Jeffrey R. Brandel
Partner, Davis Graham LLC
Christopher C. Sherry
Chairman & CEO, Merrick & Company
Mark W. Williams
Partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Sandford W. Rothe
Brian M. Brown
Senior Financial Representative, Principal Financial Group
Charles W. Brasfeild, III
Board of Trustees
2025 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chairman of the Board:
Christopher C. Sherry, PE, Chairman & CEO, Merrick & Company
Council President:
Mark W. Williams, Partner, TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Executive Vice President:
Jeffrey R. Brandel, Partner, Davis Graham LLC
Council Commissioner:
Brian M. Brown, Senior Financial Representative, Principal Financial Group
Scout Executive/CEO:
Charles W. Brasfeild, Scouting Colorado
Council Attorney:
Terrance D. Carroll, Of Counsel, TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
Vice President of Community Alliances:
Russell O. Stewart, Partner, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (Retired)
Vice President of Program:
Brian D. Fleming, Chief Financial Officer, The Anschutz Corporation
Vice President of Fundraising:
Peter J. Coors, Senior Manager, Molson Coors Brewing Company
Vice President of Marketing & Communications:
Mark W. Truax, President & CEO, Pac/West Strategies
Vice President of Properties:
Frederick H. Poppe, Rocky Mountain President, Weitz Company (Retired)
Vice President of Membership/Relationships:
R. Livingston Keithley, Partner, Antero Law, LLC
Vice President of District Operations:
Aric M. Jones, Division President Colorado, Brightland Homes
Vice President of Fiscal Affairs
Sandford W. Rothe, Managing Partner, Deloitte (Retired)
Vice President of Strategic Planning:
J. Stephen Rottler, Deputy Laboratories Director and Executive Vice President Emeritus, Sandia National Laboratories
Vice President of Major Gifts
Charles S. McNeil, CEO & Chairman, NexGen Resources Corporation
Vice President of Innovation
James E. Blair, President, Integrated Risk Management Solutions, LLC
Other Trustees:
Barry D. Amman, West Regional Managing Partner, Audit, KPMG/LLP
Douglas W. Campbell, Owner, Alpha Capital Management Group, LLC
Mark A. Cordova, President, Centennial Bolt Inc.
Robert E. Dickinson, Vice President – Tax, CoorsTek, Inc. (Retired)
Steve R. Enger, President & CEO, Edge Tech Venture (Retired)
Walker L. Fleming, CEO, AxxessConnect
Gary J. Goldberg, President & CEO, Newmont Mining Corporation (Retired)
William H. Graebel, CEO, Graebel Companies, Inc.
Thomas W. Honig, Regional Banking Executive, Wells Fargo Bank (Retired)
J. Dave Hunter, President & CEO, Financial Designs Ltd.
Howard E. Janzen, President, Cool Planet Energy Systems
Christopher R. King, President & CEO, DPC Companies
Brad R. McQueen, Partner, PlanteMoran
Todd D. Munson, Executive Vice President, Vectra Bank
Kevin G. Quinn, EVP & Regional President, Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
Hassan A. Salem, Market President, U.S. Bank-Colorado
Patricia K. Starzer
Andrew D. Van Gilder, Partner & Senior Vice President, USI Insurance Services
Past Chairmen:
Dutch Bansbach, President, Columbine Realty Inc.
Bruce D. Benson, Past President, University of Colorado (Retired)
Peter H. Coors, Vice-Chairman, Molson Coors Brewing Company
Mark E. Honnen, President, Honnen Equipment Company (Retired)
John A. Ikard, Past President & CEO, FirstBank Holding Company (Retired)
M. Doak Jacoway, President, Jacoway Financial Corporation (Retired)
Douglas L. Jones, President, The Jones Realty Group
C. David Kikumoto, President – Product Development & Risk Division, Mednax (Retired)
Robert L. Manning Jr., Principal, M2P34 Capital, LLC
Richard L. Robinson, Manager, Robinson Management, LLC
Mathew N. Stava, CEO & Managing Principal, Spinnaker Support (Immediate Past Chairman)
David J. Steiner, Chairman, Steiner & Associates
G. Jackson Tankersley Jr., Founder & Managing Director, Meritage Funds
Timothy J. Travis, CEO, Eaton Metal Products Company, LLC
Earl L. Wright, Chairman of the Board, AMG National Trust Bank
Lifetime Trustees:
Philip F. Anschutz, Chairman of the Board & CEO, The Anschutz Corporation
Charles P. Gallagher, Chairman & CEO, Gallagher Enterprises, LLC
A. Barry Hirschfeld, President, A.B. Hirschfeld & Sons
Ralph F. Klomp, Chairman & CEO, Trice Jewelers (Retired)
David L. Liniger, CEO, Chairman of the Board, & Co-Founder, RE/MAX
