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Landri Taylor, Chairman Landri Taylor works as Vice President – Community Affairs for Forest City Stapleton, the development company that is transforming the former Stapleton International Airport into a new community of 12,000 homes and apartments, 35,000 jobs, and more than 1,100 acres of parks and open space. He is responsible for small business development, job training, and Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise outreach. A 1995 graduate of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Leadership Denver, Landri currently serves on the boards of several organizations, including Skyland Community Charter High School, American Association for Blacks in Energy, Stapleton Foundation, the Shaka Franklin Foundation, DIA Business Partnership and the Community College of Denver Foundation. A 1974 graduate in biology from the University of California, Berkeley, Landri and his wife Gloria have lived in Denver for 28 years and have three grown children. |
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James Morgese, President James Morgese has served as the president and general manager of what is now Rocky Mountain PBS since 1993. Previously, James served as the KRMA station manager from 1990 to 1993. He founded KRMJ-TV, public television for Western Colorado, in 1996, and in 1999 merged KTSC-TV in Pueblo into the organization, forming Rocky Mountain PBS. His previous experience includes public television stations in Florida, Idaho and Kentucky. His career in public television spans more than 25 years, preceded by several years in commercial television at the local affiliate and network level. James currently serves on the boards of Digital Directions, Inc, the Mile High Chapter of the American Red Cross, National Datacast Inc., the Denver Metro Convention and Visitor's Bureau Foundation, and the Public Television Major Markets Group. His previous Board service includes the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, and the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center. He is also an adjunct instructor at the Art Institute of Colorado. James is a graduate of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Denver class of 2000-2001 and has B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Denver. He and his wife Annette have three children. |
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Bill Schumacher, Vice-Chair Bill is an accomplished advertising executive with more than 25 years' experience in all aspects of marketing communications. He has broad-based agency and corporate experience and is presently President/Owner of Barnhart, a leading full-service, integrated communications agency based in Denver. The agency has expanded its client roster in both consumer and business-to-business sectors. Additionally, the firm has strengthened its brand strategy, design, and media capabilities. Previously, Bill was Advertising Director at Kraft Foods, where he helped establish the advertising services function. He was strongly involved in the development of numerous business-building campaigns, notably Altoids "Curiously Strong," named best U.S. Print Advertising in 1997. He was also Vice President at the Leo Burnett Company, a global advertising agency, working on several consumer product accounts, including Kellogg's, Pillsbury and Procter & Gamble. Bill is an active member of the Rocky Mountain PBS Board of Directors, having served as Chairman of the Strategy Committee. He also was a member of Access Denver in 2007 and served on the Board of Directors of the American Advertising Federation for several years. He is a graduate of Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and Miami University. He enjoys outdoor recreational activities, including biking, running, and hiking. |
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Darcy Myers, Treasurer Darcy Myers, after retiring from a distinguished 28-year career with Wells Fargo and its predecessors, Norwest and United Bank, is currently Regional President – Metro Denver for Guaranty Bank. In addition to his active service on the Rocky Mountain PBS Board of Directors, Darcy also serves on the board of the Parker Fire Protection District. He was a founding committee member for the Douglas County Leadership Program, past Chair of the Parker Economic Development Council, past Chair of the Douglas County School-to-Career Partnership, and past President of the board for F.A.C.E.S. Darcy has served on several local and national boards, including the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the Western Institute for Land Management, the Parker Chamber of Commerce, the Southeast Business Partnership, the Community College of Aurora Foundation and the Aurora Economic Development Council. He is a past chair of the American Bankers Association Agricultural Executive Committee and has testified before both U.S. Senate and U.S. House committees on financial, rural and agricultural issues. Darcy received the 1998 Wal-Mart Foundation-sponsored Sam Walton Business Leader Award and the 2000 O'Brien Citizen of the Year Award for Parker. He has three grown children and lives in Parker. |
