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Lee Ambrose (Trustee)
Grand Junction, Colorado
Mr. Ambrose, a native of Denver , graduated from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire before returning to Colorado . After a career with a commercial property management firm and later with a firm that specialized in the development of shopping centers, Mr. Ambrose relocated to Mesa County . Currently, he continues to work as a private investor and a real estate developer. He and his wife, Kay, also recently owned and operated a 10,000 tree peach orchard in Palisade.

Sue Anschutz-Rodgers (Trustee)
Denver, Colorado Back to the top

Rye Austin (Trustee)
Denver, Colorado Back to the top

George Beardsley (Director)
Denver, Colorado
 Chairman of Inverness Properties, Inc., a commercial real estate development company based in Denver.  Former founding Board member of Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO), former Board member of the Colorado Nature Conservancy, and currently a member of the Gates Family Foundation Board. Back to the top

Tilman Bishop (Trustee)
Grand Junction, Colorado
 Tilman Bishop, affectionately known as “Tillie”, is a life long resident of Colorado, born (January 1, 1933) in Colorado Springs. He graduated from Colorado Springs High School in 1952. He was an El Pomar Foundation Scholarship recipient while earning his B.A. Degree (1954) and M.A. Degree (1955) in Education at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado. After seven years of teaching in the public schools and 31 years as a college administrator at Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado, Tillie retired in May of 1994. The University of Northern Colorado conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree upon Tillie in May of 1999.

In 1970, Tillie was elected to the Colorado General Assembly and served two terms (four years) in the House of Representatives. He was elected State Senator in 1974 and served six 4-year terms (24 years), only to be forced out by terms limits in 1998. His 28 years of service in the Colorado General Assembly ranks him fourth in the State's history for continuous service and the longest serving Senator from Western Colorado.Back to the top

Jeneye Abele (Trustee)
Boulder, Colorado
 Trustee and Director of the Colorado office of the Argosy Foundation, a family foundation serving several communities throughout the United States.  Ms. Bolton is currently a member of the Thorne Ecological Institute and Concord Academy Board of Directors. Back to the top

Jon-Erik Borgen (Trustee)
Alston, Massachusetts

Kelly Bronfman (Trustee)
Vail, Colorado
Splitting her time between Beaver Creek and Atherton , California , Kelly sees the impact of growth on the environment on both the west coast and in the Vail Valley . Kelly is also a member of the Board of Directors of Gore Range Natural Science School and the Eagle Valley Land Trust.

Linda Campbell (Board)
Denver, Colorado Back to the top

Kyle Cox (Trustee)
Denver, Colorado Back to the top

Howard S. Diamond (Director)
 Boulder, Colorado
 Chairman of Information Services Group.  Previously, Mr. Diamond led the division of Level 3 that includes Software Spectrum and (i)Structure.  In his career, he led and grew Corporate Software into a $1 billion business, helped transform Course Technology from a startup organization into a $65 million division of the world's largest educational publisher - International Thomson, implemented the first successful program in the country to put PCs in dorms - and was subsequently recruited by Apple to develop similar programs nationwide, and served as Commodore's director of educational and government sales and marketing. Back to the top

Michael P. Dowling (Director), Chairman of the Board
Denver, Colorado
 Founder and President of The Dowling Foundation. Founding partner of Western Ranchland Investors, generators of conservation development solutions for threatened agricultural and natural landscapes. Former Chairman of the Colorado Wildlife Federation and former Board member of the Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts.  Prior to 1995, Mr. Dowling worked as an environmental consultant, as a management consultant with the international firm of McKinsey & Company, and as an entrepreneur and investment manager in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Dowling has a BS (with honors) from Yale College, an MFS degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and an MPPM degree from the Yale School of Management. Back to the top