2025 EXECUTIVE BOARD
William P. Amerine, Managing Director, New Republic Partners
Christopher K. Bouck, Principal, SDR Ventures
Jeffrey J. Burney, Chief Client Officer, RMB Capital, LLC
Rick L. Byrd, Wealth Advisor, Bighorn Wealth Management
Dave E. Carlson, Principal, Dave Carlson Group Consulting
Jeff H. Cheley, President, Cheley Colorado Camps
Wanda G. Colburn, Managing Director, CIBC Private Wealth Management (Retired)
Richard W. Connor
Jessica de Gortari, Partner, Deloitte
Art Dawson
Robert M. Deevy, Principal, Dunakilly Management Group
Michael A. DeLeon, Branch President, Bank of Colorado – Littleton
Jackie Devine, Director of Community Outreach, Alpine Bank
Sidney S. Dixon, Corporate Real Estate Advisor, Cushman & Wakefield
Julia E. Dobbins, Client Partner Executive, IBM
Philip E. Doty, Ambassador, Plante Moran
Andrew C. Elliott, Partner, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Josiah W. Ellis
John C. Grace, Systems Engineering Manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Retired)
Andrew S. Graham, President, Clinic Service
Daniel J. Hartmann, Vice President of Acquisitions, Capital Automotive (Retired)
Scott P. Hefner, Southwest Region Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Michael F. Imhoff, Managing Director, Stifel
Paul C. Johnson PhD, Professor & President, Colorado School of Mines
Joshua B. Kakel, CFA, Executive Vice President & Regional Managing Director, PNC Capital Advisors, LLC
Heath Kinsland, Market President, Redstone Bank
Justin R. Klomp, President, Trice Jewelers
Jack Kozlowski, Group Manager, Middle Market, Independent Financial
R. Alan Magnuson
Arnold S. McCoy, Pilot, Southwest Airlines
Ryan B. McNeil, Vice President, NexGen Resources Corporation
James H. Moss, Attorney & Counsel at Law, Recreation & Adventure Travel Law
Michael W. Patton, Regional Projects Director-Americas, Newmont Mining Corporation
Andre M. Pauka, Partner, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP (Retired) Melanie F. Pearlman, President & CEO, Mizel Institute
Scott D. Richards, Principal, Ninth and Chapel
Laura Giocomo Rizzo, Director of Government Affairs, Intermountain Health
Michael A. Robb, Vice President, Private Wealth Advisor, U.S. Bank
Manuel Rodriguez, Chief Marketing and Experience Officer, UC Health
Keel L. Ross, US Geological Survey, Deputy IT Director/Deputy Chief Information Officer
Michael T. Rustemeyer, Risk Office, Jackson National Life Insurance
Bradley J Segura, Private Wealth Advisor, U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management
George A. Sissel
Cody J Smith
Stuart W. Smith, President, Buehler Moving Companies
William J. Sullivan, Jr., Colorado Market President & CEO, BOK Financial
Jay Tankersley, Professional EOS Implementer, Meritage Funds
Peter N. Thomson, Executive Director/Capital Advisor, J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank
Bruce S. Wagner, President, Wagner Equipment Company
Skyler M. Weekes, President, Rocky Mountain Barrel Company
Donald W. Wendell, Vice President – Financial Planning, Xcel Energy (Retired)
Ted Willey, Ed.D., President, Ted Willey & Associates, Inc.
Mark L. Zoller
2025 DISTRICT CHAIRS
Alpine District Chair
Kevin Selzer, Partner, Holland & Hart LLP
Black Feather District Chair
Ross Billows, Founder & Financial Advisor, Billows Financial
Frontier District Chair
Tim Rooney, Project Manager, Antares Group
Majestic Mesas District Chair
Dr. Tom Foote, Owner & Chiropractor, Applied Chiropractic Health Center
2025 ASSOCIATE BOARD
Sue Anschutz-Rodgers, President, Executive Officer & Trustee, Anschutz Family Foundation
Robert S. Boswell, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Laramie Energy II LLC
George H. Brauchler, District Attorney, 23rd Judicial District
Kristi Burton-Brown, Senior Policy Advisor, Advance Colorado
Brian M. Deevy, Director, Daniels Fund
John E. Freyer, Chairman, Land Title Guarantee Company
Keith A. Gallaway
John Kellner, Managing Partner, Dan Caplis Law
Victor Lazzaro Jr., Managing Director, Volante Capital LLC (Retired)
M. J. Mastalir, President, Real Estate Capital Corporation (Retired)
Sean O’Hara, Principal Founder, EV Studio
Thomas A. Petrie, Chairman, Petrie Partners (Retired)
W. Reese Pope, Ecosystem and Planning Group Leader, U.S. Forest Service (Retired)
Jack P. Wold, President & Wold Oil & Gas Company