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Greg Austin, Secretary Greg Austin has been practicing law with the Denver-based firm of Holland and Hart since 1962, with the exception of 1973-1977, when he served first as General Counsel to the U.S. Small Business Administration, then as Solicitor (General Counsel) of the U.S. Department of the Interior. At Holland and Hart, he was chairman for many years of the firm's 70-lawyer business department. Greg has given generously of his time and expertise to non-profit organizations, including the Colorado Legal Aid Foundation, The Children's Hospital, the Colorado Bar Association, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, and the Denver Police Foundation. For many years, he served as legal counsel to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder. Greg and his wife Deanna have three grown children. |
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Marsha Arzy As Vice President for Community College Affairs at Mesa State College, Marsha Arzy oversees Mesa State's Western Colorado Community College in Grand Junction. Dr. Arzy's career passion is promoting access to higher education and availability of learning opportunities for every person who wants to experience higher education. She views the community college as an essential academic institution whose relevant and effective teaching strategies promote student success and achievement of professional and personal goals. Dr. Arzy's community college experience spans 20 years across a broad spectrum as student, tenured faculty, advisor, and administrator. Her research interests include private foundation philanthropy, student success models, and lifelong learning. She is a graduate of Colorado State University, holding a Ph.D. in Community College Leadership. Previously, she earned a Master's Degree in Computer Technology from Eastern Montana College/Montana State University, a Bachelor's degree in Business Education from the University of Wyoming, and an Associate's Degree from Sheridan College. |
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Paul Bortz For 30 years, Paul Bortz has served as a consultant and policy maker in telecommunications and professional sports. First involved in the early 1970's in policy research while head of the University of Denver Research Institute's Industrial Economics Division, his clients included the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy and the National Science Foundation. In 1978 and 1979, Paul served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information (NTIA). He began his first consulting business, Browne, Bortz & Coddington upon his return to Denver in 1979, and founded Bortz Media & Sports Group in 1988. Assessment of business opportunities in telecommunications arising from new technologies, including most recently digital television and Internet related businesses, were long an important element of his consulting. Paul retired in 2001. Paul has been active in public television for many years. As a Board member of American Public Television, a television program distributor, for the full six years allowed, he served as treasurer, a member of the executive committee, the president search committee, and the new business development committee. A Board member of KBDI-Channel 12 for twelve years, he was board chair for four years. |
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Gary Drews Returning to Colorado, Gary served as the Chief Financial Officer for Colorado Outward Bound School, then as Chief Operating Officer for Regis University's School for Professional Studies. Since 2006, he has been with The Colorado Health Foundation as CFO and Vice President, Finance & Administration. Gary's love for the outdoors was a key factor in his return to Colorado, and he enjoys hiking, climbing, camping, skiing and golf. He is also a singer/songwriter, photographer and short-story writer. He and his wife Laura Saye have one son, Taylor. |
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Lane Earnest Lane Earnest, known to all his friends as Earnie, is a founding partner of the 28-attorney Boulder firm of Caplan and Earnest. Earnie is serving his second term on the Rocky Mountain PBS Board &ndash his previous tenure was 1984-1989, and he served as Chair his last two years. Active in local, state and national bar associations, Earnie's contributions to community organizations range far and wide: from the Boulder County YWCA to Leukemia/Lymphoma Light the Night, from Boy Scouts to Rotarians (awards from both), from Meals on Wheels to Boulder Community Hospital's medical mission in Mexico, from Historic Boulder to Boulder High School's Citizen Advisory Council. In 2006, Earnie received the Boulder Chamber of Commerce's Lifetime Achievement Award. Earnie is also a devoted and active CU Boulder alumnus: he served on the 2002-03 Law Dean Search Committee, the Macky Auditorium Renovation Campaign Cabinet, and the Boulder Chancellor's Citizen Advisory Committee. Earnie currently serves on the CU Law School Leadership Gifts Committee. He has received the CU Alumni Recognition Medal and the CU Alumni Community Service Award. |