Bruce Etkin (Trustee)
Denver, Colorado
As a founding Member of Etkin Johnson Group, a company formed originally in 1982, Mr. Etkin has guided the development and acquisition of more than 7.5 million square feet of commercial/industrial/retail space. He is a frequent conference and seminar speaker at the ULI – the Urban Land Institute, NAIOP – National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, and BOMA – Building and Owner Management Association. He has been awarded many awards including Office Developer of the Year by the Builders' Association; BOMA's Suburban Office Development North American Award, and the 2000 Owner/Developer of the Year award from the Colorado chapter of NAIOP. Mr. Etkin is a board member for the Food Bank of the Rockies, Aspen Country Day School, and is a lifetime member of The Nature Conservatory. Mr. Etkin received his B.S. in Architectural Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1973. Back to the top

Brad Feld (Director)
Boulder, Colorado
 Managing Director at Mobius Venture Capital (now dba Foundry Group) and has been with the firm since 1996. Prior to Mobius, Mr. Feld founded Feld Technologies, which was sold to AmeriData Technologies in 1993, where he became Chief Technology Officer. He currently serves on the boards of a number of private companies, including Commerce5, ePartners, Feedburner, Gold Systems, Newmerix, NewsGator, Quova, Rally Software, StillSecure, and Xaffire. In addition, he is on the board of three non-profit organizations - National Center for Women & Information Technology, The Colorado Conservation Trust, and The Watershed School. Mr. Feld has previously been a member of the board of directors of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization and founded the Boston and Colorado chapters. He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Back to the top 

Cal Fulenwider, III (Trustee)
Denver, Colorado
 L.C Fulenwider, Inc.Cal Fulenwider III has been the President of LCF Inc. for more than 20 years. Mr. Fulenwider has had the key role in the strategic planning, development and management of the approximately 7,500 acres surrounding DIA and owned by LCF Inc. Prior to developing projects in the DIA area, Fulenwider was the Venture Manager for the 500,000 square foot Bank One building in downtown Denver and has overseen the development and management of numerous high-end residential projects, including Polo Club North, Polo Club North Homes and Polo Field West, and Larimer Place Condominiums (a downtown Denver high-rise). Mr. Fulenwider is also a founding member of the CU Real Estate Council and the DIA Business Partnership. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Real Estate from the University of Colorado . Back to the top

Ken Gart (Director)
Denver, Colorado
 President of Specialty Sports Venture, a unique, highly decentralized retail group of over 80 stores focusing on the outdoor industry, downhill skiing, snowboarding, golf, bicycles, and the ski resort business.  Current Board member of the Denver Area Council Boy Scouts of America and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.  Former Board and Executive Committee member of the Denver Metro Boys & Girls Clubs and the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.  Previously, Mr. Gart was President of Gart Bros. Sporting Goods Company. Back to the top

Pat Grant (Trustee)
Englewood, Colorado
 President of The National Western Stock Show - Denver's largest annual event.  Mr. Grant was previously a Colorado State Representative, served as chairman of the National Western 2000 Campaign bond initiative, director and shareholder of the Grant-McHendrie law firm, and law clerk for Judge Donald P. Smith, Jr. of the Colorado Court of Appeals in Denver. Mr. Grant is President-Emeritus of the Colorado Medical Society Foundation.  He currently serves on the board of the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.  He is currently a member of the CSU System Board of Governors Executive Committee and a member of the Executive Board of the Boy Scouts. Back to the top

Beverly Haddon (Director)
Denver, Colorado
Beverly Haddon manages the four programs that drive the mission of the Stapleton Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities : the Life Long Learning initiative for the schools at Stapleton and the surrounding neighborhoods, the Neighborhood Connections program that promotes interconnectivity among the new Stapleton neighborhood and the existing neighborhoods around the old airport, the Sustainable Development initiative for the new Stapleton community and the Parks and Open Space program for the new Stapleton community.

First as a partner at CRL Associates and then at her own firm, The Haddon Firm, Ms. Haddon acted as a political consultant for businesses and associations. She assisted businesses and non-profits in their development of strategic plans and working relationships on business issues that pertained to city, county, and special district governments. While at United Banks of Colorado (now Wells Fargo Bank), Ms. Haddon held a number of positions including Executive Vice-president, and Vice President, Marketing. When she left the bank it had assets of $6 billion and served over 500,000 customers through 40 branches around the state.

