolSci鈥�92, PhD鈥�94) was hired as a contributing writer. Although the environmental studies professor specializes in climate topics, his writing covers many different subjects. Roger lives in 麻豆官网.

It wasn鈥檛 a real buffalo, but the 5-foot inflatable Ralphie given to聽Suzette Hazen Fitzgerald聽(EPOBio鈥�93), her husband,Jeff Fitzgerald聽(Math鈥�93) and their kids, Claire, Nathan and Daniel, was still exciting for them. The Denver family won the buffalo for sending in a photo showing their Buff pride to the CU-麻豆官网 alumni Facebook page, Facebook.com/CU麻豆官网Alumni.

Can you imagine our world 50 years from now?聽Caren Gussoff聽(DistSt鈥�96) did. Her new book,聽The Birthday Problem, depicts the year 2060 as pure chaos: A plague has destroyed most common cures for disease and only four Seattle survivors are left to fight. Caren lives in Seattle.

Justin Hocking鈥檚 (Psych鈥�96) book,聽The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld, was published in spring 2014 and made it to No. 3 on The Denver Post鈥檚 bestseller list. Justin teaches creative writing and is the executive director of a literary nonprofit organization in Portland, Ore., called the Independent Publishing Resource Center.