Christopher C. Sherry
Chairman, Merrick & Company
Mark W. Williams
Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Brian M. Brown
Senior Financial Representative, Principal Financial Group
Jeffrey R. Brandel
Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Sandford W. Rothe
Michael A. Fifhause
Board of Trustees
2026 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chairman of the Board:
Christopher C. Sherry, Chairman, 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:
Michael A. Fifhause, 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:
Scott D. Markowitz, MD, CEO, Physician Leadership LLC.
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, Special Counsel, Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP
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
Linda S. Childears, President & CEO, Daniels Fund (Retired)
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)
Brian D. Fleming, Chief Financial Officer, The Anschutz Corporation
Walker L. Fleming, CEO, AxxessConnect
Gary J. Goldberg, President & CEO, Newmont Mining Corporation (Retired)
Thomas W. Honig, Regional Banking Executive, Wells Fargo Bank (Retired)
Dave Hunter, President & CEO, Financial Designs Ltd.
Howard E. Janzen, President & CEO, Janzen Ventures, Inc.
Tammy Johnson, CEO & President, Merrick & Company
Christopher R. King, President & CEO, DPC Companies
Brad R. McQueen, Partner, PlanteMoran
Parker Rothhammer, President, Northstar Benefits
Hassan A. Salem, Global Industrials & Services, U.S. Bank-Colorado
Patricia K. Starzer
Andrew D. Van Gilder, Partner & Senior Vice President, USI Insurance Services
Michael A. Wamsganz, Northern Colorado Market President, UMB Bank
Robin H. Wise, President & CEO, Junior Achievement – Rocky Mountain
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)
Doak Jacoway, President, Jacoway Financial Corporation (Retired)
Douglas L. Jones, President, The Jones Realty Group
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
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
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
2026 EXECUTIVE BOARD
William P. Amerine, Managing Director, New Republic Partners
Christopher K. Bouck, Principal, SDR Ventures
Jeffrey J. Burney, Chief Client Officer, Curi Capital, LLC
Shea Butler, Vice President-Property & Casualty, USI Insurance Services
Rick L. Byrd, Wealth Advisor, Bighorn Wealth Management
Dave E. Carlson, Principal, Dave Carlson Group Consulting (Retired)
Andres Carrera, Political Director & Senior Advisor for Outreach & Engagement, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston
Jeff H. Cheley, President, Cheley Colorado Camps
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, Kyndryl
Philip E. Doty, Ambassador, Plante Moran
Andrew C. Elliott, Partner, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Andrew M. Filson, CEO, Spartech LLC
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 (Retired)
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
Michael Katz, Colorado Market CEO, BOK Financial
Heath Kinsland, Commercial Team Leader, SouthState Bank
Joe Kopacz, PhD., Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, SNCorp
Jack Kozlowski, Group Manager, Middle Market, Independent Financial
Alan Magnuson
Arnold S. McCoy, Pilot, Southwest Airlines
Ryan B. McNeil, Vice President, NexGen Resources Corporation
Frank W. Moore (Order of the Arrow Lodge Advisor)
James H. Moss, Attorney & Counsel at Law, Recreation & Adventure Travel Law
Todd D. Munson, Executive Vice President, Vectra Bank (Retired)
Michael W. Patton, Executive Vice President – Contracting, Cementation USA, Inc.
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, Wealth Advisor, Huntington 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
Timothy M. Ryan, Associate Faculty, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Bradley J Segura, Private Wealth Advisor, U.S. Bank Private Wealth Management
Cody J Smith, Partner, Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Retired)
Stuart W. Smith, President, Buehler Moving Companies (Retired)
Jay Tankersley, Professional EOS Implementer, Meritage Funds
Peter N. Thomson, Executive Director/Capital Advisor, J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank
Lori E. Tunstall, Founder & CTO, ZeroTwelve
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)
Mark L. Zoller
2026 DISTRICT CHAIRS
Alpine District Chair
Kevin Selzer, Partner, Holland & Hart LLP
Black Feather District Chair
Wayne DeBlock, Western Region Sales Manager, United Colorado Manufacturing
Centennial District Chair
Jason Rogers, Systems Engineer IV, Charter Communications
Frontier District Chair
Tim Rooney, Project Manager, Antares Group
Majestic Mesas District Chair
Steve Hood, Rector, Saint Matthew’s Episcopal
Three Rivers District Chair
Vacant
Valley District Chair
Jamey Lockley, Student Affairs, Colorado University Boulder
2026 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
Brian M. Deevy, Director, Daniels Fund
John E. Freyer, Chairman, Land Title Guarantee Company
Keith A. Gallaway
William H. Graebel, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Graebel Companies, Inc.
John Kellner, Managing Partner, Dan Caplis Law
Justin R. Klomp, President, Trice Jewelers
Victor Lazzaro Jr., Managing Director, Volante Capital LLC (Retired)
J. Mastalir, President, Real Estate Capital Corporation (Retired)
Sean O’Hara, Principal Founder, EV Studio
Thomas A. Petrie, Chairman, Petrie Partners (Retired)
Reese Pope, Ecosystem and Planning Group Leader, U.S. Forest Service (Retired)
Ted Willey, Ed.D., President, Ted Willey & Associates, Inc.
Jack P. Wold, President & Wold Oil & Gas Company