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Joseph Garcia (ex-officio) Joe Garcia served five years as President of Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs before picking up the reins at Colorado State University-Pueblo in August of 2006. He had also previously worked as the Mountain States representative for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies and as a partner in the Colorado Springs office of law firm Holme Roberts & Owen. Twice selected as Hispanic Business Magazine's "Hispanic Legal Elite" and as Outstanding Administrator in Higher Education by the Colorado Springs NAACP, Joe serves on a number of boards and committees, including the Colorado Springs YMCA, the Colorado Springs Economic Development Corporation, the Downtown Depot Arts District, and Goodwill Industries of Colorado Springs. He earned his undergraduate degree in 1979 from the University of Colorado and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1983. |
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Sheila S. Kowal Sheila Kowal brings 24 years of investment banking and financial consulting experience to the Rocky Mountain PBS Board, as well as a wealth of talent in working with people in many different contexts. She retired in 2003 as Vice President of Investments at A.G. Edwards after 14 years with that firm and a prior decade with Smith Barney. Sheila earned a BA from Wellesley College and a MA from Boston University. A long-time Democratic activist, Sheila has also served on the Board of the Children's Hospital Foundation, including a term as Chair of their Investment Committee. She has also been a member of the Clayton Foundation Board and the Women's Forum of Colorado, and has volunteered on various initiatives of the Denver-based Housing Justice. She and her husband, architect and affordable housing specialist, Blake Chambliss, have 14 grandchildren between them. |
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Steve Meyer A third-generation Colorado native born and raised in Greeley, Steve Meyer settled in Grand Junction in 1978. He is president and majority owner of Shaw Construction Company, a Colorado-based contractor specializing in high-end commercial construction with offices in Grand Junction, Denver, and Jackson, Wyoming. In addition to his business interests, Steve is an active community member in the Grand Valley, currently serving on the Board of the Grand Junction Visitors and Convention Bureau and the Mesa State Board of Trustees. He is a member of the Colorado Forum and a Director of Palisade National Bank. An active private pilot holding a multi-engine instrument rating, Steve travels on a weekly basis throughout the Rocky Mountain area. He and his wife Anne, a teacher, have three grown children. |
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C.J. Moore As the Public Affairs Director for Kaiser Permanente in Colorado Springs, C.J. is responsible for media and community relations, charitable contributions, marketing and member communications. To many people in Colorado Springs, C.J. is one of the people who "gets things done," as shown by the level of her community involvement. A sampling: C.J. serves on the American Heart Associate Community Board, UCCS Chancellor's Leadership Class Community Board, Independence Community Fund Board, Colorado Springs Conservatory Board, United Way Leadership Summit; Wagon Wheel Girl Scouts Board, Boy Scouts Friends of Scouting Committee. C.J. has won numerous awards for her community service, including the 2007 Modeling the Way Community Leadership award from Leadership Pikes Peak, 2006 Athena Award, 2005 Girl Scout Women of Distinction, 2004 Colorado Springs Business Journal Woman of Influence and Top 25 Dynamic Women in 2002. C.J. has two grown children and one grandson. She is an outdoors enthusiast, enjoying skiing, bicycling, and hiking, as well as the challenges that a Southern gardener faces in Colorado. |
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Jim Moylan Jim Moylan represents a relatively new category of working Americans – long-distance telecommuters. A Steamboat Springs resident since 2003, he maintains a full-time Chicago law practice via electronic means: email, telephone, and fax. Jim specializes in securities and commodities law and is also a certified mediator and arbitrator for securities and commodity futures trading disputes. At the University of Denver, he has served as an adjunct professor of law, teaching Securities Litigation. Jim earned two degrees from DU: a B.S. in business administration in 1969 and a J.D. in 1971. Jim recently completed a term as community representative on the editorial board of the Steamboat Pilot and Today. He also serves or has served on several city-sponsored committees, including the Growth Management Advisory Group, the Community Support Money Steering Committee, and the Board of Adjustment, which he currently chairs. In late 2007, the Steamboat Springs city manager asked him to chair the Historic Preservation Policy Review Committee. Jim is also a member of his church's finance council. |
