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“I’ve really only worked on one problem my whole life, and that problem boils down to, ‘Why don’t organizations do the things that we would all agree are good things to do?’” shares Nelson Repenning ’89. Repenning is a School of Management Distinguished Professor of System Dynamics and Organization Studies at MIT. He finished high Read More

In December of 2021, Paul Lhevine ’90 began serving as the President and CEO of the Colorado Nonprofit Association, a statewide membership organization that strengthens Colorado nonprofits through education, connection, and advocacy. “It’s incredibly rich, rewarding work,” Lhevine says. “Along the way I spent time in civic engagement nonprofits, in emergency preparedness, in youth and Read More

April 20, 1990. An obscure, unsigned band is booked to play Cutler Quad on Earth Day. The band? Now-Platinum and Grammy-nominated rock band Phish. The promoter? CC student Don Strasburg ’91. That was the first concert Strasburg ever booked. Now President of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest Region at AEG, Strasburg has promoted thousands Read More

For the past 22 years, Maile Shimabukuro ’92 has faithfully represented her community as a Hawaii State Legislator. She served in both the State House and the State Senate, working on justice initiatives that address education, disability, and environmental efforts, and women’s and children’s programs. “My community has the highest concentration of native Hawaiians,” she Read More

Jena Hausmann ’93 is the President and CEO of Children’s Hospital Colorado, one of the top ranked children’s hospitals in the nation. “I fell in love with it,” she says. “It has been an absolute blessing of a career to serve children and families and really be an intricate part of a community.” During her Read More

At the age of 12, William Nguyen ’97 fled Vietnam. One by one, he and his four siblings were smuggled out of the country by boat. After spending time in Asian refugee camps, his three older brothers made it to America before him and were placed with two different foster families. Nguyen spent six months Read More

Adam Farver ’99 greatly values his CC experience. “I love the Block Plan. It’s the way I’m wired. I love working on specific subjects, focusing deeply, and having the ability to be completely immersed in the subject,” he says. “Also, if you want to be a professor at CC, you have to love to teach. Read More

“Filmmaking is very similar to the Block Plan, where it’s an intensive deep dive into a subject you may or may not have expertise in, and you have to understand it, digest it, experience it, and then share it,” observes Travis Rummel ’01. When Rummel attended CC, there was no Film major. He majored in Read More

Nat Robinson ’03 lives by three values: don’t be afraid of what you don’t know, learn quickly, and give back to make the world a better place. “It’s how you contribute to humanity and society,” he says. “I feel like I got a lot of that from CC.”  It was a Semester at Sea experience Read More

Ian Widmer ’04 is President and CEO of Progression Brands Group (PBG), a global operating company of Capranea Apparel, Dahu Ski Boots, and Yniq Eyewear, among others. He owns the company with his wife and has a 10-person global team. PBG exclusively operates for brands where the Widmers have an ownership position. “I didn’t know Read More