These past few months, we’ve all had to find our new normal and we’ve seen just how important leadership is in navigating this crisis. I’m grateful to have 50 outstanding leaders in our community on our Board of Directors who are helping us navigate this crisis. They’re shaping our mission and giving people the tools they need to become engaged – and lead – for the common good.

This July, we’ll welcome our 2020-21 Board of Directors to our Leadership Foundation family, including the following officers:

  • Chair: Anthony E. Graves, Director of External Affairs for Economic Development for the City and County of Denver
  • Chair-Elect: Andrea Fulton, Deputy Director and Chief Marketing Officer for the Denver Art Museum
  • Past Chair: Lorii Rabinowitz, CEO of the Denver Scholarship Foundation
  • Secretary: Adeeb Khan, Vice President of CSR for Delta Dental & Executive Director of the Delta Dental Foundation
  • Treasurer: Brent Geist, Senior Vice President of Investments for FirstBank

I’m thrilled to welcome nine board members to our team – all who embody the values of Colorado’s Civic DNA. They are leaders who are inspired to get involved in their communities. Meet our new board members:

  • Maggie Dehn, Managing Director of TIAA
  • Kelly Dunkin, President and CEO of the Community First Foundation
  • Jennifer Eiteljorg, Shareholder for Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP
  • Lydia McCoy, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Colorado Nonprofit Association
  • Angela Morrison, Partner for Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • Brandy Radey, Senior Advisor of Community Relations for Suncor Energy, USA, and Board Chair of B:CIVIC
  • Trey Rogers, Shareholder for Recht Kornfeld and incoming Board Chair of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
  • John Romero, Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo
  • Chris Ross, Vice President of Commercial Banking for U.S. Bank

Join me in welcoming our new board members and thanking our Board Chair Lorii Rabinowitzand our entire board for their leadership this past year. We are grateful to our outgoing board members Donna Baros, Laura English, David Eves, Renny Fagan, Kenneth Ho, Kittie Hook, Michelle Lucero, Jennifer Nealson, Alexis Owen and Ruth Rohs for their service to the Leadership Foundation over the years.

Be sure to connect with all of our board members on The Network.

Apply or Help Us Recruit For Our Upcoming Programs
Applications are open for our Leadership Denver 2021 class and Impact Denver Fall 2020 class. Leadership Denver applications are due July 8 and Impact Denver applications are due Aug. 4. If you have someone in mind, refer them to us and we’ll connect with them.

Dan Lewis is the executive director of the Leadership Foundation.