Ms. Haddon holds bachelor's degree in business and journalism from Iowa State University and graduated from the Executive's Marketing Management Program at the University of Denver . Back to the top

Don Hopkins (Trustee)
Howard, Colorado
 Retired partner of the Denver law firm of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP.  Former trustee of The Nature Conservancy, Colorado Chapter and former director of Colorado Open Lands. Back to the top

Laura Hundley (Trustee)
Boulder, Colorado
Partner in the law firm of Holland & Hart LLP, with a practice focused on tax, estate and wealth transfer planning.  Most recently she was a principal at Crestone Capital Advisors LLC; previously, she was a tax and estate planning attorney at Ropes & Gray, in Boston. Current board and professional affiliations include Social Venture Partners Boulder County, PhilanthroPiece Foundation Advisory Board, Colorado Council of the Nature Conservancy, President's Council of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.  Former Board Chair for the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, member of the Colorado Music Festival Board, member of Esprit Entrepreneur Steering Committee and member of the Community Foundation Legal Committee. She holds a BA degree from Harvard College and a JD from Cornell Law School.   Back to the top

Elizabeth Jacques (Trustee)
Boulder, Colorado
Liz Jacques is VP of Client Relations and Administration at WealthTouch, Inc. She has over 19 years of experience providing affluent clients personal financial services. Liz served as the Principal and Founder of Juno Advisors , a boutique family office located in Boulder , CO which merged with WealthTouch on October 1, 2001.

Prior to founding Juno Advisors , she worked as a Private Banker with the Citibank Private Bank in Denver . Liz provided solutions to the complex problems and needs of elite clients. Before Citibank, Liz was a Commercial Real Estate Lender with Norwest Bank of Denver . Ms Jacques also served in the capacity of securities analyst and trader while employed with Crestar bank in Richmond, Virginia.

Liz has a B.S. from Madison University and an M.B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is actively involved as volunteer in community affairs. She serves on the board of Peak Arts in Boulder e and is a member of the National Ski Patrol. Back to the top

Jim Kelley (Trustee)
Denver, Colorado
 Jim is the President and founding partner of Vestar Capital Partners, Inc., a leading U.S. and European private equity firm.  Mr. Kelley is a former Chairman of the Board of Great Outdoors Colorado and is currently on the Board of Yale University School of Management, The Land and Water Fund of the Rockies and the Denver Art Museum.  He also serves on the Investment Committee for the Denver Foundation. Back to the top

Tom Keller (Trustee)
Boulder, Colorado Back to the top
 Tom holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree from the University of Washington, and a Master of Science degree in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University.

Gail Klapper (Trustee)
Denver, Colorado
 Member/Director of the Colorado Forum, a statewide, bipartisan organization of professionals who work on public policy issues related to Colorado, and Managing Attorney of The Klapper Firm, a law firm emphasizing real estate, administrative law and public policy advocacy.  Current Board member of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Wellesley College, and Orchard Trust.  Former Chair of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Denver Partnership, and the Women’s Forum Boards.  Previous Founder of the Public Education of Business Coalition, Vice Chair of the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, and member of the Regional and National Selection Panels for the White House Fellowship Program. Back to the top

Walter A. "Buz" Koelbel, Jr. (Trustee)
Denver, Colorado
 President of Koelbel & Company, one of Colorado's oldest real estate companies with a focus on the development of office parks and large-scale residential projects, residential construction, and real estate investment.  Mr. Koelbel's professional memberships include Young Presidents’ Organization, Urban Land Institute Trustees and Recreational Development Council and the Southeast Business Partnership Board of Governors. He serves as Chairman of the Southeast Transportation Management Organization and Co-Chairman of the Southeast Corridor Mobility Coalition. Back to the top

