Skip to content

Welcome 2024 Summer Interns

Meet our 15 amazing interns! We’re thrilled to welcome these talented individuals to JHL and look forward to an exciting and productive summer together. Each intern brings a unique set of skills and fresh perspectives that will undoubtedly contribute to our projects.

Ben Hammond

Colorado State University

Community Involvement: Volunteering at youth football camps

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Golf

First Car: Ford F-150

Favorite Artists: Zach Bryan

Favorite Food: Steak

Most Interesting Place Traveled: Jamaica

Secret Talent: Pickleball

The Super Power I Would Want: Teleportation

Words to Live By: A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor

What I Like Best About JHL: The people and the great community that make JHL what it is.

$image['alt']

Blaine Phillips

Colorado Mesa University

Community Involvement: Ice skating lessons

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Pickleball

First Car: Nissan Xterra

Favorite Artists: Tyler Hubbard

Favorite Food: Steak

Most Interesting Place Traveled: West Palm Beach Florida

Secret Talent: Snowboarding

The Super Power I Would Want: Be able to read minds

Words to Live By: When you have dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go

What I Like Best About JHL: The opportunity to learn and grow.

$image['alt']

Blake Donovan Bushlack

Colorado State University

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Running

First Car: 1998 Toyota Land Cruiser

Favorite Artists: Luke Combs, Cody Johnson

Favorite Food: Pizza, Italian, & just about anything

Most Interesting Place Traveled: Bahamas on a sail boat in Boy Scouts

The Super Power I Would Want: Super strength

Words to Live By: Listen. Learn. Stay humble.

What I Like Best About JHL: The culture. Everyone feels cared about.

$image['alt']

Christian Alvarez

Colorado School of Mines

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Walking my dogs and working on cars

First Car: Chevy Silverado

Favorite Artists: Travis Scott

Favorite Food: Quesabirria

The Super Power I Would Want: Super strength

Words to Live By: You can’t get up if you never fell.

What I Like Best About JHL: The culture and people at JHL.

$image['alt']

Colin Stuhr

Colorado Mesa University

Community Involvement: I am a mentor for a middle school in Grand Junction

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: My favorite hobby is football but I also love to golf whenever I have the free time

First Car: 2002 Gold Honda Civic, his name was Burt

Favorite Artists: It is between Zach Bryan, Colter Wall, or Warren Zeiders

Favorite Food: New York steak with some mashed potatoes and broccoli

Most Interesting Place Traveled: I went to Costa Rica last summer

Secret Talent: I am good at a lot of video games

The Super Power I Would Want: I would want the superpower to be able to change the odds always in my favor

Words to Live By: If there’s hope in the future, then there’s power in the present

What I Like Best About JHL: What I like best about JHL is how open everyone seems to be and how every single person is always willing to help and give some insights that will help us in the long run.

$image['alt']

Colton Gasper

Colorado School of Mines

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Training horses and rodeo

First Car: 4Runner

Favorite Food: Hamburgers or Steak

Most Interesting Place Traveled: South Dakota

The Super Power I Would Want: Teleportation

Words to Live By: Never give up

What I Like Best About JHL: Hardworking, friendly, and JHL has a good reputation

$image['alt']

Drew Lawrence Trujillo

The University of Oklahoma

Community Involvement: Special Olympics

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Golf, hockey and working on cars

First Car: 1969 Pontiac Firebird

Favorite Artists: The Highwaymen, Eric Church

Favorite Food: Street Tacos

Most Interesting Place Traveled: New Orleans, LA

Secret Talent: Art

The Super Power I Would Want: Being able to fly

Words to Live By: John 3:16

What I Like Best About JHL: The welcoming environment

$image['alt']

Emma Claire Cochran

Colorado State University

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Playing sports or video games

First Car: Honda Accord

Favorite Artists: Subtronics, Glass Animals, Zeds Dead

Favorite Food: Mexican

Most Interesting Place Traveled: US Virgin Islands

The Super Power I Would Want: Teleportation

Words to Live By: Find joy in the little things.

What I Like Best About JHL: The people

$image['alt']

Matt Dreiling

Colorado State University

Community Involvement: csunity

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Fly fishing

First Car: 4runner

Favorite Artists: Hank Williams JR

Favorite Food: Steak

Most Interesting Place Traveled: Mexico

Secret Talent: Pickleball

The Super Power I Would Want: Flight

Words to Live By: Success should be a outcome of failures

What I Like Best About JHL: The culture

$image['alt']

Rafe Joseph Buettenback

Colorado State University

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Golf

First Car: Ford

Favorite Food: Steak

The Super Power I Would Want: Be able to fly

What I Like Best About JHL: How nice everyone is

$image['alt']

William Michael Huber

Colorado State University

Community Involvement: Pizza Paws and Phi Taus

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Longboarding

First Car: Toyota 4Runner

Favorite Artists: Tyler Childers

Favorite Food: Chicken Tika Masala

Most Interesting Place Traveled: Hvar Croatia

Secret Talent: I can Swim 50 meters without breathing

The Super Power I Would Want: Time Travel

Words to Live By: Do your job – Bill Belichick

What I Like Best About JHL: The people

$image['alt']

Marcus Fortunato

Colorado School of Mines

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Golf

First Car: 2004 Nissan Pathfinder

Favorite Artists: Kendrick Lamar

Favorite Food: Lobster Tail

Most Interesting Place Traveled: Honduras

Secret Talent: Cornhole

The Super Power I Would Want: Travel through time

Words to Live By: Work hard, play hard

What I Like Best About JHL: Everyone is very nice

$image['alt']

Yessica Garcia

University of Colorado Denver

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: Napping, gym, hanging out with loved ones

Favorite Artists: Junior H, Rauw Alejandro, Bad Bunny

Favorite Food: Tacos, pozole, tamales

Most Interesting Place Traveled: Mexico

The Super Power I Would Want: Invisibility

Words to Live By: YOLO

What I Like Best About JHL: Very friendly, employee-owned, passionate

$image['alt']

Sarah Quintana

Colorado School of Mines

Professional Organizations: On campus I am apart of a sorority, Pi Beta Phi as well as I participate in the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) , American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and Society of Women Engineers (SWE).

Favorite Pastime/Hobby: In my free time I like to take care of my plants and succulents as well as hike outdoors.

First Car: Volkswagen Tiguan

Favorite Artists: Mac DeMarco, Lana Del Rey, Leon Bridges, Noah Kahan, Zach Bryan

Favorite Food: My mom’s green enchiladas

Most Interesting Place Traveled: Costa Rica

Secret Talent: I have the best jokes

The Super Power I Would Want: To read minds

Words to Live By: “Do everything in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14

What I Like Best About JHL: I love JHL because of the genuine care and concern that they give to their employees. The amount of dedication that JHL pours into employees wellbeing creates such a healthy and supportive environment. JHL values and respects each of us which is why I love JHL.

$image['alt']

Kaleb Woltz

Colorado Mesa University

Starting soon!

$image['alt']