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Rob Redwine Rob Redwine grew up in Pueblo, Colorado, and graduated from Colorado College in 1971. Before joining the "real world," he was a professional ski instructor in Aspen. He entered the financial services field in 1977 and has consistently been one of AXA's leading advisers. Rob has earned his Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant designations and is a member of the Million Dollar Round Table. His current and previous civic duties include: Board of Directors for the Pueblo Economic Development Corporation, president of the Colorado College National Alumni Council, member of the College's Board of Trustees and member of the Sangre DeCristo Art Center Board. In 1998 he was inducted into the Centennial High School Hall of Fame and also received the Warner Award at Colorado College, honoring outstanding alumni. Rob has two grown children and enjoys skiing, triathlons and mountain climbing. |
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Doug Shand Born in Pueblo and raised in La Junta, Doug Shand received his BA and JD degrees from the University of Colorado in Boulder and headed for Durango in 1968. He and his wife Priscilla have been active members of the community ever since. His law firm, Shand, Newbold & Chapman, emphasizes real estate and real estate development law, as well as general business law, and Doug has been active since 1973 as an advisor to the non-profit Durango Industrial Development Foundation. Doug is a long-time member of the Fort Lewis College Foundation and has been active in many community fundraisers and capital campaigns, including United Way, Rotary Club, Mercy Medical Center, Durango Industrial Development Foundation and various educational groups. He and Priscilla, a teacher, have two grown daughters. |
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Tom Sutherland Tom Sutherland is unquestionably the world's most famous professor of animal sciences, due to his six and a half years as a hostage in Lebanon, the second longest period of captivity of any Western hostage. After 25 years at Colorado State University, Tom was serving as Dean of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the American University of Beirut when he was taken captive by the Islamic Jihad. Since his release in 1991, he has held the position of Professor Emeritus at CSU and does professional speaking and consulting in international affairs and consulting. A native of Scotland, Tom holds degrees from Glasgow University and Iowa State University. He has earned many honors and teaching awards during his distinguished career. He and his wife Jean have three grown daughters. |
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Marilyn Taylor Marilyn Taylor retired in 2001 as Xcel Energy's Vice President of Human Resources, capping a distinguished career in human resources management with the planning and direction of all HR initiatives surrounding the merger that created Xcel. Previously, she was part of the six-officer team leading the earlier merger of Public Service Company of Colorado and Southwestern Public Service, establishing the vision/direction, driving strategic issues management and insuring corporate linkages. A 1990 graduate of Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Leadership Denver, Marilyn is also active with the Women's Foundation of Colorado and previously served on the Boards of Directors of the Tennessee and Colorado Safety Associations, as well as a Commissioner of the State of Colorado Division of Private Occupational School Accreditation. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. Marilyn was honored in 1997 as Outstanding Business Woman of the Year by the Colorado Women's Chamber and in 1995 by the Rocky Mountain News with a Woman of Distinction award. |
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Lenna Watson A Grand Junction native, Lenna Watson graduated from Loretto Heights College with a Bachelor's degree in nursing and has worked as a critical care nurse, a nurse educator, and a patient representative. She is currently Director of Planned Giving and Development at Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado. An active community volunteer, Lenna currently serves on the boards of Colorado State Parks, the Riverfront Foundation, Grand Junction Parks & Recreation, Home Loan and Investment Bank, Grand Valley Board of Cooperative Education Services, the Western Colorado Community Foundation, and her family's Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation, which distributes need-based tuition scholarships to students from Colorado's Mesa County and Carbon County, Utah, her parents' home county. She is married to Steve Watson, a real estate broker. |
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