Jim Lochhead (Director)
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
 Partner in the Law Firm of Brownstein Hyatt & Farber, P.C., with a practice emphasis in water rights, land use, real estate, municipal and special district, federal administrative and permitting, and legislative law.  Board and Commission affiliations include The Nature Conservancy, Colorado Open Lands, the Colorado Water Trust, Great Outdoors Colorado, Advisory Board of the Environment and Natural Resources Policy Institute at Colorado State University and the Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado School of Law, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Upper Colorado River Basin Commission, and the University of Colorado School of Law Alumni Board of Directors.  Previously, Mr. Lochhead was Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, which includes the Colorado Water Conservation Board, State Land Board, Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Soil Conservation Board, and the divisions of Minerals and Geology, Water Resources, Parks and Outdoor Recreation, and Wildlife. Back to the top

Ryan Martens (Trustee)
Boulder, Colorado
 Founder and President of Rally Software Development, a hosted and professional service provider for enabling agile engineering management of software organizations. Before founding Rally Software Development - his fourth software start-up - Mr. Martens directed the corporate adoption of Internet technologies within Qwest Communications and then moved on to co-found Avitek, a Boulder-based custom software development firm where he served as Vice President of Marketing & Business Development. Mr. Martens' successful efforts at Avitek culminated in an acquisition by BEA Systems in 1999. At BEA, he served as Director of Product Management for the eCommerce applications division . He received his Masters in Business Administration and his Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mr. Martens is an alumnus of the Colorado Chapter of Young Entrepreneur's Organization (YEO).  He has been involved in many environment efforts in Colorado including a Director role at the Front Range Alliance.  And upon founding Rally, initiated a 1% equity and time fund for Rally employees to contribute back to the community. Back to the top

Brent Mello (Trustee)
Denver, ColoradoBack to the top

Peggy E. Montano (Director)
Denver, Colorado
 Attorney in the Trout, Witwer & Freeman, P.C. law firm.  Previously the first Assistant Attorney General of Colorado.  Currently the Federal Representative by Presidential Appointment of the Louisiana/Texas Sabine River Commission and Advisor to the University of Colorado Natural Resources Law Center.  Ms. Montano was a former Chair of the Colorado State Parks Board. Back to the top

Rob Perlman (Trustee)
Denver, Colorado
President and CEO of Colorado Ski Country USA. Back to the top

Tom Petrie (Trustee)
Denver, Colorado
Before join Merril Lynch, Thomas A. Petrie was a co-founder of Petrie Parkman & Co., a Denver and Houston based energy investment banking firm that merged with Merrill Lynch in December 2006. With this transaction, he became a Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch and a member of its Executive Client Coverage Group. He was a former Managing Director and Senior Oil Analyst of The First Boston Corporation.

Mr. Petrie has a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and received his Master of Science in Business Administration from Boston University . In December 2005, Mr. Petrie received an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. An active member of several industry associations, Mr. Petrie is a past President and member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts. He has also served on the Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Board on Oil and Gas Accounting. Mr. Petrie served for six years as a Trustee of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Currently, he is a Trustee of the Denver Art Museum , The Colorado Conservation Trust, and serves on the National Advisory Board of the C.M. Russell Museum as well as the Board of Directors of The Gettysburg Foundation. Back to the top

Scott Raderstorf (Trustee)
Boulder, Colorado Back to the top

Randy Rusk (Trustee)
Westcliffe, Colorado Back to the top

Will Schmidt (Trustee)
Denver, Colorado
Will is also on the Colorado Council for The Nature Conservancy, the Downtown Denver Committee and South Platte Initiative committee for Ducks Unlimited, and the Boards of Leaders Challenge and the Colfax Business Improvement District. He is also the President of his family's foundation. Will received his degree in Economics from Arizona State University . Back to the top

Will Shafroth (Trustee)
Boulder, Colorado Back to the top

Gail Schoettler (Director)
Parker, Colorado
 Professional speaker and advisor to corporations on globalization and political strategies for business.  Current board member of two biotech companies - Aspen Bio, Inc. and CancerVax Corp. - the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Gunnison Ranchland Conservation Legacy and Facing History Project.  Former president of the Douglas County Board of Education, the International Women's Forum and Women Executives in State Government.  Former trustee of the University of Northern Colorado.  Previously, Dr. Schoettler served as Colorado's two-term State Treasurer and Lieutenant Governor, a United States Ambassador, and as founder and director of two Colorado banks. Back to the top

