Our members are active participants in workforce development activities. We truly appreciate all of their efforts in creating a business-led Colorado talent network. Council members are appointed by the Governor to serve three-year terms.
Council members attend three in-person meetings a year, participate in sub-committees or task groups, engage in local workforce development efforts and act as ambassadors for the CWDC and its partners at the local, state, and federal levels. Learn more about applying to become a council member.
- Business Members
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Nina Anderson, Express Employment Professionals
Joe Ayala, Edward Jones
Sam Bailey, Amazon
Peter Brissette, DMD Consulting- Digital Marketing Dude
Denise Burgess, Burgess Services
Kevin Cory,* Noble Casing, Inc
Steven Fechheimer, New Belgium Brewing
Noel Ginsburg,* CareerWise Colorado
Raymond Gonzales, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation; Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Seth Harvey, Bluestaq
Tara Hosick, Climax Molybdenum Company
Danielle Kirkpatrick,* DoubleTree Hotel
John Knapp, Agriculture
Jonathan Liebert,* Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado
Louis Martin, Round River Resource Management
Frances Matthews, CTA
Baird McKevitt,* Xcel Energy
Lisanne McNew,* McNew & Associates, Inc
Karla Nugent, Weifield Group Contracting
Chad Orvis, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
Heather Terenzio, Techtonic Group
Lawrence Wagner,* Spark Mindset
- Workforce Members
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Danielle Felder, DSST
Dedrick Juarnez Sims Ph.D.,* The Sims-Fayola Foundation
Daniel Kraus, Pueblo Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Trust
Tracy Mead, Project Self-Sufficiency
Angeles Ortega, Mi Casa Resource Center
Michael Stelling, Northglenn High School
Lisa Taylor, The Weld Trust
Francis Vigil, Colorado Springs Electrical JATC
Jason Wardrip, Colorado Building & Construction Trades Council
- Government Members
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Governor Jared Polis
Senator Larry Liston, Colorado State Senate
Senator Robert Rodriguez, Colorado State Senate
Representative Jenny Willford, Colorado House of Representatives
Commissioner Marta Loachamin, Boulder County
Commissioner Richard Elsner, Park County
Eve Lieberman, * Office of Economic Development and International Trade
Susana Córdova,* Colorado Department of Education
Angie Paccione Ph.D.,* Department of Higher Education
Michelle Barnes, Colorado Department of Human Services
Joe Barela,* Colorado Department of Labor & Employment
Kristin Corash, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Ex-Officio Members
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Joseph Garcia,* Colorado Community College System
Rick Garcia, Department of Local Affairs
Tami Grant, Weld County Department of Human Services, representing Rocky Mountain Workforce Development Assn.
Teina McConnell, Pickens Technical College, representing Area Technical Colleges
TBD, Colorado Department of Corrections
* Denotes Executive Committee Member
The work of the Council is supported by the CWDC Office. Learn more about the CWDC Office staff members.
Executive Committee
Lisanne McNew, Chair
McNew & Associates, Inc
Jonathan Liebert, Chair Elect
Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado
Baird McKevitt, Treasurer
Xcel Energy
Dedrick Juarnez Sims Ph.D., Secretary
The Sims-Fayola Foundation
Kevin Cory, Advocacy Committee Chair
Noble Casing, Inc
Tara Hosick, Education & Training Chair
Climax Molybdenum Company
Lawrence Wagner, Sectors Committee Chair
Spark Mindset
Susana Córdova, Department of Education
Joe Barela, Department of Labor & Employment
Angie Paccione Ph.D., Department of Higher Education
Eve Lieberman, Office of Economic Development and International Trade
Noel Ginsburg, BEL Commission Chair
CareerWise Colorado