Alan Schwartz (Director)
Aspen, Colorado
 Practicing environmental and land use attorney.  Current board trustee of the Aspen Music Festival, National Governing Board of Common Cause, and Rocky Mountain Board of Environmental Defense, Inc.   Mr. Schwartz previously served as an attorney in Boulder, Colorado, and co-authored the Danish Plan – one of the first growth management plans adopted in the country.  He also served as special counsel to the City of Aspen, Town of Snowmass Village, Pitkin County, and other Colorado municipalities in the creation, implementation and successful defense of some of the country’s most innovative land use planning regulations. Back to the top

Cody J. Smith (National Trustee)
New York, New York
 Born and raised in Colorado, Mr. Smith received degrees in engineering from both Claremont McKenna College and Stanford University. He also obtained an MBA from Harvard University. Mr. Smith has been with Goldman, Sachs & Co. since 1984, advising clients on mergers and acquisitions. He is an avid mountaineer and he enjoys fly-fishing. Back to the top

Richard Stermer (Board)
Westcliffe, ColoradoBack to the top

Thomas Stokes (Director), Vice Chairman of the Board
Denver, Colorado
 President of Gates Capital Management, LLC.  Current Chairman of the Board of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority, director of 1st National Bank of Colorado, former chair of the Downtown Denver Partnership and current Board trustee of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, The Clayton Foundation, The Colorado Forum, and Colorado Public Radio.  Former Executive Director of the Gates Family Foundation. Back to the top

Thomas W. Swanson (Director), Treasurer and Secretary of the Board
Evergreen, Colorado
 Chairman of the Board of Mountain States Bank.  Current board trustee of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Silver Trout Foundation, former President of the Board of the Colorado Board of Land Commissioners, former Chairman of the Board of the Colorado Nature Conservancy, and former board member of the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, Mountain Area Land Trust and the Enterprise Foundation.  Prior to retiring, Mr. Swanson worked as Executive Vice President at United Banks of Colorado/Norwest Bank of Colorado, and was the Interior CEO of the Mile High United Way. Back to the top

Douglas Wheeler (National Trustee)
Washington, District of Columbia
 A partner in the Environmental Practice Group at the Washington Office of Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Mr. Wheeler has worked exclusively with natural resource and environmental issues since joining the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1969, where he served for seven years as assistant legislative counsel and deputy assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. He has also served as a senior executive of many nonprofit environmental and conservation organizations. Including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the American Farmland Trust, the Sierra Club, and the World Wildlife Fund. Mr. Wheeler served as California's Secretary for Resources from 1991-1999 and he is an honorary life member of the Board of Visitors of the Duke University School of Law, and Chair of Dean's Advisory Committee of the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Mr. Wheeler is Chair of the National Park System Advisory Board, a United States member of the Biodiversity Working Group of the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, and Chair of the Board of the American Farmland Trust. Mr. Wheeler received his LL.B. from the Duke University School of Law and his A.B. from Hamilton College. He is a member of the North Carolina and District of Columbia Bars. Back to the top

George S. "Geoie" Writter Jr. (Trustee)
Littleton , Colorado/ Santa Barbra, California
 Retired founder, Chairman, CEO of the Writer Corporation. Mr. Writer built the first Planned Unit Development in Colorado in 1968 and has since built over 35 open space communities including Writer Square in Downtown Denver. He currently serves on the board of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. Past board service includes The Colorado Forum, Swedish Medical Center, Health One, the Intra West Financial Corporation, United Banks of Colorado, Colorado Open Lands, The Denver Partnership, Denver Cure Ventures, The Denver Chamber of Commerce, and the Presidents Advising Council of the University of Colorado. Mr. Writer is a graduate of the University of Colorado and served as an officer in the US Navy. He and his wife Judy have five children and six grandchildren . Back to the top

 

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